Gunmen suspected to be armed bandits, on Saturday, ambushed troops of the Nigerian Army in Gudu Local Government Area of Sokoto State, killing four soldiers in the process. The sole administrator of the council, Umar Balle, disclosed this on Sunday while speaking with our correspondent in a telephone conversation. Balle, who was among those ambushed by the bandits, escaped the assault by the whiskers. He said so far, four soldiers died, and seven others were wounded as a result of gunshots in addition to the burning of their vehicle. The injured security personnel were initially attended to at Gudu General…
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Local media said homes, people and livestock were engulfed in mountains of waste at the landfill in the northern Kampala district of Kiteezi on Saturday after a collapse caused by heavy downpours. President Yoweri Museveni said he had directed the army’s special forces to help in the search and rescue operation and demanded to know who allowed people to live near such a “potentially hazardous and dangerous heap”. Kampala’s metropolitan police spokesman Patrick Onyango told reporters at the scene that 14 bodies had been recovered on Saturday, and another four on Sunday. He gave no breakdown, but on Saturday the…
No fewer than three persons have been reportedly abducted along the Nkpologwu-Akpo Road, Nkpologwu, in Aguata Local Government Area of the Anambra State by unidentified assailants. Although the details of the incident remain sketchy, it was gathered that the armed assailants kidnapped the three men at different locations in the community early Sunday. The kidnap is said to be coming after some gunmen attacked a police checkpoint at the Omata junction along the Nnewi Oba Road where a police officer was killed two days ago. The recent kidnapping incident was corroborated by a video currently trending on social media, showing…
Chelsea has announced the signing of Portugal international Pedro Neto from Wolverhampton Wanderers. Announcing the deal in a statement obtained from Chelsea’s website on Sunday, the club said Pedro has signed a seven-year contract and will begin training with his new teammates at Cobham in the coming days. “I feel really grateful to have joined this club, I have worked really hard in my career to be here and I’m looking forward to getting on the pitch with this shirt,” said the 24-year-old. He started his career in the youth system of Braga. Pedro’s talent began to shine when he…
The Chairman of the Governing Board of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Prof Kamaldeen Balogun, has debunked allegations of corruption and misconduct in the running of the affairs of the institution. Balogun, who is also the Chief Imam of Egba Gbagura, said that his administration, since coming on board in 2022, has been pursuing transparency, prudency and efficient management of the resources of the Polytechnic to achieve its current state of stability and relative peace. The Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Religion also said that whatever the governing council has done under his watch was according to…
Former Governor of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja, will on Monday, August 12, receive the beaded crown from the Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin. PUNCH Online reports that Ladoja, the Otun Olubadan of Ibada land, has now confirmed that Ladoja will be crowned on Monday. The former governor would be presented with a crown befitting his status as Otun Olubadan at the inaugural meeting of Olubadan-in-Council to be presided over by Oba Olakulehin. “Yes. He received the letter on Friday evening that the crown befitting of his status as Otun Olubadan will be presented to him at the inaugural…
The Peoples Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State, on Saturday, elected its executive committee members to pilot the affairs of the party for a four-year tenure at the local government level across the state. A statement by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Mr Borono Bassey, on Sunday, said each of the 31 local government Areas in the State has a total of 18 Chapter Officers, including one Person Living with Disabilities, in the LGs, thereby bringing the total of PLWDs to Thirty-one across the State. The statement added that the State Governor, Umo Eno, was among the eminent members of the…
Rwandan President Paul Kagame was sworn in on Sunday for a fourth term after sweeping to victory in elections last month with more than 99 per cent of the vote. Several dozen heads of state and other dignitaries from African nations joined the inauguration ceremony at a packed 45,000-seat stadium in Kigali, the nation’s capital, where crowds had started gathering in the early morning. Kagame took the oath of office before Chief Justice Faustin Ntezilyayo, pledging to “preserve peace and national sovereignty, consolidate national unity.” The outcome of the July 15 poll was never in doubt for the iron-fisted Kagame,…
Three teenage girls drowned in a pond in Buji Local Government Area of Jigawa on Saturday. The Spokesperson of the State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, ASC Badaruddeen Tijuana, confirmed the incident in a statement in Dutse, on Sunday. Tijjani gave the names of the deceased as; Fatima Sule, 12, Nasiya Sale, 12 and Huwaila Sa’adu, 13, all of Tulla village According to the statement, the incident occurred on Saturday at about 11 a.m., when the three girls went to cut some grasses to feed their livestock beside the pond. “The NSCDC personnel operating in the…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that he plays squash three times a week. Obasanjo, aged 87, stated this in a video posted by Noire TV on Friday, August 9, 2024. In the video, as seen by our correspondent, the elder statesman was responding to a male companion who was marvelling at his energetic nature while walking along the corridor into an interview room with his hands behind his back. The companion, amazed at Obasanjo’s brisk walk, said, “Old soldier never dies. Oh my goodness!” and Obasanjo responded, “They only fade away.” Afterwards, the ex-president said, “I still play squash…