By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Jumia Nigeria, an e-commerce platform, on Friday said it recorded gross revenue of 50.5 million dollars in the third quarter from the 47.6 million dollars reported in the preceding quarter. Mr Francis Dufay, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Jumia, in a statement in Lagos, said...
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Presidency says nine oil-producing states have so far received a total of N625.43 billion 13 percent oil derivation, subsidy and SURE-P refunds from the Federation Account between 1999 and 2021. According to a statement on Friday in Abuja by Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s media aide, the affected states...
A man has been nabbed in Lagos State for moving N6.5million from his friend’s bank account and using it to bet in Badagry area of the state. In a video trending on Twitter on Friday, the man accused of using 6.5million Naira to play Sporting Bet was dressed in...
Gunmen have abducted a 66-year old traditional ruler, Oba Clement Olukotun, the Oloso of Oso, at Ajowa-Akoko, in Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered on Friday that the abductors stormed the traditional ruler’s residence at about 10.15 p.m. on Thursday...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Police Command on Friday said its operatives from the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) unit have rescued two children abandoned by their mothers in the Marina area of Lagos State. The command disclosed this through a post on its official Twitter handle....
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Atiku Diaspora Support Group has urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gladiators to allow rule of law prevail over sentiments in order to resolve the crisis rocking the party. The group, which is in support of the party’s Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday prayed an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan to convict a former NIHORT Director, Ademola Idowu and former NIHORT Accountant, Isiah Ajisafe of N124 million fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that EFCC is prosecuting Idowu and...
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has assured Nigerians that the prevailing fuel crisis ravaging various parts of the country would soon disappear. Its Coordinator in Delta, Mr Victor Ohwodiasa, gave the assurance when he led a team of the regulatory authority on an unscheduled inspection...
Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has accepted an appointment from the African Agricultural Technology Foundation(AATF), as Africa’s Ambassador for Agricultural Technology. This is contained in a press statement issued by Alex Abutu, the AATF Communications Officer and made available in Abuja on Friday. Abutu disclosed that the announcement was...
The Federal Government has intervened in 83 internal road networks in Tertiary Federal Institutions across the country. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola made this known on Friday in Uyo during the inauguration and handing over of 1.2 km internal road constructed by the federal government to the...
The Kogi House of Assembly on Friday began probe into an alleged fraudulent land dealing and encroachment by one Godwin Isah in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mrs Sefi Okpekete-Bajeh, a Lokoja-based businesswoman, had petitioned the house on what she described as “fraudulent land...
A book on border security has been unveiled at the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS), as its contribution to the search for lasting peace and stability in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the book titled “Manning the Gates,” was written in honour of...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba has filed a motion before a Federal High Court in Abuja to challenge the ‘contempt proceedings and committal order’ brought against him. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO) CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja....
Unidentified gunmen early Friday morning, attacked a mosque in Ughelli, Delta state, leaving 11 worshippers injured. A resident who spoke to NAN on phone, said the attack took place at about 6.47 am when some Muslim faithful were holding their morning prayers at the Central mosque, located along Okoroda...
The Naira on Thursday exchanged at 445.83 to the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, a depreciation of 0.12 per cent, compared with the 445.30 it exchanged on Wednesday. The open indicative rate closed at N444.60 to the dollar on Thursday. An exchange rate of N447 to the...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – A United Kingdom based Organisation, the Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSH Association UK) has bestowed an Honorary Fellowship Award of the Association on the Director-General/Chief Executive of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Sir Joseph N. Ari. According to the Association during the presentation...
BY THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Government is to benefit from an agricultural programme on Innovative Strengthening of Smallholder Farmer and Productive Land Restoration. The programme is to be implemented by the African Union Development Agency’s New Partnership for Africa’s Development, AUDA-NEPAD in collaboration with the State Government...
The Labour Party in Ogun State has expelled the party’s Director General of the Presidential Campaign Council, Dr Doyin Okupe, for failure to perform his financial membership status in the past six months contrary to the dictate of the party’s constitution. Okupe was dismissed alongside Abayomi Collins, Abel Olaleye,...
The Secretary-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Amb. Okey Emuchay, has said that the organisation has no cracks as portrayed in some sections of the media in the country. Emuchay said this during an interactive session with newsmen in Umuahia on Thursday. He spoke against the backdrop of the statements...