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Amidst row over the Lagos Council of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, the Lagos State Government on Thursday, accounted the setting up of a committee to oversee the affairs of all motor parks and garages in the state. A statement by Gbenga Omotoso, Commissioner for Information and Strategy, the government said the decision was in fulfillment of it’s promise to ensure that events in the NURTW are not allowed to threaten law and order. “The Government has, therefore, exercised its constitutional powers to ensure that no vacuum, which can disrupt the peace of our dear state, is allowed…
Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture, Alwan Ali-Hassan, has been released by terrorists who abducted him nine days ago. Ali-Hassan was among those who were abducted after their train was attacked in a village shortly before arriving Kaduna from Abuja. At least, 162 passengers are still missing after the train attack while about 182 have reunited with their families. Nine persons were confirmed dead in the attack. Though no independent confirmation was available, it was learnt that the bank executive was released after a huge some of money was paid as ransom. Sources said no less than N100m was…
A security guard at the British embassy in Berlin suspected of spying for Russia has been extradited to appear in court charged with nine offences under the Official Secrets Act. David Ballantyne Smith, 57, is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. The UK national was arrested by German police on 10 August. The offences are alleged to have happened between October 2020 and August 2021. Mr Smith, who had been living in Potsdam, in Germany, was flown back to the UK on Wednesday ahead of his appearance at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. The Metropolitan Police said the nine…
After a Covid infection, there is an increased risk of developing a serious blood clot for the next six months, a study from Sweden suggests. The research found people with severe Covid, and those infected during the first wave, had the highest clot risk. This highlights the importance of being vaccinated against the virus, the researchers say. Blood clots can also occur after vaccination but the risk is far smaller, a major UK study found. People who have had Covid-19 are more likely to develop a blood clot – particularly patients who have needed hospital treatment. Scientists wanted to find…
Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, has always been guarded when it comes to questions over his family. In 2015, during one of his marathon news conferences, he dodged questions about his daughter’s identities. “My daughters live in Russia and studied only in Russia, I am proud of them,” he said. “They speak three foreign languages fluently. I never discuss my family with anyone.” “Every person has a right for their fate, they live their own life and do it with dignity,” he added. He might not want to name them, but others have. The latest round of US sanctions has targeted…
As the evidence mounts pointing to Russian war crimes near Kyiv, the US has responded by sanctioning President Putin’s daughters. Galvanised by the images of corpses littering the streets of areas the Russians had withdrawn from, and stories of rape and murder from survivors, the US announced a new round of measures against Russian officials and their families and two major banks. A US official told journalists that Mr Putin and his inner circle were believed to hide their wealth with family members who would then place it in the Western financial system. US President Joe Biden called the killings…
Former Chairman of the Lagos council of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Musiliu Akinsanya has described as his sack and the dissolution of the council’s executive as laughable. The national body of the Union on Wednesday announced the sack of Akinsanya, popularly called MC Oluomo and appointed the Secretary as interim head of the union in Lagos. The union said Oluomo was sacked based on the provisions of the union’s constitution. Reacting to the development, Oluomo said that it is laughable as all the union members in Lagos have pulled out of the national body. He also…
A sad former President, Goodluck Jonathan, late Wednesday expressed regrets over the death of two of his aides in an auto-crash along the airport road. NPO had reported earlier that the former President’s convoy was involved in a fatal accident while returning to his private residence from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ikechukwu Eze, the former President was quoted as mourning the two police officers who lost their lives. He described the incident as painful and heart-rending, He added that the deceased, Inspectors Ibrahim Abazi and Yakubu…
*Says He Warned Nigerians Buhari Would Plunge Country Into Crisis Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has said that he is not in the presidential race to later step down for anyone. Fayose also reminded Nigerians that he warned them against electing President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015, saying he was scorned for his warning. Speaking on a Channels Tv live programme, Politics Today Wednesday night, Fayose, confirmed that he had just obtained his presidential nomination form from the Peoples Democratic Party. He said it would be wrong for the PDP to adopt consensus in the choice of its presidential…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday escaped unhurt as his convoy was involved in a ghastly accident along the airport road in Abuja. Though the former President was unhurt, two of his aides were said to have died in the accident as he moved from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja to his private residence. Jonathan is currently the Special Envoy to ECOWAS. NPO Reports gathered earlier that Jonathan had visited the National hospital Abuja where the aides were taken for medical care. It was not clear if the two aides died at the scene of the accident or at…