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 A former Director-General of National Orientation Agency (NOA), Alhaji Idi Farouk, has called for adequate funding and engagement of the agency to drive the processes for development and a better Nigeria. Farouk, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja, said that for government at any level to succeed, it must work with NOA, which had its presence in all the states and local governments in the country. He described the agency as critical in the enlightenment of the people, especially on government policies and programmes, and as a feedback mechanism to…
Safiu Kehinde A 29-year-old man, Ismail Shuab, has been sentenced to five years in prison by a special cultism court in Abeokuta for unlawfully being in possession of a locally made pistol. Shaub, who resides at Oko-Oba Igboora in Oyo state was sentenced on a count charge of unlawful possession of firearms. The Magistrates, Mr O.L Oke, in his judgement, said that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt, adding that the defendant was guilty as charged. Oke also held that the evidence presented by the prosecution were tenable, therefore, convicting Shuab to spend five years in Nigeria…
Australia moved closer on Wednesday to banning social media for children under 16 after the parliament’s lower house passed a bill even as Alphabet’s Google and Facebook-owner Meta, opens new tab pressed the government to delay the legislation. Marking some of the toughest social media controls in the world, Australia’s House of Representatives passed the bill 102 votes to 13 after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s centre-left Labor government secured bipartisan support for the ban. The Senate is expected to debate the bill later on Wednesday, with the government keen to ensure it is passed by the end of the parliamentary…
Safiu Kehinde An Abuja Federal High Court has remanded former Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, while adjourning his alleged N110 billion money laundering case till 10th of December 2024. Yahaya, who was placed on a 16 count charges, appeared before Justice Maryann Anenih on Tuesday. The judge fixed the date after taking arguments for and against the bail request by Bello’s lawyer, Joseph Bodunde Dauda, SAN and the Prosecution’s Counsel, Kemi Pinheiro, SAN. She, however ruled out the bail application, ordering that the ex-Kogi governor be remanded pending the hearing of his case at the adjounred date. NPO reports that…
Safiu Kehinde Edo state governor, Monday Okpebholo, has accused his predecessor, Godwin Obaseki, of scamming Edo people with the commissioning of uncompleted Stella Obasanjo Hospital. The governor disclosed this while inspecting facilities at the Hospital on Tuesday evening, alongside the Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Dennis Idahosa; and the Commissioner for Health, Dr Cyril Adams Oshiomhole. He alleged that construction at the facility is still ongoing, and equipment is yet to be procured by the last administration before it was hurriedly commissioned. Okpebholo, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Fred Itua, pledged to immediately correct the structural defects…
Safiu Kehinde President Bola Tinubu has charged heads of navies and coastguards in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) to foster international cooperation on maritime security towards sustainable development in Africa. Tinubu made the charge on Wednesday, at the opening of the 8th edition Symposium of Heads of Navies and Coastguards in the GoG, on maritime environment in Abuja. The symposium with the theme “Maritime Security and Sustainable Development in the Gulf of Guinea” is hosted by the Nigerian Navy in partnership with the European Union (EU) and the French Navy. Tinubu, represented by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, acknowledged…
Safiu Kehinde Vice President Kashim Shettima, has on Wednesday morning, left Nigeria for Cote d’Ivoire ahead of the 2024 International Exhibition of Extractive and Energy Resources (SIREXE) Conference. This was announced in a statement issued by the Senior Special to The President on Media & Communications (Office of The Vice President), Stanley Nkwocha. According to the statement, Shettima will be attending the opening ceremony of the event which commenced today. The SIREXE conference is an international event organised by the Government of Côte d’Ivoire that focuses on “Policies and Strategy for the Sustainable Development of the Extractive and Energy Industries”.…
A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah held on Wednesday after both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the U.S. and France, a rare victory for diplomacy in the Middle East wracked by two wars for over a year. Lebanon’s army, tasked with ensuring the ceasefire lasts, said it was preparing to deploy to the south of the country, a region Israel heavily bombarded in its battle against the Iran-backed militant group, along with eastern cities and towns and Hezbollah strongholds in the southern suburbs of Beirut. The military asked that residents of border villages delay returning home…
Safiu Kehinde Angry residents of Ido-Osun town in Egbedore local government area of Osun state, sparked with rage and fury, took to the street on Tuesday to protest Ademola Adeleke’s Plan to relocate the ongoing M.K.O Abiola International Airport project from the town to Ede. The protesters led by the Eesa of Ido-Osun, Chief Oyewale Basiru, and former Osun Assembly lawmaker, Abiodun Awolola, stormed the palace demanding if Adeleke is indeed Osun state governor or Ede, as contained in one of their placards. “Is Adeleke governor of Ede or Osun State?”, “We say no to favouritism”, “Give us back our…
Safiu Kehinde Former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has pleaded not guilty to the 16-count charge against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over his involvement in an alleged N110 billion fraud. Yahaya made the plea at the ongoing hearing of his alleged money laundering suit before the Federal High Court, Abuja. NPO reported that ex-governor finally appeared at the court after several refusal. He was, yesterday, detained by the EFCC after presenting himself at the Commission’s headquarters.