The Inter-Party Advisory Council said it plans to produce a grand documentary movie to highlight and project Nigeria’s governance achievements from 1999 till date. IPAC National Chairman, Yusuf Dantalle, spoke at the auditioning of the movie titled, “Unbroken two and half decades,” on Friday in Abuja. Mr Dantalle stated that the planned documentary movie would commemorate the 25 years of uninterrupted democracy in Nigeria. He said that the uninterrupted 25 years was not without challenges, but through collective patriotic commitments, resilience and hope for the best. Mr Dantalle said that though Nigeria’s democracy was not where it should be, it…
Author: Adeboye
Some residents of Kano use charcoal for cooking and other energy needs have expressed worry over the sharp rise in its price in the city. The people made the complaint during an interview in Kano on Friday. They said that the price had gone beyond the reach of the ordinary person. A housewife, Aisha Isa, said that a big bag of the commodity, which sold for N4,000, now goes for N6,500. She said that it had become extremely difficult to find N50 charcoal anywhere in the city, pointing out that the cheapest quantity sales for N150. Another resident, Agnes John,…
The police command in Lagos State has confirmed the death of a 17-year- old boy electrocuted while working with his step-father at a building construction site. The Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this on Saturday. Mr Hundeyin said that the mother of the boy, whose name was not given, reported the case to the Agbado Police Division on August 2, at 1.00 p.m. He said that the woman reported that at about 12.30 p.m. on the same day, she received a phone call from her younger brother about the incident. According to the woman, her…
On Friday, two men, Fanimo Gbenga, 44, and Adebayo Wasiu, 42, were arraigned in a chief magistrates’ court in Ado-Ekiti over alleged possession of Indian hemp. The defendants, of unknown addresses, are facing a charge of possession of Indian hemp. The prosecutor, Sodiq Adeniyi, told the court that the defendants committed the offence on August 6 at about 2:00 p.m. in Ado-Ekiti. Mr Adeniyi alleged that the police found weeds suspected to be Indian hemp in the defendants’ possession. He said the offence contravened Section 5 (b) of the Indian Hemp Act, LFN 2004. The prosecutor asked the court for…
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Oyo state command, has arrested four suspected human traffickers and rescued nine persons used as prostitutes in the state. The command also said it had recovered 55 smuggled 30-litre kegs of petrol around Gwagwasu Moore Road, Kishi, in the northern part of the state. The NSCDC commandant in the state, Augustine Padonu, made this known while parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters on Friday in Ibadan. Mr Padonu said that the command’s anti-human trafficking and child protection Unit arrested the suspects and rescued the victims on Tuesday at a hotel in the…
The Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Danladi Jatau, has urged Nigerian youths to shun acts inimical to human and societal development. Mr Jatau gave the advice on Friday while speaking during ECWA Youth Fellowship 2024 annual conference in Moroa, Kokona Local Government Area. The speaker urged the youths to take their education seriously, adding that no nation can achieve meaningful development without sound education. He donated N1 million to support the development of a Mosque and support for ECWA Youth Fellowship in Moroa community. ” I want to commend you for organising this fellowship as it is good to…
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), on Friday, confirmed the death of a driver who was involved in a road traffic accident around Mangoro area of the state. The permanent secretary of the agency, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in a statement made available to journalists. Mr Oke-Osanyintolu said the articulated truck collided with the minibus, while smashing it into the fence of a nearby shopping complex. “Following a distress call to LASEMA, through the 767 and 112 toll-free emergency lines at about 8.35 a.m., the agency activated its eagle response team from Cappa. “Upon arrival at the incident…
The #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria Organising Committee has demanded the dismissal of the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, in response to the killing of protesters. This demand was made during a candlelight symposium held in honour of the victims at the Rights House in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Friday. Recall that the committee, based at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota, Lagos, had declared three days of mourning for those killed nationwide during the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests. The hunger strike, which was intended to last for ten days, is now on its ninth day as of Friday. Amnesty International has accused…
Ondo State Governor, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, on Friday, paid a condolence visit to the people of Idanre following the passing of their revered monarch, Oba (Dr) Frederick Adegunle Aroloye, Arubiefin IV, the Owa and Paramount Ruler of Idanre Kingdom. The monarch, who ascended the throne of Owa in 1976 and was the oldest first class Oba in Ondo State, joined his ancestors on July 31, at the age of 102. During the visit, Aiyedatiwa expressed that the state is not mourning but rather celebrating a life well-lived. He noted that the late Oba Aroloye’s long and fruitful life is…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo insisted on Friday that the country will not progress towards achieving its goals unless both leaders and citizens embrace what he termed “moral rearmament.” He also warned that Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gunpowder that could explode if the nation fails to take courageous and decisive steps to address its numerous challenges. Obasanjo described Nigeria as a nation that takes two steps forward, one step aside, and four steps backward. He deemed the demands of #EndBadGovernance protesters as very legitimate, stating that the government should heed the people’s grievances and cease pretending that all…