Author: Safiu Kehinde

Safiu Kehinde The management of the Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Imo state, has suspended lecturer captured in a viral video assaulting student for not following instruction. NPO earlier reported that the lecturer, identified in the suspension letter as Okoroafor Ifeanyichukwu, had angrily charged at the unidentified male student, and slapped him. Ifeanyichukwu would proceed to knock the student off his feet before storming out to the shock of other students. The incident, which occured at the institution’s Technical and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (TEDC) yesterday, had sparked public outrage as netizens condemned the lecturer’s action, demanding for his suspension. In swift reaction,…

Safiu Kehinde A yet-to-be identified lecturer at the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Imo State, has sparked public outrage following his assault on a male student. As captured in a now viral video on X, the angry lecturer charged towards the student, slapping him. He would proceed to give him a kick which lifted off his feet to shock of other students. Recall that NPO reported the occurrence of similar incident between a lecturer and a student at the University Nsukka, Enugu state, last month. In contrast to this latest development, the University lecturer was assaulted by the female student who accused…

Safiu Kehinde Nigerian music artist, Ahmed Ololade, popularly known as Asake, has come under the spotlight of netizens as his father, Fatai Odunsi, cries for financial assistance over battle with stroke. NPO earlier reported that the singer’s estranged father, in a now viral video, claimed that Asake had not been in contact with him since his health issues began in March 2022. Odunsi, who was visibly suffering partial paralysis on his right hand, pleaded with Nigerians to assist him with funds for his medical treatment. According to reports, Odunsi was alleged to have abandoned Asake since childhood. His emergence in…

Safiu Kehinde The Federal Government has, yesterday, told former Nigerian President , Olusegun Obasanjo, to avoid passing the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway when completed. Obasanjo’s criticism of the project as a wasteful and corrupt venture was strongly disapproved by the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi. The former President had, in one of the book launched in celebration of his 88th birthday labelled the N15 trillion project alongside the N21 billion projected for the construction of an official residence for Vice President Kashim Shettima, as misplaced priority. “Typical examples of waste, corruption and misplaced priority are the mucky Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road on…

Safiu Kehinde Fatai Odunsi, estranged father of popular Nigerian music artist, Ahmed Ololade (Asake) has appealed for financial help after suffering a stroke. As seen in a now viral video on X on, Odunsi disclosed that he has been battling a partial stroke. He claimed that Asake has not been in contact since his health issues began in March 2022. Odunsi, who was visibly suffering partial paralysis on his right hand, pleaded with Nigerians to assist him with funds for his medical treatment. He claimed to be Asake’s father as he recounted how the singer had abandoned him since his…

Safiu Kehinde The Chairman of the Lagos State Cybersecurity Advisory Board, Mr Fene Osakwe, has emerged winner of the Cyber Personality of the Year in the United Kingdom, making him the first African to receive this prestigious accolade. Osakwe beat several other finalists from the United States, UAE, Qatar, Netherlands, UAE, The United Kingdom and five other countries to clinch the award. The recognition, according to a statement made available to NPO Reports on Friday, celebrated Osakwe’s exceptional leadership, advocacy, and expertise in Cybersecurity and Data Privacy. The Cyber Personality of the Year award acknowledges an individual who has exhibited…

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia supported a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine in principle, but sought a number of clarifications and conditions that appeared to rule out a quick end to the fighting. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has left hundreds of thousands of dead and injured, displaced millions of people, reduced towns to rubble and triggered the sharpest confrontation for decades between Moscow and the West. Putin’s heavily qualified support for the U.S. ceasefire proposal looked designed to signal goodwill to Washington and open the door to further talks with U.S. President…

Southern African leaders have announced they will pull their troops out of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where they have been helping the government fight rebel forces. The troops were sent two years ago to support the Congolese army fight the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels, which has seized control of large parts of mineral-rich eastern DR Congo this year. At least 19 soldiers from South Africa, Malawi and Tanzania were killed when the M23 captured the region’s biggest city, Goma, in January. Thousands of people have been killed during the fighting and hundreds of thousands left without shelter after fleeing their…

‏Safiu Kehinde The Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), has reaffirmed its commitment to fair treatment of street sweepers across the state. Reacting to a viral video on social media where an unidentified sweeper called out her superiors over unfair labour practices, LAWMA in a statement issued on Thursday explained its operational structure and remuneration system. NPO reported that the unidentified street sweeper had called out their bosses over alleged underpayment of their salaries. In the video recording made by the woman in LAWMA uniform, she alleged that they are yet to be paid the new salary of N85,000 instead…

Gives Reasons for Economic Reforms Safiu Kehinde President Bola Tinubu has, on Thursday, explained the rationale behind his administration’s economic reforms, stressing that the primary motive was protecting the interests of future generations. Tinubu held that the country had, over the past 50 year, been spending money of future generations yet Unborn. This was disclosed in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. According to the statement, the President made the remarks at the State House in Abuja while receiving a delegation of former National Assembly colleagues from the aborted Third Republic, during which…