Category: Odd news

Panic In 11 States As Release Of Water From Lagdo Dam Begins

ADEOLA YUSUF

Following torrential rains and the recent devastation of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, due to the collapse of Alau Dam, Nigerians in littoral states of the country are currently on edge over a possible re-enactment of similar tragedies in the wake of the reported release of excess water from Lagdo Dam in Cameroun. Recall that the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, NIHSA, had on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, issued a warning of possible severe flooding that will affect approximately 11 states across the country, releasing water from Lagdo Dam. States likely…

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Drama In Court As Nnamdi Kanu Forces Justice Binta Nyako To Hands Off Case

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nnamdi Kanu to Justice Binta Nyako: “My lord, I have no confidence in this court anymore and I ask you to recuse yourself because you did not abide by the decision of the Supreme Court. I can understand it if the DSS refuses to obey a court order, but for this court to refuse to obey an order of the Supreme Court is regrettable.” It was drama in court on Tuesday when the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, forced, literally, Justice Binta Nyako…

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Notorious Kaduna Bandit kingpin, Kachalla Sharme killed In Gang War

ADEOLA YUSUF

A notorious bandit commander, Kachalla Tukur Sharme has been killed in a clash with a rival group in the forest. Sharme was killed along with other members of his gang. Samuel Aruwan, Overseeing Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Aruwan said the information emerged following diligent follow-up operations and extensive human intelligence networks. He explained that Sharme and other bandits were killed in a fratricidal clash, noting that two other bandits from the rival group were also killed in the…

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‘I Didn’t Force My Daughter Into Prostitution, She Likes Being One’

ADEOLA YUSUF

‘Hear me out first before you blame,” retired Nigerian police officer narrates how her second daughter slept with Ajegunle landlord to help family settle house rent ‘forever.’ Me? Force her into prostitution? I don’t know where you got the story that I forced Georgina into prostitution, the girl was already one. I just told her to be useful with it. Look, I am an old man and I have seen my share of this life, so you can’t come to me, accusing me of what I didn’t do, I won’t…

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‘Trapped While Playing,’ Four Kids Found Dead In Unused Freezer

ADEOLA YUSUF

In a tragic incident in Katima Mulilo, Namibia, four young children, aged between three and six, suffocated after being trapped in an unused freezer. The heartbreaking event occurred in the densely populated area of the northeastern Zambezi Region. According to Namibian police, preliminary investigations suggest that the children were playing inside the old deep freezer when they became accidentally trapped. The freezer’s latch, which could only be opened from the outside, left the children stuck inside for approximately an hour and a half. Two of the children were found dead…

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FCT Teachers Embark On Indefinite Strike Over Unpaid Minimum Wage Arrears

ADEOLA YUSUF

Teachers in public primary schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have declared an indefinite strike due to the refusal of the six Area Council chairmen to pay arrears of their minimum wage and meet other obligations. Comrade Abdullahi Shafa, FCT Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), announced the decision, which was part of the resolutions reached at the State Wing Executive Council (SWEC) meeting of the NUT FCT Wing. The SWEC-in-Session deliberated on the 14-day ultimatum issued to the Area Council Chairmen to pay the Primary School…

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Nigeria Issues Flood Alert As Cameroon Releases Water From Lagdo Dam

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Federal Government on Tuesday alerted Nigerians to the release of water from the Lagdo Dam in Cameroon. In a statement, the Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, Umar Muhammed, said the dam’s regulated water releases will commence on September 17. According to the statement, the water discharge is anticipated to progressively escalate to 1000m³/s over the next seven days based on the inflow from the upstream Garoua River. READ ALSO: INEC Rejects Abure As Labour Party’s National Chairman No Excuses, End Banditry, Killings, TY Danjuma…

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INEC Rejects Abure As Labour Party’s National Chairman

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has refused to recognise Julius Abure as the National Chairman of Labour Party, despite retaining his name on its website, on the list of political party chairmen. This new revelation is contained in a counter-affidavit filed in the Federal High Court Abuja, in response to Labour Party’s suit, challenging its exclusion from INEC’s refresher training for uploading party agents, ahead of the Edo and Ondo states governorship elections INEC insisted in the document that Abure’s tenure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party…

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35 Killed In Kaduna Road Crash

ADEOLA YUSUF

Over 35 Muslim faithful from Saminaka, Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have reportedly died in a fatal motor accident. They were said to be travelling on Sunday from Saminaka to Kaduna for the Maulud celebrations on Monday. The victims were said to be travelling in a J5 bus when the vehicle collided with an articulated vehicle. Malam Abdullahi, one of the organisers of the Maulud celebration, confirmed the incident in an interview with journalists on Monday in Kaduna. READ ALSO: Okonjo-Iweala Announces Bid For Second Term As WTO…

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US Rapper, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Arrested In New York

ADEOLA YUSUF

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been arrested by federal agents on Monday night in a Manhattan hotel, in New York, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New York said. According to a person familiar with the situation, who described him as caught off-guard by the apprehension. Combs had been living at the hotel for several weeks, a person with knowledge of the investigation said. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams confirmed in a statement that on Monday evening, federal agents had arrested Combs, based on a sealed indictment filed by the Southern District of…

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