By BABARA KALU, Enugu – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a suspected kidnapping syndicate collaborator and informant operating within Enugu metropolis and its environs. The corps recovered N2,100, three ATM cards, two handsets, a wrap of substance suspected to be cannabis and an improvised...
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First Bank of Nigeria Ltd. says the 2021 FinTech summit scheduled to hold virtually on Oct. 7, will highlight the impact of open banking on financial inclusion. According to a statement, The Chief Executive Officer of FirstBank, Dr Adesola Adeduntan, said the 2021 edition of the summit, the fifth...
Harry Kane’s Premier League goal drought continued but a virtuoso display by his strike partner Son Heung-min ensured Tottenham Hotspur’s losing streak ended with a 2-1 home victory over Aston Villa on Sunday. South Korean Son did not add to his three league goals this season but produced a...
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has condemned an attack against peacekeepers in Mali, which left one Egyptian ‘blue helmet’ dead, and four others seriously injured, the UN correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. António Guterres expressed his deep condolences to the family of the victim, as...
Manchester City came from behind twice to earn a 2-2 draw with Liverpool in a breathless and pulsating Premier League encounter at Anfield, on Sunday. All four goals came in a second half packed with the high-quality, high-tempo, end-to-end football that makes the Premier League so popular globally. Sadio...
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has promised to mobilize governors of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and other party faithful to ensure a peaceful gubernatorial elections in Anambra on November 6. Ikpeazu made the promise at a strategy meeting of the PDP National Campaign Council for Anambra Governorship Election...
Unit offices of the Department of State Services (DSS) and Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Nnewi, Anambra were on Sunday set ablaze by yet to be identified gunmen. The gun wielding men were said to have operated for hours in the industrial town. A source, who pleaded anonymity,...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A former Director, Public Relations, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Dr. Andee Iheme, has challenged leaders in Nigeria to desist from using destructive language if the country must be one. He stated this while speaking as a Guest Speaker at a Special Prayer to...
Whitemoney has been declared the winner of the Season 6 of the Big Brother Naija reality television show themed ‘Shine Ya Eye’, leaving Liquorose as the first runner up. At the grand finale on Sunday, housemates evicted were Emmanuel, Angel, Cross, and Pere; leaving Whitemoney and Liquorose as the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation( NNPC) has said it is not recruiting and urged the general public to disregard information circulating on social media saying that the corporation was recruiting. The corporation disclosed this in a statement signed by its spokesman, Garba Deen Muhammad,...
The Enugu state chapter of the Association of Private School Owners of Nigeria (APSON) has identified tutorial centres, known as ‘miracle centres’, as posing a serious threat to basic education in the state. The APSON Enugu state Chairman, Mr Emeka Grahams, stated this on Sunday, in an interview with...
The Police Command in Zamfara, on Sunday, announced that it had successfully arrested 21 suspected notorious bandits and 48 collaborators during various raids it carried out in September. SP Muhammed Shehu, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, made the disclosure at a press briefing in Gusau,...
Sweeping raids in Libya targeting mostly irregular migrants left at least one person dead, 15 wounded and 4,000 in detention, the UN said, stressing that authorities must respect human rights. Libyan authorities had labelled as an anti-drug operation the raids on houses and makeshift shelters in Gargaresh, a poor...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The gallant troops of 25 Task Force Brigade Operation HADIN KAI have repelled the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) move to attack the facility housing the surrendered BHT members in Damboa, Borno State. In a statement on Sunday, The Director Army Public...
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Federal Road Maintenance Agency,(FERMA) Mr Femi Bamisile, has canvassed for appropriation of more funds for the maintenance of federal roads across the country. Bamisile said the sum of N460 billion budgeted for construction and maintenance of federal roads in 2021 budget was...
Emeke Hego-Ogbonna, a beach soccer player with the Kebbi state Beach Soccer Club, has been named amongst the top 100 top players in the world by FIFA, the world football governing body, an official has disclosed. Alhaji Mahmud-Hadejia, President, African Beach Soccer Union (ABSU) confirmed this on the side...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Saturday, in Maiduguri, hosted operators of ‘Keke NAPEP’ during which he directed the procurement of 500 tricycles and 100 Toyota cars (Corolla LE) for subsidized allocations. At The Government House meeting, Governor Zulum explained that about...
Human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has urged the media and Nigerians in general to stop referring to terrorists as mere bandits. Mr Falana made the appeal in a statement on Sunday while reacting to the Federal Government’s seeming silence on the calls to declare...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Following incessant harassement and intimidation of its members, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, (IPMAN) Calabar Depot has threatened to shut down depots and 400 petrol stations owned by its members. IPMAN Calabar Depot is made up of over 500 members from Makurdi, Cross...