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5 Drown In Kano Boat Mishap  Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of five people, in a boat mishap at Kanwa Dam in Madobi Local Government Area of the state. The  Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, explained that, the boat conveying  11 people capsized leading to the death of five while  6 people  were rescued alive. He highlighted that, the agency received a distress call from one Umar Faruk-Dalada, at about 05:40 pm "There are 11 persons on the boat, but six were rescued alive, while five were rescued in an unconscious state" Saminu maintained that, the deceased who are indegenea of Fagge local government area include  Abdulrazak Navara, Dalha Muktar Atamma, Mustapha Ibrahim, Umar Isah and Umar Idris.  The public relations officer pointed out that, investigations into the boat mishap had commenced, and charged the public to maintain safety at all times. KHADIJAH ALIYU, KANO  

Eric Braden weighs in on cancer diagnosis: ‘I’ve been there’ Young and the Restless star Eric Braden has just shed some light on his cancer diagnosis. The veteran Hollywood star made the announcement using a 13-minute video clip that was recently shared on Facebook. According to the video, he was diagnosed while he was recovering from knee replacement surgery, due to problems with his prostate. The problem ended with frequent urination every half hour or so. In an effort to course correct, he underwent another procedure that made the problem “so bad I couldn’t pee.” “And that my friend is one of the most painful experiences I can tell you.” It was only with a biopsy that Braden was able to get answers, and he found that “there were low-grade cancer cells. [were] Some advanced cancer cells near his bladder. He is currently undergoing immunotherapy once a week, and is on his second session. He admitted that I am in the same place right now. “I’m a little bit under the weather, but not re...

Global superstar Shakira will be honored as Billboard’s Woman of the Year at the first-ever Mujeres Latinas en la Música, or Latin Women in Music, gala. The two-hour music special, hosted by Ivy Queen and Jacqueline Bracamontes and honoring Latin women in music, will be taped at the Watsco Center in Miami on May 6 and will air exclusively on Telemundo May 7 at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT. A first of its kind for Latin music, Mujeres Latinas en la Música celebrates Latin female artists, executives and creatives who are proactively working for positive change, inclusion and gender parity in the music industry. Superstars Ana Gabriel, Emilia, Evaluna, Goyo and Thalia will also receive special awards at the inaugural event presented by Billboard with Telemundo. Shakira’s honor comes in the wake of an extraordinary year that has seen the superstar break records with the biggest Spanish-language debut of 2022 (“Monotonía” featuring Ozuna). Then, in January 2023, her “Shakira: BZRP Music Sessions #53...

Police Arrest 24-Year-Old Man For Stealing Father’s Car In Karu  A 24-year-old man, Aondaofa Chanzer of Karshi development area of Nasarawa State has been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police for stealing his father’s Toyota Sienna Bus.  The state's Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, made this known in a statement on Monday.  Nansel said the suspect sold the stolen car at the rate of ₦1.4 million to one Sunday Ola, a resident of Kurudu, FCT-Abuja who has also been arrested.  “on 13/4/2023 at about 0700hrs, a complaint was lodged at Karshi Division that one Aondofa Chanzer ‘m’ 24yrs took away a Toyota Siena Bus with registration number Abuja ABC 714 FQ belonging to his father to unknown destination, and all efforts to reach him or recover the vehicle proved abortive. “Upon receipt of the report, police detectives attached to Karshi Division led by the Divisional Police Officer, CSP Nnamdi David Udubor launched a discreet investigation into the...

World Book/Copyright Day: NCC Intensifies Antipiracy Drive Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) says it is intensifying antipiracy drive and enforcing stiffer penalties for copyrights infringement and abuse of all literary works in the country. Dr John Asein, the Director-General, NCC, made this known in a statement in Abuja in commemoration of the World Book and Copyright Day, celebrated every April 23. Asien, while lamenting over the cases of piracy in the country, added that the new Copyright Act 2022, will improve author’s rights and address the challenges of digital transmission and online exploitation of works. “To guarantee adequate return on intellectual and financial investment in all creative sectors, the Commission is intensifying its proactive enforcement initiatives as well as enhancing the collective management of rights. “Working with various stakeholders and relevant agencies, the Commission has commenced a series of public education and enlightenment campaigns as a prel...

