Author: Safiu Kehinde
Safiu Kehinde is a Graduate of Mass Communications. He is passionate about accurate reporting and interested in investigating socio-political issues.
Former US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said Democrats might have fared better in Tuesday’s election if President Joe Biden had exited the race sooner. Pelosi – one of the most powerful politicians in Washington – told the New York Times that “had the president gotten out sooner, there may have been other candidates in the race”. Her remarks are the latest finger pointing from Democrats after the party lost hold of the White House and potentially both chambers of Congress on Tuesday. Pelosi is widely reported to have led the Democrats’ push to oust Biden, who ended…
Agency Report Israeli and global leaders on Friday denounced a violent attack in Amsterdam on Israeli football fans, who called the incident a modern-day “pogrom.” The supporters – who were in the Netherlands to watch Maccabi Tel Aviv face Dutch club Ajax on Thursday night – said assailants carried knives and clubs and attacked anyone who looked Israeli. “It was a pogrom. If there had been internet in (1938), that’s what Kristallnacht would have looked like,” one victim told the Times of Israel newspaper, referring to a Nazi-era attack on German Jews. The incident, which was captured on social media,…
Agency Report The Gombe state government says it will begin the Federal Government’s free caesarean section surgery through implementation of an Emergency Ambulance Response system. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Habu Dahiru, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Friday in Gombe. Dahiru, who described the gesture as “commendable,” said the ministry would operationalise the scheme to enhance access to emergency care for pregnant women in the state. “The emergency ambulance scheme is a major component, designed to reduce delays in reaching healthcare facilities. “There is an emergency code 912, which enables patients to…
Safiu Kehinde Edo state outgoing governor, Godwin Obaseki, has dissolved his cabinet ahead of the November 12 swearing-in of Sen. Monday Okpebholo, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the new governor of the state. Obaseki who reportedly came into office on November 12, 2016 is expected to end his eight years tenure on November 12, 2024. He dissolved the cabinet shortly after a valedictory session held at the Government House on Friday in Benin. The motion for the dissolution of the State Executive Council for 2020-2024 was moved by his deputy, Godwins Omobayo, and was seconded by the Commissioner…
Safiu Kehinde An Abuja-based woman has narrated how she was nearly arrested for wearing hijab and holding plastic as FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, begins raid on beggars. Recall NPO reported the Minister’s warning against begging across the capital city while speaking at a project flag off last month. He had vowed to commence raid on the beggars after giving them two weeks ultimatum. This appeared to have commenced as the Abuja-based woman narrated her ordeal in a post shared on X on Saturday. The woman recalled how she was mistaken for a beggar by security operatives enforcing the Minister’s directive.…
Safiu Kehinde Popular Nollywood artist turned politician, Desmond Elliot, has denied gay allegation laid against him. Reacting to his inclusion in a recent post that named list of top Nigerian celebrities alleged to engaged in homosexuality, Elliot in an interview with TVC debunked the allegation, labelling it as baseless. The Lagos lawmaker described the claim as a mere opinion which should not have deserved his response. He, however, clarified that his straight and never indulge in homosexuality. “Why would I respond to allegations made against me when it did not reduce or increase my life? “Secondly, it is an opinion…
Agency Report The U.S. Justice Department has accused Iran of plotting the assassination of President-elect Donald Trump. “The charges announced today expose Iran’s continued brazen attempts to target U.S. citizens, including President-elect Donald Trump,” said FBI Director Christopher Wray. During the FBI’s investigation into another case, a 51-year-old man from Iran with Afghan citizenship said that a few weeks before the U.S. presidential election, he had been instructed by Iran to present and implement a plan to assassinate Trump. The investigators consider the statements to be credible. A few weeks ago, Trump’s campaign team announced that it had been informed…
Safiu Kehinde Sokoto State Police Command has denied claims of secretly arresting and arraigned a woman who allegedly criticised rising killings in the state. Clearing the air surrounding the woman’s araignment in a statement issued in Sokoto on Friday, the command’s spokesperson, ASP Ahmad Rufai, labelled the report circulated by Gistcore Media and other social media platforms as false narrative and misinformation. According to Rufai, the police became aware of “false and misleading information” alleging that law enforcement had secretly apprehended and charged a woman who spoke out against violence in the state, purportedly to embarrass the Governor. “The story…
Safiu Kehinde The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has harped on the need for Kano State government to approve its Climate Change Policy Document, stressing that it will reduce emissions, enhance climate resilience and tackle impact of climate change. UNICEF’s Kano Field Office WASH Program Officer, Mrs Stella Terver, said this at the validation of the policy on Friday in Kano. According to her, the policy goal is to promote low carbon, climate resilient, gender responsive and sustainable socio-economic development in the state. Terver said the policy would also guide the government’s decisions on sustainable development initiatives as well as…
Safiu Kehinde The Lagos State House of Assembly has donated N5 million to a victim of teargas cannister, Miss Aminat Alege, in celebration of the birthday of its Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa. Aminat, a student of Adams Yakubu Memorial School, Agege, was mistakenly hit in the eye by a policeman’s teargas canister shot on the 9th of February, 2024. The Speaker presented the cheque to the victim’s parents in Lagos on Friday in celebration of his birthday on Nov. 11. Obasa said the money was contributed by the members of the Lagos Assembly, as part of efforts to help the victim’s…