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Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila thanked President Bola Tinubu for appointing him as his Chief of Staff. The elated outgoing Speaker of the House of Representatives promised to give his best in the discharge of his official duties as the Chief of Staff to the President. In a statement shared on his verified Twitter page, Gbajabiamila promised to be assiduous while working with the president “in discharging the enormous task ahead of him”. His tweet reads: “Thank you, Mr. President, @officialABAT, for finding me worthy of being your Chief of Staff. “Having spent the last 20 years in the Nigerian Parliament and…

Heavy rains triggered by Tropical Storm Mawar and a seasonal rain front persisted in a large region of Japan on Saturday morning, causing officials to issue damage warnings and stranding many people as train services were stopped. Despite the fact that Mawar has decreased from super typhoon classification, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has warned of landslides, swelling rivers, and floods in eastern Japan, while also warning of landslides in western Japan. Train collision kill 300, injure 850 in India As a result of the storm, one person has perished. Approximately 7,000 families in the eastern and western areas remained…

A man fell to his death while climbing from a corridor window to the balcony of his 5th-floor apartment in Nicosia, according to Kibris Postasi (a daily newspaper in Northern Cyprus), in the early hours of Friday. Police find human remains in 45 bags According to the Police Press Officer, 30-year-old Plangji Yilyov Balkum, who had lost his key, fell 18 metres to the ground from the 5th floor after losing his balance while attempting to access his apartment by climbing through the corridor window at 2 a.m. yesterday. Until the time of his death, the deceased, an indigene of…

The death toll from the collision of two Indian passenger trains in Odisha state has risen to 288; more than 850 people have been wounded, a state government official said on Saturday, making the rail tragedy the country’s bloodiest in more than two decades. According to reporters, Sudhanshu Sarangi, director general of Odisha Fire Services, also stated that “rescue work is still ongoing” and that “a lot of serious injuries” had occurred. On Twitter, Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena said that over 200 ambulances had been dispatched to the scene of Friday’s tragedy in Odisha’s Balasore district, and that 100 extra…

President Bola Tinubu is now meeting with former Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike, former Delta State governor James Ibori, and incumbent Oyo State governor Seyi Makinde at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. At around 4:20 p.m., former Governors Wike, Ibori, and incumbent governor Makinde arrived at the State House. Ibori and President Tinubu were governors from 1999 to 2007, while Wike just departed office after eight years. Wike and Makinde are members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and belong to the group of governors, the G-5, that worked against their party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the February 25…

The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has urged members to shut down all shipping company activities and commence an indefinite nationwide strike on Monday over a continuing disagreement with shipping businesses about low pay and employee welfare. At a press conference on Thursday, MWUN President-General Prince Adewale Adeyanju noted that organized labour had been battling shipping firms on the minimal standard for shipping businesses on worker welfare since 2018, to no effect. Court orders Union Bank to pay staff N20.2m According to him, despite several ultimatums and interventions by the immediate past Minister of Transportation, Muazu Sambo, the shipping…

Troops from Operation Forest Sanity killed three terrorists and recovered rifles and ammunition in Kaduna State on Thursday. According to Major General Musa Danmadami, director of Defence Media Operations, the terrorists were gunned down during an ambush operation at the bandits’ hideout along Road Tsohon Kabai-Kubusu Forest in Chikun local government area of the state. He stated that during the gunfight, the military killed three terrorists and recovered two AK-47 rifles, four magazines, 16 rounds of 7.62mm Special ammunition, hard drugs, various charms, and one motorcycle. The military high command praised the men of Operation Forest Sanity and urged everyone…

Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah has prohibited the sit-at-home order, while calling on President Bola Tinubu to release the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Mbah stated this while briefing journalists on the outcome of his first security council meeting with the chiefs of various security services at Enugu State’s Government House. The governor remarked that the South-East’s sit-in to demand Kanu’s release has hampered economic activity. “As a result, beginning Monday, June 6, 2023, there will be no sit-at-home in all nooks and crannies of Enugu State,” he stated on Thursday. Governor Mbah noted that…

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday that Lassa fever has killed at least 162 people since the beginning of the year 2023. The death toll from the deadly disease is claimed to have been reported in 28 states. They are, among others, Ondo, Edo, Bauchi, Taraba, Benue, Plateau, Ebonyi, Nassarawa, Kogi, Taraba, Gombe, Enugu, Kano, Jigawa, Oyo, and FCT. Prior to this, the NCDC stated in its 16th-week Lassa fever situation report that 897 confirmed cases were documented from 26 states and 103 local government units between January 1 and April 23, 2023. The Centre…

Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has suffered severe backlash from Nigerians over his comment on Nigeria’s former Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. Sowore, who is known for his outright radical criticism of those in authority, in a tweet posted on his Twitter page today, June 2, 2023, claimed and berated the former Vice President for contributing “nothing” to the development and success of Nigeria. In the tweet, he described Osinbajo and former President Muhammadu Buhari as monumental failures who destroyed Nigeria. The tweet reads, Failure par excellence! The end of an error! Prof. Osinbajo…