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Nigeria’s representative at the Shot Put event of the ongoing Tokyo Olympic Games, Chukwuebuka Enekwechi, revealed that he was only given one kit for the Games. Enekwechi, on Tuesday, August 3, 2021, had a toss of 21.16 meters to finish seventh in qualifying and advance to the final as one of the best 12 competitors.   Ahead of the final, Big Chuk as he is fondly called took to his TikTok to shared a video of himself washing his kit. “When you made the Olympic Finals but you only have one jersey,” he wrote on the video, which has caused an uproar on social media.  Born and raised in America, Enekwechi chose to represent Nigeria and is the 2018 Commonwealth Games Silver medallist and reigning African Champion in the Shot Put. He is also the 2019 African Games Champion and the reigning Nigerian National Sports Festival Champion. This is the latest in the long lines of complaints from athletes representing Nigeria at the Tokyo Olympic Games. 10 athletes staged a protest at t...

Nigerian Bronze-winning Olympian Ese Brume has dedicated her win to famous Nigerian preacher Bishop David Oyedepo.   Brume won Nigeria's first medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games with a third-place finish in the Women's Long Jump final, which gave her a Bronze Medal. Just before her jump, the Delta State-born athlete was captured muttering to herself; "God of David Oyedepo, I want to do this." She finished in a podium place for Team Nigeria and dedicated the win to her preacher.   "This medal means a lot to me. It doesn't matter the colour. First I dedicate it to Bishop Oyedepo and I plan to decorate him with the medal later," Brume said. "I'm super excited that I made it to the top three at the Olympics. Honestly, I can't contend with my joy." Bishop Oyedepo is the founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, popularly known as Winners' Chapel. Brume, who grew up in Delta State, is a member of the church.

His Excellency, the Zamfara State Executive Governor Hon. Dr. Bello Mohammed Matawalle MON (Shattiman Sakkwato) has today Wednesday 4th August, 2021 officially received his APC membership card at his polling unit of Maradun South 001  The governor who flagged off the registration excercise was registered by Alhaji Ibrahim Kabir Masari who is the chairman Zamfara State registration/ revalidation Committee sent by the national Secretariat of the APC, Abuja to conduct the registration excercise in the state. Governor Matawalle received his APC membership card in the presence of two former governors of the state, Senator Ahmad Sani Yarima Bakura and Alhaji Mahmud Aliyu Shinkafi as well as two former Deputy governors, Mallam Ibrahim Wakkala Muhammad and Hon. Muktar Ahmad Anka. Other notable personalities at the formal flagging off of the APC registration and revalidation of the membership card include Ambassador Bashir Yuguda, Honourable Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, Engineer Abu Magaji and ...

 PRESS BRIEFING BY THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE,  DELTA STATE COMMAND, CP ARI MOHAMMED ALI, FCIA, psc,  ON THE ACHIEVEMENTS MADE BY DELTA STATE COMMAND  FROM JUNE 2021 TO DATE ON 4TH AUGUST 2021 AT  POLICE HEADQUARTERS ASABA. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press,    I once again welcome you to this briefing which create a platform for us to interact and to showcase some of the Command’s achievements in crime control and management in the state. The successes recorded so far is a credit not only to the Police, but to all well-meaning persons who have been assisting us by providing us with timely and useful information in the fight against criminal elements in the state. My primary assignment is to provide adequate security for the good people of Delta State and to ensure Delta state is safe for all. Yesterday Tuesday 3/8/2021, I had another stakeholders meeting with Fulani herders and farmers in the state at the police officers mess, Okwe, with the DG on sec...

Court Restins Department Of State Services From Arresting Sunday Igboho. An Oyo State High Court has granted an ex-parte motion stopping the Department of State Security and Attorney General of the Federation from arresting, intimidating, harassing, and blocking the bank accounts of Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho. Justice Ladiean Akintola gave the order following an ex-parte motion moved by his lawyer Chief Yomi Aliu (SAN) at the court on Wednesday. “The court has ordered that he must not be arrested, detained, killed in the next 14 days. The account also said that his account should not be blocked,” Yomi Aliu said after the case. The court adjourned the suit until August 18. SaharaReporters had reported how the Benin Republic police three Mondays ago arrested Igboho at Cardinal Bernardin International Airport in Cotonou, while trying to fly from the country to Germany. The Department of State Services (DSS) had on July 1 raided the residence of the acti...

10-Year-Old Katsina Vigilante, Abdulkadir Wields Gun To Face Bandits  A picture of a 10-year-old boy in Katsina State, identified as Bello Abdulkadir Ado, holding a gun as a security personnel to combat the ravaging bandits has surfaced on the social media. The photograph has, however, attracted mixed reactions from Nigerians. According to reports, Ado is a member of a local vigilante group in the Safana Local Government Area of the state. A member of the Nigerian Police Force was sighted in the picture watching the boy with amusement from behind. The picture which was shared on social media generated a lot of mixed reactions as many were tagging it as child abuse. Meanwhile, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (OPAC), also known as the child soldier treaty, had already prohibited the act. The treaty already prohibits the conscription into the military of children under the age of 18. It also stated tha...

