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Kwara Police Command has insisted the ban of commercial tricycle and motorbike operations between 9pm and 6am in the State still subsists. The Command added it is ready for full enforcement of the law. Commissioner of police Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi said during a meeting with the associations of the tricycle and motorbike operators. Adelesi said: Let me remind motorcycle and tricycle operators in the state of the ban on your operations between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. throughout the State. “The unions of the existential law promulgated by the state government banning their operations at the said time.”…

The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC), a non- profit organisation says it has trained 288 girls on electronics and renewable energy to thrive in the digital age. Adeyemi Odutola, External Relations Lead, W.TEC, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Saturday said the NGO was able to achieve this through its MakeHer Space Programme. He noted that the programme was a transformative initiative for secondary school students in Ikorodu and Surulere areas of Lagos. According to him, a total of 210 girls were trained in four schools at Surulere while 78 girls were trained…

UNFPA Country Representative, Ulla Mueller, says the attainment of an eight billion world population is a significant milestone in human development in areas such as medicine, science, health, agriculture, and education. She told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) forum in Abuja on Sunday that the achievement is, however, accompanied by concerns and anxiety as the world faces various crises, such as climate change and mass displacement. The UNFPA in its 2023 State of World Population (SWOP) Report, an annual publication produced by the Fund, revealed that the global population will hit eight billion by mid-2023. The report, which was…

Guinness World Record holder, Hilda Baci, will display her world-beating culinary skills in Lagos on Friday, July 14, to raise funds for a widow. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Baci’s dishes will be tasted in an initiative by Joseph Edgar, The Duke of Shomolu, to assist widows and empower them to be self-reliant. Edgar, Chief Executive Officer of Duke of Shomolu Productions, a theatrical play-producing outfit, disclosed this to NAN on Sunday. He said that Baci is expected to display her “mesmerising skills which enamoured the world and saw her emerge as the Guinness record holder in…

The Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) says plans are underway to fill up potholes and intervene in the repair of failed roads nationwide as the rainy season sets in. The acting Managing Director, FERMA, Mr Godson Amos made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. According to him, the intervention was necessitated because of the need to ameliorate the hardship and delays road users face daily. He was optimistic that the intervention would be achieved within six weeks of the commencement and all potholes and road failure worked on, on federal…

Ahead of National Caucus and Tuesday’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meetings of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) and State chairmen are to meet on Monday. The meeting is slated to hold at 1 pm at the NWC Hall in the National Secretariat of the party while the National Caucus meeting is billed for 6 pm at the Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja. Notice for the meeting was signed by the National Secretary of the party, Senator Iyiola Omisore, was sent out over the weekend to all the NWC members and the 36 States…

The police at the weekend quelled a bloody street fight at the Ajegunle area of Lagos State and arrested two suspects. It was gathered a fight broke out between Aroworade and Olaleye street boys on Friday evening which caused panic among residents. Videos of the fight that later circulated on social media, showed the thugs, armed with bottles, sticks, and other dangerous weapons, attacking warring factions. As soon as the hoodlums saw police patrol vehicles advancing, they took to their heels but two of them, Quadri Yekini, 32, and James Segun, 22, were not so fortunate. Confirming the incident, spokesman,…

Nigeria’s President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has emerged Chairman of Authority of the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). President Tinubu, who attended the forum of West African leaders for the first time at the 63rd Ordinary Session, was announced as Chairman on Sunday in Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau. Tinubu took over the chairmanship of the regional organisation from the outgoing leader of the sub-regional political and economic body, President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau. Speaking at the meeting, Tinubu emphasised the need to protect the democratic culture in the sub-region,…

By Onomiguren Agbamu Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori on Saturday extolled immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, CFR (RTD) for his brilliant and successful military career. The Governor said Gen. Irabor was destined for the top echelon of his military career because God wanted him to get there. Oborevwori stated this at a grand reception organized by the Ika nation in honour of the retired Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor in Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area of the state. He commended the unity of the Ika people and urged other ethnic nationalities…

By Onomiguren Agbamu The Governorship Election Petition sitting in Asaba, the Delta State capital, has adjourned the hearing of the case filed by the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Olorogun Barr. Kenneth Gbagi, to 19th and 20th July 2023 for the continuation of the hearing. This is coming after the tribunal sat on Friday 7th and Saturday 8th of July 2023, to admit all the evidence documents tendered by the lead counsel to Olorogun Gbagi, Mr. Magaji Mato Ibrahim, a renowned Criminologist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) on the March 18th, 2023 election. The counsel to…