Author: Abimbola Ogunnaike

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Shooting Stars Sports (3SC) of Ibadan have qualified for the round of 16 of the Federation Cup, reports thegazellenews.com They achieved the feat on Wednesday, 22 May, 2024 by beating Lobi Stars of Makurdi 2-0 during the Round of 32 match played at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu. Prolific Christian Pyagbara scored the first goal of the match in 7th minute. The goal brought out the best in the Makurdi side as they swooped on the Oluyole warlords but the Stars defence stood their ground and repelled all attacks thrown at them by the Makurdi team. Adams…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Coordinator, Mortuary Services, University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Dr Ehizogie Egbeobauwaye Adeyemi, has disclosed that the hospital will conduct a mass burial for 270 corpses if their relations fail to claim the bodies within six weeks. Adeyemi, who made this disclosure on Tuesday, 21 May, 2024 while speaking with newsmen, gave the breakdown of the corpses as 201 infants and 69 adults. According to her, UBTH’s management had in a statement gave six weeks ultimatum to the owners of the corpses to claim them. “The 201 infants have been in the hospital since 2023 while…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, received Afrobeat star, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, during a courtesy visit. Welcoming his guest on Monday, 20 May, 2024, Akpabio expressed his delight at the visit and showered encomiums on the Afrobeat star for making Nigeria proud with his outstanding performances. “You have made us very proud within the International Community,” Akpabio told Davido, who came in the company of two of his cousins, Tunji Adeleke, son of his late uncle, Senator, Isiaka Adeleke, and Folasade Adeleke, daughter of Osun State governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, among others. The…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike An Ondo High Court presided over by Justice Enikuomehin has deposed a first-class monarch in Ose Local Council of Ondo State, the Olute of Ute, Oba Michael Adetunji. Adetunji, a retired military officer, was dethroned after 29 years of prolonged chieftancy tussle between the Olule Omoloja ruling house and the dethroned Oba. Justice Enikuomehin ruled that the deposed monarch, who was a retired major, should stop parading himself as Olute. While ordering a fresh selection process from within the Olule Omoloja ruling lineage, the court, which awarded damages, also affirmed that Oluwole has no right to the…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike At least seven persons lost their lives after inhaling fumes from a generating set inside a music studio along Transformer road in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The deceased persons were said to be working in the studio, owned by one of them identified as Akpos Barakubo, when the incident happened on the night of Monday, 20 May, 2024. According to the residents of the area, the crew members in the studio had worked into the midnight, putting on the generating set due to poor power supply, and slept off in the process. It was gathered that six bodies…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike The member representing Ukwa East/Ukwa West Federal Constituency of Abia State in the House of Representatives, Chris Nkwonta, on Tuesday,21 May, 2024 condemned the alleged killing of Miss Ocheze Ogbonna, a crane operator at the Inner Galaxy Steel Company, by a Chinese expatriate. It was gathered that Ocheze Ogbonna died after the Chinese expatriate working at the Inner Galaxy Steel Company located in Umuahala-Obuzor pushed her down from the crane for rejecting his love advances. In a statement issued on Tuesday, 21 May, 2021, Nkwonta expressed deep sadness on the death of his constituent, Ocheze, describing the…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone “B” Command, Kaduna, has disclosed that it made a seizure of 54,000 sachets of tramadol, donkey bones and other smuggled goods at various locations in the zone worth over N3.1billion between April 17 and May 17, 2024. The Comptroller of the FOU, Zone ‘B’, Ahmadu Bello-Shuaibu made this disclosure on Tuesday, 21 May, 2024. According to him, four suspects were apprehended in connection with smuggled donkey bones and meat. Other intercepted items, according to him, were 12 vehicles (means of conveyance), 174 bags of foreign rice (50 kg…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike The APC Youth Solidarity Network, a youth group within the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has sounded the alarm over that any attempt to remove the national chairman of the party, Abdullahi Ganduje will destabilise the party ahead of the 2027 general election. This warning comes in response to the recent failed attempt to remove Ganduje from office. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, 21 May, 2024, Prince Danesi Momoh, national coordinator of the youth group, urged President Bola Tinubu to take decisive action to stop enemies from bringing down the party. He drew parallels with a…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Following the suspension of the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, by his Kano State ward, as well as the attendant crisis and litigations it has been generating, the North Central APC Forum has solicited for the support of its North West counterpart to get Ganduje out of office so the region (North Central) can reclaim the seat. The forum warned the North West APC against backing Ganduje or passing any form of vote-of-confidence on him. Speaking to newsmen on Tuesday, 21 May, 2024 in Jos, Plateau State capital, on the outcome of…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike British-Nigerian boxer Anthony Joshua has revealed that he is not afraid to die because even after death he would still “live on.” According to him, he is made up of many past generations and he will be part of his future generations to come. The former world champion wrote on his Snapchat page: “Don’t be afraid to die as you will always live on one way or another. “In the sense I am Anthony Joshua but I am a make up of many past generations and I will be part of my future generations to come one…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Debt Management Office has disclosed t that the Federal Government has raised N4.9 trillion from N7.3 trillion Ways and Means Central Bank of Nigeria advance. The Director General of DMO, Patience Oniha, made this disclosure on Monday, 20 May, 2024 in Lagos State at an interactive session with primary dealers in Federal Government securities markets. Oniha noted that domestic securities remain a major source of federal government spending. “Last year, we raised N7 trillion as new domestic borrowing. It speaks to the domestic market’s size, resilience, and sophistication, unlike in many African markets. “Out of the new…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Nollywood has received a major boost as Grammy-winning singer, Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy, ventured into the movie industry. The ‘African Giant’ exponentr is set to make his debut as an executive producer in Black Mic Mac’s upcoming movie ‘3 Cold Dishes.’ Burna Boy would executively produce the movie through Spaceship Films, a company he co-founded alongside Bose Ogulu, his mother. The movie will be co-produced by Black Mic Mac, Ifind, Alma Prods, Asurf Films, and Martian Network. Directed by Asurf Oluseyi and written by Tomi Adesina, ‘3 Cold Dishes’ is a story set across Nigeria, the…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Police authorities have confirmed the death of a teenage rapper, Rylo Huncho, who was found at his home in Suffolk, an independent city in Virginia, United States. According to authorities, the teen had been killed by an “accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound” to the head. Though police did not identify Huncho in their announcement, the rapper’s family have since shared news of his death in a GoFundMe page set up to support his mother. His real name is Raleigh, according to The Direct. “Hello, my aunt recently lost her 17 year old son from a self-inflicted gun wound…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Gunman on motorcycles attacked Zurak village in Bashar District of Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State, killing more than 40 persons, including vigilantes.. Quoting residents of the community, the incident occurred around 5:00 pm on Monday, 20 May, 2024 when people were going about their normal activities According to the report, the residents of the community said they could not immediately report the incident due to the poor communication network in the area. A youth leader in the area named Sahpi’i Sambo, who also confirmed the incident , said the bandits arrived the community on motorcycles…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Gunmen have abducted Catholic priest, Very Rev. Fr. Oliver Buba, serving with the Yola Catholic Diocese The incident, it was gathered, occurred during the early hours of Tuesday, 21 May, 2024 in the reverend father’s rectory at St. Rita’s Catholic Church, Bare, in Numan Local Government of Adamawa State. Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, Rev. Dr. Stephen Dami Mamza, made this disclosure through in a statement he signed and made available to newsmen. Mamza invited all Christian faithful and men and women of goodwill to earnestly pray for the quick and safe release of the priest.

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Pope Francis has finally opened up on the controversy over his stance on same-sex couples. The Pope explained that he allowed the blessings of individuals but not on same-sex unions. Fox News reports that the Pope was asked about a seeming change to Vatican policy when he approved the blessings of Catholics in same-sex unions in a conversation with CBS ’60 Minutes’. “Last year you decided to allow Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples,” CBS ’60 Minutes’ anchor Norah O’Donnell said. “That’s a big change. Why?” “No, what I allowed was not to bless the union. That…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has said that the National Working Committee (NWC), of the party is working to get new state Governors come 2027. Ganduje stated this on Tuesday, 21 May, 2024 in Abuja at a policy roundtable titled, ‘The Asiwaju Scorecard Series’, organised by APC Professionals Forum. He said the leadership of the APC was gradually restructuring the party into a truly grassroots progressive party. The APC National Chairman said the NWC has directed the state chapters of the party to liaise with their respective governors and other…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Central of Nigeria Monetary Policy Committee has raised interest rates by 150 basis points to 26.25 per cent from 24.75 per cent in March to tackle rising inflation. The CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, made this disclosure on Tuesday, 21 May, 2024 at the 295th MPC press briefing in Abuja. The Apex Bank boss said the decision to raise the interest rate was to tame the country’s soaring headline inflation which increased to 33.69 per cent in April. CBN had continued tightening of monetary instruments to bring down inflation. The 295th MPC meeting is the third since…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike At least, one person died and dozens others were injured on a Singapore Airlines flight that experienced “severe turbulence” while heading from London to Singapore before it was diverted to Bangkok on Tuesday, 21 May, 2024, the company said. “We can confirm that there are injuries and one fatality on board the Boeing 777-300ER. There were a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew on board,” the airline said on Facebook. It was gathered that the airline also on its X account, #SingaporeAir, confirmed the incident. It posted, “Singapore Airlines flight #SQ321, operating from London (Heathrow) to Singapore…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Chelsea manager, Mauricio Pochettino, on Tuesday, 21 May, 2024 left the club by mutual consent after just one season at Stamford Bridge. Pochettino, 52, took charge of Chelsea on 1 July, signing a two-year contract with the option of a further year. The Argentine was under pressure after an underwhelming first half of the season but a run of five successive wins to end the season ensured they finished sixth in the Premier League. Chelsea were also runners-up in the Carabao Cup and reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup. “Thank you to the Chelsea ownership group…