Author: Feyisayo Helen

HATFIELD, United Kingdom (VOICE OF NAIJA) -Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, on Monday, addressed a press conference in Abuja on Monday over the Supreme Court’s verdict to dismiss his appeal for lacking in merit and affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu. Read the full text of his speech: “Someone asked me what I would do if I lost my election petition appeal at the Supreme Court. In response, I said that as long as Nigeria wins, the struggle would have been worth the while. By that, I meant that the bigger…

HATFIELD, United Kingdom (VOICE OF NAIJA) -No fewer than 80 bodies have been recovered from kidnappers’ den in Abia State, Governor Alex Otti revealed. The governor made the statement during the bill by monthly media parley at the Government House, Umuahia. Otti said security intelligence showed that the ransoms paid for kidnapped victims were always dropped off around Umuchieze Cattle Market in Lokpanta of Umunneochi Local Government Area (LGA). He said this was discovered after several electronic equipment were installed in different parts of the state. “We installed electronic equipment to find out what is happening in every part of…

HATFIELD, United Kingdom (VOICE OF NAIJA) -Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two pupils of the Community Primary School, Isheri Olofin, Ifo Local Government Area of the State, for allegedly setting the school on fire. The command identified the minors as six-year-old Wahis Musa and Malik Iliasu, 9 years old. The Police Spokesman, Omolola Odutola, said the kids had been arrested by the Ojodu-Abiodun Divisional Police Officer of the Ogun State Police Command. Odutola said they were apprehended for malicious damage and arson. READ ALSO: Eight Adults, Six Minors To Face Trial Over Beheading Of French Teacher…

HATFIELD, United Kingdom (VOICE OF NAIJA) -The 19th edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), which commemorated the excellence of African cinema by bringing together filmmakers from various parts of the world under one roof, took place on Sunday, October 29. It was hosted by Nancy Isime, Rahama Sadau, and Richard Ato Turkson. Kunle Afolayan’s epic movie, ‘Anikulapo’ won the Ousmane Sembene Award for Best Film in an African Language, while C.J Obasi’s ‘Mami Wata’ won the Campell Precious Arebamen Prize for Best Achievement in Make-Up. See the full list of winners below: Efere Ozaka Award For Best Short…

HATFIELD, United Kingdom (VOICE OF NAIJA) -A car wash attendant on Sunday, escaped death after crashing a customer’s car in the Rumueme area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. A Facebook user, Justice Ori, made this known in a post, stating that the car washer was trying to test his driving skills before the accident. READ ALSO: Toddler Dies After Accidentally Shooting Himself At Caregiver’s Home, Police Begins Probe Sharing photos from the incident, the user said, “Happened this afternoon in Rumueme area of Port Harcourt. A man drove his car to car wash, the car washer after washing the car…

HATFIELD, United Kingdom (VOICE OF NAIJA) -One woman has been killed and two others injured when gunmen invaded Ora community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. The abductors stormed the town around 8pm on Saturday, October 28, 2023, and shot sporadically before whisking away their victims. A senior community leader who does not want his name in print, told the Daily Trust that the gunmen abducted two female Point of Sales (POS) operators. READ ALSO: Gunmen Abduct Father, Daughter In Kwara Community “They also killed another woman and attacked the husband of one of the POS operators who…

HATFIELD, United Kingdom(VOICE OF NAIJA) -The United Nations has released an update on the ongoing war between Israel and Hama’s, over three weeks after it started. The UN warned of a potential civil unrest as the death toll in Gaza amid the ongoing Israeli-Hamas war nears 10, 000. The Health Ministry in Gaza, on Sunday, reported that death toll has risen to 8,005, including 3,342 children, since the war began on October 7. Hamas militants in October 7, stormed across the Gaza border and went on the rampage in Israel, killed 1,400 people, with 230 others kidnapped, Israeli officials said.…

HATFIELD, United Kingdom (VOICE OF NAIJA) -Two trains collided in southeast India, killing no fewer than 13 people and leaving around 50 others injured, officials said on Monday, updating an earlier toll of eight. The accident occurred late Sunday after one of the passenger trains overshot a signal between the towns of Alamanda and Kantakapalle in Andhra Pradesh state. A preliminary investigation found that “human error” had led to the collision, the railway ministry said in a statement. “Thirteen passengers have been killed and 50 others are injured. Rescue operations are going on,” top local government official Nagalakshmi S. told…

HATFIELD, United Kingdom (VOICE OF NAIJA)- No fewer than 60 people stormed an airport in the Muslim-majority Caucasus republic of Dagestan, seeking to attack Jewish passengers coming from Israel were arrested by Russian police, according to reports. Dagestan is Russia’s southernmost territory and one of its poorest regions. It has taken an active part in the Ukraine offensive — with independent reports showing it has sent proportionally more men to Ukraine than many more ethnically Russian regions. Dozens of protesters, many of them chanting “Allahu akbar” (God is greatest), broke through doors and barriers at Makhachkala airport on Sunday, with…

HATFIELD, United Kingdom (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The All Progressives Congress (APC), has written the disciplinary committee of the Nigerian Bar Association to report the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, and a spokesman of the party campaign council, Kenneth Okonkwo, for making inciting statements against the justices of the Supreme Court and the judiciary as a whole. In the petition signed by the National Secretary of APC, Senator Ajibola Basiru, the ruling party considered the act a breach of Abure and Okonkwo’s duty as legal practitioners. In an exclusive phone chat with The PUNCH, Ajibola stated that…