UN Describes Worls’s Road Systems as Unsafe, Unsustainable

HealthNewsNigeriaUN Describes Worls’s Road Systems as Unsafe, Unsustainable

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 17, 2023

The Chair of the UN Road Safety Collaboration, Dr Etinne Krug says road systems around the world remain unsafe and unsustainable. In a statement to commemorate the 2023 World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, Krug said that the road systems remain a car-centric approach to mobility that has left far too many people behind. Krug who is also the Director, of Social Determinants of Health at the World Health Organization urged countries around...

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Two dead as fire razes over 1,000 homes in IDP camp

Accidents and SafetyNewsNigeriaTwo dead as fire razes over 1,000 homes in IDP camp

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 17, 2023

Devastation descended upon the Muna Alamdari IDP camp in Maiduguri, Borno State on Wednesday morning. A raging fire that swept through the camp claimed two lives and destroyed more than a thousand homes. The inferno sparked at dawn around 6:00 a.m. and reigned for over an hour before it was brought under control by emergency firefighters. Security agencies and some internally displaced persons [IDPs) in the camp also assisted in extinguishing the fire. The State...

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Liberia’s Presidential run-off: Jonathan, West African Elders warn against unofficial declaration

AfricaNewsNigeriaLiberia’s Presidential run-off: Jonathan, West African Elders warn against unofficial declaration

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)November 15, 2023

The West African Elders Forum (WAEF) Mission to Liberia has called for caution and restraint as Liberians wait eagerly for the final results of the November 14 presidential run-off elections which is currently being collated by the country’s National Electoral Commission (NEC). Head of WAEF Mission and former Nigerian President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan in a statement issued in Monrovia on Wednesday urged leaders of the two political parties to desist from premature declaration of results...

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Soludo lambasts APC, says party doesn’t exist in Anambra

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSoludo lambasts APC, says party doesn’t exist in Anambra

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)November 15, 2023

Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo has lambasted the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying that party doesn’t exist in Anambra State. Soludo who spoke through his Press Secretary, Mr. Christian Aburime, was responding to the claims by the APC that the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) will die a natural death in 2025. Aburime, made the remarks in Awka on Wednesday, pointing out that the APC state chairman Mr. Basil Ejidike, spoke from the figment...

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Zamfara State Government Declares State Of Emergency In Education

EducationNewsNigeriaZamfara State Government Declares State Of Emergency In Education

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 15, 2023

Worried about the issues affecting education at all levels, including poor learning environments and staff, the Zamfara State Government has declared a state of emergency in the education sector. Sulaiman Baba Idris, the spokesperson for the Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal in a statement that the governor declared this during a broadcast. Idris stated that the declaration fulfills Governor Lawal’s campaign promises to overhaul the education sector, which has almost completely collapsed. “As part of...

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Nigerian rapper Oladips dies at 28

EntertainmentLifestyleNewsNigeriaNigerian rapper Oladips dies at 28

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 15, 2023

Nigerian rapper, Oladipupo Oladimeji, popularly known as Oladips, has passed away at the age of 28. The news of his demise was announced by his management on Wednesday morning via the rapper’s official Instagram page. “We are saddened to inform the general public that Oladipupo Olabode Oladimeji aka Oladips has passed away yesterday November 14. We are still in shock as we speak!” part of the social media post read. The cause of death was...

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67 persons survive near-miss airplane accident in Port Harcourt

Aviation-AirportsNewsNigeria67 persons survive near-miss airplane accident in Port Harcourt

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 15, 2023

Sixty-two passengers and five flight crew members aboard a ValueJet CRJ 900 bombardier airplane escaped death on Tuesday after the plane went into a skid on the runway despite landing safely. Though no life was lost, some passengers sustained injuries. The ValueJet airplane “encountered a slip due to algae on the taxiway, which made it unable to maintain the centre line,” according to a statement by the Nigerian airline. The incident occurred at the Port...

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CSOs tackle FG, lament labour rights, civil opposition under siege

NewsNigeriaPoliticsCSOs tackle FG, lament labour rights, civil opposition under siege

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)November 15, 2023

Tell Nigerians to sit-at-home, during strike Call for prosecution of those who brutalised Ajero Say Tinubu, Uzodinma must apologise to workers The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), the United Action Front of Civil Society has condemned the hostile disposition of President Bola Tinubu’s administration to constructive opposition and labour activism since assumption of office. The group in a press statement on Tuesday signed by its spokesperson, Olawale Okunniyi, stated that labour rights and civil...

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Nigerian Army kills two bandits in Kaduna

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNigerian Army kills two bandits in Kaduna

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 15, 2023

The Nigerian Army on Monday said its troops killed two bandits and recovered arms and ammunition in Kaduna State. Army spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Musa Yahaya said the criminals were annihilated during a clearance operation at Juji and Telele-Kaso villages in Chikun County. “The bandits who opened fire on sighting the troops approaching their location were, however, overpowered with superior and overwhelming firepower of the troops and two of the bandits were neutralised while others fled...

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Senator Opeyemi Bamidele pledges to work towards actualisation of diaspora voting

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSenator Opeyemi Bamidele pledges to work towards actualisation of diaspora voting

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 15, 2023

The dream of Nigerians abroad to vote in national elections might be actualised sooner than expected as the Nigerian Senate is poised to consider the second reading of the diaspora voting rights bill later this week. Opeyemi Bamidele, majority leader of the Nigerian Senate, disclosed this on Monday, saying that the consideration of the bill is an acknowledgement of the contributions of diaspora Nigerians to the growth of the economy. Nigerians abroad contribute billions of...

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