Author: Akintayo Adams

Officers of the German Police have shot a man with a pick axe and an incendiary device near a Euro 2024 fan park in Hamburg. In a statement on social media, police said: “At St Pauli there is currently a major police operation. “According to initial findings, a person threatened police officers with a pickaxe and an incendiary device. The police then used their firearms. “The attacker was injured and is currently receiving medical treatment.” The incident reportedly took place on the Reeperbahn, a popular entertainment district in Hamburg’s city centre that has been playing host to football fans who are in…

Armed Gunmen, on Sallah Day, invaded a village in Gwadabawa Local Government Area of Sokoto State. Six people were reportedly killed and many abducted. The gunmen were said to have stormed Tudun Doki village at about 1:30 am on Sallah day. The Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in Sokoto, Ahmed Rufa’i, confirmed the attack, according to a Channels Television report. Six bodies have been recovered so far, but the police couldn’t give a definite number of abducted persons. Get instant and latest news updates via Our WhatsApp Community or Google News online channel.

Super Eagles and Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen, has donated ₦15 million to the Attom Foundation. This is to aid the Attom Foundation’s aim of raising funds and awareness to help at least 10,000 Nigerians, particularly the elderly, address vision problems caused by refractive errors, cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, and glaucoma. He made the donation at a dinner last night. The dinner is sequel to a charity match played earlier in the day. Meanwhile, Osimhen was in the news over his response to former Super Eagles Coach Finidi George who was credited with comments doubting Osimhen’s commitment towards the national team. Get…

Bauchi, Kogi, and Oyo have emerged as Nigeria’s three most expensive states on a year-on-year basis. The States recorded the highest All-Items Inflation in May 2024. This was contained in the National Bureau of Statistics’s (NBS) latest May Consumer Price Index and Inflation report released on Saturday. However, Kano, Gombe, and Bauchi are the most expensive states in Nigeria on a mlMonth-on-Month basis. In May 2024, the All-Items inflation rate on a Year-on-Year basis was highest in Bauchi 42.30 percent, Kogi (39.38 percent Oyo (37.73 percent), according to the report. Meanwhile, Borno (25.97 percent), Benue (27.74 percent) and Delta (28.67…

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday, joined Muslim faithful to observe Eid Kabir prayers. It was held at the Dodan Barracks in Ikoyi, Lagos. The Eid-el-Kabir festival is celebrated by Muslims worldwide on the 10th day of the Hijri month of Dhual-Hijjah in the Islamic calendar. Asíwájú arrived at the Eid praying ground at 8:55 am on Sunday, alongside some top Government Functionaries which includes Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila; the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; Lagos State Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat; former Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola; businessman Aliko Dangote, Senator Gbenga Ashafa, and other dignitaries. The…

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has celebrated with fathers’ across the country on the occasion of this year’s Father’s Day. He hailed them for the role they continually play in the lives of the younger ones. His position was contained in his goodwill message on Fathers’ Day posted on his X handle. “Let me profoundly congratulate fathers all over the world on the 2024 Fathers’ Day Celebration,” he wrote. “Fathers are endowed with great capacity for exploits, determination and the shouldering of responsibilities as moral compasses at home and in the society at large. “That is why they remain ladders…

The Nigeria Labour Congress said the government must agree to its demands on minimum wage. The NLC was responding to a statement by President Bola Tinubu during a meeting with some governors and National Assembly members on the occasion of the country’s 25th Democracy Day anniversary. “Senate president, deputy senate president, you will get a notice from me if I have changed my mind on minimum wage. We are going to do it — what Nigeria can afford, what you can afford, what I can afford. They ask you to cut your coat according to your size if you have…

Lagos State Government said 15 people in the state have died in the past few days due to Cholera. Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, made this known on Saturday. He disclosed that 350 suspected cases had been reported, with 17 confirmed to be cholera and 15 deaths so far. He stated that after the initial alert and advisory issued by the state Ministry of Health on the cholera outbreak, the government activated its Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) at Mainland Hospital, Yaba, Lagos. “The laboratory investigation and test results have so far confirmed cholera sub-type O-1. This…

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has released the database of inmates who fled from the Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre. Recall, inmates numbering 118 escaped from the Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre, Niger State on April 24, 2024. Hours after the jailbreak, the NCoS revealed that the names and pictures of the fleeing inmates from the Correctional facility will be published. Ten inmates were re-arrested on April 25, with three more captured later that same day. The NCoS Spokesperson, Abubakar Umar noted, on the 6th of June that 23 escapes had been recaptured so far. “I want to say hear…

Domain name registrations in Nigeria has exceeded 4.33 million. The milestone cemented Nigeria’s position as the second largest market in Africa. This achievement was spotlighted in the latest Africa Domain Name Industry Report, commissioned by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in partnership with PowerSoft Africa. The detailed study of 54 African countries found Nigeria had climbed to second place in the continent’s domain name industry, just behind South Africa, highlighting Nigeria’s increasing importance in the digital space. As of November 2023, African country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) had 4.33 million registrations. There are also 1.4 million…