Niger state governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello, has ordered the immediate suspension of all mining activities in six areas in the state over continued bandits’ attacks. This is contained in a statement by Alhaji Ahmed Matane, Secretary to the State Government, issued in Minna on Thursday. He listed the areas affected to include: Gurmana in Shiroro Local Government Area, Anguwan Kampani, M.I. Wushishi Housing Estate, College of Education, Army Barracks and Lapan-Gwari in Chanchaga Local Government Area of the state. Matane said the decision become necessary following security, health and environmental hazards, as well as illicit drug peddling in the areas. He…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Almost 500 senior military officials and national security experts, including some who worked under U.S. President Donald Trump, have signed an open letter endorsing Democratic Party nominee, Joe Biden for president. The letter, published on Thursday, argues that the current president has demonstrated that he is “not equal to the enormous responsibilities of his office’’. It also says that Biden has “the experience and wisdom necessary to navigate America through a painful time’’. “We are former public servants who have devoted our careers, and in many cases risked our lives, for the U.S. “We are generals, admirals, senior non-commissioned officers,…
Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, the Corps Marshal and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) says that 30 per cent of truck drivers in the country have failed vision tests conducted by the commission. Oyeyemi made this known at the 2020 Truck Renewal Conference in Abuja on Thursday. The conference with the theme: ‘Truck Renewal System: Ensuring Road Transportation Safety’ was jointly organised by the Major oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAM), and Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO). He said that most of the truck drivers had eyesight challenges and it had made it more dangerous…
Russian opposition politician, Alexei Navalny’s bank accounts were frozen and his Moscow apartment seized under a lawsuit while he was recovering from suspected poisoning in a Berlin hospital, his spokeswoman, Kira Yarmysh, said on Thursday. “This means the flat cannot be sold, donated or mortgaged,’’ Yarmysh said in a video posted on Twitter. Navalny was flown from Russia to Berlin in August after falling ill on a domestic flight in Siberia. The West has demanded an explanation from the Kremlin, which has denied any involvement in the incident and said it has yet to see evidence of a crime. Yarmysh…
By Gami Tadanyigbe, Abuja The Dayo Keshi Literacy Prize For Storytelling initiative recently awarded top three winners in the maiden edition of storytelling competition founded by Mrs Dayo Keshi, president of AfriGrowth Foundation. The award presentation which held in Abuja had in attendance friends and families of top three winners of the competition, Ifeanyichukwu Alum, from Rosa Mystic Academy in first place, Elijah Dayisi from Local Education Authority Primary School, Azahayapi second place and Joan Ogeh from Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Model School in third place. In addition to prizes of school bags, storybooks, exercise books and hampers of provisions.…
A family source has confirmed that tight schedules of both Chief of Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar and Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster management, Sadiya Farouq would have further delayed their marriage. The source further said that the plans for the marriage had been on for some time before it finally held last Friday. According to the source, pressure from family members finally compelled Sadique and Sadiya to tie the knots at the time they did, otherwise their tight official engagements would almost further delay it. PRNigeria gathered from reliable family sources that the decision not to make the wedding public…
Talismanic 38-year-old forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic has tested positive for COVID-19, Serie A club AC Milan said in a statement on Thursday. AC Milan said Ibrahimovic, who will miss the Europa League match at home to Bodo/Glimt later on Thursday, was placed in quarantine at home and the health authorities had been informed. The announcement came one day after his teammate Leo Duarte returned a positive test. However, AC Milan said the rest of the squad, who were also tested, were negative. The Swede, who has played for FC Barcelona, Juventus, Ajax and Inter Milan, who will be 39 in October.…
The Ekiti state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has suspended Sen. Babafemi Ojudu and 10 others for allegedly flouting directive of the party’s national executive council, NEC. A statement by the state party’s spokesperson Mr Ade Ajayi made available to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday, named the other suspended members to include, Mr Ayo Ajibade, Mr Oyetunde Ojo, Mr Femi Adeleye, Chief Akin Akomolafe and Bunmi Ogunleye. Others are, Bamigboye Adegoroye, Dr Wole Oluyede, Mr Olusoga Owoeye, Mr Dele Afolabi and Toyin Oluwasola. According to the statement, the suspension was part of the recommendations of a Disciplinary Committee,…
The Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman, Senate Adhoc Committee on Constitution Review, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has said state creation is possibleif proponents of such proposals lobby stakeholders from all the geopolitical zones of the country. This is even as he stressed that the National Assembly only has the powers to amend the Constitution and not overhaul same. Senator Omo-Agege spoke in Abuja on Thursday when he hosted a delegation from Katagum, Missau and Jama’are Emirates in Bauchi State. Led by a former Head of Service of the Federation and Secretary to the Government of the…
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, has announced that a gas tanker has exploded in the Ifako-Ijaiye area of Lagos. The Director-General, Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed the incident to Channels Television, adding that many persons sustained injuries. Also in a tweet on its Twitter handle @lasemasocial, the Agency said it had activated response plan to the fire incident “The Agency has activated its response plan to the fire incident at Cele Bus Stop, Ifako-Ijaiye LGA and will provide further updates. Lagosians are urged to kindly exercise calm. Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, DG/CEO LASEMA”.