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By Kamil Opeyemi Travellers on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Highway were on Saturday morning caught in a gridlock as a tanker laden will fuel fell and caught fire. Officials of the Ogun state traffic management agency TRACE had hectic time managing the ensuing traffic confusion as the fire raged at the Asese area of the highway where the incident occurred. At the scene of the incident were officials of the Federal Roads Safety Corps, Federal Fire Service and men of the Nigerian Police. TRACE Spokesperson, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed that the incident happened around 7am. “Fire update at Ibafo. As of 0830…
By Halimah Olamide Tension is building up in Kano State as the police command on Saturday vowed to enforce an order stopping Governor Kabir Abba Yusuf from reinstating deposed Emir, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. Sanusi was returned to office on Friday after a reappointment letter was issued to him by the Governor. This followed Thursday’s repeal of the law that created six new emirates under the administration of former Governor Umaru Ganduje. The repeal of the law had empowered Governor Yusuf to remove the emirs ordering them to hand over all Emirate properties in their possession. But a court presided over…
By Halimah Olamide The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, has been suspended from the party over alleged anti-party activities. Abure was suspended by the executive of the party in Ward 3 in Arue-Uromi, in Esan North-East Local Government Area of Edo State. The letter of suspension, which was dated May 14, 2024, was signed by the Ward Chairman, Thompson Ehiguese, and Ward Secretary, Stanley Usiomoh. The letter advised Abure to stop holding out or parading himself as a member of the party. The suspension letter and another letter of ratification dated May 15, 2024, both of…
By Halimah Olamide I remember this Soyinka insulting Late General Abacha, insulting him to the core that he was daft, nothing gives him the right to do that The former Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Yusuf Baba-Ahmed, has asserted that intellect does not give Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka the right to insult anyone. He made the assertion during an interview session with Arise TV following Soyinka’s statement that Peter Obi, the 2023 Labour Party Presidential Candidate, is unfit to govern Nigeria. “Intellect does not give you the right to insult anybody, I remember this Soyinka insulting Late…
By Halimah Olamide Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has ordered the arrest of the deposed Emir of Kano, Bayero. In a statement released on Saturday by the Director General, Media and Publicity, Government House, Kano, Sanusi Tofa, governor said Bayero should be arrested for allegedly creating tension in the state. The statement titled ‘Gov. Yusuf Orders Arrest of Deposed Emir of Kano Aminu Ado Bayero,’ read, “The Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has ordered the immediate arrest of the former Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, for creating tension in the state. The former Emir…
Morgan Spurlock, the filmmaker and former CNN series host whose McDonald’s documentary “Super Size Me” was nominated for an Academy Award, died of cancer complications Thursday, according to his family. Spurlock, who was 53, died in New York, surrounded by family and friends, his brother said in a statement. “It was a sad day, as we said goodbye to my brother Morgan,” Craig Spurlock said. “Morgan gave so much through his art, ideas, and generosity. The world has lost a true creative genius and a special man. I am so proud to have worked together with him.” Spurlock’s directing career…
The UN’s top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), has issued a dramatic ruling, ordering Israel to “immediately halt its military offensive in Rafah”. It acted in support of a South African application last week which sought a number of measures against Israel, accusing it of stepping up what it says is a genocide. Presiding judge Nawaf Salam said the situation in Gaza had deteriorated since the court last ordered Israel to take steps to improve it. Israel has vehemently denied the allegation and signalled it would ignore any order to halt its operation. Reading the court’s ruling on…
By Halimah Olamide We have three critical infrastructure that are located on one spot The federal government has halted the realignment of the Lagos-calabar coastal road projects. This was disclosed at the 3rd Stakeholders Meeting in Lagos, by the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, stating that the proposed diversion would no longer occur due to the submarine cables along the coastline. He said, “We have three critical infrastructure that are located on one spot. One is the 2Africa submarine cable that cuts across 33 countries connecting about three billion people. That cable landed at Mopo and where it landed, the…
By Halimah Olamide Of course, by Monday latest, this wing will be fully ready and good to go The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Friday said that all 21 electronic gates (E-gates) at Lagos airports would be 100 per cent ready for use in three weeks. Tunji-Ojo made this known when he inspected the level of work done at the E-Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, new terminal in Lagos. He also expressed satisfaction with the level of work done. “So what we can see is that it is fully installed and what is left is just…
By Halimah Olamide Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Friday in Ibadan swore in all the 33 newly elected local government chairmen in Oyo State. Makinde, represented by his deputy, Chief Bayo Lawal, charged the chairmen to prioritise the provision of good governance at the grassroots. The governor urged them to try and replicate his developmental strides at the state level for the grassroots to also benefit from the dividends of democracy. He cautioned them to be up and doing in bringing rapid economic growth to their respective local government area. According to him, there should not be any…