“Anybody who headed a military regime subverted the wishes of the people… We all subverted the wishes of the people” – Gen Ibrahim Babangida, interview with Tell Magazine, 7/12/98 In preparation for his 80th birthday celebrations, General Ibrahim Babangida is back in the news working hard to craft a positive image for himself. In an interview with Arise News, he took up the issue Nigerians have against him – annulling a democratic and credible election. In his words: “Do you want me to be honest with you?… If it materialised (If the election had gone through), there would have been…
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has issued operational licences to 24 private guard companies to complement efforts of the corps in curbing crimes in the country. According to a statement by NSCDC spokesperson, Mr Olusola Odumosu on Friday in Abuja, the issuance was to eliminate quackery in the private security industry. The statement said that NSCDC Commandant General, Mr Ahmed Audi, presented the licences to the companies after they had successfully undergone thorough screening to ascertain the eligibility of their applications. Audi charged the operators to see the licence as an opportunity to help in nipping…
The Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions (ASSBIFI), has identified casualisation as a major challenge in the nation’s financial institutions. The association’s President, Mrs Oyinkansola Olasanoye, made the assertions at a forum in Lagos on Thursday, saying that casual workers in the institutions were inadequately compensated in terms of salaries and allowances. According to Olasanoye, some of the fraudulent activities in the sector may be due to the fact that these workers are not professionals, well-trained and are embittered as a result of inadequate compensation. “Our major problem has been casualisation, because in every bank, insurance company,…
Pupils and teachers in some primary schools in the Ghanaian capital had raised over 15,000 Ghana cedis (about 2,494 U.S. dollars) to help a school girl diagnosed with a congenital heart defect. The Ga East educational directorate presented the amount to Joyce Owusu, a 15-year old pupil who was diagnosed with the condition three years ago. “After her diagnosis, her parents came to ask for assistance for her treatment. “We, therefore, appealed to pupils and teachers in the municipality and managed to raise 15,094 cedis through that,” Seth Anyomi, the spokesman for the education directorate, told Xinhua after the presentation.…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested three armed bandits; Adamu Shehu, Tukur Mohammed and Ibrahim Suleiman while on an attack mission in Katsina state, with three AK 47 rifles among other dangerous items recovered them. This is even as a heavy weapon manufacturer, Celestine Chidiebere Christian, has been arrested with a high calibre G3 rifle along with seventy-eight (78) rounds of life ammunition (RLA) of 7.62mm calibre and five empty shells of same in Benue while trying to move the heavy weapon and ammunition to Jos, Plateau state. The arrests and seizures were made at…
The volume of shares traded on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) on Thursday rose by 214.29 per cent with the index appreciating by 0.11 per cent. Investors traded 570.20 million shares valued at N2.28 billion in 3,764 deals. This was against a total of 181.42 million shares worth N2.09 billion exchanged in 3,599 deals on Wednesday. Honey Well Flour was the toast of investors with a turnover of 384.07 million shares valued at N654.16 million. It was trailed by Vitafoam with an account of 21.37 million shares worth N331.21 million, while FCMB Group sold 13.60 million shares valued at N42.71 million.…
From the year 2027, Botswana will become a net exporter of electricity, the southern African country’s mineral minister has said. Lefoko Moagi, Minister of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security, said this while addressing the southern African country’s parliament on steps being taken to utilise clean energy resources optimally. Botswana launched an Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) in December 2020, which is viewed as the driving force behind Botswana’s quest to meet local energy demand and be able to export excess electricity, Moagi said. The plan is a 20-year roadmap for power generation and takes on board different technologies for…
Ekiti state governor, Kayode Fayemi has said that Nigeria must also focus on rebuilding its economy and health system to economy and health system that would be resilient to global health crises and economic shocks. He stated this while delivering a paper at the Centenary Celebration of The Association for General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria (AGPMN), which held on Thursday. According to him, by prioritising recovery plans that tackle multiple challenges, Nigeria could recover in a way that is more inclusive, sustainable and resilient. “But while we mitigate the immediate consequences of the pandemic, we must also focus…
Access Bank Plc on Thursday unveiled DiamondXtra Season 13 savings promo to reward loyal customers with N600 million. The bank’s Executive Director, Retail Banking, Mr Victor Etuokwu, said at the launch in Lagos that the initiative was instituted to enhance savings culture and drive the Federal Government’s financial inclusion initiative. Etuokwu said the bank had been rewarding and changing lives of customers in the past 12 years. “The DiamondXtra reward scheme is one of the ways the bank creates value and meets the needs of its loyal customers. “With the launch of this new season, the reward scheme has been…
A report by Heifer International, a global development charity, has revealed that only 23 percent of African youth engaged in farming, are using any form of agricultural technologies. The report, which was released in Nairobi, Kenya on Thursday, said the youth in the continent had not tapped into technologies and innovations that could attract them to agribusiness. The study titled, “The Future of Africa’s Agriculture: An Assessment of the Role of Youth and Technology”, was conducted based on survey of 30,000 youth in 11 African countries. Released to mark the International Youth Day, it said “tackling the technology access gap,…