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Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. (Dr.) Mudashiru Obasa, has declared that anyone who succeeds in meeting expectation as governor of Lagos is sure to be successful as a president of Nigeria. Speaker Obasa, who currently champions the mobilisation of the Southwest and other parts of the country in support of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, should the latter decide to contest the presidential election of 2023, spoke in Badagry when he commissioned a block of six classrooms. The classrooms were built at the Ajara Comprehensive Senior High…

The attacked communities include Sarkin Zama, Bakin Kogi (Lagbe), Siyiko and other adjoining communities. Newsmen learnt the bandits stormed the villages on motorcycles, shooting sporadically into the air. It was also learnt some persons had been killed and over 30 abducted. The communities were still taking stock to know the certain deaths and the identity of people abducted. The injured villagers were taken to health facilities around the communities for medical attention. Read also: Defend yourself against bandits, Defence Minister tells Nigerians The Co-convener, Concerned Shiroro Youths, Sani Abubakar Kokki, confirmed the attack. He said scores have been abducted expressing…

Nearly seven million people in the US state of Texas have been told to boil tap water before consuming it after a deadly winter storm caused power blackouts at treatment facilities. The huge storm sweeping across the southern US has killed at least 21 people and left millions without power. Texas has seen widespread blackouts. Freezing temperatures have also caused water pipes to burst, despite attempts by some homeowners to insulate them from the cold using blankets. The state’s energy grid has been overwhelmed by a surge in demand as people try to keep warm in some of the coldest…

Apostle Johnson Suleman, the founder of Omega Fire Ministry (OFM), has boasted about purchasing his third private jet during the COVID-19 pandemic in a video that has surfaced and gone viral. The clergyman was preaching during one of his Sunday services, the video surfaced on social media on Wednesday. Suleman could be heard saying in the video that he already had two jets but purchased a third one while people were complaining about the global pandemic. https://twitter.com/TwiterGistPlug/status/1362351732425183236?s=20 The 49-year-old Prophet also said that he was praying that the pandemic doesn’t come to an end because he was “resting”. Read also:…

The Niger State Government has released the names of the students, teachers, and other residents abducted from Government Science Secondary School Kagara on Wednesday. A list which emanated from the State Ministry of Education shows 27 students were abducted alongside 5 staff and 9 members of their families, making a total of 41 persons abducted from the school. Three of the staff abducted are teachers while two are the non-teaching staff. The names of the students are: Jamilu Isah, Shem Joshua, Abbas Abdullahi, Isah Abdullahi, Ezekeil Danladi, Haliru Shuibu, Mamuda Suleiman, Danzakar Dauda, Abdulsamad Sanusi, Bashir Abbas. Suleiman Lawal, Abdullahi…

Defence Minister Maj- Gen. Bashir Magashi, on Wednesday sent out a message to Nigerians on how to stop kidnappers and other criminals elements in the country: “stand and face them.” ”Is it (security issue) the responsibility of the military alone? We shouldn’t be cowards,” Magashi added while reacting to the news of the killing of a student and abduction of 27 of his colleagues from a government college in Niger State. He said it was a thing of surprise to him that Nigerians often took to their heels on hearing gunshots fired by bandits who sometimes strike with only three…

The kidnapped students of Government Science Secondary School, Kagara (Niger State) has pushed some Senators into uncontrollable anger against the Nigerian Government. Senators Mohammed Enagi (APC-Niger South), Sani Musa (APC-Niger East), and Aliu Sabi Aliu (APC-Niger North) described as unacceptable, the worsening state of insecurity in Niger State and Nigeria in general. In a brief debate on a motion sponsored by Senator Musa, the lawmakers expressed worries that the state had become unsafe for education, agriculture, and other socio-economic engagements. Musa in defending his motion, informed his colleagues that the number of students in that school was more than 1,000…

The Senate on Wednesday considered a critical bill that would see to the eventual repeal of the obsolete Quarantine Act enacted in 1926, and help Nigeria deal with any impending outbreak of infectious and contagious diseases in the future.  The Health Emergency Bill, 2021, which scaled Second Reading on the floor during plenary, also does not make it mandatory for any Nigerian to be subjected to forced immunization under the proposed legislation. Sponsor of the bill, Senator Chukwuka Utazi (PDP, Enugu North), said the piece of legislation under consideration was informed by the challenges that confronted the nation regarding the…

The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Mr. Aghughu Adolphus Arhotomhenla as Auditor-General for the Federation. The confirmation of the nominee followed after the consideration of a report by the Committee on Public Accounts. Chairman of the Committee, Senator Matthew Urhogide said the Committee was impressed by the qualifications of the nominee and found him competent to take on the responsibilities of the office. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, in his remarks, called on the Federal Government to create the necessary wherewithal to improve on the working operations of the office of the Auditor-General to give a boost to…

Millions of people in Texas awoke on Wednesday without heat again following a historic winter storm that has killed 21 people so far, as icy conditions threatened to plague the country’s largest state and surrounding region for days. Some 2.7 million Texas households were still without power, according to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (Ercot), a cooperative responsible for 90% of the state’s electricity. Ercot said 600,000 households had power restored overnight. Laura Nowell, a 45-year old mother of four in Waco, Texas, said her family has been without electricity since before dawn on Monday and has been trying…