The Anambra State government has announced a restriction of movement across the state for the local government elections on Saturday. In a press statement released on Friday, the state Commissioner for Information, Dr Law Mefor, stated that the restriction would be from 8 am to 4 pm on Saturday. Mefor said the measure is intended to ensure a smooth local government election in the state. He said, “Ndi Anambra are hereby informed that there will be a restriction of movement throughout Anambra State on Saturday, 28th September 2024, from 8 am to 4 pm, as requested by the Anambra State…
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday welcomed the founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, into the esteemed septuagenarian club on his 70th birthday. In a video posted by The Church Gist on X.com, Obasanjo said, “Bishop Oyedepo, I appreciate you because you are plain, and God appreciates you because you are close to Him. Today, you are joining the club of septuagenarians, you are welcome. And I say on behalf of Pastor Adeboye, you are welcome.” As Oyedepo celebrates his 70th birthday, it is worth noting that he is not only a renowned preacher but also a…
Ahead of the protest slated for October 1, 2024, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olanrewaju Ishola, has held a town hall meeting with stakeholders and security agencies at the command’s headquarters in Ikeja. This was revealed in a video shared by the command on X on Friday. Our correspondent gathered that one of the protest organisers in Lagos, Hassan Taiwo, also the National Coordinator of the Education Rights Campaign, was invited to the meeting. Speaking on why he did not attend the meeting, Hassan, also known as Soweto, explained that he did not receive the information early enough. “The…
Manchester City midfielder Rodri will miss the rest of the season with a serious knee injury, dealing a huge blow to their hopes of winning a fifth straight Premier League title. City manager Pep Guardiola said the Spain international, who suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in last week’s 2-2 draw with Arsenal, had gone under the knife on Friday. “He had surgery this morning, ACL and some meniscus” he said. “So, next season he will be here. This season is over.” Rodri is one of City’s most important players and his loss will be keenly felt by Guardiola, who…
The Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman, Senate Committee on Constitution Review, Senator Barau Jibrin, has charged members of the Committee on the Review of the Constitution to discharge their responsibility with utmost care and consideration The Deputy Senate President gave the charge in his welcome address at the Retreat of the Committee on Review of the Constitution held at Bristol Palace Hotel in Kano on Friday. According to him, the decision of the committee will have far-reaching implications for generations to come hence the need to ensure that the decisions to be taken are in the best interest…
The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has disclosed plans by the Federal Government to, upon completion of construction and renovation, toll the Lagos-Ibadan expressway and other major roads in the country. Umahi disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja during an inter-ministerial press briefing, as part of activities to mark Nigeria’s 64th independence anniversary. “We have the Lagos-Ibadan (expressway), we are completing it and we are tolling it,” he said. Other roads to be tolled, according to the minister, are the Second Niger Bridge, Abuja-Kano road and Makurdi 9th Mile, among others. Umahi said private sector members have been engaged “to…
Bristol Issac Tamunobifiri, popularly known by his X name PIDOM Nigeria, has been granted bail, reports The Nation. The Nigeria Police Force said the officials from the National Cybercrime Centre arrested him for allegedly undermining the integrity of government operations. Tamunobiefiri operates as an anonymous whistleblower on X.com, 99% Oppressed, and tweets as #PIDOMNIGERIA. The police said PIDOMNigeria was arrested on August 5 in his hotel room in Rivers State. Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the remand of whistleblower, Isaac Bristol Tamunobifiri, also known as PIDOM, in Kuje correctional facility. PIDOM was arraigned on…
President Bola Tinubu’s administration allocated the sum of N1,562,963,259 billion to the Nigerian Institute of Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR) in the 2024 Fiscal Appropriation Act, to construct Very Important Person (VIP) toilets, distribute tricycles, popularly known as Keke Napep, motorcycles, and sewing machines in Ebonyi, Niger and Akwa Ibom states. The Nigerian Institute of Oceanography and Marine Research is an institute owned and run by the Nigerian government, which is charged with the responsibility to conduct research into the resources and physical characteristics of the Nigerian territorial waters and the high seas. The institute’s specific mandates include:…
An Irish regulator helping police European Union data privacy said Friday it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 91 million euros ($102 million) for password-security breaches. The Data Protection Commission criticised Meta for failing to put in place appropriate security measures to protect users’ password data and for taking too long to alert the regulator over the issue. An inquiry was launched in April 2019 after Meta Ireland informed the regulator that it had “inadvertently stored certain passwords of social media users” in a readable format on its internal system, the DPC said in a statement. “It is widely accepted that user…
No fewer than 60 women have come forward to allege they were sexually abused by former Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed, lawyers representing them said on Friday. A BBC documentary last week aired claims by women that Fayed, who died last year aged 94, raped and sexually abused them during his ownership of the luxury department store. The accusations make the Egyptian billionaire the latest high-profile figure to join a list of rich and powerful men, such as Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, disgraced by sexual abuse allegations. “The response has simply been enormous. We can confirm that we now represent 60…