Author: Safiu Kehinde

Safiu Kehinde Nigeria’s First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has emerged winner of the Independent Awards 2024 for Best Woman of the Year. Dedicating the award to Nigerian women and youth, the First Lady praised their tireless contributions towards the nation’s growth and development at the Independent Awards 2024 Gala Night held on Saturday in Lagos. Mrs Tinubu, a former Lagos Central senator, was represented by Hajia Fatima Tajudeen, wife of the Speaker of the House of Representatives. She said the award was dedicated to every Nigerian woman and youth contributing to the country’s progress, describing them as Nigeria’s unsung heroes. The…

Agency Report The ljumu and Kabba-Bunu Local Government Councils have announced the closure of two Zango Cattle Markets in their respective areas, following incessant security threats. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the markets are situated at Iyara in Ijumu and Odolu in Kabba. It was learnt that after the closure of Zango Markets in some parts of the state due to security challenges, especially in Kogi Central, the hoodlums moved to lyara and Odolu axes. The Chairman of Ijumu LGA, Alh. Haruna Ibrahim, and his Kabba-Bunu counterpart, Dare Zacchaeus, in separate statements, on Saturday in Lokoja, stated…

Safiu Kehinde The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, has on Saturday clarified that he never said former President Olusegun Obasanjo should not use the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway when completed. Umahi made the clarification during an inspection tour of the highway project in Lagos. Reacting to reports and comments alleging that he urged Obasanjo not to use the road for describing the highway project as wasteful, Umahi noted that he held the former President with high regards and never made such statement against him. “The point is that the former president is not only my former president, he is also…

Safiu Kehinde The All Progressives Congress (APC) has hailed former President, Muhammadu Buhari, over his loyalty to the party. Buhari had, in a statement, on Thursday reaffirmed his commitment with the party, thereby dismissing rumours of his exit from the party. The ex-President who enjoyed eight years in office under the APC, pledged to popularize the party by all means. Reacting, the ruling party in a statement issued on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, commended Buhari for his reaffirmation of his loyalty to the party. The ex-President, according to the statement, had further reinforced his reputation of…

Safiu Kehinde Abia State Police Command have neutralised six members of a kidnapping gang while rescuing four kidnapped victims. This was disclosed on Saturday by the state’s Police Commissioner, Danladi Isa, at the Abia Government House, Umuahia, where the rescued victims were presented to Governor Alex Otti. Isa credited the success to the governor’s continuous support, stating that they came to show him the result of his investment in security agencies in Abia, including the Police. According to him, the command received a report on March 9 about the kidnap of four young men at approximately 09:30 a.m. Isa said…

Safiu Kehinde United States President, Donald Trump, has spared Nigeria from his stringent immigration policy rod as he excluded the country from the proposed travel ban list. The Trump-led administration, according to Reuters, is considering issuing sweeping travel restrictions for the citizens of dozens of countries as part of a new ban. The memo listed a total of 41 countries divided into three separate groups. The first group of 10 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Cuba and North Korea among others, would be set for a full visa suspension. In the second group, five countries — Eritrea, Haiti, Laos, Myanmar…

Agency Report Investors in stock market traded 3.281 billion shares worth N63.517 billion on 60,782 transactions on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) during the week. NGX, in its weekly report made available in Lagos, said this was in contrast to 1.818 billion shares valued at N47.226 billion in 64,222 deals last week. Consequently, the value of transactions traded by investors on the Exchange soared by 34.5 per cent. The Financial Services Industry led the activity chart with 2.302 billion shares valued at N25.014 billion traded in 27,625 deals. This contributed 70.17 per cent and 39.38 per cent to the total…

Safiu Kehinde No fewer than 20 suspected terrorists were neutralized by airstrikes from the Air Component of Operation Fansan Yamma, decimating notorious bandit hideouts in Unguwar Goga Hill-Forest in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. This was disclosed in a statement by the Deputy Director, Public Relations and Information, Group Capt. Kabiru Ali, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), on Saturday in Abuja. Ali said that the airstrikes, executed in the early hours of Thursday, preceded careful and actionable intelligence. He said that the NAF advanced purposeful lethality destroyed the fortified camps of notorious bandit kingpins, Gero (Alhaji) and Alhaji Riga;…

Agency Report President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Prof. Gabriel Osuide, an academic, pharmacist and public health icon, as he celebrates his 90th birthday anniversary. Osuide’s contributions to pharmaceutical education, drug regulation and public health in Nigeria are unparalleled, the President said in a statement on Saturday by Mr Bayo Onanuga, his spokesman. Tinubu said Osuide’s work in establishing the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and his role in developing the pharmacy education curriculum at Ahmadu Bello University and the University of Benin were a few examples of his achievements. The President commended Osuide’s dedication to…

Safiu Kehinde Nigerian actor and singer, Adams Kehinde, popularly known as Lege Miami, has slammed afrobeat musician, Ahmed Ololade (Asake), over his remark on being called out by his father. NPO reported that the former YBNL Record label signee’s father, Fatai Odunsi, had called him out in a viral video for abandoning him after suffering from stroke. The musician’s paternal family had also urged him to come to his father’s aid. Asake, in reaction in a post on his Instagram handle on Friday, claimed his father and the family are only trying and cajole and frustrate him. While noting that…