Author: Opalim Lifted

A mob murdered a keke driver on Wednesday in the Bayelsa State city of Yenagoa’s Kpansia neighborhood. Following the suspected murder of a young man by the tricycle driver, popularly known as Keke, the mob reacted violently. After a dispute over N50 change, the tricycle rider is alleged to have fatally killed the unnamed young man. The victim passed away instantly. Residents nearby attacked the tricycle rider with stones after becoming enraged by what he had done. At the time this report was filed, it was impossible to determine the identities of the deceased men. Meanwhile, the Bayelsa State Police…

Unknown commercial bus driver perished in a collision between his bus and a BRT vehicle on Wednesday in Ogudu, Lagos, on the Oworonshoki Motorway. The commercial bus was travelling from Lagos Island to the state’s Ojodu Berger region when the accident happened, according to newsmen. Eyewitnesses said that the commercial bus lost control while travelling at high speed crossing the Ifako Bridge and crashed with the BRT. The bus is alleged to have somersaulted twice during the incident, and the driver passed away instantly. Hoodlums also were enraged at the event, which happened about 8am, and set the BRT bus…

Certificates of Return were given by INEC on Wednesday in Abuja to National Assembly members who won in the April 18 supplementary elections. A few of the newly elected MPs praised INEC for a job well done and referred to their accomplishments as victories for democracy. Alhassan Doguwa (APC), the majority leader of the House of Representatives and member-elect for Kano State’s Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency, called his win extraordinary. Since 1992, Doguwa claimed to have experienced several elections, but the one in 2023 stood out. “We had several difficulties, name-calling, and strange occurrences, but when it all comes down…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) agents detained six alleged online fraudsters in Abuja. They were detained on Tuesday in Jahi and Dawaki axis of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, in the early hours of the morning after a sting operation based on reliable information about their suspected illegal activities according to Chronicle NG. The accused are: Samson Iffy, Benedict Akor, Okotie Kingsley, Emmanuel Ndubuisi, Solomon Tochukwu, and Samuel Anosike. Two Lexus RX350s, a Toyota Camry, and a Mercedes Benz are among the items retrieved from them. Other items include computers, cell phones, one passport good for travel abroad,…

Following days of power struggles and violent skirmishes with the army, Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces agreed on Wednesday to a 24-hour ceasefire beginning at 6 p.m. (1600 GMT). The RSF also said in a statement, “We reaffirm our entire commitment to a complete ceasefire, and we hope the opposing side will abide by the treaty according to the specified time. Whether the army will declare its own adherence to the treaty was not immediately evident. On Tuesday, the adversaries agreed to a 24-hour peace, but a media reporter in Khartoum reported hearing tanks fire after the peace was scheduled…

The German-Nigerian Hydrogen Office and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Nigeria have intensified their efforts to promote low-carbon hydrogen for industrialisation and economic development. This was said during  NIES 2023) in Abuja by Mrs. Annett Gunther, the German ambassador to Nigeria. A discussion titled “Low-Carbon Hydrogen: A Key Piece for a Just Transition” was held in the two offices. The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) is in charge of implementing the offices, which are funded by the Federal Foreign Office. Gunther asserts that there is no doubt that the process is shifting from oil to…

The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) interim administrator, retired Maj.-Gen. Barry Ndiomu, has been praised by the Niger Delta Rights Assembly (NDRA) for his nomination by President Muhammadu Buhari. This is said in a statement sent to the media on Tuesday and signed by Chief Israel Bokromo, President of NDRA. The organisation regarded Ndiomu’s selection as a gift for the Niger Delta and the country as a whole. Bokromo thanked the president for the appointment on behalf of the organisation. “We congratulate President Buhari for choosing Ndiomu, who it stated has restored sanity and order into the Programme, despite baseless emotions…

A Point of Sale operator (POS) who allegedly went on a shopping spree after N280m was mistakenly transferred to his account by a commercial bank has been detained by police. The police detained Alfa Rafiu, a POS operator, on Monday in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State. The suspect resides in the Akuji compound, which is part of the Abayawo neighborhood in the state’s Ilorin West Local Government Area. Rafiu embarked on a buying frenzy after receiving the notifications in batches a few weeks ago, according to local individuals who are familiar with the situation. “But instead of him to…

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), has revealed in detail that there are 3,298 prisoners in Nigeria’s prisons who are on death row. However, it claimed that the word “condemned criminal” had been abolished in a statement made to the media on Wednesday in Abuja by its public relations officer, Mr. Abubakar Umar. The word “condemned criminal” was abolished with the passing of the NCoS Act 2019 because it is stigmatizing and turned jails into correctional facilities, he said. He claimed that the organization liked to refer to inmates on death row (IDR) in a more cordial manner. He emphasized that…

Block A of the 20-room female postgraduate hostel on the University of Benin’s (UNIBEN) Ekehuan Campus in Benin, Edo State has been destroyed by fire. No one died. According to eyewitnesses, an electric spark in one of the rooms caused the flames, which swiftly spread to the other rooms due to plywood used as a line of demarcation. The electricity spark, according to students in the postgraduate hostel, has long been a source of worry. They also noted that they have brought various electrical defects to the hostel porters’ attention. Three firefighters, according to a student named Okoh Cynthia, arrived…