PalmPay, a financial platform in Nigeria, says it has launched a USSD code to empower its users with financial access. The Managing Director of PalmPay Nigeria, Mr Chika Nwosu,made this known in a statement in Lagos on Monday. He said the service offered Nigerians an additional mileage to manage...
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The Western Nigeria Security Network in Ondo State, code named Amotekun Corps, has arrested 27 suspects over alleged kidnapping, stealing and other crimes. The State Commander of the Amotekun Corps, Mr Adetunji Adeleye, made the disclosure while parading the suspects before newsmen on Monday in Akure. Adeleye said that...
The reported killing of terrorist kingpin, Halilu Sububu, known in the crime world as Kachalla, and the claims of invincibility surrounding Bello Turji has dominated the security discourse in different platforms. It was reported that Kachalla was the boss of Bello Turji, known for mass kidnapping, imposition of illegal...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In response to the recent flood disaster that ravaged Maiduguri and Jere LGAs, UNICEF, in collaboration with the Borno State Government, Primary Healthcare Development Agency (PHCDA), and other partners, have launched campaigns for Oral Cholera Vaccination, Measles Vaccination, and Vitamin A supplementation. The UNICEF...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed the suit seeking the removal of Dr Abdullahi Ganduje as the All Progressives Congress (APC)’d National Chairman. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, dismissed the suit on the ground that the plaintiff, the North Central APC Forum, led by Alhaji Saleh...
Troops of the 6 Division, Nigerian Army, have neutralised two suspected oil thieves, and apprehended 18 others during different anti-illegal bunkering operations in the Niger Delta. The division’s Spokesman, Lt.-Col. Danjuma Danjuma, said in a statement in Port Harcourt on Monday, that the operations were held in Akwa Ibom,...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has arrived in New York to represent Nigeria at the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Communications (Office of The Vice President), Mr Stanley Nkwocha, made this known in a statement on Monday. According to Nkwocha, Shettima...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Monday said its tower T372, along Gombe -Damaturu-Maiduguri 330 Kilovolt (kV) transmission line was brought down by vandals on Saturday at about 1:44am. The company’s General Manager Public Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, said this in a statement...
The Director-General of Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Dr Jobson Ewalefoh, has said that the construction of the 3.5 billion dollar Bakassi Deep Seaport would soon commence. This is contained in a statement issued by Ifeanyi Nwoko, ICRC’s Acting Head of Media and Publicity in Abuja on Monday. Ewalefoh...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has congratulated Senator Monday Okpebholo, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and winner of the Edo State Governorship election held on Saturday September 21, 2024. Reacting to the declaration of Senator Okpebholo as the duly elected...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Sen. Monday Okpebholo, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the Saturday governorship election in Edo. INEC’s Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Faruk Kuta, announced the winner on Sunday in Benin after the collation of results from 18...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Sen. Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Saturday’s Edo governorship election, on his victory at the polls. Okpebholo was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday, having defeated other contenders for...
Tge All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje,has congratulated Sen. Monday Okpebholo for emerging as Edo Governor-elect at the Saturday governorship election. Ganduje, in a statement by Mr Edwin Olofu, his Chief Press Secretary on Sunday in Abuja, said Okpebholo’s victory was well-deserved. He said the triumph...
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Sen. Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress(APC), candidate in Saturday’s Edo governorship election, on his victory. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reports that Okpebholo floored his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rival, Asue Ighodalo, to pick the seat in the result declared by the...
Malam Usman Maigadi, a guard at Orchard Farm owned by the Emir of Yauri, Dr Muhammad Zayyanu-Abdullahi, has been killed by a mother hippopotamus, the News Agency of Nigeria has reported. NAN gathers that the animal may have perceived the deceased as coming to harm its baby, hence the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to “direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to promptly investigate the spending of the billions of naira of Ecological Fund...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police has said that a 21-year old man has been arrested for allegedly breaking into the Christian Cemetery and stealing iron rods after destroying the graves. The Bauchi State Police Command in a statement signed by its Public Relations, Ahmed Wakil,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has inaugurated a committee to disburse relief packages to victims of Maiduguri flood disaster. The September 10 flooding has significantly destroyed homes, infrastructure and agricultural lands and displaced thousands of families. The 35-member committee was inaugurated by Governor...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has constituted a committee on flood disaster relief disbursement that would coordinate government intervention to victims of flooding in Maiduguri metropolis and its environs. Recall that most parts of Maiduguri were submerged in water due to the overflow...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the average price of 5kg of cooking gas increased from N5,974.55 recorded in July 2024 to N6,430.02 in August 2024. This is contained in the Bureau’s “Cooking Gas Price Watch’’ for August 2024 released on Sunday in Abuja. The report said...