Author: Safiu Kehinde

Safiu Kehinde The Nigeria U-17 female football team, the Flamingos, cruised past South Africa’s Bantwana in 3-1 away victory to earn a strong advantage in the qualification series for this year’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup finals. In the match, held at the Lucas ‘Masterpieces’ Moripe Stadium in Pretoria, Shakirat Moshood scored in the 20th minute to give Nigeria the lead. The Flamingos who won the bronze medal at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, held their host hostage with their dominant display. Harmony Chidi, who scored 13 goals in last year’s qualifying series, converted a penalty from six yards, doubling Nigeria’s…

Agency Report Members of staff of the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) say they have been rendered idle following the Supreme Court judgment which nullified the commission’s establishment Act. In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, some of the workers narrated their frustration on how they go to work daily, only to be redundant and sleeping. They expressed the concerns over their current state of inactivity and urged the federal government to promptly intervene by facilitating their redeployment to other agencies. NAN recalls that in a landmark judgment delivered on Nov. 22, 2024, the Supreme…

Safiu Kehinde Operatives attached to the Adamawa State Police Command have nabbed a 34 year-old Church member for allegedly kidnapping reverend fathers, Abraham Samman and Matthew Dusami of Catholic Dioceses of Yola and Jalingo respectively. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday in Yola by the Command’s spokesperson, SP Suleiman Nguroje. According to Nguroje, the victims had been rescued unhurt, and a locally fabricated gun was recovered from the suspect. “The command carried out a coordinated rescue operation at a particular criminal hideout situated at a remote side of Gweda Malam area, connecting Numan and Demsa LGAs. “Rescue…

Agency Report Parents of students in King’s College, Lagos (KCL), are worried over reports of suspected Diphtheria outbreak in the school that led to hospitalisation of some students. The parents who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos blamed the outbreak on the unsanitary condition of the school. A parent who pleaded anonymity faulted the management of the school for its seemingly silence and not swinging into action promptly in the face of the outbreak. The parent said, “If there are no cases, why are the students mandated to wear nose masks…

Safiu Kehinde The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has, on Saturday, destroyed N100 billion worth of expired and illicit drugs seized at the Idumota Open Drug Market in Lagos. NAFDAC, in a post on its official X handle today disclosed that the contraband medicines, which were confiscated during the recent three-week enforcement operation, were burnt at the Lapite Dumpsite, Moniya, Ibadan. As captured in series of videos attached to the post, the truckload of illicit medicines were emptied and set ablaze under the supervision of NAFDAC officials. The agency, however, confirmed the arrest of some…

Safiu Kehinde Former Director of Finance and Supplies for Ejigbo Local Government, Osun State, Akeem Ibitoye, is reportedly on the run following petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over his alleged involvement in siphoning Health Revitalization Funds. Ibitoye was alleged to be the conduit used in fleecing the state several billions of Naira during the administration of former Osun governor, Gboyega Oyetola. NPO reported that the state government had in the petition filed against Oyetola accused the former governor of money laundering and misappropriation of $20 million health intervention fund under his administration. The state government alleged…

Safiu Kehinde Imo State Police Command have confirmed the death of an suspected notorious kidnapper and members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) Oluchukwu Elekwachi. As against claim by an X user, Chinoso Uba, that Elekwachi was missing, the Command dismissed the claim, revealing that the suspected kidnapper died from gun shot wound days after attacking operatives of the Command on the 11th of September 2024. This was contained in a statement issued on Saturday by the Command’s spokesman, Okoye Henry. While maintaining that the Police does not work with ultimatum as issued by Uba, Henry claimed Elekwachi and his…

Safiu Kehinde The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) chieftain, Buba Galadima, has accused President Bola Tinubu of deliberate attempt to punish the North with the crash in food prices. Galadima made the accusation in an interview with yesterday. Speaking on DCL Hausa, the NNPP chieftain held that the crash in food price is aimed at destroying the economy of the North. Galadima explained the cause of the food price is because the federal government under President Tinubu has opened the border for massive food importation, especially foreign rice, and disrupted market forces. “The reasons why the price of food soared…

Safiu Kehinde Estranged Kenyan baby Mama of popular Nigerian socialite, Pascal Okechukwu ( Cubana Chief Priest), has issued him a Two-Month ultimatum to claim his child. The Kenyan lady, simply identified as Hellen Atti, took to her Instagram handle on Saturday, calling out Cubana to take responsibility of the child. NPO reported that Cubana had over time denied being responsible for the child. He, however, diclosed in a recent interview how the lady had frustrated efforts by his friends to conduct DNA test for the child. While expressing readiness to conduct DNA test, Hellen decried the expenses of taking care…

Safiu Kehinde The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has slammed African Independent Television (AIT) over misleading report on her remark about the Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria (PCN). Adeyeye, in a statement issued on Saturday, faulted AIT’s report of her interview last week where the broadcast station claimed in its headline that NAFDAC had implicated PCN in fake medicine. Describing the report as gross misrepresentation of the facts conveyed during the press interview, the NAFDAC boss demanded public apology from AIT as well as retraction of the publication. Adeyeye maintained…