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
Members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ojokoro LCDA, Lagos State, on Tuesday staged a protest over alleged imposition of candidates for the July 12 Local Government election. NPO Reports that this is coming some days after a similar protest occurred in which the stakeholder’s meeting held on the 14th of April was disrupted, following alleged imposition of a chairmanship candidate for the upcoming LG polls. During Tuesday’s protest, supporters of some chairmanship aspirants in the LCDA gathered at the party secretariat, from where they marched to the council secretariat to express their grievances. Some of the protesters chanted,…
Agency Report The Police Command in Rivers has confirmed the commencement of an investigation into the death of a police officer who allegedly took his own life in Port Harcourt. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the command’s spokesperson, disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday in Port Harcourt. “We received a report about an officer who allegedly killed himself. “However, we are currently investigating the report to ascertain what transpired,” she stated. Iringe-Koko reported that the Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Olugbenga Adepoju, directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for a thorough investigation.…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu returned to the country on Monday, following the end a two-week working visit to Europe. The President was received on arrival at the Presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at 9.50 p.m. by Sen. George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Nyesom Wike, FCT Minister, and other senior government officials. The President had departed Nigeria on April 2 for Paris, France, where he held a high-level meeting with Mr. Massad Boulos, the U.S. Department of State’s Senior Advisor for Africa. The discussion focused on deepening bilateral cooperation to enhance regional security…
Agency Report Burnley beat Sheffield United 2-1 to seal automatic promotion to the Premier League on Saturday with the result also sending Championship leaders Leeds United up alongside them. Leeds had earlier thrashed Stoke City 6-0 to go top of the Championship on 94 points with two matches remaining and needed Burnley to then not lose to third-placed Sheffield United to make sure they would finish in the top two. Burnley duly obliged with Josh Brownhill scoring twice at Turf Moor either side of Tom Cannon’s equaliser. Scott Parker’s side, who were relegated last season, joined Leeds on 94 points…
The Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development has on Monday debunked online reports claiming concession of Enugu international airport had been agreed upon. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr. Tunde Moshood, the Special Adviser on Media and Communications to the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development. According to Moshood, the online reports are utterly baseless and untrue. “Our attention has been drawn to certain online reports/stories suggesting that a certain lengthy period of concession has been agreed upon regarding the Enugu International Airport. “It is true that Government is considering proposals for concession of five major airports,…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has sympathised with the Catholic Church on the death of Pope Francis and acknowledged his extraordinary leadership and boundless compassion. This was contained in a statement by the CAN President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, in Abuja on Monday. Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Catholic Church and the first from Latin America, passed away on Easter Monday, April 21, at the age of 88 in his Vatican residence, Casa Santa Marta. “On behalf of the national leadership of CAN and the entire Christian community in Nigeria, I extend our heartfelt condolences to the Catholic…
The Federal Government has expressed concern over a significant damage caused to the almost-completed Lotto Bridge Interchange on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, expressed the concern during an inspection of the site on Monday. Kesha said that the damage was caused by a low-bed articulated vehicle, which was transporting an excavator and collided with the bridge structure. She expressed worry at the extent of the destruction, saying that the incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday, when the excavator’s boom, not properly secured, struck the bridge beams. “From what we observed,…
Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday at the age of 88, the Vatican had announced in an official statement. NPO Reports that his death comes just a day after his symbolic appearance at St. Peter’s Square, which unknown to many was his final public appearance. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, born on the 17th of December, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was elected in 2013 to became the first non-European pope in nearly 1,300 years, the first Jesuit to ascend to the papacy. He was also the first to choose the name “Francis,” in homage…
The Executive Director of Yiaga Africa, Mr. Samson Itodo, has advocated for the removal of immunity currently being enjoyed by governors for 20 years to sanitise the country’s political space. Itodo stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday. He argued that the removal of immunity would help to sanitise the current political space and make political office holders, particularly the governors, more circumspect. “With the level of impunity that we’re seeing, I think we should remove immunity from public officials, at least, for 20 years so that we can sanitise the…
Agency Report The Katsina State Hisbah Board has dismissed a report of alleged assault on a lady, Hauwa’u Lawal, by its personnel. Malam Mohammad Shu’aibu, the Deputy Commander General Operations of the board, gave the clarifications at a news conference on Sunday in Katsina. Lawal, in a viral video clip, accused the operatives of the board of beating her that caused a fracture on her leg and injuries impairing her hearing ability. The lady said that the incident occurred when she visited her brother, who was in the custody of the board. In a swift reaction, Shu’aibu confirmed the arrest…