The Nigerian Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the highest professional bodies in the engineering field in the country, has presented an award to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in recognition and appreciation of its support of the activities of the academy towards enhancing economic development. The NAE is...
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Nofadelizan Abdulrahman, the Managing Director (MD) TajBank, one of Nigeria’s foremost non-interest bank, says the overall aim of the bank is to optimise rather than maximise profit. Abdulrahman stated this in Abuja on Thursday, at the bank’s second Annual General Meeting. He said that the bank aimed to take...
Standard Bank Group, Africa’s biggest bank, recognized for its role in fighting Covid-19 and empowering women Standard Bank Group was on Wednesday named African Bank of the Year by a leading publication in recognition of the banking giant’s achievements in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and empowering women. African Banker...
A Federal High Court in Ibadan on Thursday remanded a female bank staff, Aminat Amusa, over an alleged N2 million fraud. Justice Uche Agomoh ordered that Amusa be remanded in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after she had pleaded not guilty to the crime....
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has projected that more than 1.1 million persons are likely to die from the insurgency affecting the North-East region of the country. This is according to a report presented in a virtual meeting on Thursday in Abuja by...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a 76-year-old father, Zubair Audu, in Kwara, for allegedly attempting to kill his son with a locally-made rifle. This is contained in a statement by the spokesman for the NSCDC Command in Kwara, Mr Babawale Afolabi. Afolabi explained that...
Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, aka Baba Ijesha, has pleaded not guilty to the offence of sexually assaulting a minor. Baba Ijesha, who wore a white hooded jacket and a mask and was chained to another criminal suspect as he arrived before a Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting...
A Federal High Court in Ibadan, on Thursday ordered an unemployed man to forfeit proceeds of the 450 dollars internet fraud to the Federal Government. Delivering judgment, Justice Uche Agomoh sentenced Adedeji to two years imprisonment. Agonoh held that the court convicted and sentenced Adedeji based on the evidence...
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday, fixed Sept. 27 to hear a suit filed by the Incorporated Trustees of Egalitarian Mission for Africa, a group, challenging the citizenship of former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the plaintiff instituted the suit...
A Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna on Thursday granted a prayer by Aminu Abdulkareem, a business man for divorce on grounds that he no longer loves his wife, Aisha Sanusi. Abdulkareem, who resides in Mahuta, Kaduna, in his petition said his wife also looses her memory whenever she...
The Cross River House of Assembly has sought the partnership of the Police Command to enhance the security of lives and property in the state. The Speaker, Mr Eteng Jonah-Williams, who led principal officers of the House on a courtesy visit to the State’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Sikiru...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says no fewer than 70 people died in road accidents in Edo, Delta and Anambra States in April and May. The Commanding Officer of Zone 5 of FRSC, Mr Ayodele Kumapayi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, has said that two million indigent rural dwellers across the country had benefited from the scheme’s Health Initiative for Rural Duellers (HIRD) programme since 2014. Ibrahim, who stated this at the launch of the 2021 HIRD...
The Senate has threatened to publish the names of government Ministries, Departments and Agencies who failed to appear before its public accounts committee to defend queries issued by the Auditor-General of the Federation. Senate President Ahmed Lawan issued the threat on Wednesday after the Chairman of the public accounts...
Former Philippine President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, the reserved scion of one of Asia’s most famous political families, died Thursday. He was 61. Aquino, who was in office from 2010 to 2016, was the only son of the late former president Corazon Aquino and her assassinated husband, senator Benigno “Ninoy”...
Students of Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo state on Thursday grounded academic activities over incessant robbery and rape of female students by hoodlums. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the students partially blocked the Okitipupa-Igbokoda expressway, impeding free-flow of traffic to register...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has cautioned job seekers against online fraudsters posing as its recruitment agents. This is contained in a statement by Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem on Thursday in Abuja. Kazeem said the clarification became necessary following desperate efforts by fraudsters to defraud unsuspecting...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has received officials of the United Nations (UN), who are on an assessment tour on the Lake Chad stabilization projects in Banki Town of Bama LGA of the state. The UN officials were led by Edward Kallon, UN...