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Agency Report Coaches Gbenga Ogunbote and Daniel Ogunmodede provided the biggest part of Sunday’s spectacle as the former’s Shooting Stars Football Club (3SC) of Ibadan whipped Remo Stars FC of Ikenne 2-0. In this Match Day 26 fixture of the 2023/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) tagged the “South-West Derby”, the two coaches unwittingly stole the show even from their players. Christian Pyagbara’s brace, scored in the 16th and 80th minutes, was a delight for the forward, and for 3SC who needed a win for their pound of flesh and an encore. The hosts won away on their last match,…
Agency Report British Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron has denounced the election in Russia which saw President Vladimir Putin tighten his grip on power following the stifling of any real opposition. The foreign secretary said “this is not what free and fair elections look like” after early results on Sunday showed the Russian president won nearly 88% of the vote. The result, recorded by Russia’s Central Election Commission, would be a record for Putin, extending his nearly quarter-of-a-century rule for another six-year term. Putin faced competition from only three candidates who had not criticised his rule nor his invasion of Ukraine.…
Agency Report The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, says the Federal Government has released N12.7 billion to provide meters in Army barracks across the country. The amount is from the N40 billion earmarked for the mass metering project. Mr Bolaji Tunji, Special Adviser, Strategic Communication and Media Relations to the Minister, said this in a statement in Abuja on Monday. He quoted the minister as saying this during the flag off of the metering exercise at the Headquarters of the 9th Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Ikeja Military Cantonment. He said the exercise would be in phases with the…
Agency Report The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has dismissed that its database was compromised as a result of the undersea cable cut which disrupted services of banks and telecom operators in Nigeria. This is contained in a statement by the Head of Corporate Communications of NIMC, Mr Kayode Adegoke in Abuja. The commission assured Nigerians of safety and protection of their data. The commission’s assurance came as response to report from some sections of the media concerning an alleged breach of citizens’ data by a private organization, XpressVerify. “We express gratitude to media partners and the whistleblowers for bringing…
More reactions have trailed the killing of solders in Delta state as the Northern Senators Forum (NSF), on Monday condoled with the Nigerian Army, the Chief of Defence Staff and the Chief of Army over the loss of its personnel. Chairman of the Forum, Sen. Abdulaziz Yar’Adua made this known in a statement in Abuja. The lawmaker who is also Chairman, Senate Committee on Army said ” On behalf of northern senators we wish to extend our deepest condolences to the Chief of Defence Staff, the Chief of Army Staff, the Nigerian Army and officers and troops of Operation Delta…
By Femi Alabi The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Western Zone has condemned the killing of military personnel on a peace and rescue mission in Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. IYC in a statement by Doubra Okotete, Omoghomi Olu-Derimon and Luguard Izoukumor, chairman, secretary and information officer, respectively, described the killing as barbaric and wicked. The statement reads, “While we do not want to support the decision of the military to burn down the entire Okuama community and leave the already impoverished inhabitants to suffer, we wish to call on the Delta State government to…
By Halimah Olamide Opposition leader, Atiku Abubakar, has cautioned the Nigerian Army and other security forces against blanket destruction of the Okuama community in Delta state. In his response to the killing of soldiers by hoodlums in the community, Atiku, who was the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 general election, the action of the hoodlums stands “condemned.” “The brutal killing of over a dozen Nigerian soldiers in Okuama in the Ughelli South Local Government Area and Okolaba in the Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State stands condemned,” he said via his X handle adding…
By Halimah Olamide The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has condemned the reprisal attacks on Okuama community where some men of the Nigerian Army were killed on Saturday. Obi said he was woken up to the disturbing report of attacks on the community where some hoodlums laid ambush for soldiers, killing them. President Bola Tinubu has given a presidential order to the Chief of Defence Staff to fish out the killers. In a series of tweets on his verified X handle, Obi said two wrongs wont be equal to a right adding that the action of those…
By Femi Alabi Despite several calls against reprisal attack by well meaning Nigerian following last weekend’s killing of military men on rescue mission to the riverine community, soldiers deployed to Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State have continued razing more houses in the community. A community source said the military are currently occupying Okuama and that several houses had either been razed or demolished. The Nigerian military has deployed armoured vehicles to Bomadi, headquarters of Bomadi council, over the killing of military perconnel on peace and rescue mission in Okuama community in Ughelli South Local…
By Femi Alabi In a bid to actualize its promise to sustain a flood-free Lagos, the Lagos State Government on Sunday, said it had intensified cleaning of major drainage channels across the state. The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, made this affirmation in a statement through the office of the Public Affairs on X handle. According to the X handle, Wahab led other state officials on the continuation of inspection tour to some parts of the state. He explained that the redesigning and reconstruction of system 44 drainage channel after the removal of structures on the…