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Kano State Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation Agency (SERERA) says it has dispatched personnel to eight local government areas of the state recently affected by flood to assessing the damage caused by the disaster in the areas. The Executive Secretary of the agency, Alhaji Ali Bashir, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Thursday. He said the team had visited seven out of the eight local government areas concerned to compile report on the situation. Bashir listed the local government areas as: Rimin Gado, Tofa, Dawakin Tofa, Gwarzo, Danbatta, Kabo, Gezawa and Gabasawa. “The team has so far visited and assessed the situation in Rimin Gado, Danbatta, Gezawa, Gwarzo, Tofa, Dawakin Tofa and Kabo local government areas. “As I am talking to you now, we are in Gabasawa Local Government Area, assessing the damage caused by the flooding in the area,” he said. Bashir, who declined to state the number of people affected by the disaster, said after th...

A 25-year-old mother of two, Miss Kehinde Olomola, has died from injuries she sustained during an attack in her home at Igede community in Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area of Ekiti. Her twin sister Taiwo, told newsmen, on Thursday, that the late Kehinde did not survive a stab she received in her neck, and that she died at the Federal Teaching Hostpital (FETHI), Ido-Ekiti, on Monday. Taiwo claimed that when she called her twin sister on the telephone, at about 9pm on Sunday, “I heard a male voice in the background and I angrily ended the call after inquiring about the male voice.” She said: “The male voice was strange to me, I got angry and I said ‘what is a man doing in your room at such late hour’. I didn’t wait for an answer as I ended the call. That was the last I heard from her until we learnt the following morning that she had been stabbed in the neck.” Also read:  Sad Sad! Flood Hits 8 Local Government Areas In Kano State Speaking on the death, their family...

Crowd of NYSC members cause scene as davido arrives the first day at the NYSC orientation camp iyana-ipaja, Lagos State See photo of them surrounding davido's Car below

Nigerian Singer Davido, who recently registered for NYSC Programmed received a rousing welcome as he resumed for service at the NYSC orientation camp iyana-ipaja, Lagos State today... Related:  Crowd goes wild as Davido arrives at camp today (See Photos) Davido was pictured addressing his fellow Corps members as they sat on the floor. See photos bellow

John Charles, Makurdi A former Governor of Jigawa  State and presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday said voting for the ruling All Progressives Congress in the coming general elections would  further divide  Nigeria.  Lamido who was in the state to intimate his intention to run for the office of the President in 2019 to party members, paid a courtesy call on the state Governor, Samuel Ortom. The former minister of foreign affairs stated that the APC had introduced division leading to venomous agenda aimed at defrauding the country. According to him, it’s chicken-hearted politicians that are defecting to the APC for protection. He said the APC thrived on propaganda, adding that there had been bloodshed everywhere in Nigeria. Lamido also lamented that the people had been unsettled by killings and kidnappings in the country. “The APC has demonised, blackmailed the PDP but the APC is a party that thrives on fals...

John Alechenu and Eniola Akinkuotu Senate President Bukola Saraki has formally declared his intention to contest the presidency on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. Saraki made the declaration on Thursday in Abuja during his meeting with Not-Too-Young-to Run-Movement. The Senate President lamented the poor state of Nigeria’s infrastructure and growing insecurity as exemplified by acts of terrorism, kidnapping, banditry and sundry other crimes which he said he would tackle if elected. He said, “I hereby announce my intention to run for the office of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the coming General Elections in 2019 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. “I do so with the firm conviction that I have what it takes to secure inclusive growth for Nigeria and Nigerians. He said Nigeria was blessed with a relatively young country bursting with tremendous energy, ability and potential. Saraki further observed that more than 70 per ce...

Major Military Base In Nigeria Mentioned That Nigerian Men Fear To Propose Not To Talk About Getting Married. When asked why men are not making advances towards them even though they are equally beautiful as their civilian counterparts, they explained that the only reason they could think of is that, Nnigerian men are afraid to propose to them. “When we took the hard decision to defend and serve  NAIJA  we never anticipated that it was going to cost us an opportunity to find our life partners”, Adaego  28 (not her real name). “It has been more than 4yrs in the service and not a single man has made an attempt to approach me not to talk of proposing to me. Apart from being a military woman, I am human too with needs.., how do you expect me to give out my best when those needs are not met?” Adaego , 28 (not her real name).  These are but a few of the comments some of the frustrated military women shared with a Blogger who visited them at the camp. Do y...

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday assured the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, that he was all out to ensure free, fair and credible elections in 2019. He said he was pleased that his party, the ruling All Progressives Congress, was doing well. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists shortly after Buhari held a closed-door meeting with May at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The President welcomed the United Kingdom’s support aimed at strengthening democratic institutions in Nigeria. He said, “I assure you that I’m all out for free, fair and credible elections. I’m very pleased that my party is doing very well. The High Commissioner will brief you more. The recent successes in polls in Katsina, Bauchi, and Kogi have boosted our morale greatly. “Nigeria has accepted multi-party democracy and that is putting politicians on...

Published July 30, 2017 Femi Makinde, Osogbo The Chairman of Springtime Development Foundation, Dr. Deji Adeleke, has said the foundation has concluded plans to secure jobs for some ex-convicts in order to properly integrate them back into the society. Adeleke, who is the father of the musical star, Davido said this on Friday evening when his foundation visited Ile Ife Prison to donate 300 mattresses and the same number of pillows to the inmates and to offset the medical bills of the sick ones among them. The Chief Executive Officer, Dr Samuel Oyalabu, who said this on behalf of the chairman said this would reduce the propensity for crimes among ex-convicts, who he said always found it difficult to be accepted back into the society after their jail terms. He said, “The foundation is not just here to donate items to the inmates but it has concluded plans to secure jobs for some of the ex-convicts. This will make them contribute their own quotas to the developme...

