Author: Alade Adisa

The wife of the president, Senator Oluremi Tinubu on Saturday donated 22,800 bags of rice as a form of palliatives to vulnerable Christians in the North ahead of Christmas celebration. The First Lady also provided N5 million for each of the 19 states for ease of transportation of the items.. With the way it is, each of the states will get 1,200 bags of rice. The First Lady made the donations at an event attended by Governors Dikko Radda (Katsina); Hyacinth Alia (Benue); Mai Mala Buni (Yobe) and the host Uba Sani (Kaduna) in Kaduna. Commending the Northern Christian Political…

Tyson Fury fell to Oleksandr Usyk yet again, losing his heavyweight boxing rematch Saturday by unanimous decision after suffering a split-decision defeat in their first fight seven months ago. Usyk again demonstrated his superior technical skill and responded each time Fury went on the attack in their 12-round heavyweight fight at the Kingdom. All three judges scored it 116-112 for Usyk, who retained his WBC, WBA and WBO world heavyweight titles. Usyk had no interest in discussing the judges’ scorecards. “I win,’’ he said. “Is good.’’ Usyk, a 37-year-old Ukrainian, improved his record to 23-0. Fury, a 36-year-old Brit, dropped…

Foremost entrepreneur and President of the Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote has commended President Bola Tinubu for the positive impact of the naira for crude swap deal on the Nigerian economy, which has led to reduction in prices of petroleum products in the country. In his statement on his X platform on Saturday, the business magnate wrote, ”To provide succour to Nigerians, Dangote recently reduced the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) from N970 to N899.50 at its refinery loading gantry and provided generous credit terms to marketers. “To ensure that this price reduction gets to the end consumer, we…

A journalists’ association says two journalists working for Kurdish media outlets were killed in northern Syria while covering fighting between Turkish-backed fighters and Syrian Kurdish militia. The Turkey-based Dicle-Firat Journalists Association said Friday that Nazim Dastan and Cihan Bilgin were killed Thursday when their vehicle was reportedly targeted by a Turkish drone on a road near the Tishrin Dam. Tishrin Dam, located some 56 miles east of Aleppo, has been the scene of clashes between the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, SDF, and the Turkey-backed opposition forces. There was no immediate comment from Turkish officials. Bianet, a news website dedicated to…

Thirty-eight people are confirmed dead, and over 100 remain missing in Congo after an overloaded ferry full of people returning home for Christmas capsized in the river Burisa late Friday night, according to local officials and eyewitnesses. Twenty people are confirmed to have been rescued so far. The boat was traveling in the northeast of the Congo as part of a convoy of other vessels, and the passengers were primarily merchants returning home for Christmas, said Joseph Kangolingoli, the mayor of Ingende, the last town before the site of the accident. The capsizing occurred less than four days after another…

The Victory Idewele Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) has paid a N10 million fine to free 27 inmates in Kogi State. The Chief Judge of Kogi, Justice Josiah Majebi, announced the gesture on Saturday during a visit to the state’s correctional centres. The foundation also plans to train the freed inmates for three months in Abuja to help them acquire skills and become self-reliant. The initiative benefited inmates from various centres, including Koton-Karfe, Kabba, and Ankpa. The Chief Judge praised the foundation’s efforts to help reintegrate the inmates into society. Justice Majebi said, “Aside from the payment of fines and…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has reduced its ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, to N899 per litre, from the previous N1,020 for oil marketers. Spokesperson for the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN), Joseph Obele, confirmed the new price cut in a statement on Saturday. According to a document released by the NNPC’s commercial department and sighted by journalists, the price reduction follows a regional pricing scheme, with the new prices set as follows: Lagos, N899.0; Warri, N970.0; Oghara, N970.0; Port Harcourt, N970.0; and Calabar, N970.0. This adjustment follows…

In reaction to the barrage of tragedies that has befallen the country recently, especially the stampede deaths in Anambra and Abuja, President Bola Tinubu has cancelled all his official events in Lagos for Saturday, including his attendance at the 2024 Lagos Boat Regatta, in honour of the victims. Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), Bayo Onanuga, in a statement noted that the two tragedies claimed many lives and left many others injured. Onanuga stated that the president was scheduled to watch the boat parade and other activities of the Boat Regatta from the waterfront of his Queen’s Drive…

The Federal Government of Nigeria has strongly refuted allegations by Nigerien authorities that the Lakurawa terrorist group, allegedly aided by foreign security forces, including Nigerian security personnel, was responsible for the attack on the Niger-Benin oil pipeline on December 13, 2024, in Gaya, Dosso Region of the Niger Republic. In a statement issued by the Acting Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, the Government of Nigeria expressed condolences to the Government of Niger over the unfortunate pipeline attack. However, it emphasized that the perpetrators were neither supported nor assisted by Nigerian authorities. The statement read, “The…

Three students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State could not survive a road accident that occurred along the Ilisan-Ago-Iwoye Road on Friday afternoon. A statement released on Saturday by the spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, said the students who were passengers in a commercial vehicle lost their lives in the accident caused by the driver who was driving at a speed. She said, “A fatal motor accident occurred on December 20, 2024, at about 3:30 pm along the Ilisan-Ago Iwoye Road. “The incident involved a commercial Opel Safira with the licence plate Lagos AAA-126HE,…