The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) has disclosed that more than 200 persons died in boat mishaps between 2020 and 2022 in the state. A survey by NAN reports has revealed that Kastina, Kano, Yobe, Sokoto, Kebbi were experiencing boat capsizes due to lack of maintenance, irregular removal of weeds and wrecks as well as other impediments from the waterways. Also lack of proper dredging and channelization of waterways and non-implementation of waterways codes are some other causes of boat capsizing. The spokesperson of the agency, Mr Ibrahim Hussaini said that the figure was alarming, although the agency was…
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As the heat of the 2023 general elections election hits up and the people of the Southeast region yearn to produce the next Nigerian president in the 2023, the Ohanaeze and Igbo Elders Forum, have embarked on lobbying Northern elders, to support their cause. Details of the meeting are still sketchy but sources say the lobby is intended to influence the Sultan who is expected to speak to others on why the Igbos should produce next President. “We are watching the North; the Fulani are not relenting. Power is not just given; one has to struggle for it. “We reached…
Police in Ondo state on Sunday confirmed the abduction of a cleric and his son on Ifon-Okeluse Road in Ose local government area of Ondo state. Police spokesperson in the state, SP Funmilayo Odunlami, confirmed the incident to newsmen and said assailants abducted the duo on Saturday. “It is true that the cleric and his son were kidnapped by unknown gunmen, but efforts are on-going by detectives to rescue the victims,” the spokesperson said. An eyewitness earlier told newsmen that the victims were traveling when the abductors accosted and dragged them into the bush and to an unknown destination. He…
Mr Olubankole Wellington, popularly called Banky W, who is contesting for Eti-Osa Federal Constituency seat in Lagos state, has said that he would wait for Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary election. Wellingtons who said this in an interview in Lagos on Sunday, was reacting to delay in the commencement of the primary election. According to him, he believed that the delay was to enable the party to get everything right. “I think that is the reason for the delay; if it takes some more time, there is no problem. “As long as it takes, we will be here, we shall…
By Ankeli Emmanuel, Sokoto As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) begin it’s primaries, concerned individuals amongst it’s folds in Sokoto has advised that they should transparent in handling it’s consensus arrangements so as not to lose members ahead of the 2023 general elections. Speaking with journalists on the impending dangers of imposing unpopular aspirants against the wish of the people, a reliable source from the party warned that, doing so will be counter productive. Expressing his worries, the source said, the committee set up by the local government on consensus arrangements in Sokoto South (1) State House of Assembly headed…
My 11 year old son, Raheem Bailey, has faced racial and physically abuse, as well as more generic bullying about his height among other things, since he started Abertillery learning community in September 2021. Although he had mentioned a few incidents of people being mean to him recently, I did not realise the extent of what he was going through until an incident this week. On Monday, Raheem called me in tears whilst I was at work, saying that he’s being bullied and that the teacher threatened him with detention despite him being the one that’s getting picked on. After…
An 84-year-old woman, Maimuna Goni Hamza has picked nomination forms of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), to contest the House of Assembly seat in Borno state. Though a shocker, Hamza’s ambition is not the first because a few months ago, a 102-year-old woman, Mrs. Nonye Josephine Ezeanyaeche, declared to vie for the office of the president in the 2023 general elections. She said she has good plans for Nigeria if eventually she becomes the President. Ezeanyaeche, who is also called ‘Living Legend’ and ‘Mama Africa’, hails from Aguata in Anambra State and is the founder of the ‘Voice for…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says its primary elections to nominate candidates for the 2023 general elections will commence as officially scheduled on Sunday, May 22. The party, in a statement by its National Organising Secretary, Mr Umar Bature, on Saturday night in Abuja informed all aspirants contesting the various elective positions in the 2023 general elections, delegates and party members that the primaries would go on as scheduled. The party said that for the avoidance of doubt, the state House of Assembly primaries to elect candidates would hold on Sunday, May 22. It added that the House of Representatives…
The health body said it expects more cases of the infection to be reported as it expands surveillance in countries where the disease is not typically found. The World Health Organization on Saturday said that 92 confirmed cases of monkeypox have been reported across 12 countries, while 28 suspected cases are under investigation. The cases have been reported in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The global health body said it expects more cases of monkeypox to be reported as it expands surveillance in countries where the…
By REUTERS In what Germany described as the largest outbreak in Europe ever, cases have been reported in at least eight European countries – Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK. The World Health Organization was due to hold an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the recent outbreak of monkeypox, a viral infection more common to west and central Africa, after more than 100 cases were confirmed or suspected in Europe. In what Germany described as the largest outbreak in Europe ever, cases have been reported in at least eight European countries – Belgium, France, Germany,…