NGF Holds Valedictory Meeting As 17 Members Depart The Nigeria Governors’ Forum NGF will be holding its 2023 valedictory meeting Wednesday 26th of April 2023. According to an invitation to all the 36 Governors, issued by the Director-General of the Forum Mr Asishana Okauru, the meeting will be the 5th physical meeting in 2023, as the four earlier meetings during the year had been virtual. It further states that after the Chairman’s brief and parting remarks, the floor would be open for valedictories from members.   Seventeen Governors are leaving the Forum, having completed their terms of office, while adequate arrangements have been put in place for the induction of new Governors and returning ones which is coming up between 14th and 17 of next month.  The meeting will also end the Leadership of Governors’ Fayemi/Tambuwal in the Forum as another Chairman is expected to emerge among Governors of majority party.   

MARITIME SECURITY: PRESIDENT BUHARI TO ATTEND SUMMIT OF GULF OF GUINEA HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT IN GHANA    President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja for Accra on Tuesday, April 25 to attend the 3rd Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Gulf of Guinea Commission, (GGC) convened by President Nana Akuffo-Ado of Ghana.   The President is scheduled to participate and deliver remarks at the high-level discussion on strategies for strengthening peace and security in the fight against maritime-related crimes in the region.     As the immediate past Chair of the Assembly, President Buhari had championed collective efforts by Member States of the region, the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Gulf of Guinea Commission (GGC) and their partners to address and prevent piracy.    In June, 2019, Nigeria’s National Assembly passed the Su...

PAPUA NEW GUINEA  Six police recruit applicants tested positive for illicit substances MEDIA STATEMENT Sunday April 23, 2023 Six applicants for the recent police recruitment drive for the National Capital District, Central and Gulf provinces were tested positive for illicit substances last week. Four were tested positive in the regular recruit program whilst two were in the police cadet officer program. Of the four in the regular recruit program, two tested positive for marijuana and two for methamphetamine or ice. Three of the four are males whilst one is a female. They were among a total of 213 applicants for the regular police recruit program who did their medical checks on Thursday and Friday last week. Deputy Commissioner Administration Joanne Clarkson said of the 213 who did their medical checks, 26 failed, including the four who tested positive for illicit substances. She said 24 were disqualified on other medical conditions such as eye test, neck nodes related to Tuberculos...

ENUGU STATE POLICE COMMAND PRESS RELEASE OF 24TH APRIL 2023 ENUGU POLICE OPERATIVES ARREST, ARRAIGN AND HAVE A YOUNG MAN, 24, REMANDED FOR STRANGLING TO DEATH AND BURING FRIEND, 44, IN A SHALLOW GRAVE A young man, Agbo Onuabuchi aged 24, a native of Ebonyi State, but resident at Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, has been arraigned and remanded in Enugu Custodial Centre, for strangling to death and burying his male friend, one Peter Ukekwe aged 44, in a shallow grave, at Amori community in Nkanu West Local Government Area, on 01/04/2023. 2. The suspect and the deceased, had on the said date, traveled from Ogidi, Anambra State, to the mentioned location to visit one Onyeka Edeh (male and a Native Doctor). However, during the night hours, the duo left the host's house for an unknown destination. A search was conducted, but they were not found until the following morning, when the suspect was arrested at Obe community in the same LGA, by Police Operatives s...

