Driver Slumps, Dies While Conveying Students To School A commercial bus driver has slumped and died while conveying students of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) to the school’s campus. The driver simply identified as Lukman was said to have been “gasping for air” on Friday while still at the wheels of the bus. A passenger, who narrated the incident, via a viral WhatsApp message, said everything happened within 30 minutes”. The witness also said he had to take control of the bus from the driver’s hands and “press the brake” before rushing him to the school clinic where he was…
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Housewife Hire Assassins To Kill Husband Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Housewife Hire Assassins To Kill Husband Men of Kaduna Police Command have arrested a housewife for allegedly hiring assassins to kill her husband. According to a report by security analyst and counter insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, the incident occurred in Rafin Guza community in Kaduna state. “The husband borrowed his wife N400,000 to do business. He demanded the money from her but she refused to give him back. She later decided that she should hire one gangster known as Tola and his gang to eliminate the husband so…
Hardship: Nigerian Government Extends Palliatives To Students Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has directed state officials charged with the distribution of palliatives to draw up modality on how to extend the gesture to students in tertiary institutions. Governor Sule gave the directive during an emergency State Executive Council meeting in Lafia. The governor while acknowledging the success of the programme in the state, said the palliative distribution will continue, especially with students of tertiary institutions as target beneficiaries. He said there is urgent need to extend the gesture to the students as the prevailing hardship is affecting every segment of…
Hardship: Tinubu Finally Bows To Pressure, Speaks On Subsidy Removal President Bola Tinubu says his administration is deploying resources to critical sectors and areas that will impact on the welfare of Nigerians, saying he will use good governance to tackle beneficiaries of the old subsidy regime that will fight back. Speaking at a meeting with the Forum of State chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the State House in Abuja yesterday, the president assured Nigerians that his administration was working round the clock to improve their living conditions, and asked leaders at the grassroots level to encourage citizens…
Rats At Police Headquarters Get ‘High’ On Seized Marijuana, Others New Orleans Police Department officials have said the rats infesting the department’s headquarters are “all high” from eating marijuana stored in the evidence room. Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick told the City Council’s Criminal Justice Committee the building is infested with cockroaches and rats, and the rodents in particular seem to be having a good time destroying evidence, UPI.com reports. Enchanted by the Beautiful City near Cambodia Border – Nếm TV “The rats eating our marijuana, they’re all high,” Kirkpatrick told the committee during a this week’s meeting. Kirkpatrick spoke in…
FULL LIST: Nigerian Govt Announces Locations For Discounted Food Markets The Lagos government has announced locations for discounted food markets in the state. On February 22, the Lagos state government announced a series of interventions to ameliorate the prevailing economic hardship on residents. In a statement on Friday, Gbenga Omotoso, commissioner for information and strategy, said Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of the state, directed that the ‘Ounje Eko’ food markets should commence discounted sale of food items across the five divisions of Lagos effective from Sunday. The commissioner said the food items — rice, beans, garri, bread, eggs, tomatoes, pepper, among…
EFCC To Declare Ex-kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello Wanted The House of Representatives candidate for Dekina/Bassa in the 2023 elections, Usman Okai, on Saturday called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to declare former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello wanted over the misappropriation of funds. Okai also issued a fervent call to safeguard the interests of the people of Kogi State regarding the misappropriation of funds by Bello. He said despite the arduous task of protecting the state, it is imperative not to overlook the plight of civil servants grappling with the repercussions of fiscal misdeeds. Recall that on…
JUST IN: Gunmen Kidnap PDP Chairman Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Gunmen Kidnap PDP Chairman The Edo State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Tony Aziegbemi has been kidnapped by gang of armed men few metres to his Government Reservation Area (GRA) residence in Benin City, the Edo State capital. Aziegbemi’s kidnap came less than a month after the party conducted its governorship primary which produced Mr. Asue Ighodalo as the candidate of the PDP in the forthcoming September 21th, 2024 governorship election. Aziegbemi was said to have been trailed by his abductors who were in two…
BREAKING : Gunmen Kill Army Commander, Majors, Captain, 12 Others The military high command on Saturday vowed to go after some youths, who reportedly killed 16 of its personnel attached to 181 Amphibious Batallion in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State. It was reports that trouble started on Thursday when the troops responded to a distress call regarding a communal crisis between the Okuoma and Okoloba communities. Stunned by thousands of storks flying over the sky in Gia Viễn dike, Ninh Bình – Nếm TV The Director, Defence Information, Tukur Gusau, said the troops were surrounded by some community…
‘Support’ Sheikh Gumi To Negotiate With Terrorists Or Else, Northern Leaders Tells Tinubu The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has stated that it supports plans by Kaduna-based Muslim cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, to engage in dialogue with bandits who abducted about 287 schoolchildren from Kuriga Government Secondary and LEA Primary Schools in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. NEF spokesman Abdul-Azeez Suleiman in an interview said Gumi may be able to secure their release and prevent future abduction, Punch reports. In less than 24 hours, insurgents abducted 200 internally displaced women in Borno and 287 pupils and teachers from…