India Identifies Cause, People Responsible For Country’s Worst Train Crash In Decades
The death toll from Friday’s crash near Balasore, in the eastern state of Odisha, was expected to climb above 288. India’s Railway Minister said Sunday the cause and people responsible for the country’s worst train crash in decades had been identified, pointing to an electronic signal system without giving further details. “We have identified the…
‘I Am Greatly Honoured,’ Adesina Says After UN Appointment
On June 1, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres picked Adesina and 21 other leaders to spearhead the fight against malnutrition in all its forms as members of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Lead Group. The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina has accepted his appointment by the United Nations in the…
Support Atiku at tribunal – Melaye urges Makinde
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kogi State, Dino Melaye, has said Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State should support the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in his push to reclaim his mandate. Melaye said Makinde should walk into the presidential election tribunal and support Atiku to show that the healing…
PHOTOS: NDLEA recovers illicit drugs in Kano, others
The Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Sunday said it has destroyed three tons of skunk in Edo forest, seized 76.9kg loud from Canada and recovered 390kg illicit drugs in Kano, Kaduna, Borno, Oyo raids. The agency made this known in a statement signed by its Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi,…
People didn’t believe we would get justice – Brother of slain OAU master’s student
Gbade, the elder brother of the late Timothy Adegoke, a former master’s student at Obafemi Awolowo University who was found dead at Hilton Hotels Ile-Ife, Osun State, in November 2021, speaks on how the bereaved family received the news of the conviction of owner of the hotel, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, and two of his workers,…
NNPC: Probe missing N3.1trn of subsidy payments or face legal action – SERAP tells Tinubu
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to “set up a presidential panel of enquiry to promptly probe the grim allegations that US$2.1 billion and N3.1 trillion public funds of oil revenues “budgeted as fuel subsidy payments are missing and unaccounted for between 2016 and 2019, as documented by the…
Fuel subsidy removal: Dialogue with organised labour, others – PDP tells Tinubu govt
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has urged the present administration under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to engage in genuine dialogue with organised labour and other stakeholders over petroleum subsidy removal to reach a fair and reasonable solution. The party gave the advice in a communique at a retreat for the elected officials on its platform,…
”Movable assets did not increase, at home in Nigeria or outside”- Buhari declare assets after leaving office
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has submitted his assets declaration form to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). A tweet shared by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu, todayJune 3, states that the CCB acknowledged receipt of the president’s form today. The asset declaration form is a schedule of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999)…
Kano Govt Demolishes More Structures To Reclaim Public Land
In line with the governor’s directive, the demolition commenced early Sunday morning at the Race Course playground, where all illegal structures were razed to reclaim the encroached land. In a continued effort to reclaim encroached public land, Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has led the demolition of additional structures near Daula Hotel and ongoing…
