Lady Found Abandoned By Roadside An unidentified woman has been found abandoned around the Olaiya area of Osogbo. Ibom Focus gathered that the young lady who appeared disoriented and incoherent was found on Asikolaye Street on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. Residents who first became aware of her presence in the area said they suspected she was a victim of ritual. The residents urged the state government and relevant authorities to come to the aid of the young lady. A resident simply identified as Baba Lekan disclosed that that the lady’s presence was not observed until Monday. He added that he…
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France Sends Military Assets To Middle-East, Convenes UN Security Council Over Iran Attack As tension in the Middle-East region exacerbates, France said on Wednesday that it was sending additional military resources to the Middle East to tackle what it called an “Iranian threat.” It also said that it is convening a United Nations Security Council meeting later in the day. This followed Tehran’s Tuesday barrage of missile attack on Israel, which it said was a retaliation of Israel’s assassination of the leaders of Hamas, Hezbollah and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Iran said early on Wednesday that its missile attack…
Cabinet Reshuffle: El Rufai, Sani, Others To Get Ministerial Appointments As President Bola Tinubu has made his intention known on his plan to reshuffle his cabinet for service delivery and success, a group, the Mandate Protection Vanguard (MPV), has said that there is an urgent need for him to consider experienced and highly skilful human resource personnel as ministers in the coming cabinet. The group in a statement signed by its Co-ordinator, Comrade Gbenga Soloki sent to Vanguard, said “There is no doubt that several egg heads abound across the six geo-political zones that can add value and acceptability to…
Fresh Crisis Rock Rivers As Fubara, Wike In Serious Battle Over State Structures Amid the raging claims and counter-claims over the local government election coming up in Rivers State, AMAECHI OKONKWO, reflects on happenings in the camps of the major stakeholders in the state. With just days to the October 5 local government election in Rivers State and the insistence of the two leading political parties: the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) to boycott the exercise, a new kid on the block has emerged and is looking prepared to dominate the polls, which has already been…
Nigerian Govt Bans Sports Betting, Sets New Rules On Courtship, Night Movements For Women The Kano State’s Hisbah Board has announced a ban on all forms of sports betting in the state. The Deputy Commander-General of the board, Dr Mujaheed Aminuddeen, revealed this during a press briefing on Hisbah’s renewed fight against immorality. “We have re-launched “Operation flush out immorality” and our operatives will soon clamp down on individuals and groups violating social order,” Mujaheed stated. He also mentioned that landlords who rent apartments to unknown persons would be arrested due to rising concerns about houses being used as lodges…
Man Arrested For Attempting To Commit Su!cide Police operatives in Adamawa State have successfully apprehended Abdullahi Muhammed, a 30-year-old man, who climbed a 33kv high-tension pole along the Yola-Jalingo highway and threatened to take his own life. SP Suleiman Yahaya confirmed the arrest, stating that Muhammed, who is from Taraba State, would undergo a psychiatric evaluation at a specialist hospital to assess his mental health. There were no clear reasons provided by the suspect for his attempted suicide. Upon receiving reports of the incident, the Commissioner of Police dispatched operatives from the Divisional Police Headquarters in Mayo-Belwa to the scene.…
War: Israel Prime Minister, Netanyahu To Iran; You’ve Made ‘Big Mistake’ Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has told the Islamic Republic of Iran that it would regret launching missiles on Israeli territory. The Prime minister spoke out on the missile attack on Israel by Iran a little earlier on Tuesday. “Iran made a big mistake tonight and will pay for it. Whoever attacks us, we attack them,” he said, as he gathered his security cabinet for a meeting late Tuesday. The Israeli military says it has received no reports of injuries from the Iranian missile attack. The military’s spokesperson, Rear…
War Looms: We’re Fully Ready – Iran Tells Israel Iran has said that it was fully ready for whatever Israel may come up with. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, gave the order to launch missiles against Israel. Naija News House reported that Iran launched over 180 ballistic missiles into Israel early Tuesday. The Israeli military said it has received no reports of injuries from the Iranian missile attack. The Israeli military spokesperson, Rear Adm Daniel Hagari, said the country’s air defenses intercepted many of the incoming missiles, though some landed in central and southern Israel. However, a senior Iranian…
Catholic Church Files For Bankruptcy Amid 30 Lawsuits Alleging Child S3xual Abuse The Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, Vermont, United States, is facing over 30 lawsuits alleging child s3x abuse by clergy from decades ago. This comes after settling 67 similar lawsuits since 2006, amounting to $34 million, according to a court filing. In 2019, the state removed the statute of limitations on claims, leading to more cases against the diocese, Associated Press reports. Bishop John McDermott revealed in the filing that most abuse allegations occurred before 2000. A 2019 report confirmed “credible and substantiated” claims against 40 priests, with…
20.2billion Litres: Local Refineries Remain In Coma A review of data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that Nigeria did not produce a single drop of petrol locally in the whole of 2023 fiscal year. The details showed that zero litre of Petrol was refined between January and December of the year. This is despite the fact that Nigeria has its own refineries (which are non-functional). They are namely the Port-Harcourt refinery, Kaduna refinery and Warri refinery. Many promises of the government including setting dates for when the refineries would commence operations have failed, with a…