Niger state governor, Abubakar Sani Bello returning from Abuja on Thursday, stopped his convoy at Paiko, headquarters of Paikoro local government to assist accident victims. The accident involved a Mercedes 200 conveying a family of five, travelling to Ilorin, Kwara state and a motorcycle that was overloaded with passengers. Three out of the five people on the motorcycle had fractures while the other two sustained injuries, those in the Mercedes were unhurt. The Governor who sympathized with the traumatized victims, directed that those who had fractures should be taken to Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) Specialist Hospital Minna for treatment. He…
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The Management of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) says Fidelity Bank lacks legal authority to take over the company. On Tuesday, the federal government announced the restructuring and take-over of five electricity distribution companies (DisCos) for their inability to honour their debt obligations to Fidelity Bank. This followed the activation of the call on the collateralised shares of Kano, Benin and Kaduna DisCos by Fidelity Bank to exercise rights on the shares. Government’s position was announced in a statement jointly signed by the Executive Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Malam Sanusi Garba, and the Director-General of…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has extended the service year of 96 youth corps members in the 2021 Batch ‘B’ Stream 1 in Enugu state. The Coordinator of the scheme in the state, Mr Sam Ujogu made this known on Thursday in Enugu during the passing-out ceremony of members posted to the state. He said that 19 of the youth corps members who absconded from service would be re-mobilised afresh whenever they resurfaced. He added that the sanctions were in line with the by-laws of the NYSC scheme. He explained that two youth corps members in the stream died…
The the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), Dr Sa’ad Abubakar has urged Muslims to offer special prayers for God’s intervention for an end to the challenge facing the country. The call is contained in a statement issued by Dr Khalid Aliyu, Secretary-General, JNI, on Thursday in Kaduna. Abubakar also urged Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia to pray for Nigeria and its leaders on Arafat day. “If we don’t humble ourselves to the Almighty Allah, an end to these orgies of violence seems not insight. “I implore us all to dedicate special prayers against all these menace…
Nigerian filmmaker Kunle Afolayan’s movie ‘Citation’, has won the ‘Best International Film’ award at the 2022 National Film Festival (NFF) in the United Kingdom. The renowned filmmaker took to his Instagram page @kunleafo to announce the great achievement to his fans and well-wishers. According to him, the award came as a surprise to him, as there was no form of lobbying to win, it was a merited one. “Two days ago in London, Citation won Best International Film. The Director and the entire production team did not see the award coming. “We are grateful for the support and recognition of…
Russia on Tuesday claimed that some of the weapons the West is sending to Ukraine are spreading across the Middle East and ending up on the black market. Speaking in televised remarks, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Ukraine had received more than 28,000 tonnes of military cargo so far, and some of the Western weapons were appearing in the Middle East. He did not provide any details to back up his claim. “In the hope of prolonging the conflict in Ukraine, the collective West is continuing large-scale arms supplies to the Kyiv regime,” Shoigu said. “According to information at…
The Alumni Association of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) has asked the new Vice Chancellor Professor Adenike Oladiji to count on the support of its members worldwide in achieving her agenda for the development of the institution. The President of the Association, Engineer Adeyemi Bello, gave the assurance when he led Executive members on an official visit to the Vice Chancellor on Wednesday July 6, 2022. Bello said the alumni have always a played a critical role in contributing to the overall development of the university. He said through innovative ideas, the alumni have continuously raised the bar…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has been asked to stop the All Progressives Congress (APC) from replacing Kabiru Masari as the running mate to the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Shortly after Tinubu emerged as the APC flag-bearer, the party submitted Masari’s name to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the vice-presidential candidate, for the meantime. However, two chieftains of the party and delegates in the just concluded APC national convention, Zakari Maigari and Zubainatu Mohammed approached the court to stop INEC from accepting a change of vice-presidential candidate from APC. The plaintiffs joined APC, INEC, Tinubu,…
The European Union is not going to let Russia use a G20 meeting of top diplomats in Bali for political propaganda, EU foreign affairs spokesperson Nabila Massrali says. “The EU is committed to the success of the summit and will not allow “Moscow to abuse the G20 as its own propaganda platform,” Massarali told a Brussels press conference. Massarali said Russia’s high level political participation at the G20 meeting might pose a threat to the G20’s credibility, efficiency and relevance. She said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine “excludes any business as usual” but the commission did not want to the G20…
Zinger Wallet, a financial technology startup has launched a payment platform, aimed at addressing problems with payment methods in Africa’s biggest economy. According to a statement from the company, the payment platform allows businesses to receive payments in a reliable, quick, and cheap manner through their in-app free data analytics dashboard while providing easy management of staff, departments, and customers. “Zinger was built with the aim of making the payment collection process seamless and hassle-free,” David Edijala, the CEO and Co-Founder of Zinger Wallet said in a statement. He added, “when we combined the concept of a unified payments system…