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Following the River Benue’s rogue activities during the rainy season, the Federal Government is relocating 10,000 people from the Mosun Community in the Bassa Local Government Area of Kogi. During a tour of the affected communities in Mosun, Alhaji Abubakar Yelwa, the managing director of the Hydro-Electricity Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC), made this known. Yelwa claimed that the need to relocate the affected communities arose as a result of the negative effects of the 2022 flood, which forced villagers to flee their homes for safety. HYPPADEC MD Yelwa and Chairman of Kogi LGA, Alhaji Mohammed Dan-Asabe “We will…

Roland Okajere, 36, has been remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Center by an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court in Ogba, Lagos State, for allegedly molesting his 18-year-old daughter inside of his shop in the state’s Ikotun neighborhood. Following the defendant’s Monday arraignment on a charge that the police have filed against him that borders on rape, the magistrate, Mr. L. A. Owolabi, issued the order. Inspector Esther Igbineweka, the police prosecutor, informed the court that the defendant committed the crime on January 4, 2023. The prosecutor claims that the offense committed is punishable in accordance with Section 260 of the Lagos State…

China announced Wednesday that it will reopen its borders to foreign tourists for the first time in three years, following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, by restoring the issuance of all types of visas. The removal of this last cross-border control measure imposed to protect against COVID-19 comes after authorities declared victory over the virus last month. The boost to the tourism industry should help rekindle a $17 trillion economy that experienced one of the slowest rates of growth in nearly half a century last year. Areas in China that did not require visas prior to the pandemic will…

JAMB has changed the date of the mock exam for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), which was originally slated for Thursday, March 16. According to Dr. Fabian Benjamin, Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, the change was required as a result of the governorship elections being postponed from March 11 to March 18 and was made public to the media on Monday in Abuja. “Candidates who registered early and indicated their willingness to take the exam would be notified as to when to print their Mock-UTME notification slips, which would contain their centres and other details. “The Mock-UTME…

The Senate Clerk, Mr. Chinedu Akubueze, has announced that the Senate will reconvene in plenary on Tuesday (March 21). According to a statement made by Akubueze on Monday in Abuja, the plenary was moved from March 14 to March 21. He said: “This is to inform all Senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that the resumption of the Senate in Plenary has been rescheduled from Tuesday, March 14 to Tuesday, March 21. “All senators are by this notice requested to resume sitting in plenary on Tuesday, March 21, by 10 a.m prompt.” The Senate had on March 2, suspended…

Rwandan President Paul Kagame said on Monday that talks were underway to “resolve” the fate of Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed as a hero in the Hollywood film “Hotel Rwanda” and is currently serving a 25-year sentence in Rwanda on terrorism charges. Rusesabagina was sentenced in September 2021 for his ties to an anti-Kagame organization. He denied all charges and refused to participate in the trial, which he and his supporters denounced as a political sham. Washington has designated him as “wrongfully detained,” in part due to a lack of fair trial guarantees. Rusesabagina has permanent residency in the United…

Singer Market, a well-known commodities market in Kano State, has been destroyed by fire. The biggest food market in the state is called Singer, and it is situated along Ibrahim Taiwo Road in Kano. The flames started early on Monday, destroying several stores in the market, though the immediate cause of the outbreak is still unclear as of the time of this report. The flames destroyed numerous stores and goods worth millions of naira. According to reports, it took until around 8 am, or roughly seven hours after the incident began, to bring the fire under control. Maiduguri monday market…

A runway at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Ikeja, Lagos State will be closed for eight weeks of maintenance, according to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria. The Authority reaffirmed its dedication to safety, security, and comfort in a tweet on Monday. “This is to notify the public that runway 18R/36L of the Murtala Muhammed Int’l Airport, Lagos has been closed for 8 weeks for Maintenance work to carried out. Bush Fire: FAAN reopens Port Harcourt Airport to flight operations Taxi way B-18L will be used for all flight operations,” it said. Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, committed…

On Monday, Gabonese authorities were searching for 31 people who remained missing after a ferry capsized last week just off the coast of the central African country, killing six people. The Esther Miracle ferry was carrying 161 passengers from Libreville to Port-Gentil when it went down near the coastal village of Nyonie on March 9. “We have not stopped searching; in fact, we have been doing so since the first day. As we speak, a boat is in the area with diving teams looking for the shipwreck “Alain-Claude Bilie By Nze, the country’s Prime Minister, told state broadcaster Gabon 1ere…

In Abuja, representatives of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are meeting with the legal team of the Labour Party (LP). BREAKING: Tinubu launches a legal battle to stop LP, PDP moves amidst results collation The purpose of the meeting with INEC officials at the Commission’s national office is to begin the process of inspecting the voting materials used in the February 25 presidential election. 60 attorneys were led by the legal team’s chief, Dr. Livy Uzoukwu, and they will likely brief reporters after the meeting.