The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has arrested 20 motorists for violating various traffic rules and regulations on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. Mr Wasiu Ogunmefun, the Ota Unit Commander, FRSC, disclosed this to NAN on Thursday in Ota, Ogun State. He said that the traffic rules enforcement exercise was part of efforts to check the excesses of drivers along the corridor. Ogunmefun explained that the offences committed by the motorists include overloading, driver’s licence violation, failure to install speed limit devices, and tyres violation, among others. The unit commander said that the offenders were brought before an Ota Chief Magistrates’ Court.…
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The Kaduna State Primary Healthcare Development Agency has recorded one death out of 86 suspected cases of cholera. The Director of Public Health, Hamza Ibrahim -Ikara, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Kaduna. Ibrahim-Ikara said for the past five months that the country experienced outbreaks of cholera in 30 states, Kaduna has not recorded any not until August 15. “We have not recorded any case of cholera but unfortunately for us, on August 15 , we received the new index case. “He was a 16-year-old boy from Likoro in Kudan LGA…
Indigenes of Eseku community, Creek Town, Odukpani LGA of Cross River State have cried out to Governor Bassey Otu, the Commissioner of Police and other security agencies to help secure release of their abducted daughter who is heavily pregnant. Sources disclosed that armed men came through the waterways at Esuk Ansa over a week ago and kidnapped the pregnant woman. The indigenes claimed that the gunmen came for the husband who was not around so they decided to grab the wife as a bait. The kinsmen of the woman made passionate calls during a phone-in radio programme, appealing to the…
Biafra activist, Simon Ekpa has claimed he sacrificed his political career in Finland for Biafra agitation. Ekpa, known as Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government In-Exile, BRGIE, disclosed this in a statement through his official X handle on Thursday. According to him, for the past years, his focus has been on the actualization of Biafra self-rule. He stressed there is nothing hallow to him other than the cause of liberating Biafra from alleged marginalization by the Nigerian government. “I have decided not to take part in the coming election and focus on Biafra Liberation in Finland. “I have served…
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, has urged members of oil Host Community Development Trust, (HCDT) oil companies and governments in the oil producing states to carry the host communities along in the implementation of the provisions of Petroleum Industry Act, PIA. Ayo Omowu, the Technical Programmes and Communications Specialist of CISLAC made the appeal in Uyo on Wednesday during a three-day stakeholders dialogue on Exploring Host Community Beneficiation Provisions in the PIA with the theme ‘A Pathway to Sustainable Development and Unlocking Host Community Benefits in PIA’, organized in partnership with OXFAM. Omowu emphasized on the need for…
A report by UNICEF released on Thursday says more than 79 million women and girls across sub-Saharan Africa have experienced rape or sexual assault during childhood. According to the report, the region ranks among the most dangerous places globally for girls. It estimated that worldwide, around 370 million girls and women have endured sexual violence, with approximately one in five in sub-Saharan Africa suffering abuse before the age of 18. The UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell, explained that sexual violence against children is a stain on their moral conscience. Claudia Cappa, UNICEF’s chief statistician, explained that the new data, presented…
Super Eagles winger, Moses Simon has warned Austin Eguavoen’s side that no game is easy in Africa. The Nantes star gave the warning ahead of Nigeria’s 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, qualifier with Libya at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo on Friday. The 29-year-old also urged his Super Eagles teammates to fight and do their best to get the victory over Libya. “A lot people will say the game will be easy but we all know no game is easy in Africa even at your club,” Simon told Onrise TV. “We just need to fight and try to…
The Police in Kano State have arrested three suspects in connection with gruesome murder of 32-year-old Dahiru Musa. The Command’s spokesman, SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, disclosed this while parading the suspects before newsmen. Haruna-Kiyawa said the victim’s brother reported the deceased missing on September 29, suspecting his associate, Aliyu Adamu, who was later arrested on September 30. “During interrogation, Aliyu Adamu confessed to conspiring with one Mubarak Abdulsalam to lure Dahiru to his house under the guise of land business negotiation. “The suspects poisoned Dahiru and stabbed him to death, and later disposed of his body in an uncompleted building nearby.…
The Rivers State Government has sealed off a hospital in Omagwa, Ikwerre Local Government Area, run by an agriculturist. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Adarze Oreh, at a press briefing, said the hospital is among the six health facilities recently sealed by the state’s Anti-Quackery Committee, established by the Ministry of Health in April. She said the development is part of the government’s ongoing crackdown on illegal medical facilities in the state. Among the facilities shut down is an unregistered clinic in Ogale, Eleme, where the operator not only provided medical services without proper supervision but also ran an…
Adoyi Williams Enenche, the Labour Party, LP, candidate in the just-concluded local government poll in Ogbadibo, Benue State, has called for the immediate cancellation of the election due to the complete absence of electoral proceedings across the local government area. Enenche claimed that on election day, his team were present at his polling unit in Adupi Orokam Ward 1, but there was no electoral official on the ground to conduct the election. He added that reports from his agents in various polling units across Owukpa, Orokam, and Otukpa confirmed that no election took place in any part of Ogbadibo local…