Don Lemon CNN is out at CNN. CNN said on Monday that it was parting ways with Mr. Lemon, a star anchor who was a fixture of the network’s prime-time lineup before enduring a short but controversial tenure as a morning show co-host. “CNN and Don have parted ways,” the network said in a statement on Monday. “Don will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his contributions over the past 17 years. We wish him well and will be cheering him on in his future endeavors.” The network said Mr. Lemon’s morning show, which he hosted with Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins, would continue. “‘CNN This Morning’ has been on the air for nearly six months, and we are committed to its success,” CNN said. “I was informed this morning by my agent that I have been terminated by CNN,” Mr. Lemon said in a statement that he posted to Twitter. “I am stunned. After 17 years at CNN I would have thought that someone in management would have had the decency to tell me directly. At no time was I ev...

Two buried alive in Benue over alleged witchcraft  Angry youths from Konshisha local Government area in Benue State have buried two persons alive for allegedly being behind the thunder strike that affected one Henry Ihwakaa, his wife and a two-week-old child. Ihwakaa, who is said to be the father of Henry, was accused by the youths of bewitching people with thunder storm in the area any time it rains. It was gathered that on that fateful day, the youths mobilised and attacked Ihwakaa and his alleged collaborator. They later dug a sharrow grave and buried them alive. An eye witness and elder in the community, Engr Baba Agan, said following the development, the matter was reported to the police in Konshisha local government where the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), mobilised his men to the scene of the incident. It was gathered that when the police team arrived, the two had already died in the grave and their bodies exhumed. When contacted, Benue Police spokesman SP Sewuese Anene, c...

President-Elect Tinubu Returns To Nigeria Today After 33 Days Abroad Nigeria's 'President-elect', Bola Tinubu is expected to return to Nigeria today after 33 days abroad, a tweet by his Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga said on Monday. The President-elect had reportedly been on vacation in France. According to reports, Tinubu whose plane is billed to land at the presidential wing of the Abuja Airport will be escorted from the airport by a carnival-like motorcade to the Defence House. The president-elect had jetted out of Nigeria to France on March 21, a trip his campaign council said was meant for him to take a rest and plan ahead of his inauguration on May 29. A statement by the APC presidential campaign council had in March claimed that Tinubu travelled to France to rest and plan his transition programme after a very exhaustive campaign and election season. “The president-elect had left the country through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja.According to the...

TRAGEDY IN KOGI MAN LOSES LIFE INTERVENING IN ARGUMENT OVER URINATION A man lost his life in Kogi state's Adavi local government area after attempting to settle a dispute between two men regarding public urination. The victim, Orishagbemi Sunday, was 39 years old. The tragedy occurred when Orishagbemi attempted to calm his friend and another man engaged in an argument over the act of urinating in public. The incident was confirmed by the Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer, SP William Ovye Aya. According to reports, the deceased's friend, who works as a vulcanizer at Ganaja junction, Lokoja, urinated close to a building owned by a resident of the area. The resident's son, Sadiq, took issue with the action, sparking a heated argument. Concerned by the altercation, Orishagbemi intervened to try and resolve the situation, but the building owner's son pulled out a knife and fatally stabbed him. The suspect is now in police custody, and investigations are ongoing. Onc...

Tension as Ijaw militants, Biafra separatists clash in Akwa Ibom 24 April 2023  Tension surfaced yesterday as two militant groups, the Ijaw militants and the Biafra separatists, clashed in Nigeria’s territorial waters near the Gulf of Guinea, it was learnt. Specifically, the incident occurred at Uyenghe, in Mbo Council of Akwa Ibom State, near the Gulf of Guinea. Some of the militants were injured, but no fatality was recorded in the incident. Top sources said some militants of Ijaw extraction attacked the Black Marine, a militant group allegedly working for the Biafra Nations League (BNL). The sources stated: “One of the Black Marine former commander from Bayelsa, led his kinsmen to invade their camp and snatch boats and arms belonging to the Biafra separatist militants.” In retaliation, two of the Ijaw militants were injured.” It was also gathered that the attack was a case of betrayal by former commander of the Black Marine, who was their second in command, attempting to attack ...

