Author: NPO Admin II
Despite describing herself as a shy person, Joice Zau is one of the most high-profile figures in a new spoken-word movement spreading across Angola, and her talent has even led her to represent Brazil in international competitions. Her sweet yet assertive voice first captured the attention of many after a slam poetry performance was uploaded on Facebook in 2020. Zau was performing at Slam Tundavala, a spoken-word competition aired by a private TV channel that aimed to promote and celebrate the creativity and freedom of expression of young Angolan artists. She decided to perform what she called a “demonstration of her artistic…
US police are searching for an escaped inmate who is facing murder charges, and a guard who disappeared with him. Inmate Casey White and corrections officer Vicki White were last seen on Friday morning at the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office in Alabama. Ms White said she was taking him to a mental evaluation, but officials later realised it had not been scheduled. Authorities are investigating whether Ms White helped the inmate escape, or if she was taken hostage by him. Despite their matching surnames, the pair are not related. Authorities say Casey White should be considered “armed and extremely dangerous”…
A four-year-old boy could have a future in Formula One after taking his mum’s car for a drive in the Netherlands. Police in the central city of Utrecht said the child crashed into two parked cars on Saturday, before leaving the scene in his pyjamas and bare feet. Concerned bystanders called police after spotting him walking down the street alone in the cold. No one was hurt during his escapade, with police saying on Instagram they had discovered a “new Max Verstappen”. Police wrote that the child had woken up on Saturday when his father went to work, and taken…
There is controversy over the outcome of a survey which has shown that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is Nigeria’s preferred presidential candidate among the multitude who have shown interests. The survey, allegedly done since February, asked Nigerians who their choices were among Osinbajo; ex-Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu; former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and former Vice President Abubakar Atiku. “Analysis of the results clearly indicated that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was the citizens’ choice as the next President of Nigeria,” IFP&G said. This was contained in a statement signed by the Deputy Chairman, Prof Nasiru Yauri; Organising Secretary,…
The New Nigeria People’s Party has queried the decision by the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, over its decision to institute drugs tests as part of conditions for contesting elections in 2023. This was contained in a statement by the party on the occasion of this year Eid-el-Fitr, asking Nigerians to pray to God to guide the country as it moves towards the 2023 general elections. The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Agbo Major, on Sunday in Abuja, felicitated Muslims in the country on the occasion of the 2023 Eid-el-Fitri festival marking the successful conclusion…
Nigeria’s national under-17 girls football team, the Flamingos, must now overcome their Ethiopian counterparts to earn a ticket to this year’s FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup finals. taking place in India in October. This came to light after they defeated hosts Egypt 2-0 in Cairo on Saturday to advance on a 6-0 aggregate into the final round of the African qualifiers. The team’s top goalscorer, Opeyemi Ajakaiye, had opened scores in the fifth minute of the match, before Aminat Bello added a second nine minutes later at the Petrosports Stadium. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Flamingos…
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressive Congress has responded to loyalists of the former Governor of Lagos, Akinwumi Ambode who vowed never to support the presidential ambition of former Governor Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Loyalists of Ambode, represented by the former Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Wale Oluwo, had said also that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has performed poorly in his three years in the saddle. Oluwo spoke on a radio programme City where he also berated the Governors Advisory Council of being a mere NGO that is not known to the constitution of the APC. The group…
Tragedy struck in Kano on Sunday as a 30-year-old man, Haruna Abdullahi and 45 year-old Adamu Danjummai died in a pit toilet at Aku Village in Gaya Local Government Area of Kano State. The duo reportedly met their deaths while making efforts to recover a cell phone from a pit toilet. A statement by the Public Relations Officer of Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi said the incident occurred on Sunday morning. “We received an emergency call from Gaya fire station at about 07:15 a.m. from one Ali Ahmed, that two men had been trapped inside a pit toilet.…
A three-storey building Sunday night collapsed at Number 24 Ibadan Street, Herbert Macaulay Way, Onyigbo area of Lagos State. However, rescue operations were still ongoing at the site at about on at about 10.56p.m. not long after the incident. The National Emergency Management Agency has confirmed the recovery of two dead bodies and rescue of 23 persons from Ebute Metta three-storey building collapse. The Zonal Coordinator Southwest, NEMA, Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, who gave some details said the recovered bodies were those of a mother and her child, while the rescued persons included seven children and 16 adults. “Nine of those…
The Peoples Democratic Party has joined several calls by Nigerians to end the current impasse between university teachers and the government. The strike has led to students being at home for more than 70 days. The party said its call is to forestall what it called “An imminent collapse” of the education sector. The party made the call in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Debo Ologunagba, in Abuja on Sunday to mark the 2022 International Workers’ Day. Ologunagba said that inaction towards the welfare of workers had continue to dislocate the nation’s social order and cripple its…