Members of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have poured into the streets in Edo and Osun states over the economic hardship in the country. Inflation has reached 29 percent in Nigeria and with the subsidy on fuel removed, the cost of living has spiked in recent months. This has triggered debates and protests in some parts of Nigeria. To register their grievances over the economic hardship induced by these, the CSOs stormed the streets in Benin City and Osogbo, the capital cities of Edo and Osun states respectively. In Benin City, the protesters marched from Kings Square to Akpakpava Road…
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Three siblings of the same parents, a boy and two girls, died on Sunday as a result of suffocation in a car parked in their residential quarters in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Their mother, Shade Silifat, who had gone out to buy Indomie noodles for their school meals on Monday, fainted as a result of the incident that occurred at No. 8, Boluke Line, Zango-Kulende quarters in the Ilorin metropolis. The incident occurred at about 2 pm when the three children locked themselves in the parked car borrowed by their father from his sister within the premises of their…
The Nigerian Army and the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, have dismissed a report by SaharaReporters on alleged coup plot in the country. PlatinumPost reports that SaharaReporters had on Sunday reported that the Presidential Guards Brigade has been put on high alert following unusual movements, leading to suspicions of a coup plot in Nigeria. The online newspaper also said that the suspicions prompted emergency meetings involving the Commander of the Presidential Guards Brigade, Col. Adebisi Onasanya, President Bola Tinubu and the Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila. But reacting to the report on its verified X handle on Sunday night, the Nigerian…
By Kolawole Omoniyi Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has applauded the Yoruba community in Kano for unreserved support and prayers during the trying period of litigation which led to his victory at Supreme Court. Recall that the apex Court had on January 12, 2024 reversed the decision of the Court of Appeal and the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, which sacked Yusuf and declared Nasiru Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the guber election. The Governor gave the appreciation on Saturday in Kano during a grand reception held in honour of Alhaji Abdussalam Abiola Abdulllateef on his…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has lifted sanctions imposed on Niger Republic, Mali, Burkina Faso, member nations that are ruled by military. The authorities of ECOWAS on Saturday said the decision was based on humanitarian considerations, especially because of the Lenten period and the approaching month of Ramadan. The regional bloc also lifted sanctions on Republic of Guinea-Bissau, set to invite all four countries to a meeting. ECOWAS decision followed the visit of former military head of state General Yakubu Gowon to President Bola Tinubu at the Aso-Rock where he solicited the lifting of sanction. Months…
Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, NSIB, has received the preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB, regarding the Airbus Helicopter EC130B4 accident that claimed the lives of Dr Herbert Wigwe, his wife, Doreen Wigwe; son, Chizi Wigwe; and former Chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Group, Mr Abimbola Ogunbanjo. Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, NSIB, Mrs Bimbo Olawumi Oladeji, in a statement, said initial findings suggest that the helicopter suffered catastrophic damage upon impact, resulting in fragmentation of major components. The findings further said witnesses reported adverse weather conditions characterised by rain and…
Senator Monday Okpebholo has been declared winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election for the September 2024 governorship election in Edo State. Okpebholo scored 12, 433 votes to emerge winner. Details later…
Yoruba Nation activist Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Igboho, has returned to Nigeria about three years after fleeing the country for the Republic of Benin. A statement by Igboho’s spokesman, Olayomi Koiki, confirmed that the Yoruba Nation activist was in the country for his mother’s burial which is scheduled to take place in Igboho and Ibadan. In a video posted online, Mr Adeyemo was seen waving to residents of Igboho town as he entered the town for his mother’s final funeral rites. His mother died while he was incarcerated in the Benin Republic in 2023. Igboho left Nigeria in…
The Edo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, held a parallel congress, which produced the deputy governor of the state, Rt. Hon Philip Shaibu, as the party’s governorship candidate for the September 21 poll in the State. While some delegates were being accredited to proceed to the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium venue of another primary election, another set of delegates met at a facility on Commercial Avenue in Benin City where they announced Shaibu as the elected candidate of the PDP. They claimed that they went to the same accreditation venue but were chased away by security agents. They…
