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The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in Nigeria has dismissed reports in the media and social media that terrorist organisation, Boko Haram bombed one of its helicopter. In the fake news first reported by Daily Trust newspaper and Premium Times online newspaper, they claimed that five people were killed in the attack. According to the news outlet, the attack happened in the northeast state of Borno. But hours after the UNOCHA urged Nigerians to disregard the news and urged citizens to refrain from sharing the information. “Contrarily to ongoing rumours, no UN helicopter was hit…

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, says they will only support any political party that cedes the 2023 presidential slot to the zone. The group further says any person or party planning to give Ndigbo the Vice presidential position in 2023 should forget it. The President of Ohanaeze in Anambra State and a member of the National caucus of the group, Chief Damian Okeke-Ogene, told a newspaper, The Nation, on Tuesday in Awka that it was still premature to discuss 2023 at this point in time as it was still a long way to go. He said even those…

The Lagos State Task Force has reacted to the clash by some of its officials had with motorcycle riders at 2nd Rainbow along Oshodi-Mile 2 Expressway on Tuesday. The task force said it was reacting to complaints from residents that motorcycle riders popularly known as Okada riders were robbing people using their bikes. Adebayo Taofiq, head, public affairs unit, Lagos State Task Force said a paramilitary officer attached to the task force was wounded by Okada riders. “Yes, the operatives of the Agency based of series of complaints from the public about activities of these Okada riders using their bikes…

Commercial motorcyclists popularly known as Okada riders clashed with Lagos State Government (LASG) taskforce officials at Second Rainbow along Apapa-Oshodi Expressway. According to eyewitnesses, violence broke out in the early hours of Tuesday as Okada rider clashed with men of Lagos task force, who had seized some motorcycles. An eyewitness said that vehicular movement was disrupted, as the rioters set up bonfires on the Expressway, forcing commuters to trek. According to a commercial driver vehicles were damaged. “Some commercial vehicles were damaged when they tried to force their way through the melee. “What we did was update each other on…

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has said that he has no regrets moving to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the PDP. He stated this in Abakaliki while speaking to journalists on the issue of his defection which has generated ripples in the country. The governor said he moved to the APC because of injustice meted out to the Southeast by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Gov Umahi to join APC this week He also said that he has no deal with the APC or any member of the party with regards to zoning of the presidential position to…

Tired of being denied sex by his wife allegedly on the instructions of her prophet, a man has decided to forgo his conjugal rights by divorcing her. Claver Simoonga told the court that his wife, Maureen Macha, 38, of Kabanana in Zambia, has been denying him his conjugal rights from July. He told the court that a prophet instructed her not to have sex with him because she was pregnant by the ‘Holy Spirit’. The couple got married in 1990 and has two children together. Father Nwosu laments high rate of divorce among young couples “Problems in our marriage started…

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia said it is offering 424 scholarship slots for Nigerian students to study various courses in Saudi universities. A statement by the Royal Embassy in Abuja, on Monday, said the slots are part of the 6,597 scholarship that the kingdom distributes annually to African students. According to the statement, 150 slots are also given to students from the Republic of Benin annually. “For the links and conditions to apply for the scholarship, students are advised to seek information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Education in their countries. Buhari orders payment of NDDC…

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that his administration would do everything to prevent a repeat of the recent #EndSARS protest. The President gave the assurance during the National Security Council (NSC) meeting held at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday. Briefing State House Correspondents on the proceedings from the meeting, the Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi, said President Buhari also stated that Nigerians, especially the youth, would be carried along by the administration in issues concerning maintenance of peace in the country. He said the Council expressed concerns over the deplorable security situation in the…

The federal government on Tuesday lifted ban placed on Lufthansa, Air France/KLM against operating international flights into Nigeria. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, made the disclosure in a tweet on Tuesday. The minister also added that Qatar Airways has been granted approval to resume flights to Abuja. Sirika hinted at the possibility of the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Port Harcourt International Airport and Enugu Airport accommodating foreign travellers before year end. COVID-19: FG approves N4bn bailout for airlines “We are working with Ministry of Health, CACOVID & The PTF to open Kano, Port Harcourt & possibly Enugu airports before…

The Southern Kaduna Peace Practitioners Network has condemned the killing of the District Head of Gidan Zaki Village in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Mr Haruna Kuyet, and his son by some criminal elements in the early hours of Tuesday. In a statement on Tuesday, SOKIPEP lamented that the killers also left life-threatening injuries on Kuyet’s wife following a severe machete attack on her. The group, through its National Coordinator, Reverend Dauda Fadia, described the latest development as “callous, insensitive and reprehensible.” The military under the auspices of Operation Safe Haven informed the State government of the…