The Joe Biden administration has placed a freeze on Afghan government funds held in US bank accounts. The directive prevented the Taliban from accessing billions of money kept in US banks. An administration official said that the US froze roughly $9.5 billion in assets belonging to the Afghan central...
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The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck southwest Haiti on Saturday climbed to 2,189, the Caribbean island’s Civil Protection Agency reported on Wednesday. The 7.2-magnitude quake also left more than 12,000 people injured, the agency tweeted, adding that rescue operations are still underway. A breakdown of fatalities...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), has scheduled its Local Government Area Congresses for Sept. 4. This is contained in a statement by Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) on Wednesday, in Abuja. The secretary said purchase of forms for ward, Local Government Area...
. The Delta State House Committee on Environment has given the management of Sterling Oil and Energy Company Ltd. (SOEPCO) an eight-day ultimatum to defend allegations of oil spillage. The Chairman of the Committee, Mr Ekpotuayerin Pullah, gave the directive, on Wednesday in Asaba, during the Committee’s meeting with...
Osun State Government has declared Friday a public holiday to allow residents celebrate the annual “Isese Day” (Traditional worshippers festival) The “Isese Day’ is set aside by the Osun State Government for traditional worshipers to celebrate their deities. The day is being observed as the peak of all traditional...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has projected to generating N10.1 trillion revenue for the 2022 financial year, according to its chairman, Muhammad Nami. Nami stated this when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Finance on Wednesday, in Abuja, at a public hearing by the committee...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the online media report that he “sneaked out of Nigeria to meet with Twitter executive’’ in the U.S. is fake. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Washington on Wednesday, the minister said his official...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Worried by the increasing degree of insecurity in Sokoto State, especially the Eastern Senatorial district and its environs lately, Sokoto State Government has convened a multi stakhokders meeting geared towards finding lasting solution to the menace. The Sokoto stakeholders security meeting, being the first...
There is still work to be done to get the deal completed for the 22-year-old, who spent the second half of last season on loan at the Emirates. Arsenal are working on a deal to sign Real Madrid midfielder Martin Odegaard on a permanent transfer for a fee in...
Armed robbers have reportedly attacked a bullion van along the Akure/Owo Highway in Ondo State on Wednesday, shooting a policeman in the process. Confirming the incident, The Public Relations Officer of Ondo State Police Command, DCP Funmi Odunlami, said that the attack occurred close to Emure-Ile junction along the...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has said that his administration would not back down on the ongoing privatisation of some moribund government enterprises, in spite of criticisms in some quarters. Ortom told newsmen on Wednesday in Makurdi that negative narratives being churned out on the exercise were the handiwork...
By HARUNA AHMED, Sokoto – Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a 40-year-old man from Gidan Igwai area of Sokoto State for alleged sodomy. The NSCDC Commandant in the state, Mr Saleh Dada, told newsmen on Wednesday that the suspect was apprehended by his men for...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As part of its activity to mark The 2021 World Humanitarian Day, which stand in solidarity for meaningful action on climate change, The Borno State Government has flagged off the planting of trees in the state. The campaign, which has the theme: “Plant Your...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Two warring communities in Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State are said to be in a land dispute over the cultivation of rice. O’Oba and Itega Okpoma communities are neighboring communities that have live in peace for decades before the incident. Our correspondent...
The Police Command in Delta has deployed 1000 personnel to ensure maximum security in the state ahead of the Aug.21 coronation of the new Olu of Warri, Omoba Emiko. The deployment of the officers was contained in a statement issued in Warri on Wednesday by the acting Police Public...
A 36-year-old staff the United Bank for Africa (UBA), Tosin Adeyemi, has been arraigned by the Police for an alleged fraudulent transfer of N10 million from a customer’s account. Adeyemi was arraigned by before a Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Tuesday charged with one-count offence of fraudulent transfer of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A significant step towards redeeming the pledge by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to intervene in the perennial electric power supply challenge in Maiduguri, Borno State, was taken Tuesday with the execution of the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) and Equipment Procurement contracts...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja said Nigeria lost an estimated $50billion worth of investments in ten years, created by the uncertainty of non-passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), lack of progress and stagnation in the petroleum industry. In his remarks at...
By TENEBE ANTHONIA, Lagos – Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) has announced that the August 2021 issue of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) Savings Bonds were listed on its platform on Wednesday, August 18, 2021. The FGN Savings Bond is an investment instrument targeted at retail investors with a...
Mr Karu Ishaya, the Executive Secretary, Gombe State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board (CPWB), said the state government spent over N100 million to sponsored 70 pilgrims to Jordan. Ishaya made this known on Wednesday at the Dead Sea Spa Hotel in Sweimeh, Jordan, while fielding questions from newsmen. He said...