Mrs Oromoni who appeared in court visibly shaken, rained curses on her son’s killers and broke down at intervals while giving her evidence. The coroner inquiring into the circumstances surrounding the cause of death of Sylvester Oromoni, a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, on Monday, listened to the testimony of the deceased’s mom, Mrs Rosemary Oromoni. Mrs Oromoni who appeared in court visibly shaken, rained curses on her son’s killers and broke down at intervals while giving her evidence. In her testimony, she started by saying that she received a message from the school that her son was injured…
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“You will pay them. After some time, I will put my feet on the ground. Pay them when you delay, cancel their flight.” By Emmanuel Egobiambu The Federal Government says it will soon issue an order, compelling airline operators to start paying compensation to passengers for delayed and cancelled flights not attributed to natural occurrences. Aviation and Aerospace Development Festus Keyamo said this during a meeting with airline operators in Abuja on Monday. “On delayed flights, I want to speak for ordinary Nigerians who complain every day [about] delayed, cancelled flights. I know you have said all your reasons. You have blamed…
Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, says the current administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has given more room to women to contribute their own quota to national development. According to her, efforts to reshape Nigeria and address societal ills plaguing the female gender require active participation of women. She said this when she granted audience to the Minister of State for Police Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, who led senior female police officers on a courtesy visit to her office at the State House, Abuja, according to a statement by her media aide, Busola Kukoyi, on Monday. “It is the beginning of…
Men of the Edo State Police Command have arrested one Felix Iloghevbo for allegedly defiling his seven-year-old daughter. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Chidi Nwabuzor, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. He said the suspect committed the crime on September 19, 2023, in the Idokpa community, Uhunmwode Local Government Area of the state. He said operatives of the Egba Divisional Headquarters, while acting on credible information, arrested the suspect who he said confessed to the crime while the victim was taken to a hospital for a medical examination. “The men of the Egba Division arrested Iloghevbo after they…
Alex Enumah harps on the need by the Supreme Court to thoroughly scrutinise the Chicago State University’s academic record of President Bola Tinubu tendered before it last week, not just in the interest of justice regarding the petition of Atiku Abubakar, but in the overall interest of the Nigerian nation. President Bola Tinubu’s educational history have been one that has been enmeshed in one controversy or another since 1999, when he contested for the office of governor of Lagos State. Since then, the issue has refused to go away, reaching its crescendo with the 2023 general elections. Even before Tinubu declared…
By Rushdi Abu Alouf & Oliver Slow BBC News, Gaza City and London The Gaza Strip could be on the brink of a new humanitarian crisis if supplies are not allowed in, authorities say, as Israel responds to the Hamas attacks. On Monday Israel declared a “complete siege” on the territory – saying electricity, food, fuel and water would be cut off. According to residents, aid has not reached the enclave since Saturday. BBC footage shows deserted streets covered with rubble from collapsed buildings following Israeli airstrikes. Nearly 700 people have died in these attacks and thousands more are reported…
Israel’s response to attacks from Gaza by the Islamist militant group Hamas will change the Middle East, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday. “What Hamas will face will be harsh and terrible,’’ Netanyahu told officials from towns in southern Israel. We are only at the beginning,” he said. Israeli airstrikes have pounded targets in the Gaza Strip in response to attacks launched by Hamas on Saturday that left more than 700 Israelis dead. Another 2,400 were injured, and Hamas militants took more than 100 captive Israelis back to the Gaza Strip. However, more than 558 people in Gaza have…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has explored multiculturalism as a divine design for humanity and why it should be cherished and preserved. He delivered a thought-provoking keynote address at the 2023 World Culture Festival, organised by the Art of Living Foundation. According to Obasanjo, God has gifted humanity with a world characterised by diversity and multiculturalism. He stressed the importance of sustaining these qualities, especially in a world grappling with issues like human imperfection, greed, selfishness, violence, insecurity, poverty, and various forms of evil. The ex-Nigerian leader refuted claims that diversity and multiculturalism were responsible for societal problems, asserting that such…
By Adejoke Adeleye The Federal Government has said that the ongoing restructuring of the N-Power programme will bring about the employment of five million young Nigerians in five years. This was made known in a press statement by the N-Power National Programme Manager, Dr. Akindele Egbuwalo. He appealed to Nigerians to understand the rationale behind the temporary suspension of the N-Power programme and the subsequent restructuring it is undergoing, saying the federal government was working to restore confidence in the programme. According to Dr Egbuwalo, “This restructuring and transformation will also birth an expanded programme to reach beneficiaries aged 18-40…
Senior advocate of Nigeria and constitutional lawyer, Olisa Agbakoba has called for cessation of discussions on President Bola Tinubu’s Chicago State University. Agbakoba said lawyers and others discussing the issue in the media should stop their fireworks and await the judgment of the Supreme Court. “The cacophony of discordant voices on Tinubu / Atiku over the certificate matter is completely out of hand. This utter nonsense from arm chair lawyers is heating up Nigeria dangerously”, Agbakoba said in a statement released Monday. “Please can we keep our opinions and views to ourselves awaiting a decision of the Supreme Court. “I…