Author: Opalim Lifted

Airlines canceled more than 1,000 trips in the United States on Wednesday as a strong winter storm makes its way through the western and central states. A total of 1,035 trips within, into, or out of the United States were canceled by 0915 am ET, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware, which showed 932 trips were delayed. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a tweet on Tuesday that the severe weather could cause trip delays or cancellations this week in Minnesota and other states in the Great Lakes and southern plains. Snow falling at a rate of two inches an…

Police officers and other security professionals assigned to governors, ministers, and other government officials are not permitted to accompany their principals to polling places during the elections in 2023. This information is found in a statement released on Wednesday in Osogbo and signed by SP Yemisi Opalola, the command’s spokeswoman. “Any officer found to have flouted this directive will be subjected to disciplinary actions. “Also, the use of sirens, revolving lights, and tinted car windows by unauthorized citizens during the period will not be allowed. “The command also warns other security outfits/organizations that are not constitutionally empowered to participate in…

In the southwest French town of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, a 16-year-old student fatally stabbed a teacher, according to authorities and the local prosecutor’s office, on Wednesday. A woman in her 50s who taught Spanish was the victim, according to local legislator Vincent Bru. A source familiar with the investigation informed reporters that the student was detained after reporting to another instructor that he was possessed and had heard voices telling him to attack the teacher. While Bru refused to provide further information about the attack, he did state that “this does not seem to have any terrorist cause at all.” “It’s a…

Roughly three days before the general elections, a bag allegedly found in a forest in Nnewi, Anambra State, contained thousands of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According to reports, the cards were discovered by hunters in Akamili, a neighborhood in the industrial town, who later brought them to the Authority FM radio station’s offices. The PVCs were exhibited on the station’s floor in a viral video shot at the station’s Nnewi facility, with the two hunters standing next to them. The majority of the cards, according to a female radio station employee who…

Cash payments to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) offices across the country for election logistics have started to be made by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This has allayed concerns that INEC wouldn’t be able to obtain cash from the CBN due to the current shortage of naira notes as a result of the CBN’s adoption of a cashless policy. An INEC national commissioner reportedly claimed that branch controllers of the CBN had been directed to distribute the money to INEC offices in the states. According to reports, the state RECs had submitted funding proposals to the CBN based…

For the second Engineering and Healthcare Show (EHCS), which will be held from February 23 to February 25, in the Lahore Punjab province, a team of 125 people, including some from Nigeria, has arrived in Pakistan. The event is being organized by the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) and the Ministry of Commerce of Pakistan, and it will feature 736 representatives from 55 nations. The TDAP Secretary, Dr. Fareed Qureshi, claims that the goal of the trade expo, which debuted in 2022, is to promote the country’s goods abroad. “TDAP’s primary objective is to promote Pakistani indigenous products and…

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court postponed the decision in the case involving the new naira policy until March 3, 2023. After the apex court’s ruling, Nigerians will now have to wait for the court to render a favorable judgment, which they hope will lessen their suffering, especially consumer and business groups, and professional and trade unions. The deadline for exchanging old naira notes for new ones was set for February 10 by the Federal Government, but the Central Bank of Nigeria declined to change it when the Supreme Court prevented it from doing so on February 8. The injunction followed…

The National Security Council is currently convening under the presidency of Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retired). The meeting is taking place in the Council Chambers of the State House in Abuja and started just before 11 am. Ahead of the presidential and national assembly elections, which are taking place in just 48 hours, all security agencies, the Independent National Electoral Commission, and the Central Bank will be reviewed at the meeting on Wednesday. Present are Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Chief of Defense Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, Chief Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amao, Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Farouk…

The Parish Priest of St. Finberrs’ Catholic Church in Rayfield, Jos, Rev. Fr. Godfrey Gopep, has counseled Christians and Nigerians in general to abstain from evil during the Lenten season. In his sermon on Ash Wednesday 2023 in Jos, Gopep delivered the advice. The preacher criticized the recent outbreak of criminal activity among Christians and advised people to always be afraid of God. ”Alot of us are deliberately doing evil to hurt others; we stay awake at night to plan evil instead to pray and think of positive things. ”So, I urge us all to use this lenten season to…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians to exercise their civic rights to vote in a patriotic, nonviolent, and sportsmanlike manner. Jonathan made the statement in a message to Nigerians that was made public on Tuesday in Abuja by Mr. Ikechukwu Eze, his communications and public affairs adviser. He claimed that recently, West Africa and a few other countries on the continent had experienced a democratic crisis that had resulted in the unconstitutional changing of administrations that had stalled their democratic pursuit of peace and development. He argued that Nigerians must prevent elections from being a catalyst for violence and…