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
By Halimah Olamide The Global Patriot Newspaper is set host its dialogue on media tomorrow (Friday). This was contained in a statement made available to NPO Reports on Thursday. The virtual dialogue themed “The Media of the Future: Bridging the Gap Between the West and People of African Descent,” a side event of the Black Futures Summit It is slated to hold on the sidelines of the 2024 United Nations Summit of the Future in New York, United States of America (USA). The UN Summit of the Future is taking place during the 2024 United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which…
By G.G Darah The process of restructuring Nigeria’s political system has been going on since the 1914 amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates by the British colonial conquerors. The political act of restructuring, re-organizing, reconstituting or overhauling of the Nigerian polity has been a recurrent exercise. The 2014 National Conference in Abuja was the 17th in the history of Nigeria. The British imperial invaders applied violence and military might to subdue and defeat resistance to their take-over of the Nigerian territory. The stories of the bloody encounters and massacres are well narrated in history books. Among the notorious cases…
Agency Report Hand-held radios used by the armed group Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday across Lebanon’s south in the country’s deadliest day since cross-border fighting erupted between the militants and Israel nearly a year ago, stoking tensions after similar explosions of the group’s pagers the day before. Lebanon’s health ministry said 20 people were killed and more than 450 injured on Wednesday in Beirut’s suburbs and the Bekaa Valley, while the death toll from Tuesday’s explosions rose to 12, including two children, with nearly 3,000 injured. Israeli officials have not commented on the blasts, but security sources said Israel’s spy agency…
The mass pager attack against Hezbollah in Lebanon has turned the spotlight on Israel’s secretive Unit 8200, the Israel Defense Forces’ intelligence unit, which a Western security source said was involved in planning the operation. Israeli officials have remained silent on the audacious intelligence operation that killed 12 people on Tuesday and wounded thousands of Hezbollah operatives. At least one person was killed on Wednesday when hand-held radios used by Hezbollah detonated. A senior Lebanese security source and another source told Reuters that Israel’s Mossad spy agency was responsible for a sophisticated operation to plant a small quantity of explosives inside…
By Halimah Olamide The Independent National Electoral Commission is set to deploy 5,000 Bimodal Voter Accreditation Systems (BVAS) today (Thursday) ahead of the upcoming Edo State governorship election NPO reports that the election is scheduled for Saturday. Sensitive materials, including ballot papers and result sheets, arrived in Edo State on Wednesday via Benin Airport and were transported to secure storage facilities under tight security. NPO reports that all campaigns are to end today. The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Senator Monday Okpebholo, Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP) are the…
Agency Report The Police Command in Lagos State says it has begun an investigation into circumstances leading to the altercation captured on video between a police officer and an elderly woman. The Command’s Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the development in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. He said that investigations revealed that the incident took place in Alagbado area of the state in the first week of September. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a video circulating on social media showed an officer inside an elderly woman’s car manhandling her. According to Hundeyin, the police inspector and his…
By Halimah Olamide The Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA), has assured that the earth tremors experienced in Abuja, the capital city poses a low threat. This was contained in a statement by the Director-General, NGSA, Professor Olusegun Ige. Recall that NPO reported that some resident of Abuja raised alarm on social media over the occurence. According to Ige, the NGSA monitored the tremors and found them to be low and didn’t pose any threat to the environment The statement reads: “ The Monitoring Station (NGSA-5) at Katampe has been capturing several significant ground motions with high moment magnitudes (Mw) in…
Agency Report The Rivers Police Command has busted a job racketeering syndicate that allegedly specialises in advertising non-existent employment vacancies to defraud unsuspecting job seekers. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Olatunji Disu, disclosed this at a news conference in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. Disu said that operatives from the command successfuly rescued 16 victims held by the gang during a raid of its hideout. He said that the syndicate was uncovered when officers from the Octopus Strike Force responded to a distress call from concerned residents, who suspected a hostage situation. “Police operatives acted swiftly and raided a compound…
Agency Report Manchester United secured their biggest win under Erik ten Hag after beating Barnsley 7-0 in the third round of the League Cup on Tuesday. A dominant performance saw Alejandro Garnacho, Marcus Rashford and Christian Eriksen all bag braces for the Red Devils alongside Antony’s spot-kick to secure victory against the third-tier outfit. Championship (second-tier) side Preston won an incredible penalty shoot-out 16-15 to dump Premier League outfit Fulham out. The match finished 1-1 in normal time after Reiss Nelson cancelled out Ryan Ledson’s opener, but a ruthless start saw the first 16 spot-kicks converted before Jorge Cuenca and…
Safiu Kehinde Promoter of Not-in- My Country Campaign, Akin Fadeyi, has accused X Chief Executive Officer, Elon Musk, of promoting hatred and division in the United States of America. Reacting to Elon Musk’s comment on US Democrats Vice Presidential candidate’s speech, Fadeyi claimed in a statement on his X handle that Musk has been promoting hatred speech and despicable conspiracy theories. He further accused the X owner of promoting assassination of US incumbent Vice President, Kamala Harris, who also doubled as the Democrats Presidential candidate for the November election. “You actually have not been promoting free speech in America, @elonmusk.…