Author: Npo_report
Ryan O’Neal, a leading star in the Hollywood in the 1970s known for iconic films such as Love Story and Paper Moon, has died, according to a series of emotional posts from his son. He was 82. On Friday, Patrick O’Neal shared on Instagram that his father had died “with his loving team by his side supporting him and loving him as he would us”. He went on to “share some feelings to give you an idea of how great a man he is”. Patrick described his father as “my hero. “I looked up to him and he was always…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory(FCT), Barr. Nyesom Wike, has described the annual Zuma International Film Festival(ZUFF) as a catalyst for economic growth in the Territory. The minister stated this at the closing ceremony and award night of the 13th edition of the film fiesta, held on Friday night at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 2023 ZUFF, held from December 1 to 8 ,with the theme “Cultural Convergence”, is organised by the Nigerian Film Corporation(NFC) and the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA). He said that the festival was a veritable…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Kano State Police Command, on Friday warned supporters of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and the All Progressive Congress (APC) against any security breach over the impending ruling of the Supreme Court. The apex court is set to rule again over the tussle over the real winner of the governorship election in the state. NPO Reports that the Appeal tribunal had four weeks ago ruled in favour of the candidate of the APC, Nasir Gawuna. But controversy arose days after the ruling as the Certified True Copy of the Judgement said otherwise. Kano State Commissioner…
By Kamil Opeyemi A total of 5,509 vulnerable households in Zamfara have benefited from the cash Transfer scheme of the USAID-funded Integrated Child Health and Social Services (ICHSSA-4) project between 2022 and 2023. The Chief of the Party to the project, Dr Joseph Inyang, disclosed this at the inauguration of the 380 beneficiaries of the project in Gusau on Friday. The ICHSSA project is being implemented by Pro-Health International in partnership with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in the Six states of the country. The states are Zamfara, Sokoto and Kebbi in the North-West, Adamawa Bauchi and Taraba states in the…
With fighting raging around Khan Younis and in the north of Gaza, a video has emerged on social media showing dozens of Palestinian men detained by Israel. The footage, verified by the BBC, shows them stripped to their underwear, kneeling on the ground and being guarded by Israeli soldiers. The men are thought to have been arrested in Beit Lahia, in the far north of the Gaza strip. The BBC has been told some of the men have since been released. One of the men identified as having been detained is a well-known Palestinian journalist, leading his employers to accuse…
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has called on African leaders to create quality jobs for their teeming unemployed youths, to stem the trend of brain drain bedevilling the continent. Adesina said in Abuja on Friday at the Second Veritas University Digital Innovations Exhibition and 12th Convocation Lecture, that Nigeria was losing its best brains to Japa syndrome. The former Minister of Agriculture, who spoke on the convocation lecture theme: ” Africa, It’s Your Time”, tasked Nigeria to turn its huge youth demography into an asset and not a liability. The former Minister of Agriculture…
A decade on from the passing of anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela, South African broadcaster eNCA has visited the home, where he spent his sunset years and died, to find that it has been abandoned and has fallen into disrepair. Pop star Michael Jackson, Oprah Winfrey and former US first lady Michelle Obama were among the many high-profile guests former President Mandela hosted at the house, located in the affluent Johannesburg suburb of Houghton. A video shared by eNCA on Friday showed parts of the derelict home, including an overgrown garden and a dusty ceiling in the bedroom where Mandela died.…
By Halimah Olamide Nigeria’s apex bank raised the alarm on Friday about the growing cases of counterfeited Naira notes in circulation. The Central Bank said the development has led to it collaborating with the relevant security agencies to track the sources of these fake Naira notes. In a statement by the apex bank’s Acting Director of Corporate Communications, Sidi Ali Hakama, said banks and other institutions need to be more vigilant to avert the fake notes merchant from further polluting the currency eco-system with the counterfeit ones. The statement read: “The attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has…
By Halimah Olamide The 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Labour party, Peter Obi, has analyzed the budget of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and has criticized the N15bn allocated tp aides’ travels. The former Anambra State governor in a post on X, noted that if aides are spending such amount, then it could be assumed that the President and Vice President will spend twice that amount, totalling close to N30bn. “The sum of N15.961 billion has been budgeted for trips for the aides of the president and the vice president. If the aides are spending this much, one can extrapolate that…
By David Orji The Zone 2 Command Headquarters of the Nigerian Police has got a new spokesperson. She is Superintendent of Police (SP), Ayuba Tunni Umma, a Member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR). The new spokesperson holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Microbiology from the Usman Danfodiyo University Sokoto and was enlisted in the Force as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in 2010. According to a statement made available to the NPO Reports on Friday, she has attended several professional courses home and abroad, including various Public Relations related courses. “She took over as the ZPPRO…