The 2021 edition of the Annual Children’s day program organised by Street Child Care and Welfare Initiative (SCCWI), took another dimension this year with safety regulations in place in light of the Covid 19 pandemic, but didn’t stop short of being another successful event to remember. The annual feeding program took the NGO to various parts of Lagos State including Oshodi, Mushin, Okobaba in Ebute Meta, Opic, several slum communities in Iddo and Ikorodu amongst others as well as the Juvenile welfare centre, Alakara and Special correctional centre Oregun. According…
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Sowore injured at Abuja rally
Publisher of online news medium, SaharaReporters and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has been injured by a tear gas canister fired by a police operative in Abuja. Sowore was reportedly shot on Monday by a female police officer at the Unity Fountain in Abuja. The politician was preparing to hold a rally with some associates when the incident happened at the Unity Fountain in Abuja, on Monday. Footage of the incident showed Sowore falling on the ground after the canister hit him. The details of the attack were sketchy but…
Read MoreAbout 200 Islamiyya school students kidnapped in Niger State
On Sunday, May 30, 2021, about 200 students of an Islamiyya school were kidnapped at Tegina town, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State. A source said, the bandits stormed the school at about 4:30 p.m. when the students were receiving lessons. It was learnt that one person was killed with one of the students critically injured during the attack. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mary Noel-Berje confirmed the abduction, and that 11 students who the kidnappers deemed feeble and unable to walk fast, were…
Read More10 online drug traffickers, dispatch riders arrested by NDLEA
Some Online drug traffickers and couriers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). A young lady, her boyfriend and eight others were arrested and assorted prohibited drugs were recovered. Director of Media and Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement, said the first suspect, 28-year-old Ese Patrick, who sells her illicit substances through Instagram account, Ese’sOvenSecret, was tracked and arrested with some pieces of brownies ordered online by NDLEA’s undercover agents on May 21, 2021, and…
Read MoreGoodluck Jonathan’s ex-aide, Ahmed Gulak shot dead
Former special adviser on Political Matters to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak has been killed. Gulak shot dead by a yet to be identified gunmen in Imo state. According to the Nigeria Police Force, Imo state command, it was confirmed that, Gulak was ambushed on his way to Sam Mbakwe International Cargo airport. Gulak was returning to Abuja from Owerri when he was attacked and shot dead in his vehicle ‘Camry marked Texas BFT 2150. In his words, the Imo state Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro, said: “It is true…
Read MoreFake drugs intercepted by Customs
The Comptroller General, Strike Force Unit of the Nigeria Customs Service, said the agency impounded some unregistered and fake drugs brought into the country through the seaport. He said this at the unit while showing journalists the seized items. Also speaking, the Coordinator of the unit, Deputy Comptroller, Ahmadu Shuaibu, said the unit also recovered N426.4m on cargoes that were under-declared at the port. He said, “Sequel to conscientious documentary checks, the ICT component of the team recovered the sum of N426.4m from demand notices raised within April till Tuesday.…
Read MoreBuhari appoints Major-Gen. Farouk Yahaya as new Chief of Army Staff
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. Yahaya succeeds Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, who died last Friday in an Air Force plane crash.. Yahaya’ s appointment was announced today by Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, acting Director Defence Information. Prior to his appointment, Major General Yahaya was the General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army. He is also the incumbent Theatre Commander of the Counter Terrorism Counter Insurgency military outfit in the North East, code named Operation HADIN KAI. Share…
Read MoreNigerians fault Sen. Remi Tinubu for calling woman a thug
The altercation between Remi Tinubu, the senator representing Lagos central, and some Nigerians that attended the south-west zonal public hearing of the constitution review on Wednesday, took a new dimension as Twitter went agog with many people, blaming the politician cum wife of the fomer Lagos State governor. The event held at Marriott Hotel in Lagos, with residents queuing to register before they were allowed entry into the hall. While residents waited on the queue, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, came in and was ushered in through the backdoor, after…
Read MoreLASG: Partial closure of Eko Bridge begins from June 4
Lagos State Government has officially announced 10 weeks partial closure of Eko Bridge from Costain to Alaka in bound National Stadium for emergency repairs by Federal Government from June 4 to August 13. The state Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, said in a statement that the repair was necessary to complete the rehabilitation works at the opposite side of the bridge earlier embarked upon by the Federal Government, hence the need for a notice of routes diversion. He said that pending the commencement of the rehabilitation works, alternative routes…
Read MoreKatsina governor tackles Presidency, says open grazing unIslamic
Governor Aminu Masari during an interview, opposed the open grazing of cattle. He said it should be discontinued, and that it is un-Islamic. Open grazing has been generating controversy in the country since May 11 when the Southern governors at their meeting in Asaba, the Delta State capital, banned the practice in a move aimed at addressing insecurity in the region. On Thursday last week, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, in an interview with Channels Television, said the ban was unconstitutional. The…
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