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Residents of Akure, Ondo state capital, on Monday, engaged in widespread looting of food items and grains conveyed by a truck into the state, Peoples Gazette can report.  The truck was overpowered after it developed a mechanical fault at one of the popular junctions known as the cultural centre along the Ondo express road. The Gazette learnt that the fully loaded truck was conveying food items in the cartoons branded in President Bola Tinubu’s name. Several witnesses who confirmed the development said those who attacked the truck and also looted its contents included petty traders, artisans, drivers and commercial motorcyclists.…

The Israeli parliament has approved a law giving the government the power to ban broadcasts of TV channels including Al Jazeera, the Qatari-owned network. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would “act immediately” to close the network’s local office. The US expressed concern over the move. With foreign journalists banned from entering Gaza, Al Jazeera staff based in the strip have been some of the only reporters able to cover the war on the ground. The Knesset, Israel’s parliament, approved the bill allowing foreign networks considered a threat to national security to be “temporarily” banned. The ban would be…

Some hoodlums on Saturday attacked and burnt down an out-station of the Oyo State Police Command along the new Oyo-Ogbomoso Expressway in the Atiba Local Government Area of the state. While reacting to the dastardly act, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, of the state, SP Adewale Osifeso, said the command would vehemently resist any kind of dehumanization of its personnel or attack on its facilities by sinister-minded individuals or groups. According to Osifeso,“This is in furtherance of the unprovoked attack by lawless individuals, suspected to be hoodlums transiting along the new Oyo-Ogbomoso Expressway during the early hours of…

The Nigeria Army had said a minor explosion has hit the Ikeja Cantonment farmland. The Nigeria Army on Monday posted on the official “X” account to explain that a minor explosion hit the farmland of the Ikeja Cantonment, near the mammy Market. “This is to notify the general public that today Monday 1 April 2024, a minor explosion occurred within the Nigerian Army (NA) Cantonment in Ikeja, Lagos. The incident occurred on a farmland near the Mammy Market within the Cantonment.” Further investigation shows that burning of refused had triggered the explosion “The explosion is suspected to have been triggered…

A US-based Ghanaian couple has been arrested in connection with the murder of their 5-year-old son who was badly beaten and succumbed to his injuries. The couple, identified as Valerie Owusu and Emmanuel Addae, were convicted on March 22, 2024 nearly three years after Owusu’s son, King, was found dead in a home in Brentwood, New York City. District Attorney Raymond Tierney in a press release said: “This little boy was beaten and suffered for days at the hands of these defendants, one of whom was his own mother, until he unfortunately succumbed to his severe and extensive injuries.”…

The Edo State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Anthony Aziegbemi, has recounted his ordeal in the hands of kidnappers as a terrible one he doesn’t wish anyone to go through. Aziegbemi stated this on Sunday evening when the deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, paid him a visit at his residence. Gunmen kidnapped Aziegbemi close to his house on March 15 at about 11pm on Idaro Street, off Country Home Road, Benin, Edo State. Aziegbemi was said to have left a meeting at the Government House and was going home in his vehicle when he was waylaid and kidnapped in…

Have you forgotten that today is April Fool, Sorry readers, no Nigerian governor is dead. They’re all hale and healthy.

  Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto has called on President Bola Tinubu to focus on developing a comprehensive agricultural plan rather than distributing palliatives through a corrupt-riddled structure.  In his Easter homily on Sunday, Mr Kukah said palliative distribution when the country is not at war “diminishes the dignity of” Nigerians. “Merely distributing money through already corruption-riddled structures is not enough and diminishes the dignity of our citizens. No one needs to line up to receive aid when we are not in a war,” the Catholic cleric said. “Give our people back their farms and develop a comprehensive…

Journalists in the White House press corps covering President Joe Biden’s administration habitually steal insignia items from Air Force One, four people told West Wing Playbook. Journalists in the White House press corps covering President Joe Biden’s administration habitually steal insignia items from Air Force One, four people told West Wing Playbook The looting reportedly grew to such a degree under Biden’s tenure that the president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, NBC correspondent Kelly O’Donnell, issued a “terse reminder” that stealing from Air Force One is not allowed, several individuals who saw the off-the-record email confirmed to Playbook. None…

The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has described Nigerians as religious people, who are not necessarily godly. According to him, many Nigerians shun hard work but turn to prayers, thinking being religious will guarantee them results. Oloyede called on Nigerians to harness the vast endowment of the country to turn its situation around. He said Nigerians should, for instance, exploit the country’s agricultural potential, noting that Nigeria was endowed with vast arable land, water and weather suitable for different crops across different regions. The JAMB Registrar made the call in a lecture, titled, “Duties of…