House of Reps Member, Omolafe Adedayo is dead Omolafe Adedayo Isaac, the lawmaker representing Akure North and Akure South Federal Constituency in the Federal House of Representatives, is dead. The lawmaker popular for the moniker ”Expensive”, reportedly died around 2:00 am in a private hospital on Monday, in Akure, the Ondo State capital. Hon Omolafe’s death was confirmed by the Spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo state, Kennedy Peretei, who described his death as a big blow to the PDP. The lawmaker reportedly died without symptoms of sickness according to one of his associates. “Expensive was not sick,…
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Bandits have attacked the popular Bakura College of Agriculture in Zamfara State, abducting an unknown number of students. The assailants invaded the school grounds on Sunday night, shooting sporadically before whisking the Students and Staff away. It was also discovered that the attackers had a gunfight with some security personnel in the area, which resulted in the deaths of officers. As of press time, the incident’s details were still sketchy. SP Muhammed Shehu, the State’s Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed the unfortunate incident when contacted. He was unable to provide specifics about the attack, stating that the command would “issue…
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Petroleum Industry Bill 2021 into law. Working from home in five days quarantine as required by the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 after returning from London on Friday August 13, the President assented to the Bill Monday August 16, in his determination to fulfill his constitutional duty. The ceremonial part of the new legislation will be done on Wednesday, after the days of mandatory isolation would have been fulfilled. The Petroleum Industry Act provides legal, governance, regulatory and fiscal framework for the Nigerian petroleum industry, the development of host communities, and related matters. The…
President Muhammadu Buhari congratulates the President-elect of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema, on his victory in the presidential election of August 12, 2021. The President applauds the people of Zambia who came out in their numbers to exercise their civic rights, voting candidates of their choice, signposting that the prospect of a united, stable and prosperous Africa lies in the power of the people to freely elect their leaders. President Buhari commends President Edgar Lungu for accepting the outcome of the election and a peaceful transfer of power, noting that this patriotic disposition deserves the praise of all lovers of democracy. Highlighting…
The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is a “failure of the international community”, Britain’s Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Monday, assessing that the West’s intervention was a job only half-done. “All of us know that Afghanistan is not finished. It’s an unfinished problem for the world and the world needs to help it,” he told BBC television. The former British Army officer last week said US President Joe Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump had secured a “rotten deal” with the Islamist militants that allowed their return. He maintained the 20-year intervention by US-led forces in Afghanistan “wasn’t a waste, it wasn’t…
Governor Babagana Zulum has commented on the recent surrendering of Boko Haram insurgents to Nigerian security forces. Addressing military officers and community leaders in Bama and Gwoza, the Borno state Governor stated that accepting Boko Haram has the risk of seriously offending the feelings of victims with the potential of civil rebellion, as it quite difficult for one to accept killers of his or her parents, children and other loved ones. In the statement released by his spokesperson Isa Gusau, Zulum also added that not accepting the terrorists could lead to “an endless war”.
The University of Ibadan has begun moves to commence the blended mode of teaching and learning for the remaining part of the second semester of the 2020/2021 session. Subsequently, it has requested the Faculties to identify the courses to be taught online and those to be taught physically. As more cases of COVID-19 are announced nationwide, the Committee of Provosts and Deans (CoPD), in a meeting, held on the 11th August, 2021, recommended the blended mode of teaching and learning. The committee called for caution and proactive actions which should take into consideration, in the main, the review of the…
Shortly after the ad board, which provided illumination for the protesters at night, was switched off, armed soldiers arrived at the scene and opened fire on the crowd. The advertising firm responsible for the giant electronic billboard that illuminates the Lekki Toll Plaza on Saturday said the ad board was switched off on October 20 last year because its primary aim was for advertisement and not illumination. Loadtsad Promomedia Limited, owned by Seyi Tinubu, said this while testifying before the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry “The billboard does not serve the purpose of providing illumination for that place. It does…
The Presidency condemns the attack earlier Saturday on travellers from a religious event in Bauchi, passing through Jos, the Plateau State Capital and regrets the reported deaths of at least twenty-two persons with several others injured in that ambush on their travelling party. It is widely known that Plateau State has been one of the states affected by herder-farmer clashes, which have, in a significant way, been curtailed following the intense peace-building efforts of the administration of Governor Simon Lalong. However, to be clear, this is not an agriculturalist-on-pastoralist confrontation – but rather a direct, brazen and wickedly motivated attack…