Top 10 Stories To Start Your Saturday Morning

Top 10 Stories To Start Your Saturday Morning

1. In a tragic incident in Jos, Plateau State capital, a school building collapse has claimed the lives of 22 victims, with 132 others sustaining injuries by Friday evening, according to Hon. Musa Ashom, the state Commissioner for Information and Communication…….. CONTINUE READING

2. President Bola Tinubu has announced the removal of Mohammed Bello-Koko as Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Friday. Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho has been appointed as the new MD, with Senator Adedayo Adeyey assuming the role of Board Chairman of the NPA.

3. Governors representing all 36 States of Nigeria, under the Nigerian Governors Forum, have scheduled a crucial meeting next week to deliberate on the Supreme Court’s recent judgment granting autonomy to local government councils nationwide.

4. The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees and the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria have jointly urged the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit to monitor local council funds closely, preventing their diversion to state governors by council chairmen.

5. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has clarified that its operatives are not responsible for the discovery of a deceased person found hanging at an estate gate along the Lagos-Sagamu Expressway. This statement was issued by Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki, the General Manager of LASTMA, through Mr. Taofiq Adebayo, the agency’s Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment, on Friday.

6. A tragic incident unfolded at Delta Street, Ayanre, off Ibiye bus stop in Badagry, Lagos, where an unidentified woman and her son, identified as Chukwuemeka, allegedly beat 14-year-old Testimony to death. Reports indicate the boy was accused of misplacing a ₦1,000 note given to him by one of the suspects for market purchases.

7. Dr. Emmanuel Barki, the acting rector of Benue Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, and three staff members were kidnapped by gunmen along the Otukpo-Otukpa Road on Thursday.

8. President Bola Tinubu has announced plans to expedite the rehabilitation of the East West Road, connecting Bayelsa, Rivers, and Akwa Ibom states. This commitment was made during the conclusion of a three-day Stakeholders Summit organized by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in Port Harcourt on Friday.

9. The Edo State Police Commissioner, Funsho Adegboye, has reported significant progress in combating cultism and criminal gangs in the state. The Commissioner made this disclosure while parading three suspected cultists in Benin City, the capital of Edo State.

10. President Bola Tinubu has renamed the National Theatre in Iganmu, Surulere, as the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and Creative Arts in honor of the renowned literary figure’s 90th birthday. In a statement personally signed by Tinubu, Soyinka was hailed as a “national treasure and global icon” for his profound literary achievements and unwavering commitment to human dignity and justice.