NewsReports

The First Lady of Ondo State, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has said her husband, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, will soon return from his medical vacation. The Ondo First Lady spoke at the opening of the 2023 BEMORE summer boot camp for 300 girls. Quoting from R. Kelly’s song, Mrs Anyanwu-Akeredolu said: “The storm is over now and weare seeing the sunshine.” Vanguard reported …

Women are increasingly involved in banditry-linked arms trafficking in Nigeria’s north-west. Between December 2022 and February 2023, police arrested several female gunrunners in Nigeria’s Zamfara State for allegedly supplying arms and ammunition to bandits. Banditry – a composite crime that includes armed robbery, kidnapping, murder, rape and the illegal possession of firearms – is Nigeria’s most pressing security challenge. Several news reports on …

• Obazee’s team expanded, thrusts dragnet into financial space• FG earns N52.5 billion from CBN’s 2022 surplus• CBN’s consultants grilled, some released on bail terms• Financial statements may have contravened CBN Act• National Assembly, President not in possession of copies of released financial states• We transmit copy of each audited account every February, says CBN’s spokesperson• Bank’s operating expenses grow …

The African Union said it has convened a meeting in bid to proffer a lasting solution to the long-running Niger political crisis. The Union disclosed this in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter on Monday. According to the statement, the Peace & Security Council of the Union met to receive an update on the evolution of the situation …

There seems to be no end in sight in the conflict between Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, and his deputy,  Philip Shaibu, as the governor over the weekend accused the deputy of manipulating the election of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, Edo State Chapter, to install an Executive Council to advance his alleged selfish ambition of becoming Edo State …

Just as the removal of fuel subsidy is impacting on every segment of the society, the judicial arm of government and the entire justice administration system have not been left out of its biting consequences, Silver Nwokoro reports.  As the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy is hitting hard on the masses, the judiciary, which is the third arm of government, is also bearing …

LAHAINA, Hawaii — Richy Palalay so closely identifies with his Maui hometown that he had a tattoo artist permanently ink “Lahaina Grown” on his forearms when he was 16. But a chronic housing shortage and an influx of second-home buyers and wealthy transplants have been displacing residents like Palalay who give Lahaina its spirit and identity. A fast-moving wildfire that incinerated …

United States Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking is traveling today Monday August 14, 2023, to the Gulf to advance ongoing UN-led efforts to expand the truce and launch a comprehensive peace process, according to the State Department’s office of the Spokesperson. “The United States is committed to supporting a resolution to the Yemen conflict as soon as possible. We …

Niger Republic coup leader, General Abdourahmane Tchiani has agreed to dialogue with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) after his meeting with Nigerian Islamic Scholars led by the national leader of Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa Iqamatus Sunnah (JIBWIS), Sheikh Abdullahi Bala Lau in Niger Republic. According to Niger Republic’s Prime Minister, Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine, General Tchiani gave the …

…I’m fulfilled naming JOOPSA after me Former Governor of Edo State, Chief John Odigie Oyegun, has disclosed that his refusal to compromise as Permanent Secretary in the Federal Civil Service during the Military regime led to his early retirement at the age of 48 years. Oyegun made this revelation in his closing remarks at the formal commissioning of the John …