Author: Opalim Lifted

A fire razed a plank market in the Sango Ota area of Ogun State on Thursday morning. Traders were seen wailing as the raging fire wreaked havoc on planks in the market. The cause of the fire is still sketchy as of press time, but an eyewitness, Tobias Imala, told reporters that the fire started around 10 a.m. Fire service officials were seen making efforts to quench the fire.

Nine people have been detained over an explosion at a barbecue restaurant in northwest China that has killed at least 31 people. A gas leak is suspected to have caused the explosion in Yinchuan City on Wednesday night local time. President Xi Jinping has called for “all-out efforts” in the rescue and an investigation into the blast. The owner of the Fuyang Barbecue Restaurant was among those in custody, state media reported. The explosion occurred on the eve of the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday in China, a time when many families and friends gather for celebratory meals. Several high…

Sokoto State Governor, Ahmad Aliyu, has dissolved all the Education Secretaries and their Deputies in the 23 Local Government Education Authorities of the State. This is contained in a statement signed by the press secretary to the State governor, Abubakar Bawa. The dissolution takes immediate effect. The sacked Education Secretaries and their Deputies are directed to hand over the affairs of the LGEAs to the most senior officers of the local governments.

At the State House in Abuja, Vice President Kashim Shettima is currently holding private meetings with Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Aliko Dangote, chairman of the Dangote Foundation, and members of the Nigerian Governors Forum. The 11:43 a.m. meeting is one of several events scheduled for Mr. Gates’ travel to Nigeria and the Niger Republic. Only 72 hours had passed since Gates and Dangote met President Bola Tinubu in Abuja’s Aso Rock Presidential Villa on Monday. Although the agenda of Thursday’s meeting is not yet known, the attendees would consider areas of collaboration between both…

Charly Boy, a well-known musician, and campaigner from Nigeria, has threatened legal action against his previous record company, Premier Records Limited, for allegedly breaking a 1988 contract. In a letter dated June 19, 2023, and sent on behalf of Charly Boy, Rockson Igelige asserted that the record company had broken the terms of their 35-year-old contract. The singer allegedly signed “artists recording contracts” with the business in 1988, 1990, and more recently, all of which have since expired, according to the letter. He claimed that Premier Records was continuing to violate his musical works’ copyrights notwithstanding the contracts’ expiration. “On…

Vice President Kashim Shettima in a closed-door meeting with the Nigeria Governors Forum The closed-door session aims to address pressing matters of national importance and foster collaboration among key political leaders. Brain Drain: Nigeria will profit from japa – Obi Also at the meeting are the co-Chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates; the chairman of the Dangote Foundation, Aliko Dangote; and members of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF). In attendance at the meeting are the NGF Chairman and Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Adbulrazaq, and his Bauchi State counterpart, Bala Mohammed. Others are Governors Alex Otti (Abia),…

The Inspector General of Police  Kayode Egbetokun decorated Frank Mba and Bala Ciroma as Deputy Inspectors General of Police representing South East and North East regions in the force management team. CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force PRO, made this known in a statement on Thursday. The IGP, Egbetokun Olukayode, decorated newly promoted Senior Police Officers with their new ranks amidst cheers from their families, friends, and professional colleagues on Thursday, June 22, 2023, at the Goodluck Jonathan Peacekeeping Hall, Force Headquarters, Abuja. Sequel to the recent promotion approved by the Police Service Commission on the basis of merit, requisite experience, years…

Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate in the February 25 presidential election, has stated that Nigeria will profit from the increased outflow of Nigerians to other nations. The number of Nigerians fleeing the nation in pursuit of better pastures has increased. The behaviour is commonly referred to as ‘Japa,’ a Yoruba slang term that simply means to flee a difficulty or conflict. The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly against a proposal to force the Federal Government to address the reasons driving Nigerian professionals to relocate to other nations. But corroborating Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates on Thursday, the…

Operation Hadin Kai and Multinational Joint Task Force Captain Babatunde Zubairu confirmed that a road accident involving a truck conveying about 30 soldiers on patrol from Baga in northern Borno at Gajiram. The PRO sector 3 captain say no soldier died while those with minor injuries are receiving treatment at the 7 Division Hospital in Maiduguri.

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of one Asaolu Femi Richard, an interior decorator from Iloffa in Oke-ero Local Government Area of Kwara State, and two others for offences bordering on cybercrime in Kwara State High Court. The two others are Adeoye Abdulgafar Olashile from the Atiba Local Government Area of Oyo State and Madiu Bayo Tajudeen from the Kishi area of Oyo State. The three convicts were prosecuted on separate charges before Justice Adebayo Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin. Asaolu Femi Richard (alias Marissa Hant) sometime…