Author: Safiu Kehinde
Safiu Kehinde is a Graduate of Mass Communications. He is passionate about accurate reporting and interested in investigating socio-political issues.
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…
By Bukar Mohammed For many Nigerians, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is supposed to be a lifeline—a way to ensure access to essential healthcare services without the financial burden that can so often accompany medical expenses. However, for Bukar Mohammed, a young professional, and many others like him, the scheme has instead become a source of frustration, leaving beneficiaries without the promised access to basic healthcare services. The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), now rebranded as the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), was supposed to provide relief to millions of Nigerians seeking affordable healthcare. The NHIA bill, passed to…
Beyoncé has made history by becoming the most-nominated artist of all time at the Grammy Awards, overtaking her husband Jay-Z. The couple had been tied on 88 nominations each – but Beyoncé has now pulled ahead thanks to recognition for her latest album, Cowboy Carter. She leads this year’s Grammys race with 11 nominations, including best album, best country album, and song of the year for Texas Hold ‘Em. The other leading nominees, with seven each, are Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, Post Malone and Charli XCX. The Beatles also picked up a nomination for record of the year for Now…
Safiu Kehinde Another season to celebrate African music on the largest stage of all knock at the door of Nigerian artistes who had flown the country’s flag in the global space over the year. The 2025 Grammy awards will again parade Burna Boy, Davido, Tems, Wizkid, and Yemi Alade amongst others for the second edition of Best African Music Performance category. The inaugural edition of the award category held last year was won by South African music artist,Tyla, with her sensational 2023 jam titled ‘water’. This year would see the South African not defending her title as Nigerian artists dominated…
Safiu Kehinde Lagos State government has unveiled traffic diversion plan ahead of the annual women’s run set to hold on Saturday. The state’s, Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday and shared via his X handle. As contained in the statement, there will be partial closure of roads from Tafawa Balewa Square, which is the race start point, to Mobalaji Johnson. However, the commissioner fashioned out alternative routes for motorists which urging them to exercise patience as the the partial road closure is part of the traffic management plans for the race event highlighted.…
Safiu Kehinde The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has hinted the possibility of Nigerians experiencing power instability during the ongoing repair work on the National Grid. TCN disclosed this in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, as update on the power grid which again collapsed earlier today. According to the statement, the company has embarked on major repair of the power grid which may result to Nigerians experiencing power instability even after restoration. Meanwhile, TCN attributed the cause of today’s grid collapse to sudden rise in frequency from 50.33Hz to 51.44Hz at one of our substations, which had…
Amidst recurrent collapse of the national grid, the Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu has ordered the Transition Company of Nigeria (TCN) and all other relevant agencies of the ministry to begin the immediate implementation of the recommendations of the inter-agency committee. This was contained in a statement made available to NPO Reports on Thursday. NPO Reports that the national grid collapsed on Thursday for the second time this week around 11:29am. This was caused by a sudden rise in frequency from 50.33Hz to 51.44Hz. The Special Adviser to the Minister on Strategic Communications and Media, Hon. Bolaji Tunji quoted…