Author: Opalim Lifted

According to the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, the Nigerian Army is on track to achieve self-sufficiency in military manufacturing. Yahaya stated this on Wednesday, at the conclusion of the Chief of Army Staff First Quarter Conference, 2023, in Abuja. He stated that R&D had a significant impact on the achievements of armies all over the globe. This is based on the items displayed by different companies during the Research and Development Exhibition at the start of the meeting, according to him. “I am confident that we are on track to achieve self-sufficiency in defence production.” “I…

Mohammed Ibrahim, a 40-year-old vulcanizer, was jailed in an Upper Area Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, on Thursday for reportedly getting a stolen bicycle from a juvenile. Ibrahim, who lives in Chukuku Hamlet Kuje, FCT, was accused of getting stolen goods by the authorities. S.K. Iyakwo, the Prosecution Counsel, informed the court that Mr Sunday John of Old Kutunku Gwagwalada Abuja reported the incident to the police station on April 2. According to Iyakwo, on March 10, a juvenile, 16, took the complainant’s N35,000 bicycle and sold it to the defendant for N6,000. He stated that the stolen bicycle was retrieved…

The Labour Party (LP) is currently in a serious crisis after Julius Abure, its national chairman, was suspended by a judge yesterday. A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama, Abuja, also prohibited three other important members of the National Working Committee—National Secretary Alhaji Farouk Ibrahim, National Treasurer Oluchi Opara, and National Organising Secretary Clement Ojukwu—from posing as party officials. Peter Obi, a candidate for the LP, received more than six million votes and finished third in the presidential poll on February 25. In a decision, Justice Hamza Muazu stated that the ex-parte restraining order must continue…

With the release of his new album “Timeless,” Nigerian Afrobeats superstar David Adeleke, alias Davido, broke an African record on the US iTunes Albums Chart. This is because the album peaked at the top of the charts on Wednesday, April 5, 2023, becoming the first African album to do so in the largest music market in the world. Remember that on March 31, 2023, Nigerian artists Asake, Fave, The Cavemen, DMW’s newest additions Morravey and Logos Olori, Grammy Award-winning Beninese singer Angelique Kidjo, British rapper Skepta, South African music producer/DJ Musa Keys, Jamaican dancehall/reggae singer Dexta Daps, and South African…

In a recent appearance with Arise TV, Falz the rapper gave his justification, emphasising how pointless life is in Nigeria. He claimed that he had no fear of dying. The actor was featured on Arise TV to discuss “Music as a Socio-political Tool” following the release of his most recent song with Vector, “Yakubu,” which is named after Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the head of the Independent National Election Commission, INEC. Vector and Falz criticised INEC, its chairman, and other political parties in the song for supposedly using fraudulent voting methods in the recently concluded general elections. Falz claims that rather…

Peter Obi, the candidate for the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election, has claimed that the leaked audio of a supposed discussion between him and Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, is fake. According to the recording, Obi told Oyedepo that the presidential election was a religious battle and suggested that the clergyman assist him in pleading with South Westerners and Kwara State residents, particularly Christians, to support his campaign. In response, Obi said in a statement he directly signed on Wednesday that he never referred to the election as a religious war…

Three suspects have been detained by members of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps from the Zamfara State Command for allegedly manufacturing and using counterfeit naira and dollar bills. The suspects have been named as Kamalu Sani, Uzaifa Muazu, and Suleiman Yusuf by the command’s spokesman, Ikor Oche. Oche claims that Umar Nasir, a commercial tricycle operator, filed a report after one of the suspects gave him a fake N1,000 note, leading to the arrest of the suspects. He said, “On April 3, 2023, one Kamalu Sani aged 28, boarded a tricycle from Kasuwa at about 1pm. “On reaching…

The FCT High Court has issued an order prohibiting the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Mr Julius Abure, the National Secretary, Farouk Ibrahim, and two others from acting as National Officers of the party. Others barred from acting as National Officers include the National Organizing Secretary, Mr Clement Ojukwu, and another. On Wednesday in Abuja, Justice Hamza Muazu issued the blocking order while deciding on an ex-parte motion presented by Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN, James Ogwu Onoja. In the motion, Onoja described how the constrained national officials reportedly faked several papers from the FCT High Court in order…

Olusegun Obasanjo, a former president, sent a letter to the British judge that convicted Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, of organ trafficking. The former President pleaded with the Chief Clerk of the Central Criminal Court at the Old Bailey in London in a letter to step in and guarantee that the UK government in this case balanced justice with mercy. Ekweremadu and his wife were found guilty of organ trafficking by a London judge, and they now face a potential 10-year prison term under the UK’s Modern Slavery Act of 2015. Ekweremadu and his wife were remanded in prison…

According to the Federal Government, the Loko-Oweto Bridge and the 2nd Niger Bridge have been finished and will be commissioned and turned over to the incoming government by May 29. Mr Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing, stated this on Tuesday during a tour of the finished Loko-Oweto road and bridge in Nasarawa. According to him, the workers vowed to finish the job by the end of March, and they kept their word. “That is why we are here today.” The 4th of April is today. So, they suggested last week that they were done, and you can see…