Author: NPO Admin II
By Kamil Opeyemi President Bola Tinubu on Sunday arrived in New York for the high-level meetings of the 78th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. Tinubu arrived at the JF Kennedy International Airport in New York at about 6:45pm local time. The President is leading the Nigerian delegation to attend the scheduled events of the general assembly from Sept. 18 to 26 in what is his first outing in his capacity as the President of Nigeria. The president was received by the Minister of Foreign of Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, the Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN,…
By Kamil Opeyemi Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has imposed an indefinite dusk-to-dawn curfew on Ilobu and Ifon Communities both in Orolu and Irepodun Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. The measure was coming in the wake of a communal clash between the two communities, leading to a total breakdown of law and order. The Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr Kolapo Alimi, announced the curfew in a statement issued in Osogbo and made available to newsmen on Sunday. The statement disclosed that the curfew would hold “until further notice” between 8pm and 6am. It also announced…
By Omolade Durojaiye Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has emerged winner of the Diamond League trophy for an astonishing third consecutive time. On Sunday night at Oregon in the U.S., Amusan with a time of 12.33 seconds emerged winner of the fiercely-contested 100 metres hurdles event. The win has come after a disappointing outing in Budapest, Hungary during the World Athletics Championships. Amusan, with Sunday’s remarkable performance, has now made history as the second woman in Diamond League history after Dawn Nelson-Harper to win a hat-trick of 100m hurdles titles. Interestingly, Sunday’s win has come for Amusan in Oregon where she won…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on Sunday said that a two-storey and four-storey building beside each other collapsed in Kosofe area of the state. The Permanent Secretary of the agency, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, in a statement, said that the collapse happened at No. 47-49 Oduntan St., Kosofe, Lagos. “Upon arrival of the agency’s responders at the scene, a 2-storey building and a 4-storey building situated beside each other was found to have collapsed at the aforementioned address. “Investigation conducted by the response team, revealed that the collapse could be attributed to ageing and poor maintenance…
By Hallimah Olamide Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara on Sunday congratulated Dr Jamila Bio on her nomination as a minister by President Bola Tinubu. The governor was quoted by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, in a statement made available to newsmen in Ilorin. Bio was the immediate past Senior Special Assistant to the governor on SDGs. AbdulRazaq said that Bio’s nomination satisfied two major developmental milestones of youth empowerment and gender inclusion in the decision-making process in Nigeria. “This suggests a commendable direction to rightly accord the state it deserved flowers for the loyalty of its people to…
By Hallimah Olamide Prof. Wahab Egbewole, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin (Unilorin), has congratulated two alumni of the institution as ministers by President Bola Tinubu. The appointees are Dr Jamila Ibrahim and Princess Atika Ajanah as Minister of Youth and Senior Special Assistant to the President, respectively. In a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Ilorin by the University’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr Kunle Akogun, the vice chancellor described the development as a monumental episode in the history of the university. He explained that the Unilorin felt honoured with the appointment of the duo…
Buildings have caught fire in Sudan’s capital after heavy fighting between the army and rival forces. Videos posted online on Sunday showed the iconic Greater Nile Petroleum Oil Company Tower engulfed in flames. “This is truly painful,” said Tagreed Abdin, an architect of the building, in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. Air strikes and ground battles have continued in Khartoum and other towns and cities since fighting broke out in April. Over one million people have been forced to flee the country, the UN has said. Located near the River Nile, the 18-storey oil firm skyscraper is…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Zamfara State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Sokoto has fixed Monday 18th September 2023 to deliver Judgement. The tribunal is set to deliver its verdict on the petition filed by the former governor of the state, Bello Matawalle challenging the validity of the election that brought in Dauda Lawal as the governor of the state. Matawalle, who is now Minister of State for Defence, accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of subverting his victory at the polls, for failure to include the results of some ward areas, which if added, will give him victory…
By Kamil Opeyemi The police command in Kaduna State has confirmed that two persons were killed and three others kidnapped by suspected bandits on Sept. 15 in a community in the state. The command’s Acting Public Relations Officer, Mr Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development while addressing newsmen on Sunday in Kaduna. Hassan said that the incident took place in Dogon Noma-Unguwan Gamu community in the Kajuru Local Government Area of the state. He said that the bandits invaded the community at about 6:30 a.m., killing and abducting the victims. The spokesman assured that the bandits would eventually be arrested to…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Air Component of Operation Delta Safe has in the last two months, destroyed more than 30 illegal oil refining site in the strikes around Cawthorne Channel and Bille, in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Gabkwet said the air strikes ramped up efforts at denying oil thieves and operators of illegal oil refining sites the opportunity to burst pipelines, operate their illegal oil refineries sites while damaging the environment. He said the air strikes…