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 Vice President, Kashim Shettima, is set to lead Nigeria’s delegation to the 79th United Nations General Assembly session. This was contained in a statement by the President’s Special Adviser, Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, on Thursday. The session is set to hold in New York City According to the statement, the President Bola Tinubu will not be able to attend the session due to domestic issues he wants to focus on. “President Tinubu, who returned to the country last Sunday after his trip to China and the UK, wants to focus on domestic issues and…
By Halimah Olamide Amidst widespread allegations of age cheating, team Delta has on Thursday emerged winner of the 8th national youths games in Asaba, Delta The defending champion won a total of 41 gold, 27 silver and 30 bronze to emerge the winner of the games. A cross section of sports writers and administrators who monitored the 11-day sporting event expressed disappointment at the organisation and outcome of the games. Dr. Daniel Igali, President of the Wrestling Federation of Nigeria (WFN), told journalists at a news conference that age cheating was a major challenge in the nation’s effort at developing…
By Halimah Olamide The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday granted the request of the Federal Government and former Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, to settle out of court an appeal challenging his removal from office. The decision of the court followed information that the two parties in the suit have intensified efforts to reach an amicable settlement of all issues in the dispute. Former President Muhammadu Buhari had in 2019 removed Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria during the pendency of a charge against him at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. However, at Thursday’s…
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…