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 Nigerian Police and stakeholders in Ebonyi have decried the rising cases of illegal activities of the scrap dealers in various communities in the state. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting on Thursday in Abakaliki, they underscored the need to regulate the activities of the scavengers, otherwise called “local waste pickers”. They were accused of engaging in incessant looting of both government and privately owned property, especially metal and electricity cables, which were considered as “worrisome”. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mrs Anthonia Uche-Anya, called for more collaboration among the major stakeholders to curb all forms of…
Safiu Kehinde Sokoto State Police Command has announced the arrest of 22 suspects in connection with criminal conspiracy, theft, mischief, and the receiving of stolen items. This was disclosed by the state’s Commissioner of Police (CP) Ahmed Musa while addressing journalists in Sokoto on Thursday. He stated that the arrests aligned with the police’s commitment to ensuring the safety of lives and property in the state. Musa revealed that two suspects were apprehended following a report from the Manager of SAMAG Engineering Company regarding the alleged theft of aluminum conductor wires in Goronyo Local Government Area on Friday. “The aluminum…
Florida on Friday was clearing downed trees and power lines and mopping up flooded neighborhoods after Hurricane Milton roared through leaving at least 16 people dead. While Milton did not trigger the catastrophic surge of seawater that was feared in Florida, one of many states hit by Hurricane Helene about two weeks ago, the clean-up operation could take many weeks or months for some people. “It opens your eyes to what Mother Nature can do,” said Chase Pierce, 25 of west St. Petersburg, who, with his girlfriend, saw transformers blow up, sparks fly and a power line fall in the…
Twenty-two people have been killed and 117 injured in Israeli air strikes on central Beirut on Thursday evening, Lebanon’s health ministry said. BBC reporters heard loud explosions echoing from the site of the strikes in Bachoura, a small Shia area in the capital. Rescuers were seen digging through rubble at the scene. Ambulances rushed many injured to the American University hospital. Media outlets are quoting security sources as saying that Wafiq Safa – a close ally of assassinated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and the apparent intended target of the latest strikes – survived. Neither Israel’s military nor Hezbollah have commented.…
Safiu Kehinde The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has called for peace within Niger Delta communities while reinstating commitment towards restoring trust and economic prosperity at the region. NNPCL Chairman, Melee Kyari, made this call during a dialogue session with the Niger Delta communities held at the Igurubia Square Ultra-Modern Town Hall, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on Thursday. The company, in partnership with the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Community Engagement (South-South), Gift Johnbull, engaged with the communities as part of the side event of the Climate of Parties (COP) 29 Conference taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, next…
Safiu Kehinde The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has sacked six officials in line with the directives of the Lagos State Civil Service Commission (CSC) over misconduct. The General Manager of LASTMA, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. Bakare-Oki said that the termination followed the recommendations put forth by the Personnel Management Board. “Formal disciplinary notices were issued to the implicated officers at LASTMA’s Headquarters in Oshodi, Lagos. “The Lagos State Civil Service Commission had fully endorsed the Personnel Management Board’s recommendations, which pertained to severe misconduct and general inefficiencies. “These disciplinary actions were…
Safiu Kehinde Akwa-Ibom state governor, Umo Eno, has appointed 17 new protocol aides and 12 personal assistants. This was announced in a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Prince Enobong Uwah, on Thursday. According to the statement, the appointees duty took effect from the 1st of October. Meanwhile, the appointees designation as approved by the governor include personal assistant on grassroot mobilization, special assistant on grassroot mobilization, special assistant on protocol, and personal assistant on protocol. In the same vein, the governor also approved the appointment of Aniefiok Udo Johnson as his Executive Assistant and Chief Delivery…
Safiu Kehinde Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Board of Trustees has accused the All Progressive Congress (APC) of alleged plot to impose One-Party system and totalitarianism in Nigeria. The BoT made the accusation during their 78th meeting held on Thursday. As contained in the communique read by its chairman, Adolphus Wabara, BoT accused the APC of manipulating Edo State governorship election in their alleged plot to foist a One-Party system and totalitarian rule on Nigeria. The Board vowed to challenge the governorship election results as they claimed PDP’s candidate, Asue Ighodalo, won. Meanwhile, the PDP Board urges Nigerians to resist any…
Safiu Kehinde The Nigerian Navy’s Operation Delta Sanity says it has destroyed 124 illegal refining sites and arrested 55 suspected oil thieves in the past nine months in the Niger Delta. This was disclosed by the Flag Officer Commanding Central Naval Command, Rear Adm. Samson Bura, at a news conference on Thursday in Yenagoa. Besides, Bura said that the operation arrested six vessels, deactivated a total of 116 wooden boats, 543 dugout pits and 64 storage tanks. He added that several items and equipment used in the construction of illegal refineries were seized, adding that the operations were done in…
Safiu Kehinde The Nigerian Army has denied the report of an attack on troops and killing of several soldiers and civilians in a Local Government Area of Imo. Reacting to an online media report on the alleged attack, the Acting Deputy Director, 82 Division Army Public Relations Officer, Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, denied the claim in a statement issued in Enugu and made available to newsmen on Thursday. Unuakhalu stated that the online media reports had “no iota of truth but a fiction of the imagination of sympathisers of dissident group.” The statement read in part: “The attention of 82 Division…