Calamity befell when scores of passengers were burnt beyond recognition following a motor accident along the Yangoji-Gwagwalada Road in Abuja, on Sunday, September 18. According to Dauda Biu, the acting corps marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, who confirmed the accident stated that at least 19 persons were killed in the auto crash while Read More…
Year: 2022
10 IDPs in Edo camp graduate from tertiary institutions
The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp at Uhogua near Benin has produced no fewer than 10 graduates from various tertiary institutions across the country. Pastor Solomon Folorunsho, the Coordinator of the camp, disclosed this on Sunday, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. The number represents eight of the IDPs Read More…
Early marriage: UNICEF pushes for compulsory education of girl-child
Mr. Peter Hawkins, UNICEF Country Representative to Nigeria, has said that the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has advocated for the compulsory education of the girl-child as a protection mechanism from forced early marriage. He stated this when he appeared as a special guest on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) interview programme, Forum, in Read More…
Diversion: Maryland/Mende underpass to be closed to traffic from Tuesday
Traffic would be diverted from the Maryland/Mende Underpass from Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, for the continuation of the Opebi/Ojota Link bridge construction. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, made the disclosure in a statement in Lagos on Sunday. Oladeinde assures that alternative routes had been mapped out to ease movement during the course of Read More…
Osinbajo signs condolence register for Queen Elizabeth II
As part of engagements while attending the royal funeral, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday, at the Lancaster House, London, signed the condolence register for Queen Elizabeth II. A statement issued by Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, says that the vice president described Read More…
11bn national budget deficit to be fixed through amendment of Finance Act
The National Assembly intends to tackle the N11.03 trillion deficit proposed in the N19.76 trillion 2023 budget as indicated in 2023-2025 MTEF and FSP by amending relevant provisions of the Finance Act. Chairman, Senate Committee on General Services, Sen. Sani Musa ( APC Niger-East) disclosed this in a chat with newsmen in Abuja on Sunday. Read More…
Ban ponmo: Group proposes legislation
If the Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology (NILEST) Zaria, has its way, the sale and consumption of cow hide, locally known as ‘ponmo’ will be banned. The institute is proposing legislation to ban the sale and consumption of animal skin in Nigeria. In an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday Read More…
Ex-convict nabbed again in Lagos for importing cocaine
An ex-convict, Onyeka Madukolu, was arrested by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos, for importing 5.90 kilogrammes of cocaine. According to a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr. Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja, the drugs were concealed in cans Read More…
Borrowing to live a lie
If you are not aware that one ‘mudu’ of yellow Garri which used to sell for N140 in Abuja is now N500, you would at least know that one litre of diesel has jumped from N240 per litre to N820. That was why my barber disagreed with the headline of the newspaper I was reading: Read More…
Osinbajo leaves for London to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral
Nigeria’s representation at Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral would be a marked-down one as Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday departed Abuja for London, UK, to represent Nigeria. At a gathering expected to host an elite gathering of world leaders including Japan’s Emperor Naruhito, the vice-president, and not President Buhari, would join members of the Royal Family Read More…