Borno Hisbah officials forcefully shave youths for 'immoral' haircuts Personnel of the Borno State Hisbah Board have forcefully shaved the heads of some youths including underaged boys in the state.   The Deputy Commander-General, Mal. Abdurahaman Musa, in a statement posted on the board's Facebook page on Monday, April 24, 2023, said the youths' hairstyles is immoral, un-Islamic and against the culture of the state. More photos below. 

Actress Empress Njamah confirms arrest of ex-boyfriend Josh Wade who leaked her nudes months ago The actress re-shared a video of Josh Wade being led out by security operatives who arrested him on her Instastory. It came with the caption “our God is not asleep”. Before his arrest, Empress told the Press that the DSS was notified about the incident because the Liberian man allegedly does the same to other Nigerian women he perceives as wealthy. Watch video below. 

BUILDING COLLAPSE IN APAPA: DEVELOPERS BROKE GOVERNMENT SEAL TO CONTINUE CONSTRUCTION  The Lagos State Government on Sunday, said that the partial collapse of a three-floor building under construction on Ladipo Oluwole Street, Apapa, happened as its developers ignored the stop-work and seal-up orders of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) to continue construction behind the scene. The collapse incident, which was flagged on the Physical Planning incident management platform on Sunday evening, triggered immediate preliminary inquiries that showed that officers of the States Building Control Agency had issued several contravention notices, stop-work and seal-up orders which the developer ignored and carried on construction without any recourse, whatsoever, to the authorities. There has been no report of any casualty, while the site has been cordoned off and taken over by LASBCA This particular incident, like similar others, reinforces the government’s repeated calls for ...

Reactions Trails FG Use Of Vehicles To Evacuate 5,500 Students From Sudan The Federal Government has said that more than 5,500 stranded students and other Nigerians in crisis-laden Sudan will be evacuated by road. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, made this known as the new development after one week of war between Sudanese army and the paramilitary. Speaking on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today on Sunday, the minister disclosed that his ministry has been briefed that an estimated 5,500 citizens, which included students, workers and others are ready for the evacuation. Onyeama stated that the evacuation plan to use vehicles became crucial following the attack on the flight of the French rescue team in Sudan. He said, “We have been given the cost estimate and all the details. They gave us a figure of 5,500 who are ready for evacuation. Obviously, what you need in a situation like this is a place where everybody can congregate before you start moving them out. “Becau...

 Davido Escapes Onstage Attack At Lagos Concert April 24, 2023      The incident occurred on April 23, 2023, as Davido performed his latest album for the first time in Nigeria at the renowned venue, known for accommodating over 50,000 fans. As Davido dazzled the audience with his performance, a fan unexpectedly stormed the stage and approached him in a menacing manner. However, the quick-thinking singer swiftly turned around and almost threw a punch at the intruder before security personnel intervened and escorted the individual offstage. The viral video of the altercation has caused a buzz on social media, with many applauding Davido’s ability to defend himself and handle the situation with composure, while others speculate on the motive behind the fan’s actions. This is the first time the singer has performed the albulm publicly. He first performed songs off his new album in Irvine Plaza, New York, before dazzling fans in London. Davido also performed two songs off...

Forgive Me For All The Wrongs I Did To You – Ganduje Begs Kano Residents April 24, 2023      Kano state governor, Umar Ganduje has appealed to residents of the state who he may have offended in any way during his tenure as their governor, to forgive him. His appeal is contained in a statement released by Muhammad Garba, the state’s commissioner for information and internal affairs. According to the statement, Governor Ganduje whose two-term tenure of eight years will end on May 29, spoke in his Eid-el-Fitri message on Friday, April 21. The governor said he is not holding grudges against anyone, and that he has forgiven people “who at one time disparaged my person and my character for whatever reasons.” “I’ve forgiven anyone who at one time disparaged my person and my character for whatever reasons, and on my part, I equally beg or seek for your forgiveness for all that I’ve done wrong to you. For those who we have wronged, forgive us, on my part, I’ve forgiven those who w...