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By Agency Report The 1 Division Nigerian Army  Kaduna said its operatives have arrested 47 suspected rail track vandals. The division’s acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations Officer,  Lt.- Col, Musa Yahaya, made the disclosure on Saturday in Kaduna. Yahaya said , “The arrest was made by the troops while on routine patrol along  Kakau Daji- Anguwan Ayaba, they intercepted and arrested 47 suspected rail track vandals on June 26.” He said the suspects had loaded  two  trucks with the vandalized rail tracks before their arrests. Yahaya stated that the suspects revealed that they were employed by one Alhaji Babawo,…

By Halimah Olamide Scores of residents have watched a woman jumped off a flyover bridge in Asaba, Delta state killing herself in the process. A video of the woman, not yet identified, has been trending. The woman seen in the video, who may have been depressed, was seen first standing at the cliff of the bridge preparatory to her jumping head-down. However, the video showed many people watching her for minutes with no signs of making any efforts to prevent her or reducing the impact of her fall. After jumping down hitting her head on the ground, the scores of…

Nigeria’s 100m hurdles world record holder, Tobi Amusan has been cleared to run in the 2024 Paris Olympics Games. The  Court Arbitration of Sports (CAS)  dismissed the appeals filed by World Athletics (WA) and by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) against the decision to clear her of a doping offence. In July 2023, Amusan was charged by WA for  committing an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV), under Rule 2.4 WA ADR following three alleged whereabouts failures within a 12-month period. Meanwhile, Amusan challenged the decision, and the World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal (WADT) in August 2023, considered that Amusan did not violate…

By Agency Report The Federal Government has received no fewer than 103 Nigerians deported from Turkey over migration related issues such as, expired visa, irregular migration, among others. Alhaji Tijani Ahmed, the Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) stated this on Friday evening, during the deportees’ profiling in Abuja. Represented by Amb. Catherine Udida, the Director Migration Affairs in the commission, Ahmed said that the commission expected 110 deportees but received 103, all males. “Some of them have been in the deportation camp for some months, and  now that they are here, we are…

By Felix Oboagwina “Welcome, Sir!” chorused the small gathering of guys seated at the door of the Barber’s shop, as I stopped in front of Ade’s salon. He is my regular barber. At his shop, I maintain this Saturday ritual in preparation for Sunday church service and the coming week. “Come in! Let Oga pass!” said Ade, extracting himself from the midst of three other people seated on benches and chairs in the semi-darkness of a gloomy evening. They angled their legs to let me through. “Are you sure you can barb my hair?” I fired at Ade in sarcastic laughter. NEPA…

Describes Moves Unconstitutional By Halimah Olamide A budget transparency advocacy group, BudgIT has described as unconstitutional, the proposal by the Federal Government to run four budgets simultaneously within a year. BudgIT,  in a statement made available to the NPO Reports, said the proposed elongation of the implementation period for the 2023 Approved Budget and 2023 Supplementary Budget from the proposed termination date of December 31, 2023, to December 31, 2024. Nancy Odimegwu, Communications Officer of the organisation, said it is worrisome is the fact that the Federal Government is currently drafting another 2024 Supplementary budget, which it intends to…

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…