A storey building that is under construction has collapsed in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area in Rivers State, injuring four persons. The structure is said to be erected for the hospitality business, more like a sit-out bar around the Okilton junction on Ada-George Road. Apart from the four persons said to have sustained varying degrees of injury, no life was lost in the incident. The injured persons are currently being treated at a hospital near the accident scene. Reacting to the incident, Rivers State Government said it will bring to book all those whose actions contributed to the collapse of the…
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In Ebonyi State, the Peoples Democratic Party has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress of harassing members of its party who testified as witnesses before the Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja. The charge was made in a statement issued on Thursday and signed by the State PDP Caretaker Committee Chairman, Augustine Nwazunku. The statement alleged that the PDP witnesses who testified before the election Tribunal at Abuja were attacked on return to their respective homes by suspected APC hitmen. “Some were brutally attacked by APC hired thugs, with their families, essentially chased out of their homes while business interests of…
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, said he remained hopeful and optimistic about achieving victory in the last presidential election, despite the ineffective cashless policy implemented by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The President spoke in separate remarks at the palaces of the Paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, in Ijebu-Ode and Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, in Abeokuta, during a thank-you visit to the Royal Fathers. According to a statement by his Special Adviser, Dele Alake, the President while reflecting on the challenges in the build-up to the 2023 presidential election, recounted…
Three judges in London said that “unless deficiencies” in Rwanda’s asylum system were corrected, “removal of asylum seekers to Rwanda will be unlawful.” They agreed with migrants and campaigners who brought the case that the UK government could not guarantee that asylum seekers sent to Rwanda would not be deported to the country from which they were fleeing. “The deficiencies in the asylum system in Rwanda are such that there are substantial grounds for believing that there is a real risk that persons sent to Rwanda will be returned to their home countries, where they faced persecution or other inhumane…
A notorious bandit leader in Zamfara State, Dogo Gudali, has been killed by an Improvised Explosive Device, IED, planted by members of his terrorist group. The IED, according to a military source in the North West, was planted by terrorists to eliminate troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, who were on a clearance operation at the fringes of Gando Forest in Bukkuyum Local Government Area of the State. The military source, while confirming the incident said that, “The explosive was intended for troops, but detonated prematurely and killed the daredevil bandit leader, Dogo Gudali, and some of his fighters”. “Dogo Gudali…
Kaduna State Police have detained 530 people for a variety of crimes including banditry, armed livestock rustling, culpable homicide, rail track vandalism, and other connected offenses. Among the suspects is one Ismail Mohammed of Maijere Village Saminaka in the state’s Lere local government area, who kidnapped and later killed his brother, Kabiru Mohammed, after demanding N120,000 in ransom from the family. Parading the suspects at the command’s headquarter , the spokesman of Kaduna State Police Command, DSP Muhammed Jalige told reporters that the suspects were arrested between May to June 2023. He explains that four AK47 rifles, three revolver pistols,…
The Police Force Public Relations Officer, Prince Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has stated that the deployment of police officers to individuals will be “reviewed and regularized.” This was stated in a tweet on Wednesday in response to a viral video showing an unidentified VIP being escorted on foot by no less than seven armed Mobile Policemen. The Police PRO’s statement was in response to a Twitter account with the name Oluyemi Fasipe, who posted the video requesting to know who the man in the video was and why he had so many policemen securing him. In his response, Adejobi condemned the act…
Four people were killed in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province when heavy rain and a tornado struck the region, police reported on Thursday. Winds and rain caused damage to roads and flooded homes and sewer systems, and a tornado occurred north of Durban on Tuesday. “Regrettably, so far four people have been confirmed to have lost their lives,” the province’s disaster management department said in a statement. Three died in Durban and a fourth in wider KwaZulu-Natal, it said, adding that a fifth person was missing and more than 150 were homeless. The rainy season in KwaZulu-Natal usually runs from November…
The President, Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, said he invoked the spirit of freedom during his electioneering in Ogun State. He said during the campaign season, some of his popular statements that resonated with Nigerians and his supporters were used to invoke the spirit. The former Lagos State governor said the hardship that accompanied the Central Bank of Nigeria cash swap policy during the electioneering period forced him to invoke the spirit of freedom in the South West state. “I invoked the spirit of freedom in Ogun,” the President said while speaking at the palace of Awujale and paramount ruler of…
Ohaneze warns Media against Unauthorised Statements The apex Igbo Socio-Cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Wednesday in Enugu urged the media to desist from publishing press statements from unauthorised persons on its behalf. The organisation described the action by some media as unacceptable and embarrassment to it. Addressing newsmen on behalf of its President-General, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, its National Publicity Secretary, Dr Alex Ogbonnia, said Ohaneze Ndigbo condemned the act in entirety. He spoke after the group’s National Executive Council meeting. “Some of Igbo youth groups issue statements in the name of Ohaneze Ndigbo surprisingly, journalists accept it from them…
One person was killed and one was injured after gunmen invaded Magamin Kano Village in Bauchi State’s Ningi Local Government Area on Monday, Meridian Spy learnt The gunmen also broke into the home of the area’s Village Head, Alh. Bashir Abubakar, and abducted his wife and son to an unknown location. . A source told journalists that the gunmen shot and killed one person, while the injured person was shot in the thigh and is receiving medical attention at the Ningi General Hospital. According to the source, the traditional ruler was the main target, but he was able to escape,…
Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday, prayed for lasting healing for Nigeria and Nigerians, urging them to be united. “May Allah heal us from whatever afflicts us in our private lives and as a nation, and may this day bring forth enduring unity and progress to our beloved country,” Shettima told journalists after observing the Eid prayers at the National Eid Ground, Abuja. The State House Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, Olusola Abiola, revealed this in a statement he signed on Wednesday titled ‘VP Shettima at National Eid Ground, prays for Nigeria’s unity, progress.’ He also…