By Babagana Wakil, Maiduguri The Borno State Emergency Management Agency has confirmed the death of three persons in Saturday’s fire at the Muna El-Badawy Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Maiduguri. Its Director-General, Yabawa Kolo confirmed the toll during an impact assessment visit to the scene. According to her, 3,000 shelters were destroyed while dozens of households in the camp were displaced. She also said that the fire, which began from a tent, gutted other shelters because there was no immediate fire service response in the camp at the time of the incident. Kolo noted that fire outbreaks in camps…
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Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare, who was banned for 10 years by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for alleged multiple breaches of anti-doping rules, says her lawyers would study the situation for the next line of action. Okagbare, 2008 Beijing Silver Olympic medalist in long jump, said this via her Instagram handle @itsblessingokagbare on Saturday. “My attention has been drawn to the statement issued by the AIU regarding its disciplinary panel’s decision. My lawyers are currently studying it for our next line of action which we will inform you soon,” she wrote. The AIU, an independent body under the World Athletics, had…
By Ibe Pascal, Owerri The Center for Innovative and Pragmatic Development Initiative (CIPDI), a non-profit organization has condemned defilement of a 14 months old baby by a 28 year-old man, Tochi Stanley at Umuodu, Obogwe in Ohaji/Egbema local government area in Imo state. The president of CIPDI, Ifeanyi Nnaruo while narrating the incident on Friday, said the baby’s mother was cooking when the young man, who is a relative asked the mother to let him hold the baby. “The mother, with all pleasure handed the baby to the man. The man carried the baby into one of the rooms in…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara, Aminu Game-game has challenged the state governor, Bello Mohammed to explain how he spent N31 billion he collected for 31 months as security vote. Game-Game, a Principal Private Secretary To Zamfara State Deputy Governor in a statement on Friday, alleged that the governor received monies in form of security vote, cash allocation to his office and the office of his principal Private Secretary as well as that of the government house in 31 months. According to him, all is not well in the state because the governor had shied away…
An explosion of fuel tanker on Friday, left 17 persons burnt to death along the Lagos-Ibadan highway in Ogun state. The spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Florence Okpe confirmed the incident, saying that 14 of the bodies were burnt beyond recognition. “The total number of people involved is not ascertained, but a total of 17 bodies (killed) have been identified, including one man, one woman and a girl. “One male, one female, and one female child only have been identified, while others were burnt beyond recognition and no injury sustained,” Okpe said. She added that the tanker…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on February 10, 2022 returned N1,550,000.000 to the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS. The fund is part of monies which some commercial banks fraudulently withheld and refused to transmit to their Treasury Single Account, TSA, since 2015. The Commission had earlier on September 16, 2021 released N1,300,000,000, also recovered from the banks to the Agency.
The Sokoto State House of Assembly on Thursday approved N45.2 billion proposed for 23 local government areas in the 2022 budget. This development followed the consideration of the report of the joint House Committee on Local Government and Community Development, and that of Finance and Appropriation. Presenting the report, the Chairman of the committee, Habibu Modachi said the joint committee prepared a working timetable for the budget defense of the LGAs. “This exercise, which started from Jan. 27 to January 31, observed some other issues affecting the councils. “These issues include poor revenue generation associated with leakages and the inability…
The Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Ghebreyesus on Friday, said that Nigeria and five other African countries have been chosen to begin production of coronavirus vaccines, with the continent having had limited access to jabs. “Today I’m delighted to announce the first six African countries that will receive technology from the hub to produce their own mRNA vaccines: Egypt, Kenya Nigeria, Senegal South Africa, and Tunisia.” He said they were selected as the first recipients of technology from the organisation’s global mRNA vaccine hub, in a push to ensure the African continent can make its own jabs to…
… As Emir reacts, confirms new Balogun Agba The Supreme Court of Nigeria has dismissed an appeal filed against Emir of Ilorin, Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari by the former Balogun Gambari of Ilorin, Abdulkareem Laaro Balogun. Balogun was challenging his removal as Balogun Gambari of Ilorin by the Emir. The verdict of the apex court delivered on Friday, has finally put the 17 year-old legal tussle to rest. Meanwhile, the Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari has expressed delight over the apex court’s dismissal of the appeal filed by the former Balogun Gambari of Ilorin, Abdulkareem…
Yesterday, the National Working Group on Governance and Peacebuilding in Nigeria held a Roundtable on the imperative of building a national consensus on how to govern Nigeria in the interest of all citizens. The spirit of the meeting is that the Nigerian State is no longer performing its duties and citizens must rise to defend their future. The State can no longer protect the lives and property of Nigerians. It cannot even protect the territorial integrity of the national territory as increasingly, non-State actors takeover ungoverned territories. Finally, the State can no longer provide for the basic needs of citizens.…