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The United Nations has supported the victims of the September 10 flooding in Borno State with $6 million. This was announced on Tuesday by Mohammed Fall, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria. He announced that the sum was donated from the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund to support the flood victims. Alau Dam, located just over 10 miles to the south of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State collapsed on September 10, compelling hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes. UN spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, at a briefing in New York Monday, said a joint mission, comprising UN agencies and…

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday described the murder of Prince Kazeem Ademola Akinloye, first son of the Ojomu of Ajiran land, Oba Tijani Akinloye, as one too many. The House urged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, to urgently commence investigation into the incident with the goal of ensuring justice for the bereaved family. According to a press statement by Mr. Eromosele Ebhomele, the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, theHouse, which observed a minute silence in honour of the deceased, also resolved to send…

The police in Borno State has announced the rearrest of one of the fleeing inmates, Abubakar Mohammed, who escaped following the September 10 devastating flood that rocked Maiduguri, the state capital, recently, affecting the Nigerian Correctional facility which carved in under the heavy flood. This was disclosed in a statement released on Tuesday by the Police Public Relations Officer in Borno, SP Ahmed Wakil. Wakil said the police were alerted by a resident who had sighted Abubakar in Gubio town. He said, “The Borno Police Command is pleased to announce the successful rearrest of an escaped convict, Abubakar Mohammed, 27,…

After forty member of Tijjaniyya Movement in Nigeria died in accident on Sunday while traveling to celebrate the 2024 Id el Maulud, President Bola Tinubu has extended his condolences to members and leaders of the group. Tinubu conveyed his sympathies in a statement signed on Tuesday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga. The statement is titled ‘President Tinubu Mourns 40 Participants Killed in Auto Crash’. The Muslim worshippers were travelling from Kwandari in Plateau State to Saminaka, Kaduna State, for a celebratory event to mark Eid-el-Maulud — Prophet Muhammad’s birthday. However, their bus collided with…

Mr Olanrewaju Ishola has assumed duty as the new Commissioner of Police in Lagos State. The new CP took over from Mr Adegoke Fayoade on Tuesday at the Command Headquarters, Ikeja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Fayoade, immediately after handing over, proceeded to take over the reins of office at Zone-2 Command, Lagos, as Assistance Inspector-General of Police (AIG). NAN reports that Fayoade is among seven Police Commissioners promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector General (AIG) by the Police Service Commission (PSC) on Aug. 30, 2024. The Force Spokesperson, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Sept. 9, announced…

Former US president Donald Trump along with his sons and entrepreneurs late Monday launched a cryptocurrency platform but provided few details. Little was revealed about the Trump family crypto project during a two-hour online presentation other than an offer to let people buy digital “tokens” giving them a vote in platform decisions. The event went ahead as planned despite an apparent assassination attempt against Trump on Sunday at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida. World Liberty Financial intends to offer services based on so-called decentralized finance, a mechanism that eliminates the need for an intermediary such as a…

In order to ensure energy transition, the Federal Government has commenced training youths in Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) conversion, as part of efforts to empower Nigerian youth and reduce the country’s reliance on imported fuels. Led by Hon. Titilope Gbadamosi, Special Assistant to the President on Youth Initiatives, and Mr. Joseph Osanipin, Director General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), a two-day event tagged ‘Harnessing Youth Potentials and Career Prospects in the Nigerian Automotive Sector with a Focus on the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Conversion Value Chain’ commenced on September 11th and 12th, 2024, at the Shehu…

Electric cars outnumber petrol cars in Norway for the first time ever, an industry organisation said on Tuesday. Of the 2.8 million private cars registered in the Scandinavian country, 754,303 are all-electric, compared to 753,905 that run on petrol, the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV) said in a statement. Diesel models remain most numerous at just under one million, but their sales are falling rapidly. “This is historic. A milestone few saw coming 10 years ago,” OFV director Oyvind Solberg Thorsen said in a statement. “The electrification of the fleet of passenger cars is going quickly, and Norway is thereby rapidly…

Following their refusals to honour debates organised for the gubernatorial candidates gunning to replace Governor Godwin Obaseki, Mr Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, Mr Monday Okpebholo, have come under attacks. The condemnations came from the candidates of other political parties, including Olumide Akpata of the Labour Parry, his Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) candidate, Patience Ndidi-Key, and the Action Democratic Congress (ADC) Derek Izedonmwen, whowere present. Akpata condemned in strong terms the no-show of the other candidates just as the Nigerian Elections Debate Group (NEDG), while condemning the development, called on…

In the aftermath of the devastations caused by the recent flood menace in Borno State, the Federal Government has announced the setting up of Disaster Relief Fund. The fund, as announced by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is aimed at assisting those impacted by floods and other occurrences. The president announced the setting up of the fund on Monday in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, when he visited the state to sympathise with the government and people over the recent flooding from Alau Dam. President Tinubu, who urged the private sector to contribute to the fund, said the relief fund was…