Author: Samson Adeyanju Uwala
The Director General of the Nigeria Intelligence Agency, NIA, Ahmed Abubakar, has resigned. Abubakar submitted his resignation letter to President Bola Tinubu during a meeting they had at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Saturday. The NIA boss confirmed the development to State House correspondents after the meeting. “It’s a routine thing, from time to time, to brief Mr. President on situations, on issues, and today is no exception. “After the briefing, I tendered my resignation, and Mr. President graciously approved and accepted the resignation. “I thanked him for allowing me to serve Nigeria under his transformational leadership for an extended…
Several Churches in Rwanda have come under the axe of the government. The move by the Rwandan government has seen over 5000 Churches shut down over poor safety standards and inadequate registration formalities. Records have it that the Rwanda government has shut down 5,600 churches, including some 100 places of worship operating in caves for not complying with the country’s safety and health regulations. The churches were closed down following a two-week nationwide operation that was conducted by the Rwanda Governance Board (RGB). The operation was aimed at enforcing regulations against Churches that lacked proper infrastructure and hygiene standards, as well as those…
Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, Dr Mukail Akinde, on Friday, has called for the support of the Federal Government towards the institution’s plan to have a mini assembly plant for the production of its newly invented electric automated tricycle. Akinde, also called on the Federal Government as well as corporate organisations especially in the manufacturing sector to help drive the commitment of the polytechnic to see to the commercial production of the invention. The rector disclosed this while speaking when the Governing Council of the institution led by its Chairman, Alhaji Garba Gashua and the National Automotive…
President Bola Tinubu is set to return back to France, after the swearing-in of the new Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun. It can be recalled that Tinubu had earlier arrived the country on Friday morning to preside over the swearing in of the new CJN. The ceremony took place at 11:38 am at the State House in Abuja, where Justice Kekere-Ekun became the second woman to hold this prestigious position, following Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, who served as CJN from July 2012 to November 2014. Justice Kekere-Ekun will serve as the acting CJN until her appointment is…
Another truck accident has occurred in the Papalanto inbound axis of Ewekoro area of Ogun State in the early hours of Friday, barely 24 hours after a similar incident in Lafenwa, in the state capital, which claimed four lives and injured two. According to Babatunde Akinbiyi, spokesman for the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), the accident involved an Iveco Truck with number plate KJA 166 XJ and a Tricycle with number plate TRE 627 VP. The truck driver’s dangerous driving was attributed as the cause of the accident. Akinbiyi further revealed that four people were involved in the accident,…
A 40-year-old woman, whose identity cannot be ascertained has set herself on fire, after her husband divorced her in Guri Local Government area of Jigawa State. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the incident in a statement in Dutse, on Friday. According to him, the woman, who resides in Garin Mallam village, allegedly used petrol to set herself on fire. “On Thursday at about 07:40hrs, the command received a heartbreaking and pitiful incident from Guri LGA that a woman, aged 40 of Garin Mallam village, poured petrol on her body, set herself ablaze and got…
Four persons were confirmed dead while two others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a fatal accident which occurred Thursday night in Abeokuta metropolis, the Ogun State capital. The accident, which occurred around 9p.m. at the Enu-Gada axis of the popular Lafenwa Market in the Abeokuta North local government area involved a Mack truck with Lagos registration number AAA 86 XX, which rammed over one Honda CRV car marked Lagos EKY 857 GU and two other commercial motorcycles with registration numbers Ogun DE 968 VC and Ogun AAB 387 VP respectively. Reports by our correspondent revealed that the red-coloured granite-laden…
The new Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, will on Friday be sworn in by President Bola Tinubu, at the Council Chambers of the State House. Tinubu had earlier returned back to Nigeria after a three-day work stay in France, to swear in the new CJN, after he had departed Abuja on Monday for what the presidency described as a “brief work stay”. The President landed down at the Nnmadi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, about 2:25 am on Friday. Although it did not state the reason and duration of this visit, a statement signed by his Special Adviser on…
Six people, including a pregnant woman were left dead in a devastating accident which occured in the Enugada area of Lafenwa, Abeokuta, Ogun State on Thursday. According to an eyewitness,who does not want to be named, said, a truck lost control and crashed into a vehicle, a commercial motorcycle and pedestrians working along the roadside at around 9pm. The eyewitness, who described the scene as horrific, said, “I think the truck lost control and rammed into a vehicle and a motorcycle, including some pedestrians who were walking by the roadside.” However, in a video obtained by our correspondent showed the…
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, discharged and acquitted six men charged with breach of public peace during the 2020 #EndSARS protest. They are Daniel Joyinbo, 31, Adigun Sodiq, 28, Kehinde Shola,32, Salaudeen Kamilu, 29, Sodiq Usseni, 33 and Azeez Isiaka, 34. The defendants in a plea bargain agreement, pleaded guilty to a count charge of breach of public peace preferred against them by the Lagos State Government. After listening to the plea bargain agreement, the Magistrate, Mrs Bola Osunsanmi, found the defendants guilty and convicted them of the offence. She, however, cautioned and discharged them, adding that they…