Published August 30, 2018 A Russian investigative media outlet that sent three journalists on a mission to the war-torn Central African Republic announced that it was shutting down. The Investigation Control Centre admitted previously that Orkhan Dzhemal, Kirill Radchenko and Alexander Rastorguyev were on a privately organized mission to shoot a documentary about Russian military trainers when they were killed in an ambush on July 30. The Russian Foreign Ministry said it made no secret of military presence in the CAR. Russia opened a criminal probe into a suspected murder. “There is no more Tsur,” the outlet’s editor-in-chief announced on Wednesday on the Telegram messaging app. “I cannot write a word that is unrelated to the murder of our friends in Africa.” The Central African Republic has witnessed years of ethnic and religious conflict since Muslim seleka rebels deposed its president in 2013. Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministr...

Chukwudi Akasike,  Port Harcourt Some suspected cult members have killed a 90-year-old man after setting his house ablaze. The incident was said to have happened in Egbeda community in the Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State on Tuesday. The victim, who was identified as Assor Woke, was killed in his house by the assailants. Sources said the incident  caused panic in the community as indigenes could not ascertain the reason the old man was killed. Woke was said to be the oldest man in the area and had always preached peace in the community before his demise. The Chairman of Egbeda Community Development Committee, Ukwoha Omereji, condemned the killing of Woke and described it as worrisome. Ukwoha explained that leaders in the area had been meeting to ensure that peace reigned in the community “The reason for the killing is still unknown. The man was over 90 years old,” Ukwoha said. Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations O...

Daniel Emori has spent nearly half his life on a bed since he was gored by a cow in Onitsha. At 35, his condition shows no sign of improvement as our reporter finds out. Friday evening is not for clubbing. Not for Daniel Emori. It is not for anything except lying in bed, in his urine. This has been his life since he was 20, when an injury to his spine put him in bed in 2003. Fifteen years later, he’s 35 and still bedridden. “I thank God for everything, but nothing has changed,” he says. “Nothing has changed. I am still lying down.” In 2003, Emori had finished secondary school and got a job supplying packaged water in Onitsha, Anambra state. He had his eyes firmly on the future when he stepped out of his delivery truck on one of his supply runs. He never expected that a stray cow would sweep him onto its horn and speed away with him. “It was running with me on top [of its horns],” he recalls. “People were shouting. It threw me off. From the moment I fell down, I found myse...

Dj Cuppy Popular female DJ and daughter of billionaire Femi Otedola “ DJ Cuppy ”, Cuppy is in the news, following her revelation about her dating history. The beautiful DJ revealed that she has dated men from all human races except Asians. During an interview at Hot fm, Cuppy revealed that she has experienced love with men of different races but Asian men. She told her hosts, “I have dated more or less (men from) every race apart from Asia.” DJ Cuppy is currently in a celebrity relationship with Davido’s manager, Asa Asika. The rich lovers are often in the news for their romantic adventures. But Before that, DJ Cuppy was in a relationship with Nigerian football star, Victor Anichebe who bought her a G-Wagon on her birthday, while they were still dating.

By Ola Ajayi & Adeola Badru I BADAN—  GOVERNOR Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, yesterday, promised to rebuild the demolished Music House owned by Evangelist Yinka Ayefele. This came as the estranged relationship among Governor Ajimobi; a former governor of the state, Chief Rashidi Ladoja and another former governor, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala was, yesterday, set aside at the 90th birthday celebration of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, as the event brought the trio together. The governor, however, prayed for the Olubadan for more longetivity and that his continued reign would witness more development in Ibadanland. On reactions that trailed the demolition of Yinka Ayelefe’s Music House, Ajimobi pledged the state government’s commitment to assist the renowned gospel singer in rebuilding the demolished building and also give necessary logistics, adding that Ayefele had held a peace talk with him while he visited him in his office. He said: “I thank God for...

A 28-year-old man, Kelvin Michael has been arrested by policemen from Ogun State Police Command in connection with the death of a 40-year-old Monsurat Idowu after s3x romp. Nigerian Tribune learnt that the suspect was arrested on Wednesday after one Benjamin Okereke of the State Hospital, Ota, reported to the police that the suspect brought the lover to the hospital dead, and could not explain the circumstance surrounding her death. This was confirmed by the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement on Thursday. Oyeyemi said that when the case was reported, the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Onipanu Division, SP Sangobiyi Johnson led his men to the hospital where the man was promptly arrested. “On interrogation, the suspect claimed to have met the deceased in July in a bus at Ketu, Lagos State, and that they exchanged phone numbers. “He stated further that he invited her to the house of his friend in Ota, where the deceased suddenly...

Umar Muhammed, Lafia Unidentified gunmen believed to be Fulani militia have again attacked Tiv farmers, killing a pregnant woman, raping and injuring scores of others in the Awe Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. Northern City News  gathered that the gunmen shot a 28-year-old woman, Mrs Dorcas Mbagbidi-Akaahan, and injured scores in Tse Shiga,  Azara area of Awe LGA. The attackers were said to have laid siege to the community in the early hours of Monday, shooting sporadically into the air to scare residents, but Mbagbidi-Akaahan was hit by stray bullets leading to her death. Speaking to our correspondent, a survivor, Obasanjo Akaahan, said the community would have recorded many casualties if the attack had occurred in the daytime. He said, “Last week Monday night, some Fulani herders suspected to be from Wurgan-Dogo stormed Tse Shiga aka Gidan Soja  in their numbers, shooting sporadically as we scampered for our dear lives. One person was killed and ma...