Author: Safiu Kehinde

Safiu Kehinde Former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has heaped blames on President Bola Tinubu for Nigeria’s failing state, labelling him as ‘Baba-go-slow’. Obasanjo threw the shades at Tinubu in a statement issued by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, on Saturday. Akinyemi delivered the statement on behalf of Obasanjo as his keynote address at the Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum, Yale University New Haven Connecticut, USA. As quoted in the address, the former President claimed that “As the world can see and understand, Nigeria’s situation is bad,” Decrying the spate of immorality and corruption, Obasanjo faulted Tinubu who he labelled as Baba-go-slow…

Eight people were killed and 17 others injured in a stabbing attack on a college campus in the eastern Chinese city of Yixing on Saturday, police say. “Around 6:30 p.m. on November 16, 2024, a stabbing incident that resulted in casualties occurred at Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology in Yixing city, causing 8 deaths and injuring another 17, The suspect was apprehended on the scene,” according to a police statement. The statement said that the suspect was a recent graduate and was motivated by “failing [an] exam, not receiving a graduation certificate, and dissatisfaction with internship compensation.” An…

Safiu Kehinde The All Progressive Congress (APC) suffered defeat at the Ward of the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate, Agboola Ajayi. Following the complete uploading of all 17 polling units results of Apoi Ward 02, Ese Odo LGA on IREV, Agboola recorded 1545 votes. On the other hand, APC’s candidate, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, gathered 1204 votes at the ward. However, uploading of results is still ongoing on IREV portal. As at the time of filing this report, 3585 (91.15%) polling units results have been uploaded as the portal.

Safiu Kehinde The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 97% of its polling units across Ondo state were opened by 8:30am. INEC disclosed this in a post on its official X handle on Saturday. As contained in the post backed up with tabular illustration, the electoral body confirmed the opening of 3,823 out of the 3,933 polling units by 8:30am ahead state’s governorship election. “Of the 3,933 Polling Units (PUs) across the 203 Wards in the 18 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Ondo State, 3,823 (97 percent) opened by 8.30am. “The remaining 110 PUs opened between 8.31am and 10am.” INEC…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is certain the war with Russia will “end sooner” than it otherwise would have done once Donald Trump becomes US president. Zelensky said he had a “constructive exchange” with Trump during their phone conversation after his victory in the US presidential election. He did not say whether Trump had made any demands regarding possible talks with Russia, but said he’d not heard anything from him that was contrary to Ukraine’s position. Trump has consistently said his priority is to end the war and stop what he says is a drain on US resources, in…

Safiu Kehinde The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) National President, Joe Ajaero, has emerged winner of the 2024 Zik Leadership Award. NLC disclosed this in a post on its official X handle on Saturday. According to the post, Ajaero was won the prestigious award at the Nicon-Luxury Hotel in Abuja on Saturday. The NLC President was presented the award at the 2024 Zik lecture Series in Nation Building, annually held in honour of the first President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe. The 2024 edition was chaired by former Head of State, General Abdulsalam Abubakar with…

Accugas Limited, a subsidiary of Savannah Energy, has denied alleged involvement in the current power outage in Akwa Ibom state. The natural gas producing company debunked claims of being responsible for the power outage in a statement issued by its Communications Officer, Okwudili Onyia. According to the statement, the outage was caused by a reported fault in the 132-KV Aba-Itu transmission line. This prevented the transmission power from the National grid to the state. While assuring the residents of quick restoration, Accugas reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the state government for the achievement of economic development. The statement read in…

Safiu Kehinde Ondo state governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has secured his polling unit. The All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate recorded 128 votes at the PU 005, Ward 004, Ilaje LGA. Meanwhile, his closest rival, Agboola Ajayi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), gathered 3 votes. As seen in the result sheet, electorates votes at Aiyedatiwa won his polling unit with large margin against the PDP.

Safiu Kehinde Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Ondo governorship candidate, Agboola Ajayi, has won his polling unit with 194 votes. Ajayi who casted his vote at PU004, Apoi Ward II, Kiribo, Ese-Odo local government area (LGA) of Ondo state, defeated the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, with a wide margin. Aiyedatiwa could only manage to record 3 votes at the polling unit.

Safiu Kehinde Kaduna State Police Command have arrested six suspected kidnappers, one cattle rustler and five vandals. The command’s spokesperson, ASP Mansir Hassan confirmed the development in a statement issued on Saturday in Kaduna, adding that one locally made firearm and charms were recovered. Hassan recounted how Operation Fushin Kada personnel led by their OC, SP Usman Namaibindiga, acting on credible technical intelligence, successfully arrested four members of a high-profile kidnapping syndicate on the 12th of November 2024. They were operating within Rahama village, Dutsen Wai village, and surrounding areas in the state. He said the team executed a decisive…