Author: Opalim Lifted

Leaders, including President Muhammadu Buhari, Senate President Ahmad Lawan, and House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, emphasized peace and tolerance in their Eid-el-Fitri remarks yesterday. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the incoming president, Senator Remi Tinubu, Deputy Speaker Ahmed Idris Wase, former Senate President Bukola Saraki, and a few state governors were also present. In his address, Buhari discussed the general election, the result of which he called the biggest achievement of his government. He claimed it was a remarkable choice on his part to let the elections proceed unhindered. The message of the fasting season, which highlighted the daily plight of…

In the last two weeks, the Defence Headquarters, military personnel have carried out numerous operations in the Northeast, North Central, and Northwest, freeing 468 hostages and killing 54 terrorists. At the twice-weekly press conference on military operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, director of defence media operations, announced this on Thursday in Abuja. In addition, 122 terrorists, bandits, their accomplices, and other criminals were captured by the military throughout the time, according to Danmadami. The remaining victims were reunited with their relatives, and he added that 30 wounded rescue victims had been taken to the hospital. Danmadami said that throughout the region’s…

Twitter, a microblogging platform, has removed the Legacy verification check from well-known Nigerian musicians. The Nigerian singers Burna Boy, Davido, Wizkid, and Peter Okoye had their verification badges taken from the microblogging platform on Thursday. Recall that Elon Musk, the owner of the blogging platform, had hinted at plans to commercialize verification tick in a tweet from March that included links to join the premium service. He said, ”We will begin winding down our legacy verified program and removing legacy verified checkmarks on the 1st of April. To keep your blue checkmark, individuals can sign up for Twitter Blue.” Announcing…

Mayor Dele Oshinowo, the head of Lagos State’s Agboyi-Ketu Local Council Development Area, has urged both Muslims and non-Muslims to adopt a culture of tolerance and selflessness in order to improve the world. Oshinowo offered guidance at a Ramadan lecture on Thursday at Agboyi-Ketu Secretariat in Lagos. The chairman urged Nigerians to be kind to one another and abstain from impolite behaviors. He claimed that one of the causes of people committing crimes was a lack of love. Similarly, Alhaji Suleiman Idris, Chief Imam, Yarosalam Central Mosque, in his lecture titled: “Expectations of Citizens from their Leaders” urged leaders to…

The military and intelligence community are prepared to address any danger to national security, according to a statement from the Defence Headquarters expressing commitment to a peaceful transition to the new administration on May 29. At the biweekly press conference on the activities of the armed forces on Thursday in Abuja, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, Director, Defence Media Operations, provided the assurance. Danmadami advised the population to ignore the anxiety brought on by Nigeria’s opponents’ predictions of security dangers. “Like the general elections have passed and the victors have been declared, people are just being cautious to make rumours about circumstances…

Following a downpour of heavy rain that was recorded in the area on Wednesday, six people have reportedly died in the Oko Oshimili South Local Government Area of Delta State. Numerous structures were also destroyed by the rainfall at Okwe and Issele-Azagba, among other places. Charles Aniagwu, the state’s commissioner for information, verified the news on Thursday in Asaba, the state’s capital, adding that five other injured people were receiving medical attention there. Six people lost their lives due to rainstorms and windstorms that were recorded in the Oko Community region, according to Aniagwu. “A building collapsed which led to…

Over 1,260 Nigerian students have petitioned the federal government to evacuate them from the Republic of Sudan, where a major military clash between the Sudanese armed forces and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Force has resulted in 330 fatalities and 3,200 injuries. In an interview with reporters on Thursday, Adam Mohammed, the secretary-general of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Sudan, bemoaned the fact that many students were out of food. As the unrest that began on April 8 approached its 12th day on Thursday, hundreds of people have also been forced to flee the capital, Khartoum, as a result…

Barr. Hudu Yunusa Ari, Adamawa State’s resident electoral commissioner (REC), has been approved for immediate suspension from duty by President Muhammadu Buhari, pending the outcome of an investigation into the REC’s conduct and actions during the Supplementary Election in Adamawa State by the Inspector General of Police. The President, Muhammadu Buhari also ordered the Inspector General of Police to conduct an urgent inquiry into Barr. Hudu Yunusa Ari and to bring charges against him if he is proven to be responsible. This was done via a statement from the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha. The President…

In the latest escalation of a crackdown on the president’s opponents, a Tunisian court on Thursday ordered opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi to be held before his trial on charges of plotting against state security, his attorney told reporters. The 81-year-old leader of the Islamist Ennahda party served as speaker of the elected parliament until President Kais Saied took control of the country in 2021 and ordered its dissolution. Following an eight-hour inquiry by the court, Ghannouchi, who was detained on Monday, was ordered to remain in custody, according to Ghannouchi’s attorney Monia Bouali. The next hearing or any trials have…

Malaysia has initiated an inquiry to find out how hundreds of migrant workers came from South Asia without jobs, despite paying high fees to acquire them. The situation brings up worries about labour violations in Malaysia, a crucial industrial centre at the centre of the global supply chain that has received several complaints in recent years about worker exploitation. Following payments of up to 20,000 ringgit ($4,500) to intermediaries to secure employment, hundreds of employees from Bangladesh and Nepal have arrived since December, according to representatives of two rights organisations who spoke with dozens of the workers. The campaigners said…