Author: David Great

Philip Shaibu, the Deputy Governor of Edo State, has started the process of moving his office away from the Government House. This development comes after Shaibu withdrew his lawsuit before the Federal High Court last week to block what he claimed were machinations by the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, to have him removed from office. The new office is located near the Government House, at No. 7 Dennis Osadebey Avenue, Benin city. Shaibu drops lawsuit against Obaseki after interventions In a letter to the Permanent Secretary, Office of the Deputy Governor, the Head of Service directed her to oversee the…

The Kaduna State Police Command claims it has killed four alleged kidnappers and detained 13 others during sting operations across the state. The acting Public Relations Officer of the command, ASP Manir Hassan, revealed this while parading the suspects and informing the media that the alleged kidnappers were killed in gunfights in various Kaduna State locations, and that the arrests were made as a result of intelligence reports about the suspects’ criminal activity. A private security guard named Auwal Saidu, who allegedly planned the kidnapping of his employer from his home and then demanded N10 million in ransom, is one…

Seizes 77.4kg of cannabis, 369,980 pills of opioids in Kogi Recover 399 pieces of IED on Mokwa – Jebba road The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says its operatives have intercepted consignments of skunk concealed in tins of tomato paste and methamphetamine hidden in used clothes meant for export to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. According to NDLEA, the skunk in tomato paste consignment weighing 20 kilograms was intercepted on Friday at the SAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja, while the meth shipment with a gross weight of 1.60kg was seized at a courier…

Vice President Kashim Shettima estimates that Nigeria needs N21 trillion to address the housing need. He was speaking during the groundbreaking for a housing development with 500 units that the government of Sokoto State planned to build. In a statement by Olusola Abiola, the Director in the Office of the Vice President, Senator Shettima notes that Nigeria has a housing deficit of twenty-eight million houses. Osinbajo congratulates Tinubu, Shettima over PEPT victory However, he praised Sokoto State Governor Ahmed Aliyu for his efforts to address the housing needs of his people. The state government would spend N7.3 billion on the…

Germany parted ways with coach Hansi Flick on Sunday, a day after their 4-1 home loss to Japan in a friendly match with the four-time world champions struggling for form ahead of the Euro 2024 tournament on home soil, the German Football Association (DFB) said. The decision comes as no real surprise with Germany having crashed out of last year’s World Cup early and their mediocre performances in recent months did nothing to convince the federation officials that the team could be successful next year on home soil. Flick, assistant coach to his predecessor Joachim Loew when Germany won the…

Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago, has expressed condolences to the families of those killed in a boat disaster in towns between Jebba and Kainji Dam in the state’s Mokwa Local Government Area. The governor called the occurrence as awful and undesired in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Bologi Ibrahim. “This is quite a shocking and sorrowful situation to the people of the affected communities and I share in their sorrow. I pray that Allah will grant the deceased Aljannah Firdausi,” the statement said in part. While commiserating with the victims’ families, the governor urged the Niger State…

A beatification Mass service has been held in Poland for a Catholic family murdered by Nazis for hiding Jews during World War Two. Poland’s president and more than 30,000 pilgrims attended the outdoor service, led by Pope Francis’ envoy. This was the first time an entire family has been beatified, a great honour and a step towards sainthood. They were executed in 1944 with the Jews they sheltered in south-eastern Poland, after they were betrayed. In late 1942, motivated by their Christian values, farmers Jozef and Wiktoria Ulma and their six young children – Stanislawa, Barbara, Maria, Wladyslaw, Franciszek and…

The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Katsina has declared two House of Representatives victories null and void and declared two others inconclusive. The tribunal, led by Justice O. Ogunfowora, ruled in its decision that “the return of the first respondent, Aminu Ahmadu Chindo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as member Katsina Central Federal Constituency, Katsina State of the House of Representatives is hereby nullified and set aside.” The judges also ruled that the first petitioner, Sani Aliyu, was re-elected as a member of the Katsina Central Federal Constituency of the House of Representatives, and a cost of N200,000.00…

Coco Gauff said tennis icons Serena and Venus Williams paved the way for her breakthrough US Open triumph on Saturday after the American teenager captured her first Grand Slam title. The 19-year-old from Florida battled to a 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 defeat of Aryna Sabalenka at the Arthur Ashe Stadium — where as a child she had watched the Williams sisters dominate. The win ensured Gauff will have her name etched into tennis history alongside other Black American women to lift the title such as the Williams sisters, Althea Gibson and Sloane Stephens. “It’s crazy. I mean, they’re the reason why…

Teenager Coco Gauff put up a fierce comeback to beat Belarusian second seed Aryna Sabalenka 2-6 6-3 6-2 in the US Open women’s final on Saturday, claiming her first Grand Slam title and cementing her place in American tennis royalty. With the win, sixth seed Gauff became the first American to win a US Open singles title since Sloane Stephens in 2017. Gauff, 19, fed off noisy local support as she fought back in the second set and kept the momentum going until the end of the battle, before falling to the court on Arthur Ashe Stadium as she clinched…