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
The Gombe State Police command has apprehended four suspects for allegedly vandalising transformers in Gombe metropolis. The Spokesman of the command, ASP Buhari Abdullahi said this while parading the suspects on Friday in Gombe. He said the suspects allegedly vandalised and removed armoured cables from power transformers in the area. “On Wednesday about 3 pm, information from one Abubakar Sulaiman of Hayin Kwari Misau quarters, Gombe Local Government Area that some groups of boys were sighted with armoured cable suspected to be have stolen around Hayin Kwari Misau quarters. “On receipt of the information the Divisional Police Officer led patrol…
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) says it is determined to recover N227 billion debt from Arik Air. The Head, Corporate Communications of AMCON, Mr Jude Nwauzor, made this known during an interactive session with aviation correspondents on Friday in Lagos. According to him, AMCON’s plan to liquidate Arik Air is still on as efforts to revive the airline have so far proved abortive. He said that the actions of AMCON, a debt recovery agency, is backed by Sections 6 and 48 of the AMCON Act. Nwauzor said that the meeting was to clarify some misrepresentations on the issue.…
The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, on Friday decried the incessant vandalism of critical power transmission equipment in the country. Adelabu made this known at the official inauguration of a 100MVA Power Transformer at the 132/33kv Transmission Substation in Isolo, Lagos. According to the minister, the issue of vandalism being experienced in all the transformer networks across the country is disturbing. “It can be depressing, when we have just completed a transformer installation and few weeks after, they are brought down by vandals. “This shows that we don’t love ourselves, these does not happen in many other parts of…
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has addressed the drama that ensued during the presentation of the Nigeria Police Force 2025 budget with lawmakers. NPO recalls that a member of the Senate, Onyekachi Nwoebonyi (Ebonyi-North), angrily walked out from the presentation of details of the budget presented by the IGP on Thursday at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja. A statement by the Police Spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, described the disruption as unnecessary and avoidable, clarifying that the document he presented was shared with all committee members beforehand. NPO reports that confusion broke out when the lawmaker, a member of…
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mrs Mojisola Meranda, says she will not dwell on past controversies but focus on the pressing legislative tasks ahead. Meranda said this during her inaugural speech as the new speaker on Friday at the assembly’s complex in Ikeja. Meranda replaced the former speaker, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, following his Impeachment on Monday over alleged abuse of office and financial impropriety. Meranda said the new house of assembly under her leadership would focus more on passing bills that would ensure the people of state enjoyed dividends of democracy. The speaker said part of…
The Lagos State House of Assembly has named four new principal officers following the impeachment of the former Speaker, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, on Monday. The Speaker, Mrs Mojisola Meranda (APC-Apapa 1), made this known on Friday while presiding over plenary as the new speaker. Recall that on Monday, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa was impeached over alleged gross misconduct by 32 out of the 40 members. The Clerk of the House, Mr Lekan Onafeko, was also suspended over alleged gross financial impropriety. NAN reports that the House also dissolved all the standing committees inaugurated by the former speaker. According to Meranda, the…
The Palestinian militant group Hamas is expected to release the first hostages under a Gaza ceasefire deal on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Friday. This is happening after 15 months of war that demolished the enclave. If successful, the ceasefire would halt fighting between Hamas and Israeli forces that has razed much of heavily urbanised Gaza, killed more than 46, 000 people, and displaced most of the enclave’s pre-war population of 2.3 million several times over, according to local authorities. A ceasefire could also ease hostilities in the Middle East, where the Gaza war spread to…
An Appeal Court has affirmed Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). The was contained in a post via the party’s X handle on Friday. “Barr Julius Abure remains the LP National Chairman, Appeal Court Rules” The post read. This is coming after a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja delivered a judgement on Abure’s position as the national chairman of the party. The panel made the decision in two separate appeals. While Sen. Esther Nenadi Usman & others were the appellants in the first appeal marked: CA/ABJ/CA/1217//2024, Labour Party & others were respondents. In the…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it is obliged to obey the Appeal Court order restraining the party from appointing any person as acting National Secretary in place of Sen. Samuel Anyanwu. The party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Ibrahim Abdullahi, stated this at a news conference, tagged: “Just so the PDP may have a breather’’, on Friday in Abuja. Abdullahi said in the last few days, PDP had been issued with two court orders surrounding the authentic national secretary of the party. He said that on Wednesday, PDP was served with an order of interim injunction issued by the Federal Capital…
The Labour Party leadership has clarified that Gov. Alex Otti of Abia has no plan to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), ahead of the 2027 general elections. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Obiora Ifoh, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. NAN reports that rumours have been rife over plans by no fewer than five first term opposition governors to defect to APC, preparatory to the 2027 general elections. The governors, according to media reports, are Alex Otti of Enugu, Peter Mba, Enugu; Sheriff Oborevwori,…