Month: June 2022

2022 Hajj: Lagos Begins 462 Pilgrims’ Airlifting Tuesday

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat has called on the State’s 2022 Hajj intending pilgrims to pray for Nigeria while performing the spiritual exercise in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Dr. Hamzat made the plea Sunday during a One-day seminar organized by the Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board for its intending pilgrims at the Blue Roof, Lagos Television, Agidingbi road, Ikeja. The deputy Governor noted that the challenges facing the nation are enormous but with concerted efforts and prayers, the problems shall be surmounted. He…

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How Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Crash Killed 4, Injured 8 -FRSC

ADEOLA YUSUF

Four persons lost their lives while eight others sustained varying degrees of injuries in an accident that occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, in the Ogunmakin area of Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area, Ogun State. The sector commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Ahmed Umar, confirmed the accident on Sunday. Ahmed Umar said the accident, which involved a CNHTC trailer marked XA 802 KKM and a Mazda bus with registration number SHK 684 XA occurred around 8:45pm on Saturday. The FRSC boss explained that the accident was caused by speed and loss of…

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BBNaija Liquorose, Emmanuel Break Up Over ‘Infidelity’

ADEOLA YUSUF

How I Walked In On Emmanuel With Another Girl In His Room – Liquorose Lie from pit if hel – Emmanuel   Ex-BBNaija housemate, Liquorose has revealed she caught Emmanuel with another girl in his room. Big Brother Naija love-birds, Emmanuel and Liquorose have confirmed the end of their once envied relationship. It would be recalled that their relationship crisis started when they took the Dubai trip, which was sponsored for some selected housemates. READ ALSO: I’m Still Single But Wizkid Has Not Asked Me Out for a Date -Osas…

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I’m Still Single But Wizkid Has Not Asked Me Out for a Date -Osas Ighodaro

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigerian actress, Osas Ighodaro has dismissed claims that she is in a relationship with the Grammy-winning musician, Wizkid. Platforms Africa reports that there have been rumours in some quarters that the pair are in a relationship. But speaking during the latest episode of ‘Off Air‘, the podcast hosted by Gbemi and Toolz, Ighodaro said the duo are just friends. READ ALSO My Life Is Destroyed, Nurse Narrates How She Lost both Legs in Owo Attack Reactions as Video of Lagos Monarch Dancing Qdot Song Goes Viral How Two Nollywood Actors…

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Bandits Abduct ’50 Wedding Guests’ Along Sokoto-Zamfara Highway

ADEOLA YUSUF

Suspected terrorists abducted an unspecified number of traders travelling along the Kaduna- Birnin Gwari Road A graphical illustration of gunmen. Armed bandits have abducted no fewer than 50 wedding guests travelling along the Sokoto-Zamfara road. Those abducted include Telephone Marketers at the popular Bebeji Plaza in Gusau. READ ALSO: 72 Hours After Owo Attack, Gunmen Kill Six in Ondo Govt Talks Tough As Gunmen Massacre Worshippers In Nigeria Catholic Church Unknown gunmen Endorse CBN Gov, Godwin Emefiele, for President They were returning to Gusau after attending a wedding of their…

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Super Eagles arrive Morocco for Sao Tome clash

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigeria, three-time African champions, will slug it out against Sao Tome and Príncipe on Monday. The players of Nigeria’s national football team have arrived in Morocco ahead of their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying encounter against the Falcons of Sao Tome and Principe. The players and officials of the team who departed for Morocco via the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at about 12:44 a.m. (Sunday morning) have since arrived and will train Sunday evening. READ ALSO: Super Eagles Suffer Second Consecutive Defeat Under José Peseiro BREAKING: Austin Eguavoen…

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ASUU Rejects Plan To Raise Fund Through Crowdfunding To End Strike

ADEOLA YUSUF

The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has rejected a crowdfunding platform initiated to end the ongoing strike by lecturers of public universities in the country. The crowdfunding platform initiated by acclaimed philanthropist and owner of Human Rights Radio,Ahmed Isah,was aimed at raising money for the lecturers’ union with a view to ending the strike that has grounded academic activities in the nation’s public varsities. Ahmed Isah had invited the leadership of ASUU,led by its president,Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, to his station to intimate them of his efforts…

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Reactions as Video of Lagos Monarch Dancing Qdot Song Goes Viral

ADEOLA YUSUF

“A Yahoo boy has graduated to the king,” A first class monarch in Lagos, Oniba of Ibaland, Oba Suleiman Adeshina alias “Jafo Authority,” has caused reactions on the social media as the video in which he bragged about his gold chain while dancing to a song by hiphop artiste, Qdot, has gone viral. Platforms Africa reports that the young monarch became the Oniba after the demise of his predecessor, Oba Goriola Yishau Oseni, who went to join his ancestors on the 25th of May 2020 after a successful 45 years…

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My Life Is Destroyed, Nurse Narrates How She Lost both Legs in Owo Attack

ADEOLA YUSUF

Mrs. Margaret Attah gets NANNM donation, supports The story of Mrs. Margaret Attah, a nurse who lost both legs during the terrorists attack at the St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, has continued to elicit pity and support. The National President of National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) Comrade Michael Nnachi, has donated cash to the nurse. Nnachi who led other executive members of the association to visit the victim at the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, condemned the unprovoked attack in entirety while praying for quick…

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Don’t Leave Nigeria to Those Who’ll Mess It Up, Obasanjo Tasks Youths

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigeria’s ex-President empowers youths with 85 tricycles Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday challenged Nigerian youths not to abandon the country to “those who are messing it up.” Platforms Africa reports that Obasanjo told the youths to hold their future in their hands with a firm belief that “today is their day,” as against the famous cliché – youths are the leaders of tomorrow. He spoke in Abeokuta, Ogun State, at an event tagged “OBJ @85 Free Keke Programme,” where 85 tricycles (Keke) were distributed to beneficiaries as part of…

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