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Over 2,000 individuals from the Ikeja Police Barracks community benefited from an impactful outreach program spearheaded by Young Professionals for Tinubu (YP4T), an advocacy and support group working in alignment with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The initiative provided critical medical services, care packages, food supplies, and financial assistance to widows, wives, and vulnerable residents, demonstrating the heart of nation-building through community-centered support. The program, which united healthcare professionals, community organizers, and volunteers, complemented the government’s broader efforts to bring essential services closer to the people. Residents of the Ikeja Police Barracks received free medical consultations, blood pressure and diabetes screenings, and wellness advice. Widows and families also left with care packages filled with food items, toiletries,…
Queen Naomi, Oriyomi, and Fasasi have been remanded in prison over the Ibadan stampede. NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State has ordered the remand of Prophetess Naomi Silekunola, Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat and Mr. Abdullahi Fasasi at Agodi Correctional Center following their roles in the Ibadan Children Funfair stampede last week. Amidst heavy security, the three people, including the principal of Islamic High School, Bashorun Ibadan, Mr. Fasasi; the proprietor of Agidigbo FM, Alhaji Hamzat, and estranged wife of the Ooni of Ile Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Naomi Silekunola, were on Tuesday arraigned before…
President Tinubu has spoken on removing fuel subsidy. NewsOnline Nigeria reports that President Bola Tinubu has defended his administration’s decision to remove the fuel subsidy, describing it as a necessary reform to safeguard Nigeria’s economic future. Speaking during his first presidential media chat on Monday night, Tinubu expressed his resolve, stating, “I have no regrets whatever removing subsidies. It was necessary.”The President explained that the subsidy regime was unsustainable, likening it to mortgaging the future of the country for present consumption. “We were not investing; we were just deceiving ourselves. The reform was necessary. We cannot have expenditures we don’t have revenue for,”…
Kungiyar Likitocin masu neman kwarewa reshen birnin tarayya Abuja ARD ) ta yi wa Ministan Abuja Nyesom Wike, gargadin cewa membobinta za su fara garkame asibitoci tare da tsunduma yajin aiki cikin kwanaki 14 idan ba a biya bukatunsu ba. Shugaban kungiyar, Dakta George Ebong, ne ya bayyana wannan gargadi a ranar Litinin yayin wani taron manema labarai a Asibitin Wuse, Abuja. Yayin da ya yaba wa ministan kan ayyukan gine-gine da yake gudanarwa a Abuja, Ebong ya jaddada muhimmancin kula da walwalar likitoci da suke fuskantar barazanar mutuwa sakamakon tsananin rayuwa A cewarsa, ya kamata ministan ya mai da…
Petrol Marketers have predicted a further major drop in fuel prices from today across Nigeria. NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has announced that petrol will be sold at ₦935 per litre starting today, following a new pricing arrangement with the Dangote Petroleum Refinery.According to IPMAN’s National President, Maigandi Garima, the reduction in Dangote refinery’s ex-depot price and a uniform pricing mechanism will enable marketers to sell petrol nationwide at ₦935 per litre, with an additional logistics cost of ₦36. Garima explained, “Dangote refinery has brought another new arrangement of loading and pricing by which marketers…
PDP has knocked President Tinubu over a deadly stampede for food across states and FCT in Nigeria. NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the recent food stampedes in various states as a grim testament to the rising poverty, hunger, and desperation among Nigerians under the Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration. In a statement issued in Abuja, the PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, laid the blame for the tragedies on what he called the “overtly insensitive, corrupt, and directionless APC government.” The statement lamented the loss of about 60 lives, including children, in separate stampedes in…
FG has broken the silence on the Ibadan, Abuja, and Okija tragic stampedes. NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, deeply sympathizes with the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives in the tragic stampedes that occurred during food distribution exercises in Ibadan, Abuja, and Okija. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families, and all those affected by these unfortunate incidents,” he said. The Minister said the tragedies are deeply saddening and underscore the importance of ensuring proper crowd management during such charitable activities, especially during the festive season. While acknowledging the…
FG is set to renovate Tinubu and Shettima’s Official Quarters With ₦6.36 billion in 2025. NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the Federal Government of Nigeria has earmarked a total of ₦6,364,181,224 billion for the refurbishment and rehabilitation of the residential accommodations for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, and several of their aides in the proposed 2025 budget.This Nigeria news platform gathered that the proposed funding was highlighted in the 2025 Appropriation Bill submitted to the National Assembly, which indicates that the annual upkeep of the Presidential Villa is projected to cost ₦5.49 billion. The proposed budget allocates ₦765 million for…
President Tinubu has abruptly cancelled all his planned public appearances in Lagos. NewsOnline Nigeria reports that President Bola Tinubu has cancelled all his official events in Lagos today in honour of the stampede victims in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Anambra state. This Nigeria news platform earlier reported that 10 people, including children, died in a stampede that occurred at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Maitama, Abuja, while no fewer than 20 residents of the Okija community in Anambra lost their lives in a stampede during an event for the distribution of rice on Saturday morning. Special Adviser to the President on Information…
Several have been feared dead in Abuja Church Palliative Stampede. NewsOnline Nigeria reports that at least 10 people, including children, are feared dead, and several others sustained injuries during a stampede at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Maitama, Abuja, on Saturday morning. ‘This Nigeria news platform understands that the incident occurred as thousands of residents scrambled to receive palliatives distributed by the church.The event, organised to provide relief to struggling residents, drew over 3,000 people, mostly from Mpape, Gishiri Village, and other nearby settlements. The National Director of Social Communications at the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Padre Mike Nsikak Umoh,…