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By Halimah Olamide A total of 2,659 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) across Nigeria have been pre-qualified for the final phase of the NNPC Foundation Business Pitching Exercise. Billed to hold from July 2nd to 10th, 2024, the exercise is an integral part of the NNPC Foundation’s Financial Literacy Program for Nigerian youths that witnessed the engagement of over 284,000 corps members, who underwent rigorous training and assessments. Speaking on the exercise, the Managing Director of NNPC Foundation, Mrs. Emmanuella Arukwe said the selection criteria will focus on the feasibility and sustainability of the business idea, market…
Agency Report Retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has said that illicit drugs and substances abuse was enabling crimes and criminality across the country. Marwa said this in his presentation during a National Youth Conference organised by the Vanguard Against Drug Abuse (VGADA) detox centre on Friday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme of the conference is tagged “The Youths, Drugs, Mental Health and Nigeria’s Future. Marwa said that when youths indulged in drug abuse, the tendency for them to develop anti-social behaviour was high.…
By Kamil Opeyemi Tragedy struck in Kano State on Friday as a truck lost control ramming it into worshippers. The worshippers were just coming out of the mosque at the Imawa town, along the Kano-Zaria Road when the truck lost control hitting many. No fewer than 14 of the worshippers reportedly died at the scene, according to the Federal Road Safety Corps. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Ibrahim Abdullahi, while confirming the accident, said the truck was marked MKA 537 XN. Abdullahi said, “We received a distress call at about 01:50 p.m. on June 28, 2024, On receiving…
By Halimah Olamide Former President of the United States Barack Obama has opened up on the presidential debate between President Joe Biden and his challenger Donald Trump. The debate held on Thursday. Many post debate analysts have said that Biden’s performance was below expectations while they concluded that Trump made false claims. Already, media outlets in the US and beyond have speculated possible replacement of Biden with a more agile and vibrant candidate as parties have till August to confirm their final choices. Obama, in his first reaction over the outcome of the debate, said on Friday, “Bad debate nights…
Agency Report “Upon receipt of the report, promptly, the DPO Danja led a team of operatives to the scene with a view to arresting the culprits and unhurt rescue of the victim,” The Police Command in Katsina State has confirmed the kidnapping of a 75-year-old, Hauwa’u Adamu, mother of the renowned Hausa singer, “Dauda Kahutu Rarara”. A statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, said the elderly mother was kidnapped at her residence in Kahutu, Danja Local Government Area of the state in the early hours of Friday. “Today, June 28, at about 1:30a.m., an information was received…
The first presidential debate is done and the aftermath has not been good for the incumbent, Joe Biden. Mr Biden’s primary goal on Thursday was to ease concerns about his age. Instead, the debate deepened them. Some Democrat politicians and operatives reportedly texted CNN commentators with hopes that Mr Biden, 81, would step aside. Some floated the possibility of going to the White House and publicly stating concerns about him remaining as candidate. Could Mr Biden back out now? What would happen? And who could replace him? Can Joe Biden withdraw? The Democratic Party’s nominee will officially be chosen in…
Says He’s Confused Over Coming US Election By Halimah Olamide Davido said he remains a Democrat though, he said described the debate as the worst. Nigerian Afrobeat sensation David Adeleke (Davido) has expressed his disappointment over Thursday’s presidential debate between the President of the United States, Joe Biden and his challenger, from the Republican party, Mr., Donald Trump. Davido said while Biden performed poorly in the debate, his challenger, Trump also lied in many of his claims during the debate. NPO Reports that fact-checkers had concluded that many of Trump’s statements were not factual. Davido, who jetted out of Nigeria…
By Halimah Olamide Reprieve has come the way of an Army Sergeant as the Supreme Court has discharged him of murder charges for which he was sentenced to death by hanging. Akawu Bala has spent 12 years in the Kaduna Correctional Centre awaiting the outcome of his appeal against the death sentence. He was sentenced to death by the General Court Martial of the Nigerian Army. Justice Helen Ogunwumiju who delivered the judgment in an appeal filled at the Supreme Court on March 16, 2017 by Bala, discharged him from the death penalty. Respite came the way of the embattled…
As 79 Officers Graduates From Army School of Public Relations The Nigerian Army on Friday said the media is very key in the overall success of its various field campaigns across the country. Commandant of the School of Public Relations and Information (NASPRI), Lieutenant Colonel Adamu Ngulde who spoke to graduands of the Second Quarter Courses 2024 of the school, asked them not to ignore the importance of Media Operations in Military Campaign as they returned to their respective units. A total of 79 officers completed their course and were handed their certificates. They included 27 officers from different units…
By Halimah Olamide The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed that a building collapsed in the Igando area of Lagos state on Thursday. According to NEMA, the building that collapsed was still under construction when it came down. The agency said the incident had happened at No 28 Olusesan Ishola Avenue, Oko filling bus stop, off LASU/Igando road. “The one storey building which was still under construction, collapsed at 4pm and partly fell on the fence of the house behind it. No one was trapped under the rubbles, though a man sustained injuries and was taken to Igando General…