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By Kamil Opeyemi The All Progressives Congress and the Labour Party (LP) have called for the cancellation of the local government election held in Edo state on Saturday. The parties complained of a deliberate undersupply of electoral materials in most of the polling centres. Speaking while LP supporters protested, Daniel-Ero Onaghise Onaghise said he was displeased with the exercise. “I want to express my displeasure on this exercise. We had a series of stakeholders’ meetings, at a point, they said BIVAs and card readers would be used but towards the election, they jettisoned that, they said there would be restrictions…
Adama and Moussa Sarr had lost track of the exact number of days they had been at sea. The brothers were drifting somewhere off the coast of West Africa, in a traditional Senegalese fishing canoe known as a pirogue. They were two of 39 passengers in total – all malnourished, many close to death. When a fishing vessel appeared in the distance one day, Adama, 21, was so weak he could only stare, he said. Moussa, 17, slipped into the water to swim. He would almost certainly have drowned, had the fishing crew not spotted him in the water and…
The tech giant Google and I almost share the same birthday… give or take a few years. Google turns 25 this month (I’ll have a few more candles on my cake) – and finds itself in a tech landscape that has changed dramatically since founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin started it in 1998. Back then Google was only a search engine, and it lived for its first few months in the garage of Susan Wojcicki – the future boss of YouTube. You do not need me to tell you how well that search engine worked out. It has been…
By Kamil Opeyemi Dr Umar Ganduje, National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) has tasked the citizens of Kogi to give the party nothing less than 99 per cent support and victory votes in the state’s forthcoming Nov. 11 Governorship Election. Ganduje gave the charge on Saturday while addressing party members and supporters at the official inauguration of party’s National and State Campaign Councils for the guber poll. Describing Kogi as a traditional APC state, Ganduje believed that the people would come all out to cast their votes solely for APC entrenchment of good governance. “Today we are officially inaugurating the…
By Kamil Opeyemi Three persons were confirmed dead while one other sustained injuries when a Toyota Sienna car plunged into the Omo river around Area J4 on the Sagamu-Benin expressway on Saturday. Mrs Florence Okpe, the Public Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta on Saturday. “The accident occurred around 11:55 a.m, and the suspected cause of the crash was excessive speed and loss of control which made the vehicle to plunge into the river. “The vehicle marked APP 830 HX was coming from Benin and heading to Lagos,”…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Police Command in Kaduna State on Saturday confirmed the killing of 7 persons while performing prayers in a Mosque at Saya-Saya village of Ikara Local Government Area of the state. While confirming the incident to newsmen, the command’s Deputy Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan said the incident occured at about 8:00 p.m. on Friday. “We received information from Saya-Saya village that six persons were killed while performing last prayer of the day (Ishai) in a Mosque. “Bandits, about nine of them on motorcycles, arrived and attacked the people in the Mosque. “At the spot, they…
By Halimah Olamide Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has ordered that the office of his estranged deputy be moved out of the Government House in Benin. The new office of the deputy governor is situated at 7 Dennis Osadebey Avenue, close to the Government House. The building was the office of the Edo State Public Procurement Office which was inaugurated by former governor Adams Oshiomhole, on December 16, 2014. In fact, the plaque stating the inauguration date is etched by the entrance of the building. A signboard with the inscription, ‘Office of the Deputy Governor’ is erected at the…
By Halima Olamide A new Soun of Ogbomoso Prince Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye has been approved by Gov Seyi Makinde. A statement made available to the NPO Reports by Prince Dotun Oyelade Commissioner for Information quoted Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Hon. Olusegun Olayiwola as saying in a statement on Saturday that the announcement followed the “long-drawn processes specified under the law.” “His Excellency congratulates the new Soun-elect on his ascension to the throne of his forebears,” the statement said. The Commissioner said the exalted position has placed the monarch-elect in the position to facilitate harmony, understanding and…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Enugu Capital Territory Development Agency (ECTDA) has confirmed four children of the same family killed in a building collapse in the Agric Quarters in the Mgbemena axis of Coal Camp in Enugu. The Chairman of ECTDA, Mr Uche Anya, made the confirmation to journalists on Saturday after inspecting the site of the collapsed building. Anya noted that the bungalow building located at the Agric Quarters in Coal Camp area collapsed on Friday night around 8pm after a downpour. He said the structure was approved for animal husbandry but was converted for residential. While lamenting that the…
By Kamil Opeyemi President Bola Tinubu on Friday approved the appointment of Khalil Suleiman Halilu as the new Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI). Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity disclosed in a statement on Friday. He noted that by this appointment, Halilu will serve for an initial term of five years in accordance with the relevant sections of the NASENI Act, 2014. “Mr. Halilu, 32, is expected to bring his significant experience as an innovator and technology expert to bear in this…