The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned hotel owners to avoid being accomplice to internet fraudsters who check into their facilities. The Zonal Commander of EFCC, Michael Nzekwe, gave the warning in Ilorin on Thursday while addressing a stakeholders meeting of Designated...
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A Yoruba cultural group, Olofin Adimula Cultural and Traditional Foundation (ACATF), has called for the invocation of Owo deities on those behind the recent killings of worshippers at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo State. In a statement jointly signed by its President, Alhaji Raheem Sabana and Secretary,...
Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has said it is time for the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) return to power at the centre, after being in the opposition for many years. Governor Okowa said this when he spoke with newsmen shortly after his official announcement as the party’s running mate...
The Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES), has urged the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to accelerate the implementation of the programmes. Prof. Foluso Okunmadewa, the World Bank, Lead Specialist, Social Protection and Task Team Leader for NG-CARES, made the call...
Troops of Operation Delta Safe, have in the last seven weeks, dismantled a total of 337 illegal refineries and arrested 141 oil thieves across Niger Delta region. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, made this known at the Defence Headquarters bi-weekly briefing on Thursday in Abuja. Onyeuko...
The timely intervention of Police operatives from Olasan Division, Mushin, saved a 53-year-old woman from been. lynched by a mob on Thursday in Lagos. The mob had alleged that the woman stole a baby. Mr Benjamin Hundeyin, spokesman of the Police Command in Lagos, disclosed this on his Twitter...
A civil society group, Double Diamond Platform Global (DDPG) on Thursday urged Nigerians not to be lured into voting persons with questionable characters into office at the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The group said the call became expedient because of the near state of despair Nigerians had been subjected...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has inaugurated a Coordinating Committee, on the Recovery of Outstanding Ground Rents of N29 billion owed the administration by property owners in Abuja. The Director, Information and Communication, FCTA, Mr Muhammad Sule, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the Permanent Secretary,...
The World Food Programme (WFP) says one-third of Sudan’s population, or 15 million people, are facing acute food insecurity, according to a new assessment. WFP, in the Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Assessment (CFSVA) released on Thursday, showed that the combined effects of economic and political crises were among...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDP-GF) has congratulated Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on his emergence as the Vice Presidential candidate of the PDP for the 2023 general elections. The Chairman of PDP Governors Forum, Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State made the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Shehu of Borno, His Eminence, Alhaji Abubakar Umar Inn Garbai El Kanemi has advised management team of Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development (AFPD) to engage Emirs, district heads as well as other community and religious leaders in its advocacy and campaigns on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has commissioned acute respiratory therapist treatment plant at the State Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri. The state Governor said the oxygen plants and solar direct drive refrigerators can go along way in complementing the efforts of the Borno State in...
In the face of rising demand for foreign exchange for goods, services, and other needs, the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele says monetary policy alone cannot wholly address the country’s foreign exchange challenges. Mr. Emefiele disclosed this in a keynote to the maiden bi-annual Non-Oil...
Defence Headquarters says its troops in various theatres of operations in the North West have eliminated scores of bandits and recovered large cache of arms and ammunition in two weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, said this at the Defence Headquarters bi-weekly briefing on Thursday in...
The absence of social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha (alias Mompha), on Thursday stalled his trial in an Ikeja Special Offence Court for alleged N6 billion money laundering. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on on June 10, accused Mompha of...
The Lagos State Government says it will demolish the remaining buildings on the land, where the 21-storey building collapsed on Gerrard Road, in Ikoyi. isclosed this at a news conference on the handing over of the complex to the contractor for deconstruction on Thursday in Lagos. Salako said that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno Police Command has rescued a woman who was abducted by four kidnappers along Misko Road Minna, Niger State on Saturday last week and handed the victim over to her husband and relations in Maiduguri at the police headquarters. The Borno Commissioner of Police,...
The clock is ticking loudly and counting down towards a new dawn for Nigeria as we head into the 2023 General election. As political drama continues to unfold ahead of the election, some concerned Nigerians are focusing on Nigerian voters for a purposeful use of the power of the...
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez says Kylian Mbappe must have “changed his dream” by rejecting the Spanish giants to stay at Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). Mbappe had been expected to join Los Blancos as a free agent, but signed a blockbuster new three-year deal with PSG last month. Perez says...
INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Kwara, Malam Garba Attahiru-Madami, says the Commission has nothing to do with primary elections of political parties. Attahiru-Madami made this known on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin. He said that contrary to the opinion of...