Author: Halimah Olamide
Halimah Olamide Holds a degree in History and Education. She also holds professional certificates in graphics and passionate about reporting issues of politics, economy, and gender
Agency Report Nasarawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has announced its chairmanship candidates for the Nov. 2, local government councils election in the state. Mr Tanimu Adamson, Chairman of the party’s primary elections committee, announced the names of successful candidates, submitting the report of the exercise to the party’s state executive on Friday in Lafia. Adamson explained that the party’s flag bearers emerged through consensus as agreed by the party, in line with article 20 of its constitution. He listed the names of the successful chairmanship candidates for the 13 LGAs to include Safiyanu Isa for Akwanga,…
The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed that a man allegedly jumped into a canal and died to avoid arrest in the Ipaja area of the state. The command’s Spokesman , SP Benjamin Hundeyin, stated this in post he shared on his verified X handle @benHundeyin on Friday. He said that the incident happened on Wednesday at about 10:00 a.m. in Mosan Okunola area of Ipaja. Hundeyin, who was responding to the report that the man had encounter with the police, who chased him into the canal, said the report was not true. He said that the police visited…
Agency Report The Headquarters Training and Doctrine Command Nigerian Army (TRADOC NA), has denied allegation of illegal detention of a civilian by the command’s Military Police (MP) in Minna Military Cantonment. The Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations for TRADOC, Lt.-Col. Sani Uba, dismissed the allegation in a statement on Friday. Uba said the allegation published by an online medium on Wednesday had alleged that some officers of TRADOC connived, arrested and detained a civilian on the ‘Orders of the Commander’, over suspicion that he wanted to defraud a food vendor. He said it was important to address the misinformation…
Accuses NLC of Falsehood By Halimah Olamide The Labour Party has described the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) allegations of working for the All Progressives Congress (APC), as a calculated attempt to give the party leadership a bad name. This was contained in a statement by the party’s national public secretary, Obiora Ifoh, on Friday. This is following a court judgment affirming the leadership of Barrister Julius Abure as the national chairman of the Labour Party. “I must put it clear that this narrative is not only misleading and mischievous but also a calculated attempt to continue to distract, derail and…
By Halimah Olamide The Kwara State Police Command has disclosed that three officers who were dismissed in connection with the killing of a Kwara State Polytechnic student, Ilorin, Qoyum Ishola, have been charged to court. This was contained in a statement by the Kwara Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi on Friday. Recall that NPO reported that an officer at a checkpoint had fired at a passenger in a tricycle hitting the deceased in the hand. He was said to have been rushed to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital where he died. The dismissed officers, Mr Abiodun Kayode,…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the African Region may face a staggering shortage of 5.3 million health professionals by 2030 if urgent interventions are not implemented to address the existing gaps. Dr Muyiwa Ojo, Technical Officer for Human Resources for Health at WHO, made this startling revelation in Abuja on Thursday, during a health journalist capacity-building workshop. Ojo said the root cause of health workforce challenges lied in the shortage of competent and motivated health workers with the requisite skills. He attributed this shortage to labour market failures, inadequate education and training capacity, insufficient funding, and high…
The Wigwe University, Rivers, has officially commenced its academic programmes with the admission of 200 pioneer students. The university was established by the late Dr Herbert Wigwe, former Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank, who tragically lost his life in a helicopter crash in the U.S. on Feb. 9, 2023. The acting Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Marwan Al-Akaidi, announced the formal opening of the university during a short opening ceremony at its campus in Isiokpo, Rivers, on Thursday. He explained that the university, established to provide a world-class education, would offer programmes in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM),…
By Halimah Olamide Following a six-month nationwide search for courageous and remarkable children, Mary Timbee, Khalifa Aminu, and Kundushima Kwana, have emerged winners in the season 16 of the Indomie Heroes Awards (IHA). This was announced at the grand finale ceremony organized by Dufil Prima Foods, makers of Indomie Instant Noodles. The event held at the Ultima Studios, Lekki, Lagos on October 13, 2024. The winners announced by the judges were chosen after meeting the criteria outlined in the call for entries, which recognized them along three categories: Physical Bravery, Social Bravery, and the Intellectual Bravery, all by children aged…
Agency Report Nigerian-British bodybuilder, Samson Dauda, has won the 2024 Mr Olympia bodybuilding title. He also took home $600,000, which is the biggest prize awarded in the sports history. The competition which was the finale of the 2024 Olympia was held at the Resorts World Theatre in Las Vegas, United States. Fifteen top bodybuilders made it to the final stage after the preliminary round and they competed for the top spot where Dauda emerged overall winner. Dauda edged out Hadi Choopan who took the runner-up position and the 2023 Olympia champion, Derek Lunsford who came third place. The News Agency of…
By Halimah Olamide The Minister of Sports Development, John Enoh, has described the Super Eagles’ hostage situation in Libya as unspeakable. This was contained in a statement by the Minister on Monday, following earlier reports of the team being hold hostage in an abandoned airport in Libya. “I strongly condemn the obnoxious treatment meted on players and officials of the Senior National Team,the Super Eagles who arrived Libya, yesterday the 13th of October for the reverse version of the match played on Friday in Uyo, the AFCON 2025 Group D qualifiers. “The National Team was en route Benghazi but was…