By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Jumia, an e-commerce platform in Africa, has launched a quick commerce platform in Nigeria dubbed Jumia Food Mart to meet increased consumer demand for rapid delivery. Jumia Nigeria Chief Executive Officer, Mr Massimiliano Spalazzi, said in a statement on Thursday that the move would...
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Nollywood actor, Moses Armstrong, has been charged with rape, intimidation, conspiracy and supplying of drugs or instruments to procure abortion. Armstrong, a former aide to Governor Udom Emmanuel was arrested month for allegedly raping a minor he adopted. The four charges were read to Armstrong in a State...
Troops of Nigerian Armed Forces operating in North West, North Central theatres of operations have eliminated over 45 terrorists/bandits in both land and air operations in the last two weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, made this known at a bi-weekly news briefing of the Defence...
President Muhammadu Buhari has unveiled the 2023 National Population and Housing Census Project Document, aimed at promoting robust and informed national conversation on procedures for the census. He unveiled the document at the National Stakeholders Summit on the 2023 census, organised by the National Population Commission (NPC), in collaboration...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Chairman of the Fiscal Responsibility Commission, Mr. Victor Muruako, has warned that unless there is a drastic review of the nation’s fiscal commission laws, its abuse by government agencies will not be checked. Muruako made the remarks at a media parley organised by Order...
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered the remand of one Chinasa Michael, accused of setting fire to a BRT bus terminal at Oyingbo in Lagos during a protest in year 2020 over alleged police abuses. The defendant, 21, who is unemployed and resides at No. 21, Ilogbo St.,...
Six police officers were killed in anti-government protests in northern and western Sierra Leone on Wednesday, the head of police said on Thursday. Two officers were killed in the capital, Freetown, three in the northern town of Kamakwie and one in the northern city of Makeni, police inspector general...
The threat of force from China has not decreased but Taiwan will not escalate conflict or provoke disputes. President Tsai Ing-wen said this on Thursday, as a source told Reuters the number of warships in the Taiwan Strait was greatly reduced. Furious about a visit to self-ruled Taiwan last...
The Federal Government says the 1,130 stolen Benin bronzes and other artefacts to be repatriated to Nigeria will make a tour of schools and the country as a whole. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said this in Abuja when he inspected the Millennium Tower and...
Great men and women, either by mistake or design, contribute something unique to our civilization. Their actions, utterances, dress styles, dance steps, gait or even their mistakes, constitute standard practices and are emulated by admirers. Indeed, famous people are often listened to with awe even when they say the...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – More than 700 dump drivers from Akwa Ibom and Cross River States on Wednesday protested over the invasion of the haulage business in both states by foreigners. The drivers protested under the auspices of Dump Drivers Association and was lead by its National Chairman,...
Shortly after President Muhammadu Buhari authorised the acquisition of ExxonMobil Corporation assets by Seplat Energy Plc, he has made a U-turn on the deal. Buhari had on Monday approved the acquisition as announced in a statement signed by presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu. However, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission...
Forty-two Malian soldiers died in a sophisticated weekend attack by suspected terrorists using drones and artillery, authorities said Wednesday, the latest violent incident to rock the troubled Sahel country. The toll is one of the bloodiest in Mali’s decade-long insurgency, which has spread from the north of the country...
Sierra Leone declared a nationwide curfew Wednesday following a massive protest in the West African country. Vice President Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh made the announcement on a television broadcast, saying it is a measure to calm down the situation and return the country to normalcy. On Wednesday, thousands of protesters...
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), an NGO, has urged the Federal Government to shelve the planned 5.5 per cent increase in the services in the telecommunication sector. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Finance Budget and National Planning Minister Zainab Ahmed, during a stakeholders’...
The Force Commander Multinational Joint Task Force MNJTF, Maj.-Gen. Abdul Khalifah has called for partnership with other regional forces to defeat terrorism in the Lake Chad area and the Sahel. Khalifah made the call when he received the new Force Commander of Operation Barkhane, French born Maj.-Gen. Bruno Baratz...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters has announced the arrest of two additional suspects in connection with the June 5 attack on St Francis Catholic Church Owo in Ondo State. The Director, Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Jimmy Akpor, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday said the...
Nigerians have been urged to make the right choice in 2023 election as the wrong choice will consume the whole nation. Former President Olusegun Obasanjomade the call when he spoke at the Wilson Badejo Foundation’s 15th annual lecture with the theme, ‘Overcoming the twin challenge of poverty and insecurity...
The family of Nollywood actress, Ada Ameh, has released her funeral arrangements. According to the obituary released, a novelty match and a candlelight service will be held in her honor on August 19 in Lagos. On August 25, another candlelight service will be held in Benue state while her remains will...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Sulaiman Usman SAN has reiterated that the state has zero tolerance for perpetrators of all forms of crimes including, that of Gender Based Violence (GBV), harmful practices, amongst others. Sulaiman SAN stated this on Wednesday in...