…allege he blocked them from source of potable water, destroyed farmlands, multi-million Naira crops . My forefathers owned the land, says Oba There is palpable tension in Agbooro, Olatunde, Olorode, Agbelu, Odedola, Akero, and Sagalu in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State as hundreds of the villagers have continued to protest alleged forceful take over of their farmlands by some suspected land grabbers in the area allegedly aided by the Olu of Obafemi, Oba Taofeek Owolabi Kayode. The villagers specifically accused Oba Kayode of unlawfully seizing about 500 hectares of their farmlands. They also raised the alarm over…
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Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, on Saturday, lambasted the Federal Government for operating multiple budgets concurrently. Obi, in a post on X, condemned such a practice as a blatant disregard for fiscal responsibility, transparency, and accountability. The Federal Government is concurrently operating the 2023 budget, 2023 supplementary budget, and the 2024 budget. On May 29, President Bola Tinubu said the 2024 supplementary appropriation bill would soon be presented before the National Assembly. The LP presidential flagbearer said this action by the Federal Government is also a recipe for chaos, confusion, and catastrophe.…
. Ariyo, Edun holding fort in BPE, Finance Ministry Political appointments in Nigeria are sometimes trailed by controversies, especially when certain patterns are deduced. Questions about compensation or competence of the appointees also often arise. Former President Muhammadu Buhari was accused of being religiously and ethnically lopsided in his appointment. For President Bola Tinubu who suceeded him, the common accusation, though still tender, is that he favours people of Yoruba descent. The former governor of Lagos, it appears, has a knack for appointing people who had served the state, especially those who worked with him as far back as the…
A yet-to-be ascertained number of persons have been killed in a suicide attack at a wedding in Gwoza, a town in Borno State. A female suicide bomber was said to have stormed the venue of the wedding, where she promptly detonated the IED she used in carrying out the attack. Eye witnesses said that the wedding guests are among the dead victims, while many others sustained injuries in the attack. Details of the incident are sketchy as of the time of filing this report. A source said it happened around 10am on Saturday. A survivor reportedly claimed that the female…
Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, June 28, 2024) Have you ever been to Italy? Whether real or virtual, a visit to Italy will hypnotise you. Italy is the canvas painted by the gods of art, architecture, culture, literature, opera, fashion, food and history, spreading through the Pope-led Vatican City, whose independent government inside another city, Rome, is called the Holy See. The gods’ canvas stretches to Venice, Florence, Milan, Bologna, Siena, Verona etc, in a cuddle of concrete and sexiness. Welcome to Italy! I stiffen when politicians talk but listen when a Pope talks. Pope John XXIII,…
Seyi Tayese, Yenagoa The Nigerian Navy Ship SOROH (NNS) on Friday, arrested two persons and seized wooden boat laden with 12,000 litres of Automated Gas Oil (AGO), in Okarki water front, in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State. The Commander, Commodore Nanmar Lakan, made the disclosure while parading the suspects at Okarki water front. According to him, in line with the mandate of Operation Delta Sanity, which includes anti-crude oil theft, anti-pipeline vandalism, anti-illegal refining sites, amongst others, “still working with intelligence gathering from the good citizens of this country, we received credible information that some people want…
Umar Faruk, Gusau Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has initiated a monthly meeting that will bring together all its members with a view to remaining one united entity. A statement issued by the party’s spokesperson in the state, Yusuf Idris, said the meeting was held simultaneously in all the 14 local government areas of the state. According to him, the meeting was attended by all critical stakeholders, as well as state party executives from the local governments and their wards executives, youths, women and party elders. Discussions at the meetings revolved around challenges facing the party in…
No fewer than 30 men and women of Nigerian origin will be on the ballot in the United Kingdom’s elections scheduled for Thursday, July 4. The outcome of the poll should be known by Friday. An analysis of the finalised list of candidates by a UK election data supplier, Democracy Club, showed that 20 British-Nigerians will be representing mainstream parties, including the Labour Party, Conservatives Party, the Liberal Democrats, and the Reform UK, while the rest are from smaller parties or contesting as independents. With days before the make-or-mar election, the new Parliament is expected to be the most diverse…
. Suspects arrested with two loaded trucks Troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army Kaduna have arrested no fewer than 47 suspects for allegedly vandalizing rail tracks. Nigerian Army Headquarters said in a statement posted on its official X handle on Saturday that the operation was carried out on June 26, 2024, during a routine patrol along Kakau Daji- Anguwan Ayaba. It said that the suspects, who had loaded two trucks with the vandalized rail tracks prior to their arrest, claimed to have been employed by one Alhaji Babawo. The suspects said Alhaji Babawo, whose whereabouts remain unknown, was to load…
… says ‘my children and I are in grave danger back home’ . ‘My last child was born in 2017 in the US’ A housewife, Madam Joyce Adaego Orekoya, who fled her Lagos residence years back following what she described as incessant harassment and intimidation of her person and her three children by her family members in her village over traditional circumcision of her female children has finally spoken from her hideout. The distraught Igbo woman, who hails from Mbutu-Ichi Village at Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State, is now caught between two worlds and left in serious dilemma.…