NEWS UPDATE
HERE IS THE NEWS UPDATE
11-2-25
THE IBADAN ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY (IBEDC) HAS AGREED TO RESTORE POWER SUPPLY TO NIGERIA’S PREMIER HOSPITAL, THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL (UCH), IBADAN, AFTER 100 DAY OUTAGE
THE RESTORATION TO SOME PARTS OF THE HOSPITAL IS TO BE DONE LATEST WEDNESDAY
THE AGREEMENT WAS REACHED AT A MEETING WITH THE POWER MINISTER, DOCTOR ADEBAYO ADELABU, THE HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT AND IBEDC MANAGEMENT DURING A VISIT OF THE MINISTER TO THE FACILITY ON MONDAY
IBEDC HAD CUT POWER SUPPLY TO THE FACILITY OVER UNPAID NN283 MILLION BILL, WHICH WOULD NOW BE SETTLED INSTALMENTALLY BETWEEN EIGHT TO 12 MONTHS
ADELABU SAID THE PROLONGED POWER OUTAGE TO THE HOSPITAL WAS AN EMBARASSMENT TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND UCH
THE MINISTER BLAMED THE UNPAID HUGE POWER BILL ON SHARP PRACTICES, DILAPIDATED EQUIPMENT AND NON SEPARATION OF BILLS OF DEPARTMENTS IN THE HOSPITAL////
11-2-25
THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF NIGERIA SUPREME COUNCIL ON ISLAMIC AFFIARS, PROFESSOR ISHAQ OLOYEDE,HAS ASKED LEADERS IN THE SOUTH WEST REGION, TO HAVE A RETHINK OF THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SHARIA PANEL IN THE REGION
HE CAUTIONED THEM AGAINST CREATING UNNECESSARY TENSION IN THE REGION NOTED FOR THE PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE AMONG MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS, AND TRADITION WORSHIPPERS
OLOYEDE SPEAKING ON THE ISSUE DURING A TELEVISION PROGRAMME OVER THE WEEKEND, SAID THERE WAS NOTHING BAD IN HAVING SHARIA PANEL IN THE REGION
THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF NSCIA, SAID THE FORMAL ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SHARIA PANELS CONSISTS ISLAM SCHOLARS, WILL RESOLVE DISPUTES OVER MARRIAGES AND OTHER CIVIL ISSUES AMONG MUSLIMS IN THE REGION
THE SHARIA PANEL, ACCORDING TO HIM, WOULD PROMOTE PEACE IN THE REGION
THE ISSUE HAD GENERATED CONTROVERSY SINCE A COMMITTEE ANOUNCED ITS PLAN TO SET IT UP IN OYO TOWN, AS WELL IN EKITI AND OGUN STATE
BOTH EKITI AND OGUN STATE GOVERNMENTS HAD DECLARED SUCH A RELIGIOUS PANEL ILLEGAL///
11-2-25
INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, KAYODE EGBETOKUN, HAS BANNED POLICE OFFICERS FROM CARRYING ARMS WHILE DRESSED IN CIVILLIAN ATTIRES
HE ISSUED THE DIRECTIVE DURING A VIRTUAL MEETING WITH STRATEGIC POLICE MANAGERS ON MONDAY
EGBETOKUN ESPECIALLY WARNED OFFICERS OF THE POLICE TACTICAL SQUADS AGAINST IMPROPER DRESSING AND ABUSE OF POWER
ACCORDING TO THE IGP, WHILE ON DUTY, POLICE OFFICERS MUST WEAR APPROVED UNIFORMS///
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11-5-25
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS SAID IF HAMAS DOES NOT RELEASE ALL REMAINING HOSTAGES FROM GAZA BY MIDDAY ON SATURDAY, ISRAEL SHOULD CANCEL THE CEASEFIRE AND “LET HELL BREAK OUT”
AHEAD OF A MEETING WITH JORDAN’S KING ABDULLAH LATER, TRUMP SUGGESTS HE MAY WITHHOLD AID TO JORDAN AND EGYPT IF THEY DON’T CO-OPERATE WITH HIS PLAN TO TAKE CONTROL OF GAZA AND RESETTLE THE POPULATION IN THE TWO COUNTRIES
ON MONDAY, HAMAS SAID IT WOULD DELAY THE RELEASE OF ISRAELI HOSTAGES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, ACCUSING ISRAEL OF BREACHING THE GAZA CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT
ISRAEL CALLED THE MOVE A “COMPLETE VIOLATION” OF THE CEASEFIRE DEAL, WHICH BEGAN LAST MONTH, AND SAID ITS MILITARY WAS PREPARING AT “THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ALERT FOR ANY POSSIBLE SCENARIO IN GAZA”
IN TOTAL, 17 ISRAELI HOSTAGES WERE STILL DUE TO BE RELEASED IN THE FIRST PHASE OF THE CEASEFIRE, EIGHT OF WHOM ISRAEL SAYS ARE DEAD.
HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS HAVE BEEN FREED BY ISRAEL SO FAR
FINALLY IN THE NEWS UPDATE, SPORTS NEWS
NIGERIA’S FLYING EAGLES HAVE BEEN RANKED AMONG THE TOP THREE TEAMS FOR THE 2025 TOTALENERGIES U-20 AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS (AFCON) AS THE CONFEDERATION OF AFRICAN FOOTBALL (CAF) CONFIRMED THE TOURNAMENT’S DRAW PROCEDURE,
THE BIENNIAL YOUTH COMPETITION WILL TAKE PLACE IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE FROM APRIL 26 TO MAY 18, 2025, FEATURING 13 TEAMS FROM ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
ALONGSIDE NIGERIA, THE QUALIFIED NATIONS INCLUDE EGYPT AND MOROCCO (NORTH AFRICA), HOLDERS SENEGAL AND SIERRA LEONE (WAFU A), GHANA AND HOSTS CÔTE D’IVOIRE (WAFU B), TANZANIA AND KENYA (CECAFA), SOUTH AFRICA AND ZAMBIA (COSAFA), AND DR CONGO (CENTRAL AFRICA).
NIGERIA’S FLYING EAGLES, THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TEAM IN THE TOURNAMENT’S HISTORY WITH SEVEN TITLES, ARE AMONG THE TOP-SEEDED TEAMS, ALONGSIDE SENEGAL AND HOSTS CÔTE D’IVOIRE, AS PER GHANA FA.
THE 13 TEAMS WILL BE DIVIDED INTO THREE GROUPS:
GROUP A WILL HAVE FIVE TEAMS, WHILE GROUPS B AND C WILL EACH CONTAIN FOUR TEAMS.
THE TOP TWO TEAMS FROM EACH GROUP, ALONG WITH THE TWO BEST THIRD-PLACED TEAMS, WILL QUALIFY FOR THE QUARTERFINALS, LEADING TO THE SEMIFINALS, THIRD-PLACE PLAYOFF, AND FINAL.
THAT WAS THE NEWS UPDATE