President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he believes New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo should resign after a report by the New York attorney general's office found that Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women. "I think he should resign. I understand that the state legislature may decide to impeach. I don't know that for a fact," Biden said in response to a question from CNN's Kaitlan Collins. The call from the nation's most powerful Democrat for Cuomo's resignation amounts to one of the most significant rebukes yet for a governor who had been among Biden's political allies up until a series of sexual harassment allegations were made public earlier this year. Biden had said in March that he believed Cuomo should resign if New York Attorney General Letitia James' investigation substantiated the allegations. The New York attorney general's investigation into sexual harassment allegations found that Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, James announced Tues...

China's spiraling Delta variant outbreak has reached Wuhan, the original epicenter of the pandemic, prompting citywide coronavirus testing as authorities scramble to contain the city's first reported local infections in more than a year. China is grappling with its worst outbreak in months, with more than 300 cases detected in more than two dozen cities across the country. The country now has 144 medium- and high-risk areas, the most since the initial outbreak in early 2020, the National Health Commission said Wednesday. The speed and scale of the spread has spurred mass domestic travel restrictions, with all inter-city coach, taxi and online car hailing services suspended in medium- and high-risk areas. Chinese immigration authorities have also vowed to "strictly restrict non-urgent, unnecessary cross-border travel," including tightening the issuing of passports for Chinese citizens. On Monday, seven infections were reported among migrant workers in Wuhan, the centra...

•Unveils Mobile Apps to Check Illegal Waste Disposal in State •Governor Urges Residents to Repay Gesture with Prompt Payment of Waste Bills An unprecedented intervention has been put forward to address logistical and operational shortfall in collection of waste across Lagos State. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, bolstered the fleet of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) with 102 units of brand new locally assembled compactor trucks and 100 units of double dino waste bins in a bid to reduce turn-around time in waste evacuation within the metropolis, thereby achieving cleaner and healthier environment.More photos below.

LASG CONDUCTS COVID-19 TESTS ON CHRISTIAN PILGRIMS ... Distributes Welfare Materials The Lagos State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board (LSCPWB), on Tuesday, tested pilgrims intending to proceed to the Kingdom of Jordan for COVID -19. The pilgrims also received welfare materials in preparation for the official airlifting.  The Board Secretary, Mrs. Florence Yetunde Gbafe, speaking at the event said the exercise was an offshoot of the ‘new normal’ as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, noting that the exercise is a prerequisite for anyone embarking on a journey outside the country. Explaining that the exercise was conducted 72 hours before departure in line with COVID-19 guidelines, Mrs. Gbafe noted that the pilgrims enjoyed reduced costs and the Board ensured that the tests were undertaken at a renowned and credible medical laboratory. Speaking at the exercise, a member of the Board, Sir Folusho Adekoya, noted that the tests undertaken by intending pilgrims were an essential factor in...

The Lagos State Government has announced the diversion of traffic on Apapa-Oshodi Expressway for repair work on the Airport Flyover Bridge by the Federal Ministry of Works from August 9 to October 3, 2021, A statement signed by the Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, explained that the Oshodi-bound lane would be barred from vehicular movement from midnight on 9th August, 2021 and reopened partially on the midnight of 14th August, 2021 for the first phase of repairs. He stated that the second phase will commence immediately for a duration of \seven weeks to hasten the rehabilitation works, stressing that motorists will be diverted from the main carriageway to the service lane of the Oshodi bound lane for the first five days. Oladeinde also revealed that traffic heading towards Oshodi-bound lane will be diverted to the service lane at Ladipo, while those heading to Mile 2 will be diverted to the Airport Road, adding that two lanes on both Oshodi and Mile 2 roads will...

 Marwa harps on international cooperation against drug trafficking . As NDLEA signs MoU with Gambian anti-narcotic agency Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has harped on the need for regional and international cooperation to successfully cut off drug supply to the rising criminal gangs across the world. Gen. Marwa stated this on Wednesday 4th August, 2021 in Banjul, the capital city of Gambia while speaking at the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between NDLEA and Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Gambia (DLEAG), which borders on cooperation in combating illicit production, manufacture, and trafficking in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors. He said nations across the globe are daily grappling with the challenge of drug-induced crime and criminalities, and as such must forge a common front to confront the evil twins of drug trafficking and abuse. He expressed o...

 A lady and her sister have been arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly poisoning her husband over suspicions of infidelity. The suspect, whose name was given as Matilda, and her sister have since remained in custody followingthe death of her husband, Emem Etim Marley in Ajah, Lagos. According to RNN Nigeria, Matilda had found another woman’s picture on her husband’s phone and suspected him of infidelity. She allegedly connived with her sister to poison him on Sunday, Aug 1. According to a relative, the neighbors were knocking profusely on their door after hearing Emem scream for help. Matilda and her sister had locked him up and run to their father’s house. When the door was forced open, the neighbors found the victim lying dead on the floor. Neighbors have lamented the sad incident because the couple got married 8-months ago and Emem was said to have done everything for his wife to make her happy. He recently bought her a car and opened a store for...

