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 Police Command in Anambra has confirmed the arrest of two suspects by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad and Anti-Kidnapping Unit. The suspects are Celestine, a 52-year-old man, and Jacinta, a 45-year-old woman, both residents of Oba in Idemili South LGA. Their arrest was confirmed in a statement issued on Sunday in Onitsha by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga. Ikenga stated the arrest occurred on 13 April 13, under the new operation codenamed ‘Udo Ga Chi,’ targeting kidnapping and violent crimes in the state. During a search of their residence, police recovered a pump-action gun, seven…
Agency Report A civil society organisation (CSO), Yiaga Africa, has said that the transparent conduct of the recent general elections in Ghana is a huge lesson for Nigeria and other countries in West Africa. Executive Director of Yiaga Africa, Mr Samson Itodo, stated this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. Itodo said even though Nigeria’s population is far bigger than that of Ghana, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) could emulate some noticeable attributes in the conduct of Ghana’s elections. “There are so many things Ghana can learn from Nigeria and there are…
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has denied any involvement in the reported kidnap of a 12-year-old girl in Rivers, describing the allegation as false and malicious. Abubakar Umar, Service Public Relations Officer, (SPRO), Deputy Controller of Corrections, (DCC) said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Umar said that the claim was a fabrication intended to mislead the public and tarnish the image of the organisation. “The attention of the NCoS has been drawn to an online publication alleging complicity in the kidnap of a 12-year-old girl in Rivers State. “The Service wishes to unequivocally debunk the story as…
The Federal Government, through the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), has closed the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu for emergency runway repairs for two weeks. The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Mrs Obiageli Orah disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. According to Orah, there is a sudden and significant rupture in the asphalt surface at a critical section of the runway. She said that as a result, the emergency repairs would be conducted on the portion of the runway from April 22 to May 6. “In compliance with the Nigerian civil aviation regulations,…
Eagle-eyed operatives of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted hard drugs concealed in some specially published books on Islamic religion on their way to Saudi Arabia. Spokesman of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi disclosed this on Sunday saying it took the alertness of the agency officials to spot the hidden drugs. The cocaine consignment consisting of 20 parcels with a total weight of 500grams and buried in the pages of the religious books was uncovered at a courier company in Lagos on Tuesday 15th April 2025. According to the statement, NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General…
By Tunde Akanni Yes, peace as the ultimate desire of engaging with issues of conflict. Nigerians may afford to be ignorant of certain current concerns of national importance but certainly not such involving the Uromi killings and the protracted Plateau pogrom on account of their deadliness and possible boundlessness. Yet, they broke out too too soon after the unsettling Ifon-Ilobu-Erin-Osun conflagration for which alarmists canvassed for emergency rule in Osun State. Accusations and counter accusations are flying in different directions but these won’t solve the problems. Tragically, the incidents seem ordinary to the El-Rufais, Atikus and Obis neck deep into…
The leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has condemned a statement by the former vice presidential candidate in the 2023 General Elections, Sen. Datti Baba-Ahmed, who said President Bola Tinubu’s government is ‘questionably constitutional’. The rebuttal, signed by the National Publicity Secretary of LP, Dr Arabambi Abayomi, was issued to newsmen on Saturday in Kaduna by the party’s National Secretary, Umar Ibrahim. Abayomi said the LP viewed the comment as undemocratic, therefore, dissociating itself from any surreptitious action capable of inciting Nigerians against the present government. He said said the party approached the 2023 General Elections with all the determination…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration is bridging the infrastructural gap between Abuja capital city and its rural communities. Wike stated this in Abuja on Saturday, after he inspected ongoing road projects in Ketti and Takushara, two densely populated satellite communities within the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). Wike said that the move was in line with President Bola Tinubu’s directive for inclusive development, stressing that provision of infrastructure should not be limited to the city centre. “Mr President has always emphasised that we should not only concentrate development in the…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed one dead in a building collapse in the Ojodu-Berger area, Lagos State. It also confirmed that 12 persons had been rescued so far from the rubble of the three-storey building located at No 10, Oremeta St., Ojodu-Berger, Lagos. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, NEMA Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office confirmed said this in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. Farinloye said the cause of the collapsed was yet to be ascertained. He said that search and rescue operation was still ongoing. The Permanent Secretary of the agency, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu who also confirmed the incident…
The Police Command in Borno has arrested eight suspects for allegedly killing and secretly burying a new born baby at a private hospital in Kwatam on Baga road, Maiduguri. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Nahun Daso, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri on Saturday. Daso said the incident occurred on April 18, 2025, at about 1:00 p.m., following a distress call received by the police from concerned residents who witnessed the suspicious act. He explained that the police operatives from Ite Division responded swiftly, cordoned off the hospital premises, and…