Author: Feyisayo Helen

HATFIELD, United Kingdom (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Rev. Joseph Olorunfemi, the father of the late Greatness Olorunfemi, said his daughter planned to travel to the United States of America to commence her PhD in Microbiology before her death. Olorunfemi was a victim of ‘one-chance’ robbers in Abuja. She was reportedly stabbed and thrown out of a moving vehicle On September 26, 2023, along the Maitama-Kubwa Highway. It was alleged in a viral video that the medical team at the Maitama District Hospital, Abuja, requested a police report and denied her treatment. The bereaved father spoke on Thursday at a press…

HATFIELD, United Kingdom (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The 6 Division, Nigeria Army, Port Harcourt has debunked allegations that its troops shot at, and assaulted protesting youths and women in Rumuekpe community, Emuoha Local Government Area of Rivers State on Thursday. Recall that the Executive Director of the Youths and Advocacy Centre, Fyneface Dumnamene had in a statement issued in Port Harcourt alleged that two persons were rushed to the hospital while the whereabouts of a third person allegedly injured by the soldiers at the scene of the protest was unknown. Also, some of the protesters alleged that in a bid…

HATFIELD, United Kingdom (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The National Bureau of Statistics has announced a surge in household kerosene prices by 57.18 per cent, reaching N1,272.40 per litre in August. The NBS’ National Household Kerosene Price Watch report obtained by The PUNCH noted that this sharp increase from last year’s N809.52 in August 2022 highlighted escalating energy costs. The report revealed a monthly uptick, with the average price per litre at N1,272.40, a concerning 0.92 per cent rise from July’s N1,260.81. State-level analysis shows substantial pricing disparities. Adamawa led at N1,745.83 per litre, trailed closely by Benue at N1,468.33 and…

HATFIELD, United Kingdom (VOICE OF NAIJA) – No fewer than 40 people have been confirmed dead in a glacial lake burst that triggered a torrential flash flood in India, according to officials. Over 100 persons were missing on Thursday after heavy rains caused a Himalayan glacial lake in northeast India to burst its banks, the worst disaster in the region in more than 50 years. Lhonak Lake in Sikkim state overflowed on Wednesday, causing major flooding that authorities said had impacted the lives of 22,000 people. It is the latest deadly weather event in South Asia’s mountains being blamed on…

HATFIELD, United Kingdom (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The Osun State Government, on Friday, imposed an immediate 24-hour curfew in the communities of Ilobu and Ifon following clashes over a land dispute. A statement by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, announced that the curfew is to forestall further breakdown of law and order in the two communities. Alimi also said the Governor, Ademola Adeleke, imposed the curfew to prevent the escalation of the crisis and prevent further loss of lives and property. According to reports, about eight people were feared killed in a communal clash involving both…

At least 18 people were killed, and nearly 100 were missing on Thursday after heavy rains caused a Himalayan glacial lake in northeast India to burst its banks, the worst such disaster in the region in more than 50 years. Lhonak Lake in Sikkim state overflowed on Wednesday, causing major flooding that authorities said had impacted the lives of 22,000 people. It is the latest deadly weather event in South Asia’s mountains being blamed on climate change. Sikkim, a small Buddhist state of about 650,000 people which is wedged in the mountains between Nepal, Bhutan and China, was cut off…

HATFIELD, United Kingdom (VOICE OF NAIJA) – One person was reportedly shot and killed last night, in a clash between indigenes of Ifon-Osun and Ilobu communities in Osun State. The state government had imposed a 24-hour curfew on the communities two weeks ago in an effort to curtail the crisis. However, the crisis erupted again on Wednesday night, resulting in the killing of a commercial motorcyclist. Meanwhile, security operatives, including the police, army and civil defence, have been drafted to the area to forestall any further breakdown of law and order. The Deputy Governor of the state, Kola Adewusi, earlier…

Hatfield, United Kingdom (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Monday Ubani, the former Chairman, Section of Public Interest and Development Law (SPIDEL), Nigerian Bar Association, has reacted to the case initiated in the United States by the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, where he requested for the release of President Bola Tinubu’s certificate from the Chicago State University. This follows suspicion that the certificate the President submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may not be authentic. Ubani said it will be difficult for the Supreme Court to admit fresh evidence in the appeal…

HATFIELD, United Kingdom (Voice of Naija) – The Senate has summoned the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun; Minister of Health, Ali Pate, and his Federal Capital Territory counterpart, Nyesom Wike, over what it described as the “avoidable death of Ms Greatness Olorunfemi, at the Maitama General Hospital”. Olorunfemi, who was a victim of vehicle robbers known in common parlance as “one chance, bled to death after she was stabbed and thrown out of a moving vehicle, then denied medical attention by the public hospital with the excuse that there was no police report of the incident. The action was at…

HATFIELD, United Kingdom (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as MC Oluomo has been appointed as the acting chairman of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) South-West chapter. The leadership and members of the union unanimously appointed MC Oluomo as the acting chairman of Zone 2. This is just as the union also pleaded with Governor Ademola Adeleke (Osun), Governor Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo) and Governor Seyi Makinde (Oyo) to reinstate the activities of NURTW in their states which will afford them the opportunity to nominate candidates for the national president of the union zoned to southwest. The…