Author: Safiu Kehinde

Halimah Olamide The Federal Government has highlighted key reforms for the Energy sector at the Inaugural US-Nigeria Strategic Energy Dialogue. This was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Energy, Olu Verheijen as part of the dialogue, hosted by the US State Department, in Washington, DC. The reforms were listed as thus; “Nigeria seeks to close energy gap for 100 million people “Five new presidential directives issued to cut cost and time of contracting for gas projects “New $550m upstream gas project kicks off” Major energy reforms introduced in Nigeria since June 2023 have focused…

Halimah Olamide American rapper, Sean Love Combs, popularly known as Diddy, has been arrested in New York City. He was arrested on Monday evening, at a hotel following a sealed indictment in New York City. The U.S. Attorney in a statement said the business mogul was arrested based on a sealed indictment filed by the Southern District of New York. “We expect to move to unseal the indictment in the morning and will have more to say at that time,” the statement reads. NPO reports that Diddy was accused of sexual assault and misconduct by multiple women in a slew…

Halimah Olamide There have been reports of earth tremors in some parts of Abuja, the nation’s capital city, therefore igniting panic among residents. Some X users confirmed that the occurrence was felt in the Katamkpe, Maitama, Mpape area of the city. According to the information gathered by NPO Reports, it began on Saturday at about 11pm. @TheSholaAdesoye wrote in an X tweet,  “Vibrations, tremors in Maitama since Saturday. What is going on? Three occured between 11:00-11:20pm tonight. This is incredible. No news from our National Geological Survey Centre.

Rescuers in Sierra Leone are continuing to search for more survivors after a seven-storey building collapsed in the capital Freetown, killing at least ten people. The West African country’s National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) said six people had been rescued from the rubble on Shell New Road so far, but “more people remain trapped”. It added that some of those in the rubble had been “able to communicate their locations” to the rescuers. The building in eastern Freetown collapsed between 11:00 and 12:00 local time (12:00 and 13:00 BST) on Monday, the NDMA said. Two girls and a boy -…

Agency Report  Some council chairmen and stakeholders in Lagos State on Monday, warned residents against open defecation, insisting that offenders would be punished. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews that open defecation could be dangerous and could be the easiest way to contact diseases. NAN recalls that the Federal Government on Sept. 12 said that the country required more than 20 million toilet facilities to combat open defecation. Mrs Chizoma Opara, the Deputy Director of the “Clean Nigeria: Use the Toilet” campaign, Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation, corroborated this in an event in…

Agency Report The Commissioner of Police in Edo, Nemi Iwo, has dismissed allegations linking his deployment to the state to the influence of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike as baseless.. A statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Moses Yamu, on Monday in Benin quoted Iwo as describing the claims as “baseless” and “mischievous”. Iwo said his deployment was a routine administrative procedure within the Police Force. “It’s laughable to suggest that the deployment was influenced by the FCT Minister. I don’t have any personal or professional ties with him. According to him, associating with the…

Safiu Kehinde A yet-to-be identified man has been detained by Lagos State Police Command over alleged murder of his neighbour and her son over environmental sanitation dispute in Lekki area of the state. This was disclosed by the state command Spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, yesterday. Accident to Hundeyin, the incident happened on Sunday about 10:50 p. m. and investigation was ongoing to ascertain what the suspect used to perpetrate the crime. He said that on Sept. 15, about 22:50, an information was received at the Elemoro division that the suspect allegedly killed one Gloria, who was his neighbour and her son,…

Safiu Kehinde A 54-year-old man, simply called Benjamin, has allegedly taken his life by hanging at the Agege area of Lagos. This was confirmed yesterday by Lagos State Police Spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin. Hundeyin said that the incident happened on Sunday at about 8:00 p.m. According to him, the elder brother to the deceased reported the incident at the Elere Police Station that his brother allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself to death in the store of their house. “Officers of the division immediately visited the scene and the deceased was lowered and taken to the Orile-Agege General Hospital, where…

Safiu Kehinde The United Nations humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mohammed Fall, has announced 6 million dollars from the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund to support flood victims in Borno. This was disclosed by the UN spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, at a news conference on Monday in New York. He said a joint mission made up of UN agencies and NGOs, together with the Nigeria Red Cross Society, visited the main city in the region Maiduguri over the weekend. Dujarric said they met with people who had been impacted – many of them had already been displaced multiple times by conflict and insecurity in…

Agency Report Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has assured that President Bola Tinubu is leading a comprehensive economic revitalisation agenda aimed at enhancing the standard of living for Nigerians. Ganduje gave the assurance in a statement on Sunday in Abuja while felicitating with Muslim faithful on the occasion of Eid-el-Maulud. He urged Muslims to reflect on Prophet Muhammad’s exemplary life and emulate his noble qualities, stressing that the Prophet’s teachings of peace, love, and compassion remained a beacon of hope for humanity. “This auspicious occasion marks a significant milestone in the Islamic calendar, serving…