Author: Halimah Olamide

President Bola Tinubu has announced the appointment of Dr Nkiruka Maduekwe as the Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Council on Climate Change, in an interim capacity, pending confirmation of her appointment by the Supervisory Council of the NCCC. This was contained in a bulletin signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, on Sunday. Accordingly, Maduekwe (39), has also been approved to serve as the Co-Chairperson of the Intergovernmental Committee on National Carbon Market Activation Plan. “The President has also approved that Dr. Maduekwe, 39, who holds a Bachelor of…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has sued President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government over failure to account for the loans obtained by former presidents. The former presidents include Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari. The suit was filed against the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, and the Debt Management Office, DMO. In the suit number FHC/L/CS/353/2024 filed last Friday at the Federal High Court, Lagos, SERAP is asking the court to “direct and compel the Tinubu government to publish the loan agreements obtained by the governments of former presidents…

…Says FEPS, Verification Agents, Others to Undergo Security Vetting In a bid to rectify irregularities and prevent abuse, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has temporarily suspended the bypass enrolment process. This was contained in a statement made available by the Commission’s Head of Corporate Communications, Kayode Adegoke, on Saturday. The statement further reiterated its commitment to providing secure identity services and protecting the Citizens’ data per its mandate as Nigeria’s foundational identity provider. In pursuit of this goal, the Commission has implemented enhanced measures to safeguard the information stored in its National Identity Database. “These actions align with the…

Four hostages kidnapped by Hamas have been reunited with their families, after being rescued in a raid that Palestinian officials say killed scores of people. Noa Argamani, 26, Almog Meir Jan, 22, Andrei Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 41, were freed on Saturday, eight months since being kidnapped from the Nova music festival on 7 October. Israeli forces, backed by air strikes, fought intense gun battles with Hamas in the Nuseirat area, in what the Israel Defense Forces called a “high-risk, complex mission”. Palestinian officials say women and children were among those killed in the military assault. Two hospitals in…

By Halimah Olamide The Lagos State Police Command, in a bid to provide a more stable channel of communication between the public and the police, assignments, has introduced a permanent phone number for police divisions, area commands and strategic officers. This was contained in a statement signed by the police spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin on Saturday. “With the new arrangement, numbers remain permanently attached to particular offices such that with the redeployment of the occupants of such officers, the phone numbers remain the same.” It read in part. According to him, the strategic move phases out the old era where the…

By Halimah Olamide President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has named the M18 road infrastructure in Guzape District, Abuja after veteran novelist, Chinua Achebe. Tinubu stated this during his address at the inauguration of the road in Abuja on Saturday, June 8. The President’s Special Assistant on Social Media, Olusegun Dada, made the announcement in an X post on Saturday. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Commissions the M18 road infrastructure in Guzape District of Abuja. Names road after Nigerian Novelist and Poet, late Professor Chinua Achebe.” He wrote. Achebe was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as a central figure…

Denmark PM, Mette Frederiksen has been left “shocked” after being attacked in the street in Copenhagen, her office says. The assault took place on a square in the centre of the city where a man walked up to her and hit her. The attacker has been arrested. European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen called it a “despicable act, which goes against everything we believe in and fight for in Europe”. “Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was beaten on Friday evening at Kultorvet in Copenhagen by a man who was subsequently arrested. The prime minister is shocked by the incident,” the…

Apollo 8 astronaut, Bill Anders, who snapped one of the most famous photographs taken in outer space, has died in a plane crash at the age of 90. Officials say a small aircraft he was flying crashed into the sea off Washington state. Anders’ son Greg confirmed that his father’s body was recovered on Friday afternoon. “The family is devastated. He was a great pilot. He will be missed,” a statement from the family reads. Anders – who was a lunar module pilot on the Apollo 8 mission – took the iconic Earthrise photograph, one of the most memorable and…

By Halimah Olamide The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III has declared Sunday 16th as Eid-el-Kabir day This was made known in a statement on Thursday by the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs Sultanate Council Sokoto, Professor Sambo Wali Junaidu, Wazirin Sokoto. The Sultan declared Friday, June 7th 2024, as the First Day of Zulhijjah 1445AH and Sunday, June 16th which will be equivalent to the 10th of Zulhijjah will be marked as this Year’s Eid-El-Kabir. Sultan Sa’ad felicitated with the Muslim Ummah and wished them Allah’s guidance, and blessings. Also urging the faithful to continue…

By Halimah Olamide The Lagos Rapid Response Squad (RRS), have arrested a suspected vandal over the vandalisation of LED road stud lights on the newly renovated Third Mainland Bridge. This was contained in a statement by the RRS on Friday. The suspect has been identified as Mubarak Abdullahi (18), living in the Makoko area of Lagos State. Abdullah was caught on Friday at about 10:00am, removing 10 of the LED road stud light screwed to the road to enhance the visibility of road users The suspect was caught red-handed by the RRS operatives on patrol of the bridge. Meanwhile, the…