Amos Oge Kalu, Author at OHAFIATV

Dec

21

2022

Taliban bans women from attending universities in Afghanistan

Education, Lifestyle, NewsAfghanistan, Education, Taliban, World News, World Peace

The Taliban regime has announced the closure of universities to women in Afghanistan, BBC reports. A letter by the higher education minister indicated that the move is until further notice and is expected to take effect immediately. It further restricts women’s access to formal education, as they were already excluded from most secondary schools. One Kabul University student told the BBC that she had been crying since she heard the news. After the Taliban took over the mantle of leadership of the war-torn country last year, universities introduced gender-segregated classrooms and entrances, where only female students could be taught by…

Dec

21

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Okupe’s fraud conviction won’t stop Peter Obi – Adeyanju, Ibegbu

Opinion, Politics2023, Labour Party, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Peter Obi, Politics

The Labour Party, LP, campaign Director-General, Doyin Okupe was on Monday convicted for fraud. An Abuja Federal High Court sentenced Okupe to two years imprisonment for breaching the money laundering act. Okupe was found guilty of 26 out of the 59 count charges preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu ordered that the 26 counts, which attracted 2-year jail terms each, would run concurrently. Ojukwu, however, gave an option of N500, 000 fine in each of the counts, amounting to N13 million. She ruled that Okupe should be taken to Kuje Correctional Centre to serve his…

Dec

21

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Truck driver kills tricycle rider, hoodlums loot rice

Lifestyle, Metro, NewsAccident, Crime, Metro, Nigeria, RIP, Security

There was tension at Itam Market in the Itu Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State following the murder of a tricycle rider by a truck driver. Market sources told PUNCH Metro that trouble started when the Hausa truck driver, while trying to negotiate space to park for easy offloading of his bags of rice, was obstructed by the tricycle operator and tables used by traders to display their wares, resulting in a traffic snarl. It was gathered that in the ensuing confusion, the driver climbed down from his truck with a machete, which he used on the tricycle rider, who died…

Dec

21

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

NASS to pass new revenue-sharing formula, budget Thursday

Business, Economy, Lifestyle, Metro, News, Opinion, PoliticsBudget, Economy, National Assembly, Representatives, Senate

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has transmitted the Finance Bill 2022 to the National Assembly as the federal parliament is billed to pass the 2022 Appropriation Bill by Thursday. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, at the plenary on Tuesday, read out the cover letter of the President on the bill, which was titled ‘Transmission of the Finance Bill 2022 to the National Assembly for Consideration and Passage into Law in Support of the 2023 Budget.’ In the bill, the Federal Government proposed expanding the tax net and more equitable revenue-sharing formula and allocation to state…

Dec

21

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Soldiers kill guest at funeral as siblings clash over property ownership

Lifestyle, MetroAccident, Crime, Metro, RIP, Security

A guest, David Chinonso, has been reportedly killed at Owode, Ogombo community, in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State, after some military men stormed the burial of one late Mathew Ekpu. The uniformed men, numbering 15, were said to have arrived at the venue in an attempt to stop the corpse from being interred on the premises of the deceased. This led to a confrontation, as one of the deceased’s sons, Victor, was hit in the head with an iron, while Chinonso was shot in the chest. The children of the deceased, who spoke to PUNCH Metro, accused their sibling, Richard, of…