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The Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin, has mourned the death of 14 worshippers who were killed by a trailer following an accident after Juma’at prayers on Friday, in Kano. The Federal Road Safety Corps had on Friday confirmed the death of 14 worshippers when a trailer ran over them after Friday prayers at

In this episode of So This Happened, we review two high-profile weddings Davido and Chioma’s wedding and Sharon Ooja’s traditional marriage to Ugo Nwoke that took place this week. Both events were attended by celebrities and dignitaries, and generated significant buzz on social media. We also discussed the arrest of a 65-year-old pastor, Francis Ogwu,

The Federal Government has called for more participation from the private sector in the fight against poverty in the country. The Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Delu Yakubu, made the call at the inauguration of the Shola Mese Foundation free skill acquisition programme in Abuja on Saturday.

The Lagos State Government has assured residents of the state of its resolve to complete all ongoing road and bridge infrastructure projects across the state. Cabinet members of the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu led government, including the Special Adviser, Office of Infrastructure, Olufemi Daramola and the Commissioner For Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, and other officials,

The European Union has called on the Federal and State Governments to increase financing for social protection interventions, “as it is critical to reducing poverty across the country.” According to a statement by the commission on Saturday, the Head of Cooperation of the EU Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Massimo De Luca, made the call

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has lauded President Bola Tinubu’s Executive Order granting special waivers on pharmaceutical inputs, APIs, excipients, and other essential raw materials. The Director General, NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, in a statement she signed on Saturday, said that the Order which would exempt specified pharmaceutical machinery, equipment,

The Centre for Promotion of Shari’ah has warned Civil Society Organisations to desist from misleading leaders into toeing the wrong direction, especially concerning issues of national public interest. The warning is contained in a statement titled “The Purported Onslaught Against The Sultanate”, issued by the National Chairman of the Centre, Aliyu Altukri, and made available

One person was confirmed dead in an accident that occurred on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos on Saturday morning. The accident involved a mini truck (MUS 489 XS) and a Toyota Camry (KRD 470 JD). “Preliminary investigations revealed that the accident was caused by excessive speeding during a downpour this morning,” the Lagos State

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria have agreed to collaborate in addressing the issues of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in communities nationwide. The Chairman of the NDLEA, Brigadier General Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd), stated that the partnership was necessary as drug abuse and trafficking are

Despite the challenging times, Nigeria’s business landscape continues to thrive with over 39million MSMEs operating across various sectors and segments. To highlight the positive impact of home grown enterprises, Remita, Nigeria’s fintech giant, a subsidiary of the System Specs Group, has reaffirmed its commitment to celebrating and promoting local businesses through its sponsorship of the

Aviation Securities at the Lagos Airport have handed over a 29-year-old passenger, Ayemobola Mojadesola, and her mother to the police for allegedly conducting themselves in an unruly manner. The arrested passengers were said to have inflicted a bodily injury on a staff member, (name withheld) of the Lagos airport. It was gathered that the passenger

A couple, Mr Uche and Mrs Peace Mbonu, have been arrested and handed over to the police for alleged child abuse, starvation and refusal to provide necessaries for their five underaged boys in the Osumenyi community, Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The arrest was carried out by the security operatives of the

A former governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Seriake Dickson has lauded the efforts of High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, founder of the Federal Government contracted private oil pipeline surveillance firm, Tantita Security Services Nigeria Ltd, “in the fight against crude oil theft, as well as curbing environmental degradation in the region thus

President Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, congratulated a former Governor of Lagos State and ex-Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on his 61st birthday. The former minister was the Chief of Staff when Tinubu was the Governor of Lagos State and had served in various capacities before his election as the Governor of the state

Iran on Saturday warned that “all Resistance Fronts”, a grouping of Iran and its regional allies, would confront Israel if it attacked Lebanon. The comment from Iran’s mission to New York comes with fears of a wider regional war involving Israel and Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah movement. The two sides have engaged in near-daily exchanges of

The National Youth Council of Ogoni People on Friday in Abuja, demanded the payment of an agreed 20 per cent pay rise for trainees under the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project. The Council in a statement signed by Kpaede Felix, the Special Adviser to the NYCOP president, Nwibani Raymond said it was demanding the pay rise

Tragedy struck at the Prince and Princess Estate in the Gudu District of the Federal Capital Territory when a duplex under construction collapsed, trapping two persons in a detached bungalow behind the building. However, the Federal Emergency Management Agency intervened leading to the rescue of two individuals. In a statement on Saturday, the Head of

The Federal Government has, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund and development partners, emphasized the critical need to strengthen the social protection system to address growing poverty. This was contained in a communique issued on Saturday, jointly endorsed by UNICEF Representative, Cristian Munduate, EU Ambassador in Nigeria, Samuela Isopi, and Nigeria’s Minister of

The 1 Division Nigerian Army, Kaduna said its operatives have arrested 47 suspected rail track vandals. The division’s acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations Officer, Lt. Col. Musa Yahaya, made the disclosure on Saturday in Kaduna. Yahaya said, “The arrest was made by the troops while on routine patrol along Kakau Daji-Anguwan Ayaba; they intercepted

A total of 103 Nigerians deported from the Republic of Turkiye back to Nigeria have been received by the National Emergency Management Agency and other stakeholders. The deportees who arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Friday at 7pm through the pilgrims wing of the airport were received by the Federal Government officials

The Government of Cross River has described the state rating on child labour by the National Bureau of Statistics as “spurious” and not a true reflection of what is happening in the state. The government demanded to know the parameters used by the NBS to carry out the research that rated Cross River as number

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria has emphasised the need for the protection and preservation of the institution of the Sultanate in the country. The National President of MACBAN, Alhaji Baba Othman-Ngelzarma, made the call in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. He said that the institution of the Sultanate which dates over

The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (retd), has said the abuse of illicit drugs abuse was enabling crimes and criminality across the country. Marwa said this in his presentation during a National Youth Conference organised by the Vanguard Against Drug Abuse detox centre on Friday in Abuja. The theme

The United Nations said they discovered five bombs in a wall of Mosul’s iconic Al-Nuri mosque, planted years ago by the Islamic State group, during restoration work in the northern Iraqi city. Five “large-scale explosive devices, designed to trigger a massive destruction of the site,” were found in the southern wall of the prayer hall

The Federal Road Safety Corps has said it would henceforth revoke the driver’s licences of recalcitrant drivers. Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, made this known on Friday in Abuja while addressing newsmen on the outcome of the 2024 Eid-el Kabir Special Patrol Operations held between Friday, June 14, to Sunday, June 23. He said that the