Author: Festus Adeloye

The Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi has reacted to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s downplaying the hardship in the country with his view that it’s not peculiar to Nigeria alone. Obi said that rather than face the reality that we are the poverty capital of the world and the most insecure people and take decisive steps to stem the situation, the government is trying to play the ostrich even when the people are overwhelmed by the situation. Writing on his X handle the former Anambra State Governor said “The problems facing Nigeria are well-known to all…

Former Italy international Roberto Baggio was assaulted and robbed at gunpoint at his home in northern Italy while watching his country’s match against Spain in the Euro 2024 tournament on Thursday, local police said. Burglars broke into Baggio’s house near Vicenza, hit him on the head with a gun butt and locked him and his family in a room while they stole jewellery, watches and cash, daily Il Corriere della Sera reported. It said he suffered a deep wound. “Luckily, the violence I suffered only resulted in a few stitches, bruises and a lot of fear. Now it is to…

Spain secured a place in the last 16 of Euro 2024 as a Riccardo Calafiori own goal in the second half gave them a 1-0 win over Italy on Thursday. The result means the three-time European champions have clinched top spot in Group B with a game to spare, while Italy will join them in qualifying as long as they avoid defeat in their next match against Croatia on Monday.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced an increase in cholera cases in several regions of the world. It also disclosed that almost 195,000 cases and over 1,900 deaths reported in 24 countries since the start of 2024. This was revealed in a statement on Thursday, stating that there are no reported cases in the Western Region. WHO announced that its Eastern Mediterranean Region reported the highest number of cases, followed by the African Region, the Region of the Americas, the Southeast Asia Region, and the European Region. The UN health agency said it exhausted its global stockpile of Oral…

A mechanic identified as Yellow Bobo has been allegedly stabbed to death by a soldier during an argument in Kugbo mechanic village along the Keffi-Abuja road, Abuja. The soldier reportedly fled the scene after the incident. Read Also: U.S. soldier jailed in Russia The incident sparked a crisis in the area, with an angry mob allegedly setting the soldier’s vehicle on fire. Mechanics and spare parts sellers have hurriedly shut their shops and launched a manhunt for the fleeing soldier.

The Joint Action Committee, JAC, of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, has given the Federal Government two weeks to pay the four months withheld salaries. The JAC has also threatened to shutdown universities and inter- universities centres if the government failed to pay the withheld salaries at the expiration of the two weeks ultimatum. The two non teaching staff unions in a letter to the Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, accused the government of neglect and insincerity. In the letter titled: “Re- Four (4) months…

The death toll from this year’s hajj has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said Thursday, more than half unregistered worshippers who performed the pilgrimage in extreme heat in Saudi Arabia. The new deaths reported Thursday included 58 from Egypt, according to an Arab diplomat who provided a breakdown showing that of 658 Egyptians who died, 630 were unregistered pilgrims. Around 10 countries have reported 1,081 deaths during the pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam which all Muslims with the means must complete at least once. The hajj, whose timing is determined by the lunar Islamic calendar, fell again…

Kylian Mbappe returned to training with the French national team on Wednesday, days after breaking his nose during France’s Euro 2024 opener against Austria. The 25-year-old forward was seen wearing a protective bandage during the session. Initially training alone, his participation in France’s upcoming match against the Netherlands in Leipzig on Friday remains uncertain. The French Football Federation (FFF) announced that an update on Mbappe’s fitness would be provided later on Wednesday. Mbappe sustained the injury after colliding with Austrian defender Kevin Danso’s shoulder during an aerial challenge. Following the incident, he was substituted and the break was confirmed at…

Nigeria and the Space Exploration and Research Agency, SERA, from Delaware, USA, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, to send the first Nigerian to space. Chief Uche Nnaji, Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, said at the signing of the MoU in Abuja yesterday, that human spaceflight was a major aspiration of Nigeria. “Human spaceflight is not just a random aspiration of our country but a major objective of the Nigeria Space Policy and Programme which was approved by the Federal Executive Council, FEC, in 2001. “Reviving and implementing all abandoned national plans is a cardinal point of the…

A baby girl has been mauled to death by her family’s pet dog, police have confirmed. The seven-month-old died after being bitten on the head at a property in Coventry. She was rushed to hospital by ambulance from the scene in Shorncliffe Road on Sunday, but died a short time later. Police said the dog was not classed as a dangerous breed and was removed from the home the same day and humanely destroyed. Police officers and ambulance crews were called at about 15:00 BST and arrived at the scene within minutes, West Midlands Police (WMP) said. “[The] baby girl…