Day: August 30, 2023

An Attempt To Kidnap Me, By Ikem Okuhu

ADEOLA YUSUF

“My immediate suspicion, and that of many people who are aware of this incident, was that the powers that be in Enugu State may be behind the attempt to compromise my safety and freedom.”   On Friday, August 25, 2023, at about 5.30 pm, two men who introduced themselves as officers of the Nigerian Police, Enugu State Command, accosted me at Umabor, Eha Alumona Nsukka, in what I saw as a broad daylight kidnap attempt. We were at Umabor for the burial of the father-in-law of my younger brother, and…

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Gabon: Ousted President Calls For Protest, Tinubu Expresses “Deep Concern”

Abibat Babalola

Hours after military leaders seized power in Gabon, ousted President Ali Bongo has issued a plea to the public from where he is being held under house arrest. Bongo called on the people of Gabon to “make noise,” saying in a brief video he has been illegally detained at his residence. Bongo was accused of high treason by the group of high-ranking officers who deposed him. READ ALSO: JUST IN: How Nigeria’s Flag Designer, Taiwo Akinkunmi, Died Obafemi Awolowo Varsity Bans Hugging, Sitting on laps, Others On Campus JUST IN:…

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JUST IN: How Nigeria’s Flag Designer, Taiwo Akinkunmi, Died

Abibat Babalola

+ Life and Time of the Abeokuta-born and how he won the bid for design of the Nigeria’s national flag in 1958 ahead of imminent Independence from Britain   Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi (OFR), man who designed Nigeria’s flag, is dead. Platforms Africa reports that Akinkunmi died in the early hours of Tuesday after a brief illness. One of his children announced his death on Facebook. READ ALSO: Obafemi Awolowo Varsity Bans Hugging, Sitting on laps, Others On Campus LG Fund Controversy: Ogun Council Chairmen Recount, Prostrate, Beg Abiodun Olabisi Onabanjo…

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Obafemi Awolowo Varsity Bans Hugging, Sitting on laps, Others On Campus

Gbenga Adeoti

“Sexually-provocative dresses would no longer be allowed in the school.”   The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has launched battle against immorality and indecent dressing on campus by placing ban on public kissing and hugging by opposite sex, any skimpy dress, making of tinted hair, tattoos and others. It also asked the students to desist from wearing any dress or items that cover their faces and also banned opposite sex students from sitting on each other’s laps. READ ALSO: We’re Tired of Sucking D*ck: Nigerian Varsity Female Law Students Protest…

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Scientists Develop Tool To Speed Up Programming Language Python

Abibat Babalola

A team of computer scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, led by Emery Berger, recently unveiled a prize-winning Python profiler called Scalene. Programs written with Python are notoriously slow—up to 60,000 times slower than code written in other programming languages—and Scalene works to efficiently identify exactly where Python is lagging, allowing programmers to troubleshoot and streamline their code for higher performance. There are many different programming languages—C++, Fortran and Java are some of the more well-known ones—but, in recent years, one language has become nearly ubiquitous: Python. READ ALSO: 2…

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2 Fun-Seekers From Lagos Drown In Ogun River

Abibat Babalola

Abeokuta —Two fun-seekers from Lagos State have drowned in a river at Itori, Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State while swimming after a church programme in the town. The two persons identified as Femi Akinola, male, 32 years of Odo Eran Itire in Lagos and Tunde Falade, male, 35 years, of Kola Alagbado, also in Lagos, were swept away on Monday evening by a heavy tidal wave. The victims, who were members of Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Onikoko via Itori had attended the inauguration of the church in Itori…

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Urgent Need for Climate Action in Nigeria: Dr. Ishaq Kunle Salako’s Appointment as Minister, By Jamiu Folarin

ADEOLA YUSUF

As the global threat of climate change continues to cast its shadow, countries find themselves grappling with an array of challenges stemming from this environmental crisis. Nigeria, in particular, has not been spared from the far-reaching consequences of climate change that have impacted Africa and the world at large. The implications of this phenomenon are extensive, ranging from food insecurity and water scarcity to floods, pollution, health concerns, deforestation, desertification, economic instability, displacement, and infrastructure damage. READ ALSO: Ekpo Pledges Increased Gas Investments for Improved Power Supplies JUST IN: Coup…

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LG Fund Controversy: Ogun Council Chairmen Recount, Prostrate, Beg Abiodun

Gbenga Adeoti

“If you don’t forgive us, who do we run to,” Full details of ALGON Chairman, Babatunde Emilola-Gazaw’s speech + allegation of financial impropriety and withholding of LGs’ allocations, which Chairman of Ijebu East Local Government Area, Wale Adedayo, levelled against the governor   There was a mild drama on Tuesday when Council Chairmen in Ogun State prostrated and begged Governor Dapo Abiodun for forgiveness over a petition written by one of them. Chairman of Ijebu East Local Government Area, Wale Adedayo, it will be recalled had accused Abiodun of withholding…

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Ekpo Pledges Increased Gas Investments for Improved Power Supplies

ADEOLA YUSUF

Details of the agenda the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas) unveiled during a meeting with staff of the ministry in Abuja Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo, has pledged to work towards attracting investments into the gas sector to unlock its full potential for national development. He stated this during the inaugural meeting with staff of the ministry jointly held with the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, in Abuja. He said his vision was to grow gas supplies to…

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JUST IN: Coup Rocks Gabon After Ali Bongo’s 3rd Term Re-Election

ADEOLA YUSUF

“Why we struck,” Army officers in latest African country to fall under the boot of a junta give reasons     Army officers have appeared on national television to say they have seized power in Gabon, after President Ali Bongo was re-elected to a third term in office in the Central African nation. According to the BBC, the officers said they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election which the opposition had denounced as “fraudulent”. Twelve soldiers reportedly appeared on television to announce that they were cancelling the results of…

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