Jos, the capital city of Plateau State is calm and peaceful as there is no cause for alarm. The breach of peace reported around Gada Biyu, Jos North LGA has been put under control following swift response by security agencies.  The security personnel responded to the incident where some youths reportedly obstructed traffic and set ablaze two trucks on the highway.  The intervention of the security personnel immediately brought the situation under control as the youths were dispersed and the road cleared, thereby restoring traffic flow.  With the return of normalcy around Gada Biyu and environs, the Government is urging citizens to avoid any act that could lead to the breakdown of law and order.  Meanwhile, security forces have continued their operations to dominate areas affected by recent attacks in Bassa and Riyom LGAs with a view to restoring normalcy and arresting perpetrators as directed by Governor Simon Lalong after an emergency Security Council Meeting. ...

Justice J.Awak of the Gombe State High Court, Gombe on August 2, 2021 convicted and sentenced one Ahmed Mohammed Mu'azu to three months imprisonment on one-count charge of attempt to impersonate officials of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA). The offence is contrary to Section 95 and Punishable under the same Section of Penal Code Law. The defendant  sometime in 2019, under the guise of empowering the youths through a  Non-Governmental Organization, '' Youth Empowerment Capacity Building Organization of Nigeria'', Gombe branch promised unsuspecting members of the public training opportunities at NITDA, charging  N1,000 (One Thousand Naira) per participant. Unfortunately, before he could execute his nefarious scheme, operatives of the Commission, arrested him in a sting operation facilitated through credible intelligence. He pleaded guilty to the charge upon arraignment and was subsequently convicted and sentenced to three months imprisonment...

 PRESS RELEASE  OGUN CLOSES SALES OF SCREENING FORM INTO 42 FLAGSHIP SCHOOLS. Ogun State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology wishes to inform the general public that sales of application forms into the 42 flagship publuc secondary schools for 2021/2022 academic session will close on Friday 6th August, 2021. However, the screening test will still hold on Saturday, 14th August, 2021 at 10:00am as earlier scheduled.  All candidates that have registered for the exercise are advised to continue with their preparations and get to the screening test centres before the scheduled time for proper coordination.  For further inquiries and clarifications, parents and guardians of applicants are enjoined to contact Zonal Education Offices across the State or call; 07039286801 or 08039406891 or visit the website; ogmoest.ogunstate.gov.ng.  Signed Prof. Abayomi A. Arigbabu FMAN,  Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology.

...Several Assorted Weapons Recovered In continuation of the ongoing intensive clearance operations across the theatre of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), more Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) and elements of Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and their families, who have hitherto hibernated around the fringes of Sambisa forest have yielded to troops' heavy artillery and air bombardments and surrendered to troops at Forward Operational Base (FOB) Banki Junction/BOCOBS in Bama, Borno State on 2 August 2021 The terrorists who also surrendered several assorted weapons and incendiaries, comprised 19 male fighters, 19 adult females and 49 children from Njimia village and environs. The terrorists lamented that the ground and condition in the forest have become untenable, hence their surrendering.   The fire arms  and incendiaries recovered from the terrorists include, 8 AK 47 rifles, 1General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG), 2 Fabrique Nationale (FN) Rifles, 1 Dane Gun, 1Makarov Pistol...

  American Comedian Kathy Griffin announced on social media that she down with lung cancer.She shared the epistle as seen below when she wrote '' I've got to tell you guys something.I have can cancer.I'm about to go into surgery to have half of my left lung removed.Yes,I have lung cancer even though I've never smoked!.The doctors are very optimistic as it is stage one and contained to my left lung. Hopefully no chemo or radiation afterthis and I should have normal function with my breathing. I should be up and and running around as usual in a month or less.It's been a helluva 4 years ,trying to get back to work,making you guys laugh and entertaining you,but I'm gonna be just fine,of course I am fully vaccinated for covid. The consequences for being unvaccinated would have been even more serious. Please stay up to date on your medical check ups. i'll save your life. XXOO,KG. One more photo below.

The President General Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide Ambassador George Obiozo has commended the Nigerian Army for its role in restoring peace to South East Region. He made the commendation in Enugu when he hosted the General Officer Commanding 82 Division, Maj Gen Taoreed Lagbaja on a courtesy visit today. In a press statement e-signed by the Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 82 Division Enugu, Major Abubakar Abdullahi stated that, "Ambassador Obiozo expressed his delight for the visit saying "without peace nations cannot progress and without the Armed Forces we will have more problems. They are the pillars of Nigeria's unity." He described the Nigerian Army among "the best in Africa". He call on troops to continue to do their best to ensure peace and security nationwide." Responding, the General Officer Commanding described Ohanaeze Ndigbo as a key stake holder in managing the affairs within the Divisions core Area of Responsibility. He said t...