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By Halimah Olamide At least, three people have died at the Alakija area in the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos state on Monday in an accident involving a commercial motorcycle and a truck. Eye witness accounts said the bike was riding with two passengers on it when it was hit by the flat body truck. Officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps, who were around, evacuated the bodies of the deceased into their van. The Lagos State Traffic Management Agency and the FRSC were yet to make official statements at the time of filing this report. In a…
By David Orji A tanker fully loaded with diesel has exploded in the Ojota area of Lagos on Monday. Though, there were no casualties at the time of filing this report, officials of the Fire service and those of the Lagos state Transport Management Agency were on ground to ensure normalcy returns. Confirming the incident via its X handle, LASTMA said its personnel had deployed in the area. [8:50AM] #IkoroduRd#Ojota #FireIncident There’s a burning Tanker at Ojota inward interchange.@LagosRescue and LASTMA officials are all at the scene to do the needful. Patience required from road users.#FollowLASTMA@followlasg@Sola_Giwa@TrafficChiefNG@Gidi_Traffic pic.twitter.com/hvWTRLk5B6 — LASTMA (@followlastma)…
By Halimah Olamide Veteran broadcaster, Bimbo Oloyede, has advised that preventive kits should be put in place to safeguard journalists in the course of reporting conflicts, and terrorism. Oloyede said this on day 1 of the Wole Soyinka Center for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) 16-Day Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, themed: “: Safeguarding female journalists, survivors of terrorism and banditry against sexual violence.” “I am not sure of our own situation here in Nigeria, I don’t know how much preventive clothing is provided for journalists whether male or female when in areas of conflict. “Anybody that is going to an area of…
By Kamil Opeyemi The All Progressive Congress in Bayelsa state has cried out over an alleged plot by Governor Duoye Diri to frame up its candidate in the last governorship election, Timipre Sylva. The party said Diri is planning to use the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to achieve this purpose. According to the party, the plot is to prevent him from challenging the victory of Diri after the last governorship election in the state. NPO Reports that Diri was declared winner of the election which held last month defeating Sylva who contested on the platform of the APC.…
•Set to Fund New Startups By Halimah Olamide Former Governor of Kaduna State Mallam Nasir el-Rufai has announced a new initiative which is aimed to funding new startups in Nigeria. To the tune of $100m share capital, the former Governor who missed being appointed a minister by President Bola Tinubu, said on Monday that Africa Ventures Capital Company Limited will take off fully in January 2024. Taking to his X handle on Monday, the former Governor said “I can confirm that our VC-PE firm, Afri-Venture Capital Company Ltd will by the Grace of God, begin operations initially in Abuja in…
Thirty years after the transition from apartheid to a democratic South Africa, Fergal Keane returns to a country experiencing increasing political violence in a key region to see what happened to the hopes and promises of a better nation. Thembinkosi Lombo may not have known the man who gunned him down – but he may well have known the person who ordered the hit. The 35-year-old local councillor from South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) was shot dead in Greytown in the eastern coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal last year. He left behind a wife and nine children – the…
The USS Carney destroyer shot down three drones fired from Houthi-held Yemen on Sunday A US warship shot down three drones after three commercial vessels came under attack in the Red Sea, the US military has said. It said the USS Carney assisted the ships – which had links to 14 nations including the UK – on Sunday after they were targeted from areas of Yemen held by Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Two of the ships were hit by missiles but there were no casualties, it added. A Houthi spokesman said the group’s navy had attacked two Israeli ships. The Israeli…
Bush burning was the main cause of the fire incident that occurred at the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) in Kaduna; the Kaduna State Fire Service has confirmed. Ayuba Yohanna, Assistant Commandant of the service made the confirmation, saying the fire started from bush burning at the back of the procurement office. He said the officers on duty rushed to the scene after receiving the distress call at around 1:45 pm. Yohanna said two offices at the procurement department were affected with no lives lost or injuries. Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, visited the F station…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Benue State Government has explained why the state’s local government councils were dissolved. The government said the dissolution was based on the order of the State House of Assembly, which has powers to legislate over their affairs. Sir Tersoo Kula, Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Gov. Hyacinth Alia, said this when he addressed a news conference on Sunday in Makurdi. Kula said that contrary to the assumption that Gov. Hyacinth Alia unilaterally dissolved the elected local councils, it was the lawmakers who ordered for their dissolution after uncovering large scale fraud in their operations. Sen. Abba…
Gbenga Ogunbote, the Head Coach of Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC), on Sunday in Ibadan acknowledged his players’ inability to convert goal scoring chances. Ogunbote spoke during the post-match news conference, after drawing goalless with Heartland FC of Owerri in a 2023/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) match day 11 fixture. He noted that his team was prepared to take the maximum three points from the encounter, but could not make the best use of the goalscoring opportunities. “We never took Heartland FC for granted for life. But now we will go and do the needful on the team to…