Author: Safiu Kehinde
Safiu Kehinde is a Graduate of Mass Communications. He is passionate about accurate reporting and interested in investigating socio-political issues.
Safiu Kehinde The members of Senate has passed vote of confidence in Godswil Akapabio, pledging their support to his leadership as against rumoured impeachment threat. Reacting to a report on the Senate President’s alleged impeachment plot by members of the house, the lawmakers debunked the claim. They affirmed their backing of the leadership of the Senate under Akapbio as Senator Yahaya Abdullahi raised the motion for the vote of confidence. Addressing the house, Abdullahi maintained that there is no attempt by northern Senators to challenge the leadership of the Senate. He labelled the claim as a disguised attempt to cause…
Yahya Sinwar is Israel’s number one target in Gaza and was accused of having been responsible for organising and directing the 7 October attacks last year, when thousands of armed men broke through the Gaza fence, killing 1200 people and abducting more than 250 hostages back to Gaza. Graphic images posted online show a figure resembling Sinwar lying in the rubble of a building in the aftermath of intense military activity with clearly fatal injuries. It’s thought that tests – both physical and biometric – will be carried by the Israelis out to ascertain if it is indeed Yahya Sinwar.…
Safiu Kehinde Prominent African and Nigerian experts are set to attend Realnews 12th Anniversary Lecture slated to hold on Tuesday, November 19, at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja-Lagos. Confirmed to be in attendance for the upcoming event are Ms. Beatrice Eyong, UN Women’s Country Representative; Karim El Aynaoui, Executive President, Policy Center for the New South, Rabat, Morocco; Mrs. Hadiza Bala Usman, Special Adviser to the President of Nigeria on Policy & Coordination and Head, Central Delivery Coordination and Engr. Shehu Tijjani, Managing Director, Amal Technologies Ltd. This was disclosed in statement issued on Thursday by the media outlet’s publisher and…
Safiu Kehinde The Presidential Committee on Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI) has claimed that the gas powered vehicle which exploded in Edo state was illegally modified. Reacting to the incident that occurred at a NIPCO CNG station at Ikpoba Hill in Benin city, the committee in a statement issued on Thursday, disclosed that preliminary investigation revealed that a close examination of the cylinder in question showed it was wielded and modified without approval fo CNG use. The committee however expressed their condolences to the injured victims. “The Presidential CNG Initiative notes the unfortunate incident that involved an illegally modified vehicle…
Agency Report A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, adjourned a N2 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Mr Lucky Okodeh, a former Caretaker Chairman, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa until Nov. 28. Justice Binta Nyako adjourned the case following an oral application by Okodeh’s counsel, Asmau Yunusa, to enable her respond to a counter affidavit filed by Mimi Ayua, lawyer to the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Okodeh, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/590/2024 dated and filed on May 3 by Mr Femi Falana, SAN,…
Safiu Kehinde Oyo state Police Command has, on Thursday, arraigned a 22-year-old mechanic, Waris Tijani, over alleged N1.5 million car fraud. Tijani, who had no fixed address, was presented before Magistrate Olasinmibo Sanusi-Zubair, at the Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan. He was charged with obtaining money under false pretenses and stealing. However, Tijani pleaded not guilty of the alleged offense. Meanwhile, the prosecutor, Insp. Oladejo Balogun, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on the 15th of August at about 4.00p.m, at Moniya area of Ibadan. Balogun said the defendant collected the sum of N1, 514, 000 from the…
Safiu Kehinde Popular Nigerian music prodcuer and CEO Marvins Record, Michael Collins Ajereh (Don Jazzy) has donated N100 million to social media influencer, Martins Vincent Otse (VeryDarkMan), for his newly established Non-Governmental Organization. VeryDarkMan made the disclosure in a post on his Instagram handle, expressing his initial shock by the donation as Don Jazzy gave him no prior notice before making the donation. The activist would later discover it was from the music producer who commended him in a text for his activities. “Yesterday, I posted that I received N100 million in my account. I did not receive alert, I…
Safiu Kehinde At least 15 people have been sentenced to prison in central China’s Hunan Province on Thursday over their roles in a deadly building collapse which claimed 54 lives in 2022. The tragic incident, which occurred in Wangcheng District in the provincial capital of Changsha on April 29, 2022, left 54 dead and nine wounded. Following the disaster, the State Council set up an investigation team to look into the incident shortly after it occurred. The defendants, including the owner of the illegally built and extended building and officials found of dereliction of duty, received jail terms ranging from…
Agency Report The organised labour has lauded Lagos State Gov, Babjide Sanwo-Olu’s approval of N85,000 minimum wage for the state workers. In interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos, labour leaders described the approval as a right step in the right direction. NAN reports that Sanwo-Olu, during an interview on a television station, announced that his administration would pay workers a minimum wage of N85,000. Sanwo-Olu said that he wanted the people to know “that their government is working for them”. The Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, Lagos State Chapter, Mrs Funmi Sessi, said that the…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said the EU could “draw lessons” from a contested Italian policy of processing migrants offshore in Albania, as leaders of the 27 member states hold an EU summit focusing on migration. Ahead of the Brussels summit, she wrote to EU leaders to say the EU’s executive would present a new proposal for legislation to increase deportations of migrants.. Italy has begun sending some migrants to a processing centre in Albania earlier this week. Sixteen men were transferred to the Albanian port of Shengjin on Wednesday, but hours after their arrival it emerged…