Author: Opalim Lifted

Many voters in southern Bulgaria’s rocky Rhodope Mountains are sceptical that Sunday’s legislative election, the country’s sixth in two years, will create a secure administration capable of combating graft, inflation, and poverty. The most recent election was declared in January, following three unsuccessful efforts by different political groups to form a working alliance following an indecisive vote in October. Since widespread demonstrations in 2020, the nation has been ruled primarily by interim administrations chosen by President Rumen Radev. The country’s goals to enter the eurozone in 2024 have already been delayed, and the country’s efforts to effectively use COVID-19 pandemic…

In the recently completed gubernatorial election in the state, Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle claimed that some individuals in the Federal Government fought against his re-election campaign. Dauda Lawal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) beat Matawalle of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), who attributed his failure to win a second term to his campaign against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and its currency reform policy. According to the media, Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State and Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State sued the federal government in the Supreme Court over the shortage of currency caused by the CBN’s…

Yul Edochie, a well-known Nollywood performer, has reported the murder of his son, Kambilichukwu Edochie, to the Lagos State Police Command. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, verified the development in a conversation with reporters Friday morning. Yul Edochie’s 16-year-old son is dead Kambilichukwu died on Thursday morning after suffering a seizure and being taken to Lagos’ Mother and Child Hospital. According to accounts, the 16-year-old boy perished while at school, rather than in the company of his parents. According to the authorities, the case will be referred to the State Criminal inquiry Department for further inquiry…

The Peoples Democratic Party’s National Working Committee reviewed and reversed the suspensions of several of its leaders on Thursday. Former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation Anyim Pius Anyim, Prof. Dennis Ityavyar, Dr. Aslam Aliyu, and H.E Ibrahim Shema are among those whose suspensions have been removed. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Ologunagba, Debo. He said that the decision was made during the party’s NWC meeting on Thursday, during which members extensively addressed recent events in the party. “This decision is without prejudice to the NWC’s authority to take necessary disciplinary action…

Vladimir Putin accused an American Wall Street Journal writer of espionage on Thursday, escalating Moscow’s diplomatic dispute with Washington over the Ukraine crisis and potentially further isolating Russia. The publication disputed the charges and that Evan Gershkovich, a “trusted and dedicated reporter,” be released immediately. Washington did not respond immediately. Gershkovich, a 31-year-old writer who has lived in Russia for six years, is the most high-profile American detained there since basketball star Brittney Griner was released in December after serving a ten-month sentence on drug charges. The FSB claimed Gershkovich was detained in the Urals industrial city of Yekaterinburg on…

Pensioners from the Concerned Abia State Pensioners organised a city-wide celebration in Umuahia, the state capital, to celebrate the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) loss in the gubernatorial election. They termed the PDP’s loss in the state’s gubernatorial and National Assembly elections as God’s particular method of punishing the umbrella party for supposedly causing grief to Abia’s retirees. The retirees, who were dressed entirely in white during their celebratory march through the streets of Umuahia, claimed Dr Alex Otti’s win on March 18 was an answer to prayer from God. The retirees, who carried banners emblazoned with various articles, said that…

The Lagos State government on Thursday filed charges against Chrisland School principal, vice principal, and two staff members in connection with the passing of Whitney Adeniran, a 12-year-old student at the school. Mrs. Belinda Amao, Nwatu Ugochi Victoria, Ademoye Adewale, Kuku Fatai, and Chrisland School Limited are among the school employees who were charged before Justice Oyindamola Ogala of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja. The state has filed two counts of accusations against the defendants that centred on reckless and negligent behaviour and involuntary manslaughter. Chrisland: Govt to sue school, others for manslaughter, negligence As the court and…

The first son of Nollywood star Yul Edochie, Kambilichukwu Edochie, allegedly passed away on Thursday morning. Two months after Edochie and his wife Mary Edochie celebrated their son’s 16th birthday, the boy passed away. On January 4, the movie star sent a message on his verified Instagram account to honour the birthday of his first child “A very happy 16th birthday to my first son, Kambilinachukwu Leo Yul-Edochie. May God lead and protect you always. With many more happy years. Daddy loves you.” Yul Edochie tenders apology to May, first wife According to a family member who talked with Vanguard…

The Olowu spare parts market has been destroyed by fire. The fire incident happened early on Thursday. News reporters discovered that several of the stores that were destroyed by the fire also sold motorbikes, car components, and air conditioners. Due to the fire breakout, the merchants lost products worth millions of naira. Fire guts spare part market, security guard found dead in Lagos Security personnel and members of the Lagos State Fire Service have started working on the spot to contain the situation. Recall that a similar fire event on Kirikiri Road, Olodi-Apapa in Ajegunle, took place three weeks after…

On March 27, 2023, Vice President Osinbajo delivered a public lecture on the topic “Changing Africa in a Shifting Global Landscape” at King’s College London, after the school’s annual Africa Week 2023 festivities. According to Chronicle NG, the information came from Prof. Osinbajo’s official Twitter account. He believes Africa can fully capitalise on today’s global complexity and flourish in the midst of uncertainty and upheaval. The distinctions between the many mental prisms through which we perceive the world have never been more blurred. Since the 1990s unipolar globe, various centres of political and economic influence have arisen. In addition to…