A Criminologist at the University of Ibadan, Dr Oludayo Tade, has alerted the public on a new loan recovery scam reportedly being used in defrauding Nigerians. Tade raised the alarm in a statement entitled: “Loan Recovery Scam: A New Strategy for Fraud”, issued on Sunday in Ibadan. According to him, text messages are being sent to some people from a fictitious bank, claiming that they have been named as guarantors for certain loans purportedly taken by others. ”The story will then be that the guarantor must ensure that the loan procurer pays back or a legal case will be instituted…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Kebbi state government on Sunday donated 10 Hilux vehicles and 30 motorcycles to the state police command to curb the menace of criminals in the state. Presenting the vehicles, Governor Atiku Bagudu said that the gesture was to boost the morale of the police toward tackling insecurity across the state. Bagudu, who was represented by his Adviser on Security, retired Maj. Garba Rabi’u-Kamba, observed that some states in the North-West region were engulfed by activities of bandits. He explained that Kebbi was not an exception, recalling that the state had experienced security problems especially in its Southern parts, precisely…
Chief Dan Orbih, zonal leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says that the choice of the party’s candidacy in the 2023 Presidential election will be determined by the political terrain prior to the general polls. He said that the clamour by its members for a South South presidential endorsement showed their maturity as stakeholders but would be decided upon after members fully examined the country’s political terrain for a balance. Orbih gave the indication in an interview in Benin while reacting to the increasing agitation by party loyalists from the zone for the party to zone the 2023 presidency…
A consultant Haematologist, Dr Uche Nwokwu, says over 80 per cent of childhood cancers are curable because children respond faster to anticancer medicines and other forms of treatment, including surgery and radiotherapy than adults. Nwokwu, a consultant at the National Cancer Control Programme of the Ministry of Health, disclosed this in an interview in Abuja. He said that childhood cancers were curable to a large extent if they were detected early, because children respond to chemotherapy faster and they may also benefit from stem cell transplant better than adults. ”The most common types of childhood cancers include leukemias, lymphomas (especially…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted 200 kilogrammes of illicit drugs attempted to be smuggled out of the country by traffickers through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos; Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano. A statement by the spokesperson of the Agency, Femi Babafemi on Sunday, said “at the Lagos airport, a 41-year-old Adewuyi Olayinka was arrested while trying to export 650 grammes of cocaine wrapped in two parcels to the United Kingdom through the SAHCO export shed of the MMIA cargo, Ikeja. “According to the Commander, MMIA Command of…
Sokoto governor Aminu Tambuwal has said that he is not surprised that the All Progressives Congress, APC, would not participate in the local government council elections scheduled to hold in the state on March 27. The governor said at the inaugural zonal campaign of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the council polls, held in Gwadabawa town, headquarters of Gwadabawa local government of the state. The Sokoto East is comprised of Isa, Rabah, Goronyo, Illela, Gada, Sabon Birni, Wurno and Gwadabawa local governments councils. According to Tambuwal, the APC had lost focus as well as confidence of Nigerians for failed…
Following Benue governor Samuel Ortom’s outcry that Fulani gunmen attacked him on his farm in Makurdi on Saturday, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, has ordered investigation into the alleged attack. A statement by the spokesperson of the Force, CP Frank Mba made available to newsmen on Saturday, also condemned the incident and ordered deployment of specialized investigators from the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), Abuja. “The IGP who condemned the incident, has equally directed the Commissioner of Police in Benue State to take adequate measures towards strengthening and improving security in the state, particularly around the Governor.…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, his Deputy Alhaji Munir Dan’iya and some other government officials were on Saturday administered doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Addressing newsmen shortly after taking the vaccine, Tambuwal urged people in the state to make themselves available for the vaccination. “Today I have taken my jab of the COVID-19 vaccine. Therefore, I enjoined the good people of Sokoto state to come forward and obtain the vaccine against COVID-19 pandemic. “As we are all aware prevention is better than cure, therefore, instead of running halter skelter in need of support it is better to take preventive measure…
Experts say harmonisation of Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) standards of organic agriculture in West Africa will guarantee quality of produce and enhance trade in the region. They gave the assurance at the virtual four-day workshop on Harmonisation of organic PGS Standards across West Africa and Regional Organic Trade Fair in West Africa (BioWest Fair). The harmonisation committee comprises six members from Benin Republic, Nigeria, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Mali and Togo. Mr Ernest Aubee, Head of Agriculture, ECOWAS Commission, Abuja, and Chairman of Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA) Regional Steering Committee, said in his opening remarks that the workshop was to…
Denmark said on Saturday that one person had died and another fell seriously ill with blood clots and cerebral haemorrhage after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination. The two, both hospital staff members, had received the AstraZeneca vaccine less than 14 days before getting ill, the authority that runs public hospitals in Copenhagen said. The Danish Medicines Agency confirmed it had received two “serious reports”, without giving further details. There were no details of when the hospital staff got ill. Denmark, which halted using the AstraZeneca vaccine on March 11, was among more than a dozen countries that temporarily paused the…