Bandits on Saturday, freed 65 members of the Baptist church and others who were kidnapped in Kaduna. They were kidnapped when they invaded the Emmanuel Baptist Church, Kakau Daji in the Chikun local government area of the state on October 31. The victims, including women, men and children were reunited with their families at the Albarka Baptist Church after their release. Meanwhile, the Kaduna Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan said the victims were handed over to the state government by the military for onward reunion with their families. He also said that the victims, upon their…
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The Bloomberg Billionaires Index says the richest man in Africa, Aliko Dangote is on track to close the year at the richest level he has ever been since 2014. The rising share price of his Dangote Cement Plc and higher oil and fertilizer prices helped boost the 64-year-old Nigerian businessman’s wealth by as much as $2.3 billion this year to $20.1 billion as of December 3, the richest he has been since 2014 according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The highest his wealth has touched on the index was $26.7 billion in June 2014. Robust cement demand and rising prices…
…To create 150,000 agribusiness jobs Silvex International, a leading commodity trading firm in Nigeria is partnering Nasarawa state government, to generate over $60 million for direct investment into agricultural production, aggregation and processing of essential commodities in the state. The agreement to run the Nassarawa Agro-Commodity Company as privately driven agency with the Vertmance group as the third partner, was signed recently. Under this agreement, the state will control 25% of the shares of the company; Silvex International 65% and Vertmance Group, 10% of the share as co-partner. “The partnership is expected to create at least 150,000 direct jobs to…
The Nigerian military said its troops in the Northeast on Thursday, eliminated 24 terrorists of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) at Rann military base. It also said seven, including two of its officers and five soldiers lost their lives during were crossfire that ensured between the ISWAP fighters and troops of Operation Hadin Kai. The terrorists were killed while attempting to attack a military base in Rann, a town ravaged by insurgency, in Borno state. Two military officers and five soldiers, however, were among the casualties of the crossfire that ensured between the ISWAP fighters and troops…
Nigeria’s Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has said that the country is to deploy and use of virtual court proceedings in the country’s correctional centres nationwide. This is contained in a statement by the spokesperson of the minister, Dr. Umar Gwandu on Friday. To start with, Malami will launch the pilot project at the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja on Monday the 6th day of December, 2021. Expected at the occasion are the Minister of Interior; Rauf Aregbesola; the Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Halilu Nababa as well as members of the Presidential Committee…
A Federal High Court, Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) against the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, dismissed the suit over the failure of the plaintiff to comply with the law in the name used in filing the originating summons. “Therefore, this application lacks merit and ought to be dismissed and I hereby make an order dismissing same,” he declared. While the Incorporated Trustees of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) is the plaintiff in the suit, the CAC and the…
The World Bank Group has called on the federal government to impose special taxes on alcohol, cigarettes and sugar-sweetened beverages to improve primary healthcare. “If we want to improve healthcare in Nigeria, we need to tax the things that are killing us. “The economic rationale for taxing these products is strong if we want to save lives and make a better and healthier Nigeria,’’ Mr Shubham Chaudhuri, Country Director for Nigeria, World Bank Group, said. He made the call on Friday in Abuja at a special National Council on Health meeting organised by the Federal Ministry of Health. Chaudhuri noted…
By Justina Auta The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) Business Women Group (NAWORG), Thursday urged the federal government to ensure 30 per cent of all procurement sum is given to women businesses. Its chairperson, Aisha Abubakar made the call at a press briefing after a roundtable advocacy event for the Implementation of the Presidential Executive Order on the Consideration and Allocation of Quota to Women Owned Businesses in Public Procurement in Abuja. The theme of the advocacy is “Enhancing Women’s Economic Empowerment through inclusive Government Procurement Processes”. Abubakar said channelling some percentage of the…
German government says it has donated 5,164,643 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Nigeria over the past seven weeks. The most recent batch of 2,240,243 doses of Johnson&Johnson vaccines arrived in Nigeria on 29 November 2021. The German Ambassador to Nigeria, Birgitt Ory, “Nobody is safe until everybody is safe. We must continue to work together to ensure access to vaccines. “Germany is a strong supporter of COVAX as well as the co-founder and second largest donor of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT Accelerator).” According to him, German government is working to ensure the fair and efficient distribution of…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ogun state said on Thursday in Abeokuta that it arrested a 65-year-old man, Rojaiye Balogun who allegedly raped his 17-year-old daughter. Mr Kolawole Taiwo, the Commandant paraded the suspect and said the case was reported to the Anti-Human Trafficking, Irregular Migration Unit of the command by someone close to the girl. Taiwo said that the incident happened at Imomo in Ijebu-Ode, saying the suspect was arrested on Wednesday. He noted that the suspect had confessed to have slept with his daughter, claiming it was the work of the devil. He added…