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NNPC open to collaborating with NGX on financing opportunities

Bode September 8, 2021

By TENEBE ANTHONIA, Lagos – Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has expressed its willingness to collaborate with Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited on financing options in the near term. This was indicated during a courtesy visit from the Management of NGX to NNPC led by the Chairman, NGX, Mr. Abubakar...

No plan to shut down telecom services in Kaduna – Aide

Bode September 8, 2021

By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Kaduna Government has said it has no plan to shut down telecommunication services in the state. A statement issued by Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication, said the government has not made such a decision, neither has it...

Critical gaps in refugee education, only 34% attend secondary school – UNHCR

Bode September 8, 2021

Two-thirds of refugee children might never get to secondary school, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday, calling for an international effort to confront “critically low” levels of school and university enrolment. Recent progress “is now under threat,” said UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi, describing it as “a...

NAPTIP rescues 350 Nigerians trafficked to Libya, arrest 6 traffickers in 9 months

Bode September 8, 2021

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Tuesday said it had rescued 350 Nigerians trafficked to Libya, as well as arrested six traffickers, from January till date. Mr Aganran Alao, the Zonal Commander, NAPTIP, Lagos, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency...

41 dead, dozens injured in prison fire near Indonesian capital

Bode September 8, 2021

No fewer than 41 people were killed and dozens of others wounded in a fire that broke out at a prison located in Tanggerang town near the Indonesian capital Jakarta. It was learnt that the fire outbreak occured in the early hours of Wednesday, a police officer said. The...

Nnamdi Kanu sues FG over alleged violation of rights, demands ₦5bn

Bode September 8, 2021

The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has dragged the Federal Government of Nigeria to an Abia State High Court, over what he described as violations of his human rights. The Federal Government, the Nigeria Army, the Department of State Service (DSS), and...

Ortom constitutes committee to investigate alleged diversion of palliatives

Over 100 security operatives killed while implementing Benue anti-grazing law – Ortom

Bode September 8, 2021

More than one hundred security operatives have so far lost their lives in the course of enforcing the Benue State Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranching Establishment Law of 2017. Governor Samuel Ortom disclosed on Tuesday in Makurdi, the state capital, while receiving the new Commissioner of Police, Mr Tunji...

OAU dismisses another lecturer over sexual harassment

Bode September 8, 2021

The Governing Council of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has dismissed another lecturer of the institution who was found guilty of sexual harassment against a female student. A statement issued by the University’s spokesman,, Abiodun Olarewaju, said the decision to dismiss Dr. Adebayo Mosobalaje of the Department of English...

NARD Strike: FG insists no doctor is being owed monthly salary

Bode September 8, 2021

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has said that contrary to what he described as propaganda by the striking members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), no doctor or health worker in Nigeria is owed their monthly salary. The minister said this on Tuesday at...

CSR: Stakeholders commend Polaris Bank Feminine Hygiene Initiative

Bode September 7, 2021

In its resolve to overcome one of the biggest healthcare challenges facing teenage girls from less privileged homes in Nigeria, Polaris Bank has launched a Feminine Hygiene initiative. The programme has so far seen the Bank sensitize over a thousand secondary school girls on feminine hygiene practices and provide...

IVED will eliminate PVCs theft for voting — INEC

Bode September 7, 2021

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says INEC Voter Enrolment Device (IVED), will eliminate the possibility of voting by identity theft using another person’s Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) on election day. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu stated this while addressing media executives on Tuesday in Abuja. IVED is the...

PDP governors meet on Wednesday ahead of NEC meeting

Bode September 7, 2021

By EZEKIEL OBI, The Governors elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are to meet on Wednesday ahead of the party’s National Executive Committee meeting Scheduled for Sept. 9. Chairman, PDP Governors Forum, Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, disclosed this in a statement issued by the...

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Super Eagles defeat Cape Verde to keep 2022 World Cup dreams alive

Bode September 7, 2021

Victor Osimhen’s strike and Kenny Rocha Santos’ own goal helped Nigeria come from behind to beat Cape Verde 2-1 in their 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifying game. Two defensive blunders from the hosts secured maximum points for the Super Eagles as they clinched back-to-back wins in Group C. It...

Nigerian Government to provide enabling environment for private sector to thrive – Pantami

Bode September 7, 2021

By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Federal Government has pledged to provide an enabling environment through strategic national policies and developmental regulations that would enable private sectors to thrive in the country. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami, disclosed this on Tuesday. He was spesking...

Police arrest 64-year-old man for allegedly defiling a 2-year-old girl

Bode September 7, 2021

By OLA MUDOPE, Ogun – The Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 64-year- old man, Taiwo Ayotunde, for allegedly defiling a two-year-old girl. Police spokesman, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi said in a statement that Ayorinde was arrested on Tuesday at Adiyan community in Agbado-Ifo Local Council Area. DSP Oyeyemi...

Borno inguagurates high powered committee on cholera outbreak

Bode September 7, 2021

By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A thirteen member high powered committee for the control of cholera outbreak in Borno State has been inaugurated today. Inaugurating the High Powered Committee for the Control of Cholera in his office at the Government House, The state Deputy Governor, H.E Umar Usman Kadafur...

Gastro-enteritis kills 6 Sokoto indigenes in Lagos – Official

Bode September 7, 2021

The Sokoto State Government has confirmed the death of six indigenes of the state in Lagos as a result of Gastro-enteritis infections. A statement issued in Sokoto on Tuesday by the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Ali Inname, said the deceased hailed from Sanyinna town in Tambuwal Local Government...

Bandits kidnap children of Katsina College Deputy Provost, one other

Bode September 7, 2021

Gunmen have kidnapped two male children of the Deputy Provost of Isah Kaita College of Education, Dutsinma, Katsina State, Dr. Isma’il Ado Funtua. An eyewitness said on Tuesday that the gunmen, four in number, armed with sophisticated weapons attacked the premises of the college at about 11:30 pm last...

Tinubu condoles with CP Odumosu over mother’s death

Bode September 7, 2021

By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Former Lagos governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has commiserated with the state’s Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, over the passing of his mum, Alhaja Sikirat Odumosu. Alhaja Odumosu died last Thursday at the age of 88 at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital after a...