Author: Opalim Lifted

A N4 million ransom has been paid to release Prof Onje Gye-Wado, a former deputy governor of Nasarawa State who was abducted by kidnappers last Thursday night. The law professor was abducted in his rural Rinza residence, which is close to Wamba, the seat of the Wamba local government district. His captors demanded a ransom of N70 million, but his family bartered for close to N4 million before agreeing to pay the demanded sum. “They collected the ransom near Mada Hills Secondary School in Akwanga with N200 recharge card. Then he was released near Angwan chiyawa close to those hills…

Prophet Tomi Arayomi, the founder of the RIG Nation and Pioneer Church in the United Kingdom, has declared the relocation of his family until there is a “better Nigeria.” The Department of State Services (DSS) detained Arayomi, his wife Tahmar, and their aide, Emmanuel Ezerika, on Friday at the Nnamdi Azikwe Airport in Abuja. Arayomi and Tahmar are both British nationals. Reliable sources told newsmen on Friday that Arayomi was detained for making “inciting prophecies,” despite the fact that the reason for their detention was unclear. The security personnel later released Arayomi and his wife, but they left their attendant…

Police in Canada detained and accused a man suspect on Sunday after a “hate-motivated incident” at a mosque in the province of Ontario on Thursday in which he reportedly drove towards a worshipper and screamed threats and religious insults. The attack occurred in Markham, but the culprit, Sharan Karunakaran, 28, was subsequently apprehended in Toronto, according to York Regional Police. Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng termed the event a hate crime and said it had no place in Canadian culture. The Islamic Society of Markham (ISM) said that on Thursday, a man entered the mosque in Markham, 30 kilometres (18.6…

A yacht carrying 400 people is adrift between Greece and Malta and is taking on water, according to the assistance service Alarm Phone on Sunday, after a surge in migrant boats crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa. Alarm Phone said on Twitter that they had received a call from the boat, which had left Tobruk, Libya, overnight, and that they had notified authorities. However, officials had not yet initiated a rescue effort, they noted. The boat was now in the Maltese Search and Rescue region, according to the Alarm Phone. (SAR). The boat was discovered with two commercial ships nearby,…

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Nigeria is still far from fulfilling the 2001 Abuja Declaration’s 15% target for strengthening the health system. Dr Walter Mulombo, WHO Country Representative to Nigeria, said this at a press conference in Abuja. According to media sources, African Union heads of state met in April 2001 and vowed to establish an aim of investing at least 15% of their yearly budget to improving the health sector. “In Nigeria, where a proposed target of 15% of total government budget should go to health, we are still far from achieving the target,” he stated. Mulombo,…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has set a new start date for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations. (UTME). The board made the announcement in Abuja on Sunday in a statement signed by its Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin. Benjamin said that the UTME, which was previously planned to begin on April 29, will now begin on April 25, 2023. He also said that the board’s rescheduled mock-UTME will take place on April 18, 2023. “It should be noted that JAMB previously held its 2023 Mock-UTME on Thursday, March 30 in 725 locations across…

According to the media, Canadian musician Drake earned $2.7 million when Israel Adesanya knocked out Alex Pereira at UFC 287 to recover the middleweight championship. The 185lb championship was reclaimed by the Nigerian-born New Zealander only five months after it was lost to his arch rival Pereira, who had previously defeated him twice in kickboxing. Drake lost $1.6 million after betting on Adesanya to win that bout, but he made up for it in the rapper’s rematch with Pereira. Drake wagered $500,000 on Adesanya to win, which paid him $885,000, and another $400,000 on him to win via knockout, which…

After an explosion forced a residential building in Marseille’s centre to fall in the early hours of Sunday, French emergency services were looking for casualties and attempting to extinguish a fire, with six people wounded thus far. The cause of the explosion is unknown at this time. According to Mayor Benoit Payan, the fall started a fire, complicating rescue attempts. Two buildings adjacent have partly fallen. “I’d like us to prepare for a difficult situation – we could have victims today,” Payan added, adding that five of the six wounded are in a “relatively urgent” condition at the hospital. According…

Prince Bola Ajibola, a former judge of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, has passed away. Ajibola, a former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) passed away at the age of 89. Segun Ajibola, SAN, the late jurist’s eldest child, made the announcement in a statement on Sunday in Abeokuta. The founder of Crescent University in Abeokuta, Ajibola, passed away at midnight on Saturday from an aging sickness. “With very deep heart and gratitude to Almighty Allah.“Our Dad, Prince Bola Ajibola, departed this world over midnight. May Almighty Allah bless him with Aljanah Firdaus,”…

A judicial official said on Saturday that at least 20 African migrants were missing after their boat sunk off the coast of Tunisia as they attempted to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, amid a surge of migrant boats from the North African nation. The coast guard also rescued 17 additional people from the same boat off the shore of Sfax, two of whom are in severe condition, according to Sfax court judge Faouzi Masmousdi. Several dozens of people have gone missing and killed in drowning incidents off the Tunisian coast in recent weeks. Tunisia has surpassed Libya as the principal…