Month: July 2023

Man kills Lion With Bare Hands In Benue State

ADEOLA YUSUF

A 53-year-old man, Udele Iorver, from Ajio clan in Shangev-Ya district of Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State on Friday reportedly killed a Lion that attacked him with bare hands at the Ngokugh mountains. Ngokugh mountains is the area where a Nigeria Military Jet crashed on September 17, 2006, killing 13 out of 18 Nigerian Army Generals on board and three others rescued via the efforts of the then 14-year-old Detimbir Chia, who discovered the crash site with his dog and has long joined the Nigerian Army. New Telegraph…

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21-Year-Old Allegedly Stabs Husband To Death In Bauchi, Arrested

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Bauchi State Police has arrested 21-year-old Maimuna Suleiman of Kofar Dumi area in Bauchi metropolis for allegedly stabbing her husband, aliyu Mohammed, to death.   READ ALSO: She Forged JAMB Result, Anambra Panel Submits Report On Ejikeme Sierra Leone Cultivates Coffee Adapted to Higher Temperatures BREAKING: Osun Gov Nominates Commissioners, Advisers + FULL LIST The spokesman of the Command, Aminu Ahmed, made the development known in a statement he issued on Friday.

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She Forged JAMB Result, Anambra Panel Submits Report On Ejikeme

ADEOLA YUSUF

WORD-FOR-WORD: Here are the details + a read-for-yourself full report of a panel set up by Governor Chukwuma Soludo to probe the raging issue     Joy Mmesona Ejikeme has owned up to forging her 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination result. This was the major highlight of the report of a panel set up by Governor Chukwuma Soludo to probe the raging issue. Professor Soludo set up the panel following the alarm raised by Ejiekem that the organiser of the UTME, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, was trying to…

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Sierra Leone Cultivates Coffee Adapted to Higher Temperatures

ADEOLA YUSUF

Global coffee drinkers must welcome the news that Sierra Leone has achieved significant progress with a project to re-cultivate a historic local species better adapted to higher temperatures than climate-vulnerable Arabica, the main source for commercial coffee. Lost from cultivation for more than half a century, stenophylla coffee, or Coffea stenophylla, its scientific name, has been grown successfully at a pilot project in the east of the country following its rediscovery in the wild. It took a five-year-long search by a Sierra Leonean forestry expert, a sort of botanical Indiana…

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Buhari Under Probe, Senate Investigates Ex-President’s Airport Deals

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Senate on Thursday moved against the concessioning of all airports in the country by former President Muhammadu Buhari for “peanut” as the angry lawmakers resolved to launch investigation into the process. Platforms Africa reports that the decision of the Senate was sequel to the motion sponsored by Senator Suleiman Kawu, who noted that the concessioning occurred less than six days to the expiration of Buhari’s administration. Kawu informed the lawmakers that the Federal Ministry of Aviation lacks the power to concession the airport. READ ALSO Wife He Sent Abroad,…

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Wife He Sent Abroad, Reactions Trail Sanyeri, Wife’s Separation

ADEOLA YUSUF

“I choose happiness over drama” – Mother of Sanyeri’s children declares   Reactions have again trailed the crashed marriage between Nollywood actor, Olaniyi Afonja, popularly known as Sanyeri, and Omolara Olaiya Jimoh, his estranged wife. Omolara has earlier shocked the internet last year after revealing that she and the actor have been separated and co-parenting for nine years. She disclosed this via a post on her Instagram page, where she shared a picture of herself and Sanyeri. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Osun Gov Nominates Commissioners, Advisers + FULL LIST Why We’ve…

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BREAKING: Osun Gov Nominates Commissioners, Advisers + FULL LIST

ADEOLA YUSUF

House of Assembly receives list, begins scrutiny of nominees OSUN ASSEMBLY RELEASES NAMES OF COMMISSIONER AND SPECIAL ADVISER NOMINEES The Osun State House of Assembly, under the leadership of Rt. Hon. Adewale Egbedun, has made public the names of Commissioner and Special Adviser nominees as forwarded to the Assembly by the Executive Governor of Osun State, Sen. Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke. The Speaker read the Governor’s letter containing the nominees to Members of the House of Assembly at Plenary on Friday, 7th July, 2023. The Nominees are: 1. Barr. Oladosu…

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SAM IBIYEMI, THE GREAT ENERGY REPORTER, ANALYST, PUBLISHER, BY NDU UGHAMADU

ADEOLA YUSUF

I received the news of the passage of Dr Sam Ibiyemi yesterday with a shock. He was a distinguished Energy Reporter, Analyst and Publisher of the NewsDirect. I first met Sam, an Economist, Journalist, Publisher and a former Military Personnel, when he was Energy Correspondent of the influential Financial Standard. He, later, rose to Deputy Editor of the Publication. He covered the activities and operations of the NNPC and the Petroleum Industry professionally. His views, at times, were very radical and piercing. The NNPC Management, however, cherished such – lots…

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Adieu Samuel Ibiyemi, Man of Unparalleled Passion, By Oluyinka Onigbinde

ADEOLA YUSUF

A Tribute to the late Publisher and Editor Nigerian NewsDirect Newspaper, Dr. Samuel Ibiyemi   With heavy hearts to honour the extraordinary life and immeasurable contributions of our dear publisher and editor. As I reflect on your journey, I find solace in the indelible mark you left on our hearts and the literary world. With unwavering dedication, our esteemed publisher and editor embraced the written word as a vessel for inspiration, knowledge, and the power to touch lives. READ ALSO: NewsDirect Publisher, Samuel Ibiyemi, Is Dead Nigerian Court Grants US-Wanted…

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AFN Trials: Amusan Wins 3 Consecutive National Women’s 100m Hurdles Title

ADEOLA YUSUF

Tobi Amusan has claimed her third consecutive national title in the women’s 100 metres hurdles event.  The 25-year-old dipped at 12.70 seconds and at least 20 meters ahead of her competitors in a one-sided final of the event at the ongoing Athletic Federation of Nigeria (AFN) national trials in Benin, Edo state. This is Amusan’s third national title in a row, having swept to victory at the Olympic trials in Lagos in 2021 and in Benin last year. Last Sunday, she claimed her first Diamond League win of the season…

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