Author: Opalim Lifted

In a time when high inflation is making it even harder for people to make ends meet, thousands of people protested against rising rentals and home prices on the streets of Lisbon and other Portuguese towns on Saturday. At the demonstration in Lisbon, Rita Silva from the Habita housing organisation declared, “There is a severe housing crisis right now.” A societal catastrophe has occurred. According to official statistics, more than 50% of employees in Portugal, one of Western Europe’s lowest nations, made less than $1,000 ($1,084) per month in 2017. The minimum salary is 760 euros per month. According to…

The Lagos State Government has revealed intentions to close one portion of the Third Mainland Bridge on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. owing to bridge repairs. Traffic will be shifted from one channel to another at the marked failed asphaltic portions on the Bridge, according to a statement issued on Saturday by Lagos State Commissioner of Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde. “About the notification received for the readiness of the Lagos State Public Works Corporation to repair the identified failed/peeled asphaltic sections of the Third Mainland Bridge, the Lagos State Government has announced a traffic diversion plan for the…

Lauretta Onochie, a former media assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari and Chairman of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has been banned by the APC leadership in Delta’s Onicha-Olona Ward 4. A motion written by Ogbolu Peter Nduka and Justina Amagor Akaeze, Chairman and Secretary of the Ward Committee in Aniocha North Local Government Area, and 25 other members of the ward committee, charged the Chairman of the NDDC Board of supposed anti-party actions. The message, dated March 20, 2023, and written directly to the Chairman of the APC Delta State branch, charged Lauretta Onochie of working…

Police have detained three lawyers who are allegedly submitting procedures for the All Progressives Congress at the Port Harcourt electoral appeal panel. The lawyers are said to be drafting applications to challenge the results of the recently ended gubernatorial election in Rivers State announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission. They were allegedly apprehended on Friday night at a motel in Port Harcourt. Their capture is still being investigated. The lawyers work for the Senior Advocate of Nigeria Tuduru Ede’s Chamber. Darlington Nwauju, the State APC Publicity Secretary, verified the event to our reporter on Saturday afternoon. Lagos police recover…

The police have detained Frank Nwajugu, who vowed to bring The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to Lagos State. The Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos State, stated in a video that he would call IPOB to protect South Easterners and their property in Lagos State on Friday, March 31, 2023. Making a bold declaration, he said: “IPOB, we will invite them. They have no job. All of the IPOB will protect all of our shops. And we have to pay them. We have to mobilize for that. We have to do that. We must have our security so that…

Olatoyosi Abiodun, a hit-and-run truck driver, was charged by the Ogun State Police Command on Friday with murdering three people in the state capital of Abeokuta. The deceased was killed in their home in Enugada, by the road, according to a statement released on Friday by the state police public relations officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi. Oyeyemi claimed that the driver sped away from the site as soon as she saw the collision. He claimed that the driver was later detained and accused of six counts of reckless driving, including endangering the lives of three people and damaging three other cars.…

Despite Ukraine’s pleas, Russia has assumed the chair of the United Nations Security Council. On a rolling basis, each of the council’s 15 members assumes the chair for one month. Russia began a full-scale attack on Ukraine during its last administration, in February 2022. It implies that the Security Council is being headed by a country whose ruler is wanted on international charges of war crimes. The order for Vladimir Putin was issued last month by the International Criminal Court, which is not a UN entity. Despite Ukraine’s protests, the US stated that it could not prevent Russia, a regular…

As he departed the hospital in Rome after a three-day stay, Pope Francis quipped that he was “still alive.” He was taken to Gemelli Hospital in the middle of the week with respiratory problems and was later identified with pneumonia. According to the Vatican, he is reacting to medicines and will be freed on Saturday, based on test findings. “I wasn’t scared because I’m still alive,” the 86-year-old pontiff told media and well-wishers outside the hospital before being taken away. He was seen from the vehicle beaming and waiving before stepping out to talk to a gathering. He then proceeded…

The United States’ cultural affairs representative in Nigeria, Ms. Julie Mckay, has guaranteed the creative industry of her nation’s support for the Film sector’s expansion. She made the assurance on Friday in Jos while touring cultural sites, museums, and the National Film Institute (NFI) and inspecting facilities at the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC). On Thursday, the envoy paid a call to the Film Corporation and met with the board of directors. Mckay reaffirmed her nation’s resolve to work with the Film Corporation to promote young development after meeting with the NFC earlier this year in Abuja and Jos. “Since we…

Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, Ooni of Ife, has called for calm and order in the ancient city of Ile-Ife and its environs. The appeal was made by Ooni, who spoke through his Second-in-Command, Obalufe of Ifeland, Oba Idowu Adediwura, in an interview on Friday in Ile-Ife. He claimed that as the royal father of Christians, Muslims, and traditionalists, and as a global leader who promotes peaceful coexistence, there was no cause for his house to be in turmoil. He stated that as a direct descendant of Oduduwa, the progenitor of the Yoruba race who also taught peaceful coexistence, he…