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By Kamil Opeyemi A former Director of Media and later Director of Procurement at the Defence Headquarters, Major General Benard Onyeuko, has died. Onyeuko reportedly died in Abuja after a brief illness. PRNigeria quoted “a credible source” as disclosing that he died this Saturday morning, August 26, 2023 after complaining of cold and was rushed to a private hospital where he died. Another close friend to the deceased told PRNigeria that the retired general was hale and hearty on Friday until he fell ill on Saturday morning and passed away. General Onyeuko’s last appointment was as Director of Procurement at…
The President of the Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales has been suspended by Federation of International Football Association after his kiss of female footballer days ago. Rubiales is to be suspended for an initial 90 day period after he kissed Jenni Hermoso on the lips during the medal ceremony after Spain won the Women’s World Cup final which ended during the week. BBC quoted Rubiale as saying the kiss was consensual while Hermoso countered him saying it was not According to report, FIFA has added thatneither Rubiales nor the football federation are allowed to contact Hermoso. About 81 players are…
By Halimah Olamide Serving Nigerian Minister of Culture and Creative Economy, Mrs Hannatu Musawa has been confirmed to be a member serving her mandatory one year service in the National Youths Service scheme. NYSC said with that Mrs Musawa is holding her position in breach of the act setting the scheme up. A group, Human Rights Writers Association had raised the alarm during the week alleging that the newly sworn in Minister is currently a youth Corper in Abuja. The NYSC spokesperson Eddy Megwa, confirmed that the minister had been serving for the past eight months in the FCT. He…
The Community Monitoring Team (CMT) of a Pan African NGO, Connected Development (CODE), says on Friday that community members are not benefitting from constituency projects due to poor implementation. Mrs Ladi Bonat, Coordinator of the CMT in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State, stated this during a town hall meeting on Friday in Lere. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting was on Deepening Citizens Interest in Government Spending and Addressing Accompanied Corrupt Practices (DeSPAAC) project. The DeSPAAC project was being implemented by CODE with support from MacArthur Foundation to mobilize communities and empower them to…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Federal Government has restated that the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) Ltd would be back on stream by December. This is part of the government’s commitment to ending petroleum product importation as soon as efforts are being redoubled to restore the nation’s local refining capacity. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, said this, according to a Friday statement by the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited Garba Deen Muhammad. He quoted the Minister as giving the assurance during an inspection tour of the rehabilitation work…
Former US President Donald Trump turned himself in at the notorious Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia. He was booked on charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia and had his mugshot taken just like his 18 alleged co-conspirators. Mr Trump had to pay a bail bond of $200,000 (£160,000) to be released from the Atlanta jail while he awaits trial. Afterwards, he described the case as “a travesty of justice”. It was his fourth arrest in five months in a criminal case, but this was his first police booking photo. Mr Trump later posted on…
By Halimah Olamide & Kamil Opeyemi There were high expectations on Monday as 45 ministers assumed offices amidst huge promises being made after their swearing in ceremony in Abuja. President Bola Tinubu and his vice, Kashim Shettima, watched as members of his newly constituted cabinet took oaths of offices shaking hands with him afterwards as they filed out to their respective ministries to commence work. Henineken Lokpobri, Minister of state for Petroleum Resources, while resuming in his office on Monday, said he has only one agenda. He said, ” Lokpobiri, while stating that he believed in action, and would spend…
England reached the Women’s World Cup final for the first time as they spoiled co-hosts Australia’s party on a historic evening in Sydney. Silencing a sell-out crowd at Stadium Australia, the Lionesses became the first English side since 1966 to reach the final on the world stage. It caps a sensational two years under manager Sarina Wiegman as England, crowned European champions for the first time last year on home soil, showed their superiority and know-how to see off an Australia side spurred on by a nation who have been inspired by the Matildas’ success. Ella Toone gave England the…
By Kamil Opeyemi Notorious terrorist, Dogo Gide, has claimed that his group was responsible for downing a Nigerian Air Force Helicopter in Chukuba area of Shiroro, Niger state on Monday. A video of the crash scene sent out by the terrorists group showed many victims of the crash dead and littering the bushy area where the charred remains of the aircraft was seen. In the video, a voice could be heard speaking thus: “These are bodies belonging to soldiers of the Nigerian Army who attacked us with the intention of causing us harm. “They did this to see the downfall…
By Kamil Opeyemi Senior Pastor of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Sunday, lamented that the subsidy removal is having adverse effects on Nigerians just as he urged President Bola Tinubu to tackle corruption and not Nigerians. Speaking on the theme ‘Vice, virtue and time: The three things that shall never stand still’ at the church auditorium, located on Kuditat Abiola way, Ikeja in Lagos, the cleric faulted the proposed military intervention in Niger Republic by ECOWAS. He said: “Local support for Nigeria by Nigeriens is at an all-time low. It is, therefore, counter-productive to engage…