President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met behind closed door with Gen. Mahamat Deby, President of Chad’s Transitional Military Council, in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Deby, who took over the mantle of leadership in Chad after the death of his father on April 19, 2021, is on one-day official visit to Nigeria. Deby’s visit to Nigeria was aimed at formally introducing himself to Buhari, who is considered to be one of the most influential leaders in the West African sub-region and Africa at large. The two leaders might use the opportunity of their meeting to deliberate on menace of terrorism and…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The possibility of shifting the date for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) is very high, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said. Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar, JAMB made this known during a virtual meeting with 2021 UTME committee members on Friday. Oloyede disclosed that over 600,000 candidates who indicated interest in sitting for the exams, are yet to register. The exam is scheduled to hold between June 5 and June 19. He said the candidates were finding it difficult to register due to the challenges of National Identification Number (NIN). He said so far, 1.1 million…
The Zamfara police command says it arrested five notorious suspects involved in banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling, and illegal possession of firearms. A citizen of Niger Republic, Shehu Ali Kachalla, who is a notorious gunrunner, confessed that he had been in the business for more than three years. The suspects were paraded at the Police Headquarters by the spokesperson of the Command, SP Shehu Mohammed on Friday. According to him, the arrest followed collaboration between the police and the state leadership of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN). Mohammed stated that the suspects had been terrorising various communities in…
The Akwa Ibom police command, have confirmed the death of eight people in a supremacy cult clash in Esit, Eket local government area of the state. The spokesperson, SP Macdon Odiko confirmed the incident in Esit Eket on Friday. Odibo said that the report got to him last week. He said that the Police was taking steps to ensure that they maintained law and order in council headquarters and its environs. Two rival cult groups – Vikings Confraternity and Black Axe – had engaged in a clash of supremacy. A source, who pleaded anonymity, said in Esit Eket that the…
Arsonists have set the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, office in Udenu local government area of Enugu state, on fire. This is contained in a statement by the National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye on Friday. According to him, “the latest tragic incident occurred around 8.40pm on Thursday 13th May 2021. No casualties were reported. However, the office building was extensively damaged while electoral materials and office equipment were destroyed in spite of the best efforts of the Enugu State Fire Service to contain the inferno. “The attention of the Police has been drawn to…
Unity Bank Plc will provide additional funding to 120,000 smallholder maize farmers in the 2021 wet season farming under the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP). The bank’s Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Mrs Tomi Somefun, disclosed this in a statement made available on Friday. Somefun made the pledge while delivering a goodwill message at the unveiling of the first National Maize Pyramids and kick-off of wet season farming programmes held recently in Katsina. Unity Bank was invited to participate in the events marking the unveiling of the season by the Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN), as a…
Two unknown gunmen have been killed in a joint operation carried out by the Nigerian Army, Air Force and the Police in Imo. The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Abutu Yaro confirmed this to newsmen in Owerri on Thursday. Yaro said that the bandits were killed in a gun battle between the military and the unidentified gunmen at Ikenanzizi in Obowo local government area of the state. He disclosed that two rifles, five motorcycles, a Lexus jeep and one 18 seater bus were recovered from the gunmen. The commissioner further said that the operation was carried out in…
A clash between personnel of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) and smugglers in Iseyin, Oyo state on Thursday, has claimed four lives and property destroyed. The exchange of gun shots by the customs officials and suspected smugglers threw the rustic town of Iseyin into panic with residents, who were celebrating the Eid-el-fitr, fleeing to safety Mr Muftau Abilawon, the former caretaker chairman of Iseyin local government council, confirmed the bloody incident on Thursday night. “I have been duly informed by a traditional Chief, the Ikolaba of Iseyin, Chief Ismail Tikalosoro, who called me and narrated the incident to me on…
The World Bank says remittance inflows to Nigeria declined by 28 per cent in 2020 because of COVID-19 pandemic. The Bank also said remittance flows fell for Sub-Saharan Africa by 12.5 per cent, according to its Migration and Development Brief 33 Phase 11 entitled: “COVID-19 Crisis Through a Migration Lens’’ published on Thursday. The report said the decline in remittance flows to Nigeria was largely responsible for the fall in remittance flows to Sub-Saharan Africa. “The decline in flows to Sub-Saharan Africa was almost entirely due to a 28 per cent decline in remittance flows to Nigeria. “Excluding flows to…
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has cautioned States’ Governors and other elected leaders against joining the agitations for secession or calling for restructuring of the country. Lawan, who stated this while fielding questions from State House correspondents in Abuja on Thursday, said he was not against those calling for restructuring but elected officials must not be among those advocating for such calls. According to him, state governors must ensure that they restructure their respective states first before calling for restructuring at the federal level. He said: “The call for secession or the call for restructuring, many are genuine calls even though…