Author: Feyisayo Helen

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A journalist, Hammed Bashiru, has recounted his experience in detention for republishing a story about the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun. The journalist claimed that he was arrested and convicted in Miami, United States Of America in 1986. Bashiru was first arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services and released but he was rearrested when he posted about his experience with DSS on his WhatsApp status. Talking about what he went through in the prison, he said that he fainted while in remand and spent two days in the hospital. He also said…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The new Chief Executive Officer of Twitter, Elon Musk, in a tweet shared on Saturday, 5 November, revealed reasons for laying off some workers in the organisation. The social media platform boss tweeted: “Regarding Twitter’s reduction in force, unfortunately there is no choice when the company is losing over $4M/day. Everyone exited was offered 3 months of severance, which is 50% more than legally required.” His tweet has garnered reactions from tweeps on the platform. A tweep, Evelyn said: “If Elon Musk takes over Twitter and brings Donald Trump back, I will be leaving this…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- New photos of baby Miracle whose hand was amputated after he was allegedly assaulted by his father, have emerged on social media. Voiceofnaija.ng had earlier shared the sad story of how Miracle’s father, Confidence Amatobi, allegedly used a hanger to repeatedly hit his 2-month-old baby on his hand, because he was crying and disturbing his sleep. Last month, National Human Right Commission (NHRC) and the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Imo State chapter called on the Imo State Government and the Nigeria Police Force to immediately arrest and prosecute Mr Amatobi, for allegedly assaulting…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- TikTok is currently experiencing a service outage, affecting tens of thousands of users worldwide. TikTok users have been expressing their frustration as many revealed they have been getting the ‘no internet connection‘ message. At the same time, many revealed that their upload has been stuck. While TikTok has not revealed what has happened it is quite possible that the servers are down. The app is not refreshing and users are unable to scroll through videos. Daily Mail reported that the outage occurred on Friday at 1:00 pm ET (6:00pm Nigerian time) More than 50,000 issue…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Federal Government has commenced the distribution of relief items to the victims of flood disaster and other vulnerable persons in Zamfara State. Zamfara State is one of the states affected by flood disasters this year, with some local government areas of the state being adversely affected. According to the 2022 flood data released by the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, 13,845 people were affected in Zamfara State, 14,628 farmland destroyed, 7,656 houses partially damaged while 2,107 houses were totally damaged It is against this backdrop that the National Emergency Management Agency…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) –Supporters of Africa’s second-longest serving president Paul Biya, are holding events this week to mark the Cameroonian leader’s 40 years in power. Biya, who has been Cameroon’s president since 1982, is rarely seen in public these days. On Thursday, 3 November, 2022, Voice Of America reported that the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (CPDM) dispatched party officials to towns and villages to organise conferences and mobilise more support for Mr Biya. In February, Cameroon threw birthday celebrations across the country for Mr Biya, who turned 89, making him Africa’s oldest and second longest-serving leader after Teodoro…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) –The leaders of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Oyo Chapter, have declared their support for the party’s flag bearer Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 presidential election. The NMG is a support group of Atiku, the presidential candidate of the PDP. The group said it does not align with any suggestion that Oyo PDP will work against Atiku. Seyi Makinde, the Oyo State Governor, is one of the five Governors demanding the resignation of Iyiochia Ayu, PDP national chairman, on the grounds that the party’s leader and presidential candidate cannot be from the same region. Makinde and…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council has announced the date it will formally begin its campaign. According to council, the party will kick off its campaign on 15 November, 2022, with a rally in Jos, the capital of Plateau state. Simon Lalong, governor of Plateau, is the director-general of the campaign council. In a statement on Thursday, Bayo Onanuga, director of media and publicity for the campaign team, said the exercise officially began with a town hall meeting that Bola Tinubu, APC presidential candidate, had with business leaders. Onanuga also said there…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Muftau Talemu, the father of a 20-year-old man allegedly killed for ritual purposes in Lagos State is demanding justice for his son. It was gathered that the Senior Secondary School 3 student, Nureni, died on 12 October, 2022, after he claimed that his friends, Daniel, 19, and Sunday, another teenager, put a calabash on his head after drugging his meal. The incident occurred at Temu, a community in the Ikosi-Ejinrin Local Council Development Area, Epe, Lagos State. His father, in a petition to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba, on…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa, on Thursday, said the agency needs more sniffer dogs to fight against drug trafficking. According to the agency’s boss, each sniffer dog costs about $20,000 which is equivalent to 16million naira. Per current rates at the parallel market ( about N800 per dollar), a sniffer dog would cost the Nigerian government N16 millon, going by Mr Marwas proposition. “We definitely need dogs. Dogs cost between $15,000 and $20,000 each,” Mr Marwa said. “I won’t state in this forum to the hearing of…