Access Bank Plc is set to reward 14 customers with N1million each in the DiamondXtra Independence Splash to commemorate Nigeria’s 61st Independence Anniversary. Mr Victor Etuokwu the bank’s Executive Director, Retail Banking, made this known in a statement made available to the newsmen in Lagos on Monday. “The DiamondXtra Independence Splash draw which is going to take place on Oct. 1 is a testimony to our commitment to empower Nigerians financially, irrespective of their educational, religious, and social status. “We will be rewarding 14 customers, two from each geographical zone in the country with N1million each. “This is our own…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Nigerian Army has urged residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) not to panic as heavy military equipment will be moved ahead of Nigeria’s 61st Independence celebration. Commander, Guards Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Usman, disclosed this in a statement issued by the Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Guard Brigade, Capt. Godfrey Abakpa on Monday in Abuja. Usman said that there would be movement of heavy military equipment into the FCT and environs, adding that the equipment would be used during Independence Day celebration on Oct. 1 “The general public is hereby notified not to panic at the sight of the…
he Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed Oct. 21 for arraignment of former Imo Governor, Mr Ikedi Ohakim, for allegedly threatening to release nude photos of an Abuja-based woman, Mrs Chinyere Amuchienwa. Justice Taiwo Taiwo ordered the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, to take over the prosecution of Ohakim from the Inspector-General of Police, at the resumed trial on Monday. The police had filed criminal charges against Ohakim and Chinedu Okpareke over alleged threat to life and threat to release nude pictures of Amuchienwa. However, before Ohakim arraignment, the police filed a notice of discountenance of the matter…
Over a dozen children have died of malnutrition in the last six months in Afghanistan’s western Ghor province, local health authorities said on Monday. “About 300 children suffering from malnutrition have been taken to Ghor provincial hospital over the past six months and 17 of them have died,’’ a doctor in the provincial hospital, Mohammad Musa-Alfat said. Another doctor in the hospital, Eidi Mah-Sultani said that the hospital receives between 20 to 50 children suffering from malnutrition daily. According to him, the hospital is however facing “medicine shortage’’ and can’t offer therapeutic foods to the victims. Mohammad Karim, a father,…
Kebbi state governor, Abubakar Bagudu has assured that the 2022 Argungu Polo tournament will attract teams and sponsors from across the globe. The Governor gave the assurance at the closing ceremony of the Nura Kangiwa (NSK) Argungu Polo tournament held at the polo ground of the Argungu fishing community in Kebbi state. The tournament which attracted teams, players and sponsors across the country was held on the sidelines of the 2021 World Tourism Day and the turbaning of the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, as the Kakakin Kebbi (Cultural Ambassador of Kebbi). Bagudu, who witnessed the finals of…
Mrs Nneka Moses, Managing Director, Goge Africa, a culture and tourism promoter has said that the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the world is a blessing in disguise for domestic tourism operators in Nigeria and beyond. Moses disclosed this during a boat tour on the waterways in Lagos, on Monday, to mark the 2021 World Tourism Day. The theme for this year World Tourism Day is “Tourism for inclusive growth”. World Tourism Day is usually celebrated globally on September 27. According to Moses, COVID-19 pandemic has given tourism practitioners the opportunity to look inward and package, promote and sell their domestic tourism…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is launching a new investigation into the origins of COVID-19, months after an earlier probe ended without drawing firm conclusions, according to a report published. WHO was putting together a team of some 20 scientists, who will be charged with finding new evidence in China and other locales, the Wall Street Journal reported. The group will examine whether the virus emerged from a laboratory, a theory that has been angrily rejected by China. In December 2020, WHO investigators began visits to Wuhan, China, where the first known outbreak of the virus took place. But their…
Pastor Victoria Onu, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Grace Nursing Care Centre (GNCC), on Monday called on governments at all levels to situate geriatrics centres in the country’s 774 local governments areas. Onu, also Secretary General, Coalition of Societies for the Rights of Older Persons in Nigeria (COSROPIN), said this in an interview in Abuja. She said that the centres would help in giving older persons’ access to quality healthcare, especially in the rural areas. “Geriatrics centres are very essential in all the local governments of the country because it would offer older people in remote areas access to quality healthcare.…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday posted 255 additional COVID-19 infections with Imo state leading the table in infections. The NCDC reported 255 additional COVID-19 cases and 13 COVID-19-related death on Sunday, as the deadly virus continues to rage in Africa in its third wave. The agency disclosed this on its official website on Monday on Morning. The additional 255 COVID-19 infections, on Monday, indicate an increase from the 210 cases reported on Saturday. It added that the 255 new cases bring the total number of infections in the country to 204,456, while the fatality toll increased to…
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno, has solicited the support of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) to tackle the scourge of terrorism and violent extremism in Nigeria and the West African sub-region. Monguno said in New York that Nigeria and the sub-region needed the international community to support and sustain the country’s efforts in the fight against terrorism and insurgency. Monguno also expressed Nigeria’s readiness to collaborate with UNOCT in rendering humanitarian support for victims of terrorism in Nigeria’s North-East. The NSA said Nigeria has had a long working relationship with UNOCT and would continue to partner with it…