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By Kamil Opeyemi After months of controversy and uproar, Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, on Monday throw his hat into the ring by declaring his intention to run for the 2024 governorship election in the state. In a televised speech today, Shaibu, who has been the deputy governor of the state since 2016, said he would run for the office of the number one in the state on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). “When Edo was created in 1991, our brilliant leaders fully aware of our ancestors destiny names us the heartbeat of the nation. “That…
•By Halimah Olamide The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke as the worst in the history of the state. This was contained in the remark of the State’s APC Chairman, Sooko Tajudeen Lawal, stating that the Adeleke-led administration has been “falsehood-driven packaged” to deceive the unsuspecting members of the public about the achievements of the government. Lawal further noted that right from day one of his administration, Adeleke has shown that he was out on vindictive mission against the opposition APC as he needlessly…
•By Halimah Olamide Controversial street pop artist, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has chipped in on Israel Ofeare also known as Israel DMW and his wife’s separation; stating that Israel should have gotten married to 4 wives. Recall that NPO Reported on Saturday Israel announcing that his marriage to Sheila Courage which took place October 2022, had hit the rock. Portable, advising Israel in a recent video, stated that having multiple wives would provide Israel with alternative options in such situations. However, he admitted being a lover boy but stressed the significance of having more than one wife. He…
By Halimah Olamide Stakeholders at the Wole Soyinka Center for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) Daily Activism against Gender-Based Violence have encouraged the need to educate the girl-child, seeking ways to curb gender-based violence. The online program which held on Sunday 26 November 2023, via X (formerly Twitter) with the theme: “Girl Child Education and long-term implications on news room leadership”, is a 16-day event slated to hold daily between Saturday 25th Novemever to 10th December, 2023 by 4pm. The event held was moderated by Chioma Ezenwafor, News manager of Cool FM/Wazobia FM, with other panelists including; Hon. Mariya Abdulahi, Chairperson of…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Oba of Benin, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, on Sunday, said God ordained Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to be President of Nigeria. This was just as he called on all Nigerians to support the administration as well as live in peace. He noted that the victory of Tinubu in the 2023 presidential poll and his emergence as the incumbent President of Nigeria showed God ordained him to rule the country, hence the need for all Nigerians to support him to achieve the greater Nigeria of our dreams. The Oba of Benin spoke on…
A man looks at a message board for passengers onboard the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 during its fourth annual remembrance event in Kuala For nearly 10 years, Jiang Hui has been searching for answers as to why the plane carrying his 70-year-old mother back from vacation in Malaysia vanished without trace. Jiang’s mother, Jiang Cuiyun, was one of 239 people on board Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 when it deviated from its scheduled path from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and disappeared over the Indian Ocean on March 8, 2014. To this date, the fate of MH370 remains one of history’s…
A four-year-old American girl released by the Islamist group Hamas has touched the hearts of many people. Before being kidnapped and taken to the Gaza Strip, the little girl witnessed the murder of both her parents. The Washington Post reported on Monday that on Oct. 7, the then three-year-old was at home with her two siblings, aged 10 and 6, in a kibbutz on the border with the Gaza Strip when Hamas terrorists invaded. The two older children survived because they hid in a closet, where they held out for 14 hours before being rescued. A gunman shot the children’s…
Hamas handed over a third group of hostages to Red Cross staff on Sunday as part of a four-day ceasefire agreement in the Gaza war, raising hopes of an extended truce with the release of further hostages in the coming days. With the release of 14 Israelis and three Thai citizens on Sunday, a total of 58 hostages have now been released by the extremist organisation Hamas since Friday. Israeli officials believe nearly 180 hostages are still in the hands of extremists in Gaza after being kidnapped in the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks. On Sunday, in return for the 17…
Operatives of the Nigeria Police and those of the Department of State Services neutralised a three-man robbery gang in Enugu on Sunday. The gang specialised in robbing Point of Sale (POS) operators. Police spokesman in Enugu State, DSP Daniel Ndukwe stated that the gang members were neutralised in a gun duel after which arms and ammunition and their operational tricycle were recovered from them. Two locally-made pistols, six rounds of 0.9mm calibre ammunition and N500,000 cash were also recovered from the gang, he stated. “Other exhibits recovered were rolls of POS transaction printing papers, assorted mobile phones, wallets, bags and…
The Nigerian Bar Association Human Right Institute (NBA-HRI) on Sunday called for the adoption and implementation of the Violence against Persons (Prohibition) Act 2015. Mr Chino Obiagwu (SAN) NBA-HRI Chairman and Ms Rashidat Muhammad, NBA-HRI Secretary, made this call in Lagos as the world begins 16 days activism against gender violence. He said that the implementation of the Act, would greatly assist in the elimination of violence against women and girls in society. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women is celebrated every Nov. 25. The day heralds the beginning…