The Management of the Government Secondary School in Jeda, Kuje Area, Abuja, has converted the health centre within the school into classrooms. This, the management said, was due to shortage of classrooms for students. The improvisation by the management came to the fore on Thursday, when the facilitator of the Centre, Sen. Philip Aduda inspected the project and others within Kuje and Gwagwalada areas. The Principal of the School, Mr Mohammed Tanko, said that the improvisation came about due to shortage of classrooms for students of the school. The action, he explained, was in line with the saying that “necessity…
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Forty-six persons were reportedly killed on Wednesday as suspected armed herders unleashed a deadly attack on the Umogidi community of Entekpa Adoka district in the Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State. The fresh attack came a day after suspected herders invaded the community and killed three persons on Tuesday. On Monday, the Igbobi community in the neighbouring Apa Local Government Area of the state was also attacked, with three persons killed. It was gathered that the armed herders returned to the Umogidi community on Wednesday evening, shortly after the burial of the three persons earlier killed in the…
Social activist, Reno Omokri has been on the receiving end of backlashes on social media after making calls for the arrest of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi and vice-presidential candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed if they make treasonable statements. Omokri, on Wednesday, made the call in a tweet. According to Reno, “I read Peter Obi‘s statement denying alleged treason. I believe the #NigerianElections2023 was rigged. “However, I agree that Datti Baba-Ahmed’s comments were near treasonable. If Obi does not condemn his running mate’s comments, then he is guilty by association!” In a series of tweets from his verified @renoomokri, he…
The Military High Command has described the call for the installation of an Interim National Government in the country by some Nigerians as illegal and unconstitutional. Director, Defence Media Operations (DMO), Major General Musa Danmadami disclose this while fielding questions from newsmen on Thursday at the Defence Headquarter, Abuja. Maj. Gen. Danmadami said the military as a reputable institution does not support illegality and would do everything in its powers to defend the constitution of the country. He said the call by some aggrieved persons in the country of an interim government following the outcome of the just concluded…
An FCT High Court has stopped the Nigerian Army and Ministry of Defence, among others, from trespassing on plots of land located at highbrow Maitama Extension, popularly known as Maitama Aliero. Justice U. P. Kekemeke restrained the defendants pending the determination of a subsisting case before it. Joined in the suit marked FCT/HC/CV/318/2022 as defendants included President Muhammadu Buhari; the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami, the Ministry of Defence; the Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, FCT Minister Musa Mohammad and the Federal Capital Territory Authority. The landowners, under the auspices of the Trustees of the…
Real Madrid reached the Copa del Rey final for the first time since 2014 on Wednesday night in Barcelona. A Karim Benzema hat-trick and a Vinicius Junior strike earned a 4-0 Clasico victory over FC Barcelona at Camp Nou and a 4-1 triumph on aggregate. Eder Militao’s own goal at the Bernabeu had Barca heading into Wednesday’s second leg with a 1-0 advantage. But Vinicius’ goal in first-half added time got Real Madrid back into the tie. Carlo Ancelotti’s men then took over after the break, Benzema putting them ahead with a sublime finish before coolly converting from the penalty…
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, approved two contracts worth N15.3bn for the supply and installation of information and communication technology components and digital assistance devices ahead of the population and housing census slated for May 3 to 5. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, revealed this to State House Correspondents shortly after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. Shehu said, “Among those memos that were okayed today was the award of the contract for the supply and installation of information and communication technology components for…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control on Wednesday in Abuja sealed two shops for allegedly selling unapproved products to Nigerians. The shops are located in the Zuba Central motor park and Utako main market. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that some of the unregistered products said to be aphrodisiacs are: “Hajiya Ayesha Snuff, AK47, Bulletproof, and Hajiya Aysha Maisanda. Mr Tamanuwa Baba, Deputy Director, investigation and Enforcement directorate, NAFDAC, said the operation followed intelligence reports received about the shops. “The products are meant to boost sexual performance and some were said to have been…
The Lagos State Building Control Agency has demolished an illegal building near Hamed Adebowale Street in Aguda, Surulere Local Government Area of the state. Gbolahan Oki, the agency’s General Manager, allayed fears about the building in a statement released on Thursday, saying, “It is a disaster waiting to happen because of the electromagnetic waves from the powerline, which may cause a fire outbreak.” He said the Urban and Regional Planning and Development Law does not permit owners or developers to build under high-power electricity cables, and it specifies the distance that should be between a property and a…
Raheem Akingbolu x-rays the brand essence of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and how his handlers explored every single opportunity to market his candidature. As a political brand that had a lot of issues to deal with before the stage was set for the 2023 contest, the emergence of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former Lagos State governor, as the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), posed some challenges to its handlers. It was a brand that had admirers and critics in almost equal measure. Coming up with a narrative that would resonate with different ethnic, religious…
2023: Ohanaeze demands prosecution of Igbo attackers in Lagos The Council of Elders of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari to bring to book, all those who played remote and immediate roles in the killing, maiming and destruction of Igbo properties in Lagos State, South-west Nigeria. Condemning the profiling of Igbos, especially in Lagos, and other parts of Nigeria for the attack, the Council reminded Nigerians and authorities that the current events were similar incidents that triggered the 30-month civil war that claimed the lives of millions of Nigerians. The Elders, in a communique, issued…
President Emmanuel Macron met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, as the French leader seeks to dissuade China from supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Macron had said in a speech in the capital that Beijing can play a “major role” in finding a path to peace in the conflict and welcomed China’s “willingness to commit to a resolution”. The French president, who arrived on Wednesday for a three-day state visit, shook hands with Xi outside the Great Hall of the People, the heart of power in the capital. Xi greeted his guest on a huge red carpet…