An unspecified number of passengers are feared dead when a train in motion crushed a Dangote cement truck and a commercial tricycle in Kano State. The incident occurred on Obasanjo Road in Kano metropolis at about 11:30 am on Sunday. An eyewitness, who is a trader beside the rail track, said he noticed the truck moving towards the rail line, as the train was in motion. According to the witnesses, efforts made to flag down the trailer were not fruitful. “As the driver of the trailer attempted to cross the rail line, the train hit the vehicle and the tricycle…
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The size of the budget for the inauguration and handover on March 17, 2022 may have become a source of disagreement between the Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano and the Governor-Elect, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo. It was gathered that the government has budgeted N500 million for the programme that will cover making customized clothes, caps, banners, T-shirts and even hiring of rain makers.However, Soludo who seem not to be on the same page with the Government as he advised Obiano to cut the budget down as he had not hidden his preference for a low-key ceremony.He was reported to have…
***As Reps Minority Leader Receives Accolades for Performance The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu has berated the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for being hopelessly corrupt with no intent to serve the interest of Nigerians. This was just as the Minority Leader, at the weekend, received ovations and endorsements for his outstanding legislative activities as well as his constituency infrastructural and empowerment programmes. Elumelu, who spoke while addressing a mammoth crowd at the PDP Mega Rally in Asaba, Delta State capital on Saturday, described the APC as a party of treasury looting and incompetent politicians,…
The Chattered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) has commended the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) over revenue generated in 2021. The President of the Institute, Mr Adesina Adedayo gave the commendation when he led a team of tax experts consisting of two former presidents of the institute, executives and members on a courtesy visit to the Acting Executive Chairman of FCT-IRS, Mr Haruna Abdullahi on Friday. Head, Corporate CommunicationsFCT-IRS Mustapha Sumaila in a statement issued on Sunday said the visit is to formally inform and seek for support of the Service on the forthcoming 40th anniversary of…
The President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan, has expressed dismay over the killing of a motor driver at Garin Alkali in Bursari Local Government of Yobe State. The incident ignited violent protests in the neighbouring town of Gashua, the headquarters of Bade Local Government on Saturday.A statement by Ola Awoniyi the special adviser to Lawan expressed sympathy with the family of the victim.Lawn in the statement called for a thorough investigation into the incident with a view to bringing whoever has a hand in the killing to book. “I am deeply saddened by the tragic news at Garin Alkali on…
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has directed immediate and full investigation into the killing of a motorcycle rider and the burning of the Old Police Barracks in Kabba town, Kabba Bunu Local Government Area of the state. Recall there was pandemonium in the Kabba town, as aAngry youths had stormed the streets following the alleged killing of a young motorcycle rider by security operatives. The angry youths burnt the old Kabba Police Barracks following the incident. The governor called on the youths in Kabba to remain calm and allow investigation into the matter for necessary action. The governor described…
The Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in the Diaspora (AESID) has asked the Inspector General of Police Usman Alkali Baba, to sack the Ebonyi state Commissioner of Police Aliyu Garba for his inability to curtail the activities of “illegal Ebubeagu security outfit terrorizing innocent citizens of the state.”The Ebonyi indigenes in diaspora also called on the IGP and the Nigerian government to arrest the Ebubeagu members, disarm and disband the group for “terrorising Ebonyians.”In a statement signed Sunday and made available to newsmen in Abuja by AESID’s President Ambassador Paschal Oluchukwu, alleged of persistent attacks being unleashed against dissenting and…
The Gbagada Jasmine Lions Club has reached out to 200 underprivileged families with food and other palliative measures to alleviate hunger.The programme, “Lion Club feed the hungry” was held last Saturday at Ilaje community in Bariga, Lagos in partnership with Honeywell PLCThe president, Lion Ada Okorie who spoke to our correspondent shortly after the programme said that the project was in line with Lions Club International 5 Global Causes .”Moreso, the project is aimed at actualising my promise at the commencement of the Lion year last July” and during my installation as the 8th President of Gbagada Jasmine Lions Club,…
The African Diaspora Development Institute (ADDI) and a Nigerian firm on the aiges of International Property Investment and Development (IPIAD) have embarked on a journey to bring back home descendants of Africans that were sold into slavery all over the world. To this end, plans are on the way to develop a-major 5-star mixed-use business, leisure and historical destination resort city project Rivers state. The project being championed by IPIAD, a historical tourism development firm, ADDI and other foreign partners is aim to attract back home African Americans who want to relocate to Nigeria or re-discover their ancestral roots, families,…
The South-south Emerging Leaders’ Forum (SELF) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sustain his anti-corruption policy by supporting a corruption-free aspirant among all the contenders for the position of national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The forum said President Buhari’s major legacies after 2023 should include his successor and those that will emerge the leadership of his party are not indicted by any anti-corruption agency. In a statement Sunday in Abuja, national coordinator of the forum Barrister Preye Wilson, also challenged Northern political elites not to support a corrupt Southern politician as President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor. Barrister Wilson…