The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Command said that two persons lost their lives as a vehicle plunged into the Ososa River along the Ijebu Ode-Sagamu Expressway in Ogun. The Sector Commander, Mr Ahmed Umar, who confirmed the accident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday...
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By TENEBE ANTHONIA, Lagos – Ecobank Group, the leading pan-African banking group, has signed an agreement for a €100 million long-term credit facility over 9 years with the European Investment Bank (EIB). The facility affirms joint Ecobank Group and EIB targeted support for business investment across Africa, with particular...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has placed the incumbent Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, on a watchlist, ahead of the handover of government in the state. This was contained in a letter to the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) dated November 15, 2021....
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Following the deplorable state of Federal roads in Cross River State, a House of Representatives member for Calabar Municipality/ Odukpani Federal Constituency, Rt Hon Ntufam Eta Mbora, has expressed dismay over the poor handling of road contract in his constituency. Rep. Mbora, who spoke with...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – Operatives of The Ogun State Police Command have arrested 5 members of a kidnap syndicate terrorising Obada Oko and its environs in Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state. The Police spokesman in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement on...
Fishermen operating along the Santa Barbra River and Nembe creeks in Bayelsa on Wednesday lamented the adverse impact of the Nov. 5 oil leak from Aiteo’s oilfield in the area. The management of Aiteo, an indigenous oil firm which operates the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29, says the leak...
Mr Saliu Mustapha, one of the front line aspirants for the the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairmanship position, says history will be kind to President Muhammadu Buhari for efforts to enthrone good leadership in the country. Mustapha said this in a statement by his Media Officer, Mr Dapo Okubanjo,...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Cross River State High Court sitting in Calabar, has summoned the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), Ikpeme Ikpeme to appear before the court on December 15, 2021 to give explanation of over N68m contract debt which the hospital...
Human rights group Amnesty International has dismissed the Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed’s claims on the panel report on Police brutality and the EndSARS protests, saying his position is not surprising to them. The minister had during a briefing in Abuja, described the report submitted by the Lagos...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Wednesday extended the deadline for submission of bids and Initial Bid Deposits (IBDs) in respect of the 3.5 Gigahertz Spectrum Band auction to 5.00 pm on Monday, 29th November, 2021. The NCC Director, Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As the Nigerian Legion begins activities to mark the 2022 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration, the FCT Administration has pledged its support to ensure its success. The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello who made this pledge while receiving a delegation from the Nigerian...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja All the ad-hoc staff involved in the conduct of the 2021 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for school based candidates have been fully paid by the National Examinations Council (NECO). The ad-hoc staff includes, 18,243 Supervisors, 887 Assistant Supervisors and 65,159 Examiners. In a statement...
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri, have vacated their camps, ahead of the Nov.30, dateline for the closure of all Displaced Persons camps by the Borno Government. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who visited some camps on Wednesday, reports that most of them have been deserted by...
No fewer than 2.6 million people (that is nearly 22 percent of the population), in 66 out of 74 districts across Somalia are affected by worsening drought, the United Nations humanitarian agency said on Wednesday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said nearly 113,000 people...
On Friday, 12th October, 2021 the Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators (CATA) at its 15th general meeting, elected Nigeria’s number one Taxman, the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Muhammad Nami as its fifteenth President. The forty-seven member country organisation voted overwhelmingly for Mr. Nami,...
A total of 703 projects, with total investment of 582.18 billion yuan (91.1 billion U.S. dollars), was inked at the fourth World Manufacturing Convention held in Hefei, east China’s Anhui Province. According to the organising committee, the four-day event, was themed “innovation-driven, digitally empowered: global manufacturing industry aligned for...
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan, on Wednesday, sentenced a 36-year-old man, Saheed Olapade , to two years imprisonment for unlawful possession of human head. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendants are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and unlawful possession. The Senior...
Justice Oyindamola Ogala of an Ikeja High Court on Wednesday told a couple, Fortune and Stephen Nwankwo, that they had a case to answer over the death of their housemaid, Ms Joy Adole. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ogala told the Nwankwos to open their defence...
The list of nominees for the 64th annual Grammy Awards is out and Nigerian artists Wizkid and Femi Kuti earned nominations in two categories. They both were nominated in the Best Global Music Performance and Best Global Music Album categories. Femi Kuti’s Pà Pá Pà was nominated in the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Minister of Interior Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has commissioned a new passport Issuing facility that would offer the 10-year validity Passport to Nigerians at the Nigerian High Commission in London, the United Kingdom. A statement issued by the spokesman of The Nigeria Immigration Service,...