Olayide Oluwafunmilayo Soaga

Nigeria

Journalist at The Guardian (Nigeria)

Journalist @GuardianNigeria. Ex: @fijnigeria. Aspiring PR Executive. Daydreamer. Evolving. [email protected]

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Articles

Polytechnic students demand end to HND discrimination

5 days ago | guardian.ng | Olayide Oluwafunmilayo Soaga

The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) has announced plans to mobilise one million students across campuses nationwide for a solidarity march in honour of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on June 12, Democracy Day. Tagged the ‘Adupe March’, the procession is aimed at expressing gratitude to the President for what the students describe as unprecedented investments in education under the Renewed Hope Agenda.
NGO tasks school girls on menstrual hygiene in Gombe

5 days ago | guardian.ng | Olayide Oluwafunmilayo Soaga

A nongovernmental organisation (NGO) known as ‘ADDA Girl Education Foundation’ has created a club for discussion and learning on menstrual hygiene at Government Girls Science Secondary School (GGSSS), Kumo in Akko local government area of Gombe State. Speaking after the programme, the executive director of the foundation, Samira Galadima, explained that the club tagged ‘Let’s Talk Club’ was meant to serve as a safe space for girls to talk about menstrual hygiene and other life skills.
NSCDC seizes dredging machine at illegal mining site in Anambra

5 days ago | guardian.ng | Olayide Oluwafunmilayo Soaga

The Anambra Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has raided an illegal mining site and seized a sand dredging machine during the operations. The state Commandant of the corps, Mr Olatunde Maku, disclosed this in Awka on Monday, while briefing newsmen on the activities of the command in the last week. Maku disclosed that the site was located at the Omambala River in Ifite-Ogwari, Ayamelum Local Government Area of the state.
Amaechi failed as a politician; hunger for power, says Wike

5 days ago | guardian.ng | Olayide Oluwafunmilayo Soaga

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has called Rotimi Amaechi, former Minister of Transportation, a failed politician who is “hungry for power,” not food. Wike made this statement during a media parley in Abuja on Monday while reacting to Amaechi’s comment during his 60th birthday celebration last week, where he said, “We’re all hungry, all of us are.
Husband arrested over sexual assault of 15-year-old stepdaughter

5 days ago | guardian.ng | Olayide Oluwafunmilayo Soaga

The Bauchi State Police Command said that a 37-year-old man, Wisdom Benoie, has been arrested for sexually harassing his 15-year-old stepdaughter. Police Spokesman, CSP Ahmed Wakil, said in a statement on Monday that operatives of the Command acted on credible intelligence, leading to the successful intervention in a mob action involving the suspect, Wisdom Benoie.
Judiciary workers' strike paralyses court activities in Abuja

5 days ago | guardian.ng | Olayide Oluwafunmilayo Soaga

The strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) on Monday paralysed activities at the Court of Appeal, FCT High Courts in Maitama, Wuse Zone II, Garki, and Nyanya. Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited some of the courts in some state capitals report that offices and court halls were under lock and key. The national headquarters of JUSUN on Friday declared a strike action and directed its members to down tools beginning from midnight on Sunday.
Mining marshal commander joins elite ranks at Defence HQ workshop

5 days ago | guardian.ng | Olayide Oluwafunmilayo Soaga

In a marked demonstration of inter-agency collaboration and strategic foresight, the Defence Headquarters of Nigeria recently convened its annual Psychological Operations Workshop, drawing elite commanders and specialists from across the nation’s security architecture. Among the distinguished participants was Assistant Commandant of Corps (ACC) John Onoja Attah, Mining Marshal Commander, whose presence underscored the widening scope of influence operations in contemporary security management.
Groups slam FG's action on resumption of oil production in Ogoni

5 days ago | guardian.ng | Olayide Oluwafunmilayo Soaga

The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) and Ogoni Liberation Initiative have criticised the Federal Government over recent remarks by the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, on the resumption of oil production, saying the statement was causing damage to the healing process that began five years ago.
'I'm a sick, old man,' TY Danjuma laments frail health

5 days ago | guardian.ng | Olayide Oluwafunmilayo Soaga

Former Minister of Defence, Lt. General Theophilus Danjuma (rtd), has expressed concern over his deteriorating health, describing himself as “a sick old man” while making a passionate appeal for national unity and loyalty to leaders as the key to economic growth and democratic stability in Nigeria. Danjuma made the disclosure on Saturday in Ganye, during his turbaning ceremony as the Gang Paan Ganye by the Gangwari Ganye, His Royal Highness Alhaji Adamu Sanda.
NiMet forecasts three-day thunderstorms, rains from Monday

5 days ago | guardian.ng | Olayide Oluwafunmilayo Soaga

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms and rains from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja envisaged morning thunderstorms on Monday with rains over parts of Taraba, Kaduna, Gombe, Bauchi, Kebbi, Sokoto, Katsina, Jigawa and Kano States in the northern region.