A Peoples Democratic Party chieftain in Ekiti State, Mrs Folasade Akinrinmola, has alleged discrimination against women in the composition of caretaker committee members for the party in the state. Akinrinmola, a former chairman of Gbonyin Local Government Area of the state, spoke in a statement made available in Ado Ekiti on Saturday in reaction to the list of the 19-member caretaker committee composed for the state chapter by the PDP National Working Committee on Friday. The 19-member committee chaired by Dare Adeleke has names of two women – Mrs Moji Omotoso and Mrs Abeni Olayinka as members. The former council…
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Aerial strikes on Russian and Ukrainian border cities killed at least a dozen people on Friday, bombardments that came as Kyiv dismissed its air force commander in a major military shake-up. Both sides also claimed to have advanced on the battlefield — Moscow in eastern Ukraine and Kyiv in its shock offensive into Russia’s western Kursk region — with the fighting showing no sign of subsiding, two and a half years into Russia’s invasion. A Russian aerial strike on the northeastern city of Kharkiv on Friday afternoon killed seven people, including a 14-year-old girl, Ukraine’s interior minister said. Emergency workers…
Ogun State Government has revoked the provisional licences of 20 private orphanage owners operating in the state due to non-compliance with regulations and laws prioritising the well-being and safety of vulnerable children. The state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Adijat Adeleye, made this known on Friday during a meeting with the private orphanage owners, at the ministry’s Conference Room, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the state capital. Adeleye expressed displeasure over some private orphanage owners’ activities, stating that the state would not tolerate shady practices involving illegal adoption, child trafficking or maltreatment of children in their care The commissioner emphasised that…
Attendees at the ongoing FESTAC Africa Festival were treated to a display of beautiful colours on Friday as different designers projected African culture with their various fashion pieces. Models of different sizes strutted the runway at the Jomo Kenyatta Stadium in Kisumu, Kenya, exhibiting the works of some Kenya-based fashion designers. Designers at the FESTAC Africa Festival One of the designers and FESTAC fashion ambassadors, Brenda Onono, noted that she was inspired by the need to tell the African story with her designs. Onono, who owns the brand, Marumara Creations, said, “My pieces were inspired by Africa’s rich cultural heritage…
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency has said the tentative date to commence vaccination for mpox is October 8, 2024. The Head of the Public Relations Unit at the NPHCDA, Remi Adeleke, who disclosed this exclusively to our correspondent on Friday, also stated that the vaccine deployment will begin from October 3 to 6, 2024. Adeleke said, “The date for vaccine deployment based on the current chronogram is from October 3 to 6, 2024, time to align with the three to six weeks period from vaccine receipt on August 27 for NAFDAC to conclude the regulatory procedures of sampling,…
No fewer than 1,425 international students who gained admission to universities in the United Kingdom were denied entry at the country’s airports between 2021 and 2023. A total of 161 Nigerians were affected, as they were removed on arrival at airports across the UK. According to data exclusively obtained from the UK Home Office through the Freedom of Information Act, India topped the list of affected foreign students with 644, representing 45 per cent of the figure, while Nigeria followed with 11.3 per cent. Ghana is third on the list with 92 (6.46 per cent), while Bangladesh is fourth with…
Revered 49-year-old forest ranger, Titus Onyenwe, known far and wide as the “Elephant Whisperer,” has spent 30 years forging a bond with the majestic inhabitants of the sprawling Omo Forest. He takes Dayo Oyewo on a remarkable journey into when he first ventured into the dense, shadowy forest in 1990, nights of silent vigils and patient observation and how he became a cherished companion to the ‘gentle’ giants Nestled deep within the dense Omo Forest in the Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State lies a story as old as time itself – a tale of profound connection and…
Republican White House nominee Donald Trump sought Friday to contain the blast radius of a fierce backlash over his remarks publicly backing away from right-wing positions on reproductive rights. The ex-president has been under fire from conservatives over an announcement that in a second term, he would ensure free in vitro fertilization (IVF) — an expensive fertility procedure that many in the anti-abortion movement want to see curbed. The rift widened as he hit out at his home state Florida’s six-week abortion ban, calling it too restrictive and suggesting he planned to vote for an upcoming ballot measure that would…
Chelsea reportedly agreed a deal to sign Jadon Sancho from Manchester United as Raheem Sterling is set to exit Stamford Bridge and join Arsenal on loan after a frenzied transfer deadline day for Premier League clubs. The clubs did not confirm the deals prior to the 2200 GMT deadline, but Sancho is expected to join the Blues initially on loan with an obligation to make a permanent move next season for a reported £25 million ($33 million). United have cut their losses on the 24-year-old, who has failed to live up to his price tag ever since a £73 million…
Kano State Fire Service, on Friday, rescued a woman and her two male children trapped in a collapsed building at Makwarari axis of Kano Municipal Local Government Area. The Public Relations Officer of the organisation, Saminu Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement issued in Kano and made available to newsmen on Friday. According to Abdullahi, the building is a dwelling house of a one-storey building of 30ft. by 40 ft. “We received an emergency call on Friday, around 9:30a.m, from our control room by one of our staff members, Ibrahim Isah, that a building collapsed. “Upon receiving the information, we…