Author: TheScrutinyNG

President Bola Tinubu will address the nation in a broadcast on Sunday, August 4, 2024, at 7:00 am. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, made this known in a statement on Saturday titled ‘President Tinubu to address the nation.’ He urged television, radio, and other electronic media outlets to join the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria for the broadcast. The statement added, “The broadcast will be repeated on the network services of the NTA and the FRCN at 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm on the…

The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) has once again shut down Quilox Club due to violations of environmental regulations. This action follows repeated warnings from the agency. Dr. Babatunde Ajayi, General Manager of LASEPA, emphasised that the agency is committed to enforcing compliance and urged all businesses to adhere to environmental standards. Ajayi called on establishments to collaborate with the State government to foster a sustainable future for Lagos residents.

US Vice President Kamala Harris effectively secured the Democratic party’s presidential nomination Friday, confirming her remarkable rise to party standard bearer in November’s showdown against Republican Donald Trump. Harris was the sole candidate on the ballot for a five-day electronic vote of nearly 4,000 party convention delegates. She will be officially crowned at a Chicago convention later this month. “I am honored to be the presumptive Democratic nominee for President of the United States,” Harris, 59, said on a phone-in to a party celebration after securing enough votes by the second day of the marathon vote. In the two weeks…

The gunmen, who forcefully abducted a former member representing Aniocha/Oshimili Federal constituency in the Federal House of Representatives and a former Delta State lawmaker and Commissioner, Joan Mrakpor (Joan Onyemaechi AKA Ada Anioma), have murdered her and dumped her body around the Onitsha end of the Niger Bridge, THEWILL can report. A source with knowledge of the development, who asked not to be identified, said her remains were found with heavy bruises, suggesting she was brutalised and tortured before her death. “She was found dead and fully stripped with severe wounds around 7.30 pm on Thursday. I think she was…

Nigerian police fired tear gas on Thursday to break up several hundred protesters rallying against the cost of living in the northern city of Kano, an AFP correspondent at the scene said. In Kano, protesters tried to light bonfires outside the governor’s office and police responded with tear gas, driving many of the protesters back, an AFP reporter said. Protesters were also rallying in Lagos and the capital Abuja. AFP

The Lagos State Police Command anti-bomb squad has deactivated an improvised explosive device in the Ikeja area. According to Police Public Relations Officer Benjamin Hundeyin, the device was found in a bag by the roadside, dropped from an unregistered vehicle along Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way.

The coming presidential election in the United States poses a “challenge” for Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said in an interview with French media including AFP. A vital ally, the United States has provided tens of billions of dollars in military assistance for Kyiv since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. A victory for Republican candidate Donald Trump — who claims he would be able to force the sides into a negotiated settlement — would bring Washington’s continued support into question. “We cannot influence any election. Of course, the United States is a challenge today. And there…

Kenya has detected its first case of Monkeypox, the health ministry said Wednesday, as the regional East African bloc urged caution in the face of an outbreak. The case of the viral infection was detected in a passenger at a border crossing in southern Kenya, the ministry said in a statement, adding that the person was travelling from neighbouring Uganda to Rwanda through Kenya. It followed an announcement from Burundi on July 25 of three confirmed cases, while the Democratic Democratic Republic of Congo on July 20 reported more than 11,000 suspected cases including around 450 deaths. The outbreak triggered…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday condemned the “perfidious assassination” in Tehran of his close ally and “brother” Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Islamist Palestinian movement Hamas. “May God have mercy on my brother Ismail Haniyeh, fallen in martyrdom after this odious attack,” Erdogan wrote on the X social media platform, denouncing “Zionist barbarity”. “This shameful act aims to sabotage the Palestinian cause, the glorious Gazan resistance and our Palestinian brothers’ just fight, and to intimidate Palestinians,” Erdogan added. Turkey’s foreign ministry had earlier denounced the attack as “a shameful assassination”. Haniyeh, who spent much time in Turkey…

Security has been beefed up around the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal-II (MMA2) access points, ahead of the planned protest. Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Ltd. is the operator of the MMA2 terminal at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos. Bi-Courtney’s Head, Corporate Communications, Mrs Ajoke Yinka-Olawuyi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos. She said that, proper monitoring of the situation was ongoing while coordinating with other security operatives to ensure safety at the terminal. “We are monitoring the situation closely and coordinating with security agencies at the terminal. “We have beefed up security at our access points…