Police arrest 5 kidnappers, kill one in Kaduna
The Police Command in Kaduna State said its operatives arrested five suspected kidnappers in the early hours of Sunday. The command also said that another suspect was killed in a botched kidnap attempt in Zaria on Monday. The Command Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige made the development known in a statement on Monday in […]
Zoning: PDP won’t disappoint Nigerians — NEC member
As permutations, intrigues, and agitations over zoning of the 2023 presidential ticket heat up, a member of the National Executive Council NEC, of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, has assured that the party will not disappoint Nigerians in its choice of the zone to fly its presidential ticket
National Youth Conference: Over 6,000 Youth Registered To Participate Virtually
Apart from the 370 delegates expected to physically participate in the National Youth Conference 2021 being organised by the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, a record 6,000 youth have registered to participate virtually. With about two weeks until the start of the conference, the young Nigerians have been registering online through the conference website, www.nationalyouthconference.ng, […]
GACAAWARDS unveils nominees, opens voting for 2021 ‘Heroic Edition’
By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt GARDEN City Advancement Awards (GACAAWARDS) on Monday unveiled nominees and announced opening of voting to the public by end of September to pick the 2021 awardees for 7th edition slated to hold 7 November at the Aztech Arcum, Port Harcourt, Rivers state. Governing Council of the excellence promotion body […]
Sit-At-Home: Vehicular movements in Onitsha, Nnewi; markets, banks, others shut
Vehicular and human movements, on Monday, gradually resumed in Onitsha the commercial city and Nnewi the industrial town of Anambra State weeks, uncertainty still surrounds the Independent People of Biafra, IPOB’s suspended sit-at-home order.
‘He’s the chosen one’, Fans hail Osimhen’s red-hot scoring form
Super Eagles and Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen has sent fans into ecstasy following his rich scoring form, which has seen the 22-year old score six goals in four consecutive appearances in September, more than any other player in Europe’s top five leagues. Osimhen scored and won a penalty for Napoli in their 2-0 win over […]
Former US president, Lincoln, was right about fooling people
By Dele sobowale “YOU can fool some of the people all the time; you can fool all the people some of the time; but, you can’t fool all the people all the time.” — Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, Vanguard Book of Quotations, VBQ, p. 62. When the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, NBS, published the result of the […]
Is President Buhari turning the page for a more inclusive government?
By Magnus Onyibe The balance in the ethnicity of Nigerians recently appointed as members of the boards of both the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC by President Muhammadu Buhari underscores the fact that after all, building a leadership team that reflects inclusiveness of other ethnic stake holders in […]
3,000 passports ready for collection at Ikoyi Passport Office — Official
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Ikoyi Passport Office, Lagos, says 3,000 passports are ready for collection…
Iyayi outlines steps for Nigeria’s industrialisation
An industrialist, Dr. Caesar Osaheni Iyayi, has appealed to the President Muhammdau Buhari to use his powers and offices to encourage Nigerians to focus their collective efforts into a programme of industrial and manufacturing revolution.
FinTechs are the bridge between banks and the future payment systems
With the Lagos startup ecosystem valued at more than $6 billion, attracting almost $1 billion in FDI annually, FinTechs have the prospect of becoming the pivot of Nigeria’s economy.
