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 Kwara State Police Command on Thursday said that it has commenced investigations to ascertain the truth in the allegation that one of its officers shot and killed a student at the state capital Ilorin. NPO Reports that an officer at a checkpoint had fired at a passenger in a tricycle hitting the student in the hand. He was said to have been rushed to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital where he however died. Eye witnesses at the scene of the shooting were said to have told people how policemen fired a shot when the driver…
By Halimah Olamide At least, one student of the Kwara State Polytechnic Ilorin has reportedly died on Thursday during a protest ignited by acute fuel shortage at the state capital. NPO Reports gathered that tension enveloped the whole of state capital as residents stayed indoor over police students clash. A huge crowd of students and other angry residents gathered at the police headquarters to protest the death of the student. However, according to information gathered by NPO Reports, there are suspicions that the deceased was into internet fraud, hence him running from the police. He was on his way from…
By Halimah Olamide The Nigerian Police Force has confirmed that the OOU Serial Killer, Adeleye Ayomide, is now in their custody. This was disclosed by the Lagos State Police spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin via his X account. Recall that NPO reported that the 23-year-old was arrested for killing a 300-level student FUNAAB student, Christiannah Idowu. According to the police he was handed over to them by the 9 Brigade of the Nigerian Army. The handover took place today at around 2 pm. NPO reports that Ayomide killed Christiannah despite collecting the N3 million ransom from her parents. He was picked up…
By Halimah Olamide The Lagos State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Chinese food processing company, Yihai Kerry Arawana Holdings Co. Limited, to increase productivity in the rice value chain and enhance food security in the State. This was contained in a statement by the Governor’s spokesperson, Gboyega Akosile, on Thursday. Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Lagos State Governor, who is currently in China with some Lagos State Government officials for the ongoing Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), witnessed the signing of the MoU on Wednesday. The Special Adviser to Governor Sanwo-Olu on Agriculture (Rice Mill Initiative),…
By Halimah Olamide A student of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Adeleye Ayomide, has been arrested following the gut-wrenching revelation of his involvement in the murder of a 300-level student of the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Idowu Christiannah
• To Establish First Renewable Energy Academy, Assembly Plant in Oyo FCT By Halimah Olamide The Federal Government has signed two Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with a Chinese Company, Mutual Commitment Company (MCC) Limited. The MoU was facilitated by the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), an agency of the Federal Ministry of Power. Present at the ceremony on Tuesday to represent Nigeria were the Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu and the Managing Director of REA, Mr. Abba Aliyu. Speaking at the event which took place in Beijing on the eve of the opening ceremony of the African-China Co-operation Summit, Adelabu…
By Halimah Olamide The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has described the recent hike in fuel price as anti-people. This was contained in a statement by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba in Abuja on Thursday. The hike was further considered thoughtless, especially at this time. Ologunagba advised President Bola Tinubu to save the country from further socio-economic challenges by immediately reversing the latest increase in fuel prices. He said that Nigerians could not bear the fuel price increase worsening the effect of suffocating economic hardship which they currently face. The publicity secretary said that the secretive administration of the…
Halimah Olamide A yet-to-be-identified man has confessed to flogging anti-Tinubu electorates in the 2023 Presidential election. He confessed this in a video posted @ChucksEricE on X, while also lamenting about the hardship under the same government he clamoured for. He complained bitterly about the heightening suffering being meted out on Nigerians, also highlighting how difficult it is to get fuel “We can’t get fuel to buy, they’re beating us already at filling stations, “We voted for Jagaban and I was among those who flogged people in Idi-Oro, “You entered now and destroyed our lives, it is hard for us to…
By Halimah Olamide The Chairman, of the Presidential Committee on Tax Reforms, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, has shared his discussion with the American businessman and co-founder, of Microsoft, Bill Gates. He took to his X handle, @taiwoyedele, on Wednesday to share photos of him with Gates. Oyedele revealed that they discussed ongoing fiscal reforms and different measures to improve the quality of spending on health, and education as well as enhancing agricultural productivity. “I had the opportunity to engage with @BillGates. We discussed our ongoing fiscal reforms and various measures to improve the quality of spending on health, and education, and…
Just a few days to the September 21 Edo State Governorship election, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Emmanuel Agbaje, has dumped the party. This was contained in a letter to his ward chairman on Tuesday. As a lawmaker, he represented Akoko-Edo II in the state House of Assembly from 2015 to 2023 Agbaje alleged that there was alienation as well as sidelining in the scheme of things in the party and his ward. “This decision has not been taken lightly, but after careful consideration and consultation with my support base and leaders, I believe it is the best…