Troops of 1 Division of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday eliminated a notorious bandit kingpin identified as Boderi who allegedly orchestrated many high-profile kidnappings including the Yauri school girls, Greenfield University and the Nigerian Defence Academy attacks. Boderi was said to have been killed alongside another kingpin, Bodejo in the ambush. This was disclosed by the Director, Army Public Relations, Maj-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu in a statement dated February 22, 2024. Nwachukwu stated that the operation was carried out in an ambush along the Bada – Riyawa axis on the Kaduna – Birnin Gwari Road. “In the encounter, troops…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has announced a 25 percent slash in transport fares for government-owned transport schemes. Sanwo-Olu made this announcement during a live media chat, ‘Sanwo Speaks’ on Thursday. He also announced that civil servants from levels 1–14 will begin to work three days a week as part of measures to ease the economic challenges for residents. The governor noted that the forum was intended to intimate residents of steps being taken to reduce the economic burden on Lagosians. He said workers in the teaching sector will, however, maintain the five-day-a-week work schedule, but the government…
A Spanish court on Thursday sentenced former Brazil international Dani Alves to four and a half years in prison after finding him guilty of raping a young woman at a Barcelona nightclub in December 2022. “The victim did not consent and there is evidence that, beyond the complainant’s testimony, permits the rape to be considered proven,” the Barcelona court wrote in a statement. Prosecutors had called for a nine-year jail sentence for the three-time Champions League winner followed by 10 years of probation. One of the world’s most decorated footballers who played for Barcelona and Paris…
The Senate has resolved to investigate the sudden hike in the price of cement by its producers in Nigeria. This followed the adoption of a point of order by the Deputy Senate Leader, Sen. Lola Ashiru, on the “Need to Urgently Address the Increase in Cement Price and other Building Materials in Nigeria” at plenary on Wednesday. Presenting the order, Ashiru urged the Senate to mandate its Committee on Industries to conduct an investigation into the activities of cement manufacturing industries operating in Nigeria. This, he said, was with a view to ascertaining the reasons behind the price hike.…
Some parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) experienced the first rain in 2024 in the early morning of Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the light rain, which started half an hour into the new day, about 12.30 a.m., lasted about 25 minutes, stopping at 12.55 a.m. The unexpected rain, which was devoid of lightning, heavy winds, and thunderstorms, was witnessed at Kubwa, Bwari Area Council, and Garki in Abuja Municipal Area Council. The rain was also witnessed in Dutse, Zuba, Bwari, Gwagwalada, and Mararaba. Residents of the areas expressed mixed feelings over the rain. Read Also:…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Kano Zone, has warned President Bola Tinubu that the country is drifting towards anarchy and chaos due to untold level of poverty and starvation in the land The academic union at the same time raised concerns over government adoption of the neo-liberal policies of the IMF and World Bank, which they claimed would plunge the country into serious anarchy and uncertainty. The coordinator of ASUU, Kano Zone, Dr Abdulkadir Muhammad, stated this during an emergency press conference at the end of a zonal meeting comprising the seven universities in the zone on…
The Nigeria Labour Congress has insisted that the planned protests against the prevailing economic situation in the country will hold contrary to the warning issued by the Department of State Services to shelve its protests. The organised labour, on Monday, began mobilising its members for a nationwide protest slated for February 27 and 28 over the cost of living crisis in the country. The Federal Government’s failure to fulfil its promises after the 14-day ultimatum by Labour, according to sources, will be met with a two-day nationwide protest already slated for February 27 and 28. Reacting to the planned…
The activities of governments after the disbursement of money by the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) contributed to the depreciation of the naira, according to data and interviews with people familiar with the matter. BusinessDay learnt that portions of the funds from FAAC were often changed to dollars by some governments at the parallel market, putting more pressure on the naira. An analysis shows that from July 2023 to January 2024, the naira depreciated in six months immediately in the black market after the FAAC shared money to the federal, state and local governments. “With the removal of fuel…
Authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State have shut down the zoological garden on the institution’s campus following the killing of a veterinary technologist, Mr Olabode Olawuyi, by a nine-year-old lion on Monday. Speaking with newsmen on Tuesday, the Chairman of the National Association of Non-Academic Staff of Universities, OAU branch, Mr Wole Odewumi, said the management of the university had shut the garden. He explained that the veterinary technologist was attacked by the lion while he was attempting to free a woman, who was first attacked by the lion. Odewumi said, “I spoke to some of…