Professor Akintoye unveils mobile app to track kidnappers in South West
Foremost historian and leader of the umbrella body of Yoruba self-determination groups, Ilana Omo Oodua, Prof. Banji Akintoye, has unveiled a mobile application designed to track kidnap victims and expose danger anywhere in the…
AFCON: Ethiopia first team to arrive Cameroon
Ethiopia is the first team to arrive in Cameroon for the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations 2021 finals, set to kick off on 9 January 2022. The delegation touched down at the Nsimalen International Airport of Yaounde on Sunday…
Electoral Act Amendment bill will worsen insecurity, political instability – Malami
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, says the amended electoral bill, which President Muhammadu Buhari declined assent to will worsen insecurity and…
Group Demands Immediate Release of APC Convention Timetable
A group within the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) under the umbrella of Progressive Mandate Movement (PMM) has called on the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) to immediately release the…
Foreshore Waters Secures N2.4bn BOI Facility
Foreshore Waters Limited (FWL) has secured a N2.4 billion loan facility from the Bank of Industry (BOI) to support the company’s growth and expansion plans. A Director in the company, Christiana Amida in a statement said the…
UAE issues first civil marriage license for non-Muslim couple
The United Arab Emirates issued its first civil marriage license for a non-Muslim couple, state media reported Monday, as the Gulf country seeks to keep its edge over regional competitors. The UAE — where foreigners make up 90…
Cavani rescues Man United in Newcastle draw
Edinson Cavani spared Manchester United’s blushes on their return from a coronavirus hiatus as the Uruguayan rescued a 1-1 draw at struggling Newcastle on Monday. Ralf Rangnick’s side trailed to Allan Saint-Maximin’s…
Firms’ failure to remit 1% profit to NYSC fund attracts jail term
The House of Representatives has proposed in the National Youth Service Corps Trust Fund (Establishment) Bill 2021, a fine of N2m or an imprisonment of one year for companies or owners, respectively, who fail to release one per…
Past administration looted funds for fight against terrorism — we’ve cleared their mess, says Malami
Abubakar Malami, the attorney-general of the federation (AGF), says the present administration has “cleared the mess” of the past government in terms of the fight against terrorism. Malami said this on Monday while featuring…
Yuletide: Passengers Commend Federal Govt Over Free Train Ride
Railway passengers in Lagos and Kaduna have commneded the decision of the Federal Government to introduce free ride on all routes to celebrate the yuletide season. According to those who spoke at Babatunde Fashola and Rigasa…
‘Cargoes are trapped in China’ — Lagos shippers lament container scarcity
The Shippers Association of Lagos (SAL) has expressed worry over the scarcity of empty containers to bring cargoes into the country. Jonathan Nicol, president of SAL, disclosed this in an interview with NAN on Monday in…
Wema Bank Goes After Pastor Tunde Bakare to Recover N9 Billion Used For Building Church
• Loan Taken to Build New Multi-Billion Church • How COVID-19 Messed up Repayment Plan If the feelers coming from the headquarters of Wema Bank are something to be accorded some…
Coalition asks Tinubu to back young candidate as APC chairman
The Coalition of Progressive Youths and Student Leaders (CPYS) has asked Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to support a young candidate as the party’s…
Hong Kong Police Intercepts 1.3Tons Of Drugs Worth £100Million
Hong Kong officials seized a huge record-breaking haul of ketamine worth more than £100million on Friday. Officials found 1.3 tonnes of the drug, 48 bags, the amount of which exceeded the total…
Katsina governor says no to Turji’s ceasefire letter
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has kicked against dialogue with armed bandits operating in the state and other North-west states. Mr Masari spoke in a Sunday interview with DW…
28 Migrants found dead on Libyan coast
The bodies of 28 migrants have washed up on Libya’s western coast after their boat sunk, a security official said Sunday, the latest tragedy on the world’s deadliest migration route. “Libyan Red Crescent teams recovered 28…
Crystal Palace manager tests positive for coronavirus
Crystal Palace have announced that manager Patrick Vieira has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss Sunday afternoon’s trip to Tottenham. The Eagles did make a request to the Premier League to have the game postponed…
FCCPC, CBN, EFCC target illegal money lenders
A joint committee of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), CBN and EFCC tackling violation of consumer rights in the money lending industry will soon shut down illegal businesses. Mr Babatunde…
Villagers rescued as bandits fall into hunters’ ambush in Kaduna
Hunters in Udawa village in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State have arrested a bandit at a forest along Kaduna-Birnin Gwari. The hunters also rescued 9 kidnapped villagers in the operation against bandits terrorising…
PEF Must Account For Interest on N34bn Fixed Deposit – Senate
The Senate has insisted that the defunct Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF), now Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NPRA), must give account for interest that accrued to N34 billion it placed in…
States revive isolation centres, COVID-19 cases soar, vaccination grounded at 3.9%
• Infections hit 236,000 as military, police fail to enforce vaccination State governments have intensified preparations of isolation centres in readiness for possible admission of COVID-19 patients as cases of the virus…
The Ooni and his beautiful queen
Since the sun of social media appeared in cyberspace during the second half of the 1990s, it hasn’t ceased to blaze the dark closets of myths and tradition, exposing their cobwebs, warts and all. And humanity is excited. At…
Review forex ban on 40 items to save naira – Economists tell CBN
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise, an economic think tank, has advised the Central Bank of Nigeria to review its ban on some of the over 40 items which the regulator has stopped importers from accessing…
Uche Nwosu: You’re only raising false alarm, Imo tells Okorocha
The Imo State Government on Sunday told a former Governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha, that he was only raising false claims over the arrest of his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu. The State…