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By Femi Alabi Following the soaring prices of staple food in Nigeria, the Government of Ukraine has donated 25,000 tonnes of wheat as emergency food assistance to 1.3 million vulnerable, crisis-affected people in northeast of the country. The Senior Communications and Public Diplomacy Officer, British High Commission’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Atinuke Akande-Alegbe in a statement on Friday, said that the donation was made under the auspices of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP)response in northeast Nigeria. She stated that the contribution was part of Ukraine’s humanitarian “Grain from Ukraine” initiative launched by the country’s President,…

By Wole Soyinka I begin by pleading an obsessive problem – media language. As one who is routinely traumatized by encountering his own words reworked into imagined equivalents, duly enhanced and augmented even with the best and honest intentions, but which actually convey the exact opposite of intent, such an obsession is quite understandable. Fortunately, this preliminary is not personalized. I shall proceed, as gently as I can, and through purely fortuitous exemplars from our national media, to a straightforward proposition of just how a national psyche can be programmed, rewired, so to speak, into absorbing the freakish, the…

People are gathering in Moscow for the funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny later There is a heavy police presence in the city, with masked guards stationed around a perimeter fence The service will be held at 14:00 Moscow time (11:00 GMT) at a church on the outskirts of the capital The Russian opposition leader died in an Arctic prison – where he had been held on politically motivated charges Few details have been released on the cause of his death – officials say he collapsed after going for a walk His wife alleges he was killed on…

By Femi Alabi The Nigerian Army has distanced itself from the purported financial demands for vetting from selected trainees undergoing training at the Depot, Nigerian Army, Zaria. The Director, Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Thursday, said the claim was not only fraudulent but criminal and must be nipped in the bud before it festers. According to him, it is common knowledge that training of potential recruits and officer cadets are fully funded and borne by the Nigerian Army. He noted that the claim that there were financial demands for vetting must be viewed as…

By Femi Alabi Governor of Anambra, Charles Soludo has expressed delight that the state government was able to restore Tania Okpala back to normal state of mind. Soludo on his official X handle hinted that Okpala has fully recovered and restored to normalcy, saying, “Tania Okpala is back on the courts!”. The Governor wrote, “A few months ago, social media was flooded with a viral video showing Ms. Tania in a distressing state on the streets of Awka. I am pleased to report that we have successfully restored Tania to her winning ways.”. The Anambra State government had…

By Femi Alabi Gombe State Government on Thursday said it has recorded six deaths out of the 95 suspected cases of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) in the state. The suspected cases of the disease were recorded in Nafada and Funakaye Local Government Areas. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Habu Dahiru in a press conference in Gombe stated that the ministry had deployed a medical team to Nafada, to contain the disease sequel to the reportee cases with symptoms suggestive of CSM. He said, “Out of the 95 people admitted, 29 samples were collected, out of the number only…

By Femi Alabi. Officers of the Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested seven internet fraudsters in Markurdi. EFCC on his official X handle said the suspects were arrested in Aliade, in the Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State on Thursday. Items recovered from them include eight phones, three iPad, two internet routers and one international passport. EFCC stated that the suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded

By Femi Alabi Fuji Maestro, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known as K1 De Ultimate, said he has cancelled the usual yearly birthday carnival for his 67th birthday on March 3. K1, in a statement on Thursday said the decision was informed by the current economic situation in the country. He urged his family and friends to rather use the occasion to reach out to the less privileged in the society. The statement reads: “To the glory of God Almighty, I shall be turning 67 years on this planet earth on 3rd of March 2024. “A joyous day for…

By Femi Alabi. Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has said that he is excited about the 188MW Geometric Power Plant in Abuja saying that he Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) has over the years suffered from inadequate investments, failure of generation, transmission, and distribution infrastructure. Atiku on his X handle stated that Nigeria’s core infrastructure stock is very low, estimated at 35-40 percent of GDP, below the international benchmark of 70 percent and below South Africa 87 percent, Indonesia 70 percent, China 76 and India 58 percent. He added that the finances required to bridge Nigeria’s infrastructure gap…

By Femi Alabi The out-gone Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs. Caroline Wura-Ola Adepoju, has urged her successor, Mrs. Kemi Nanna Nandap, to sustain the significant milestones and the impactful transformation achieved under her watch in order to put the Service on a higher level of development. Adepoju, whose tenure ended on Thursday stated that by sustaining the international reforms in travel documents, border management, visa, passport administration and the migration management reform, the Service will effectively strengthen the nation’s internal security. The outgone CGI, who made the appeal at her pull-out parade ceremony as the 18th…