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By Kamil Opeyemi Troops of the Joint Task Force, South-East, code-named Operation UDO KA II, has cleared four notorious camps of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliates, Eastern Security Network (ESN), in Imo State. The troops, in the course of the clearance, neutralised two IPOB/ESN members and four of the criminals were arrested. This is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Enugu by Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 82 Division, Nigerian Army, for the Joint Task Force Operation UDO KA II. Unuakhalu said that the camps cleared are located…
By Halimah Olamide The Lagos State Government has re-established the Right of Way of the Light Rail infrastructure. This was disclosed by the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development (MPP&UD), the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), and the Commissioner in the Ministry, Dr. Oluyinka Olumide during a special enforcement operation. He stated that encroachment of the Red Line Corridor would not be tolerated as such would not only impede operations but also jeopardize lives and the well-being of those involved. According to him, the state government was fully committed to delivering the project as scheduled to ease transportation…
By Halimah Olamide A university scholar and researcher who was once demoted by her university, Katalin Karikó and another scholar Drew Weissman have been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize. The award is in the category for in Physiology or Medicine which they jointly won for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. She was born 17 January 1955 and a Hungarian-American biochemist who specializes in RNA-mediated mechanisms, particularly in vitro-transcribed mRNA for protein therapies. Karikó laid the scientific groundwork for mRNA vaccines against major obstacles and scepticism in the scientific community,…
By Halimah Olamide Amidst the recently proposed nationwide strike, the Federal Government and the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), have come to an agreement on conditions in order to suspend the strike. This was disclosed by the chief of staff to the president, Femi Gbajabiamila, who led the federal government team in a press briefing on Sunday. Recall that NPO Reported that two labour unions , the NLC and TUC had threatened to embark on a nationwide indefinite strike on October 3rd, 2023 to protest the fuel subsidy removal policy of the Federal Government. Gbajabiamila revealed that the government and members…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Department of Development Control, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has warned former owners of 165 revoked lands in the FCT to stay clear of the properties or be prosecuted. The Director, Mr Mukhtar Galadima, gave the warning in Abuja, when his team foiled an attempt by some of the owners of the revoked lands in Maitama, Abuja to continue development on the sites. This, he described as “worrisome”, inspite of the revocation oder placed on the lands Accompanied by some security personnel, the development control officials confiscated building equipment found on the sites, arrested some of…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Police Command in Delta has confirmed that five persons lost their lives in a petrol tanker explosion in the state. The spokesman of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this to newsmen on Sunday in Warri, saying the incident occurred on 1 October at Ugbenu in Ethiope West Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. He said that the tanker, laden with petrol, was heading towards Benin City in the morning when the unfortunate incident happened. “In the early hours of Oct. 1, 2023, at about 0200hrs, the Command recorded a tragic incident where a tanker,…
By Kamil Opeyemi Godswill Akpabio, Senate President has debunked reports that he has created office for his wife, Mrs Unoma Akpabio, in the National Assembly. Akpabio through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Eseme Eyiboh, debunked the report in a statement on Monday in Abuja. According to the statement, the report of office allocation to Mrs Akpabio was obviously designed to malign and disparage the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. “A story of 20 paragraphs on the creation of an imaginary office for the wife of the Senate President uses three paragraphs on the unfounded issue. “And the remaining…
Nine people are reported to have been killed and some 20 others trapped after a church roof collapsed in Mexico. Local media said 49 people were taken to hospital, after the collapse at Santa Cruz church in Ciudad Madero. Police in the coastal state of Tamaulipas said around 100 people were at a mass at the time. Local media reported it was a baptism. A number of children are believed to be amongst those trapped and rescue efforts are ongoing. Images on social media showed the church building in ruins as people crowded around the rubble, desperately searching for those…
By Kamil Opeyemi President Bola Tinubu has approved N35,000 as provisional wage award for all treasury-paid federal government workers for a period of six months. Malam Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said that this followed consultations between the federal government and the leadership of the labour unions at the Presidential Villa. “Going from the meeting with Labour today, President Bola Tinubu has agreed to increase the provisional wage award for all treasury-paid Federal Government workers to N35,000 for 6 months,” he said At the meeting, the Federal…
By Hallimah Olamide Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has congratulated Ilebaye Odiniya, the winner of the Big Brother Naija All-stars Season Reality Television Show, which ended Sunday. Bello, in a statement issued in Lokoja by his Media Aide, Onogwu Mohammed, said her victory confirmed her brilliance, perseverance and humility. The governor described Ilebaye, a criminology graduate of Salem University, Lokoja, as a true trendsetter and Kogi’s pride. “I am delighted to congratulate one of our own in Kogi, Ilebaye Odiniya, for emerging as the winner of the Big Brother Naija Allstars Season reality television show. “Ilebaye, you are a…