The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) has confirmed the death of 12 persons in a tanker explosion accident that occured at Oshigbudu, Agatu Local Government Area of Benue. A statement by Mr Oladele Meshach, the FRSC Public Education Officer, Benue Sector Command, on Monday in Makurdi, said the explosion occured on Sunday evening. Meshach said 12 persons lost their lives during the explosion, while property was also destroyed. He quoted the Sector Commander, Mr Yakubu Mohammad, as warning all petroleum tanker owners against non-use of “Safety Valves” to guard against spillage of petroleum products, when involved in a crash. Mohammad…
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The Senate on Monday said that the independence of the judiciary was non-negotiable. Sen. Michael Bamidele, Chairman Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters said this in an interview with news men in Abuja. Bamidele was reacting to the ongoing strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN). JUSUN began a nationwide indefinite strike on Monday, April 6 over the non-implementation of judicial financial autonomy as enshrined in the Constitution. President Muhammadu Buhari had signed an Executive Order granting financial autonomy to the judiciary and State House of Assembly in May 2020, after several agitations. However, the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has confirmed the death of three of its staff in a road accident in Borno. The INEC spokesperson, Mr Festus Okoye in a statement on Monday said that the commission received a sad report from the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mohammed Ibrahim of a fatal road accident involving a number of its staff. According to the statement, an Electoral Office and some Assistant Electoral Officers, travelling from some local government areas to Maiduguri for a special training ahead of the conversion of Voting Points into Polling Units, were involved in the accident, the electoral…
That Twitter did not locate its African base in Nigeria, may turn out to be a blessing in disguise for Nigeria. Yes, they will create jobs – at most 15,000 jobs. Who knows the terms of agreement, which may not be made public. Instead of looking for Direct Foreign Investment, DFI, Nigeria should look inwards and develop its economic policies. China did not depend on direct foreign investment to be where they are today. America did not depend on direct foreign investment to be were they are today. We may also take a look at India as well. These countries…
Profiling. Targeting. Scapegoating. In Nigeria, you are more likely to effectuate wry remarks and suspicious stares if you are the prototypical Muslim with full-bred beard, a ‘’decimal point’’ on your forehead – a sign of your devotion to Almighty Allah, and apparelled in modest trousers that stand aloof from the ankle than if you are a Bible-wielding evangelist piercing the dawn quietude of a drowsy neighbourhood with screams and shrieks of ‘’repentance’’. We live in a country that is autochthonously Christianised. Our ways are Christian. It is commonplace to profile Muslims who hold strong beliefs as ‘’extremists’’ but not Christians…
By Tina George, Minna A neurologist and Director, Health Services with Bingham University, Dr Julius Adetunji has observed that there are inadequate psychiatric hospitals in Nigeria that could cater for the country’s mental health needs. According to him, the 20 psychiatric hospitals in Nigeria can no longer meet up with the demand and attention for mental health treatment and diagnosis, calling for government to build more. Adetunji stated this while speaking at a Global Engagement Outreach 2021, organised to sensitize communities and schools on building better mental health. Taking an insight into the care of the brain at the Department…
The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has asked the Chairman of the Ogun State Teaching Service Commission, TSC, Evangelist Joshua Ifede to stop singling out female Muslim teachers who wore hijab for stereotyping. MURIC, in a statement by the director, Professor Ishaq Akintola on Friday, said the Muslim women were among other teachers that attended a promotion interview, where Ifede was alleged to have ordered them to reduce their hijab to shoulder level otherwise they would not be interviewed. Akinola described Ifede’s action as “religious profiling, provocative discrimination, power-drunkenness and abuse of office.” “The chairman of the Ogun State Teaching Service…
By Zainab Oyekan Mr Thomas Muopshin, the Project Coordinator, Plateau Potatoes Value Chain Support Project, says the project has significantly boosted the state internally generated revenue. Muopshin said on Sunday in Jos that it was estimated that the potato market would generate about N18 million monthly. The coordinator said that the value chain project built markets and handed over to the local governments and communities to manage. He said that constitutionally, markets are under the control of the local government councils and every bag of potato brought into the market has a cost on it. However, he said that records…
Sixteen-year-old Segun Ibironke of Pathfinder College on Saturday, emerged the winner of the maiden U-17 Oyo State Junior Golf Clinic at the Ibadan Golf Club. The son of Oladiran Ibironke, who is Chief Executive Officer of Dudu Heritage Films, he won by 96 gross. The young golder said that he didn’t have a good start and that at a point, he almost gave up on winning the tournament. He, however, said that somehow, he started playing better and eventually won. “I feel great winning this tournament, because I came from behind to win. “My long time goal is to be…
Sheffield United’s miserable season was capped after relegation was finally confirmed following a 0-1 defeat at Wolves. The rock-bottom Blades will play in the Sky Bet Championship next term after Willian Jose’s second-half winner. Under caretaker manager Paul Heckingbottom, Sheffield United are 19 points from safety with six games remaining and have won just four times all season. The Blades have lost 26 of their 32 games, having finished ninth last term, with their two-year stay in the Premier League over. They rarely looked like earning a stay of execution, although Enda Stevens was denied by Rui Patricio. Mid-table Wolves…