The management of Kano Pillars Football Club says it had pencilled down 16 new players for screening, ahead of the 2021/2022 Nigeria Professional Football League season. Idris Malikawa, the Media Officer of the club, said this in a statement on Sunday, in Kano, adding that the decision was taken at a Board meeting held at the club’s secretariat in Kano with a view to strengthen the team for the forthcoming season. “16 new players from various clubs have been pencilled down and will be invited by the club for negotiations very soon, ahead of the 2021/2022 football season,” he explained.…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
FirstBank of Nigeria Ltd on Sunday announced a N500,000 business grant to five Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), through its SMEConnect initiative aimed at boosting employment. Mrs Oludolapo Adigun, Group Head, Retail Banking, Lagos Mainland 1, FirstBank, listed the five beneficiary SMEs to include: Buyscrap Nigeria Enterprise; Arteasy Nigeria; Gris Business; Digital Solutions Network and Edatsu Technology Ltd. She said each of the SMEs was given a N100,000 grant to support their businesses after the SME clinic 2021, held in partnership with Techpoint Africa. Adigun explained that SMEConnect was one of the tools by which FirstBank delivers the capacity-building pillar…
The Director, Public Affairs Directorate of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Auwalu Umar says the institution retained the N90 (Ninety Naira) official cost of hostel bed-space, fixed 40 years ago, to make things easy for students. Speaking in Zaria on Sunday, Umar said in spite of the ridiculously low amount being charged, the institution was able to provide hostel to 35 per cent of its over 55,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students. He said that as part of efforts to complement the efforts of the institution, a private firm, BUA Group, and the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), had assisted in constructing…
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) says the implementation of Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) does not mean automatic increase in the pump price of petrol in the country. The Executive Secretary of the Agency, Mr Abdulkadir Saidu, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. “There is no gainsaying that the PIA signals the implementation of full deregulation of the downstream sector. “However, it remains worthy of note that the PIA does not automatically translate to any immediate increase in the price of PMS. “The current price will remain until a negotiation with organised labour, which will develop…
By Ali Sabo Internet connectivity is becoming part and parcel of humans’ lives all over the globe, but the story in the undeveloped countries most especially those living in the African continent is different and not encouraging. Millions of people in Africa are finding it difficult to access this network and even in places where these networks exist most of the time it’s inefficient and costly. The emergence of covid-19 pandemics has exposed how fragile humans are and their dependence on the services the internet provides to their daily lives. Reports have indicated that only less than 50% of the…
…Also arrests wanted drug dealer in church … Another excretes 68 wraps of heroin at Lagos airport A major drug dealer wanted for attempting to export 69.65kgs of cocaine, heroin and cannabis to the United Kingdom through the NAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, has been arrested at a church in Ojodu, Ikeja area of Lagos state. Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, had traced the wanted drug dealer, Stephen Afam Ikeanyionwu, on Sunday 15th August, 2021, to a popular pentecostal church at Mike Ajari street, Ojodu Berger, where they arrested him…
The Chairman, Education Committee of Nigeria-British Business Forum, Mrs Ibironke Adeagbo, has appealed to United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Gutteres, to speak out on recurring school kids abductions in Nigeria. Adeagbo, also, Chief Executive Officer, UK Child’s Rights Group and founder, I-A Foundation, made the appeal in Abuja on Sunday. The Education Committee of Nigeria-British Business Forum is a think-thank set up to enable professionals in diaspora to contribute toward economic development of Nigeria. Adeagbo said the appeal to the world body was to draw international attention to “the depressing incidents of kidnappings in Nigeria which has been forcing millions…
The Federal Ministry of communication and digital economy, has said that it is 90 per cent ready to unbundle the Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST). It said that the agency’s 2,000 properties nationwide would be deployed to money spinning ventures. Dr Isa Pantami, the minister disclosed this in its special interview programme, NAN Forum that property and development, logistics, courier and a micro finance company were among the forthcoming ventures. According to him all assets of NIPOST scattered all over the country would be fully utilised to maximise revenue generation for the emerging business enterprises. The Minister had on Aug. 3,…
Fifteen more abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Maraban Damishi in Kaduna state, have regained their freedom, after 48 days in captivity. Rev. John Hayab, the state Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), said this when he spoke with newsmen in Kaduna on Sunday. “Fifteen more students were released on Saturday night and 65 students are still with the bandits, ” he said. Bandits in the early hours of July 5, invaded the school and kidnapped an unspecified number of students. ASP Mohammed Jalige, spokesperson for the police command in the state also confirmed the release of…
By Abujah Racheal The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded 1,064 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday as the deadly scourge continued its renewed surge in the populous African nation. The public health centre, in its verified website monitored on Sunday, said that 13 deaths were recorded on the date under review. It attributed the recent surge in infections to the spread of the Delta variant in the country. The staggering Saturday figure represented a huge leap compared to the 304 cases announced a day earlier. The NCDC said that the new infections were recorded in nine states and…