By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) is scheduled to host a regional workshop of African Deposit Insurance Agencies in Abuja from 4th to 7th October, 2022. In a statement by the NDIC Director of Communications and Public Affairs Department, Mr Bashir A. Nuhu in Abuja on Sunday, the event will bring together leaders of African Deposit Insurance Agencies to share knowledge and expertise on how to strengthen the implementation of deposit insurance systems on the African Continent. The workshop which is scheduled to take place between the 4th and 7th of October 2022, is a Technical…
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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state, has said he holds nothing personal against President Muhammadu Buhari. He disclosed that he only criticizes the President for not being able to end the killings in the state and in Nigeria. The Governor was reacting to a statement credited to President Muhammadu Buhari by the Chairman on Tertiary Education in the House of Representatives, Aminu Suleiman Goro during the commissioning of some projects at the Federal University of Agriculture in Makurdi. President Buhari was quoted to have asked Governor Ortom to endeavour to acknowledge his administration’s capital projects in Benue State rather than…
The Police in Lagos State have begun investigation into the death of a 36-year-old man allegedly mauled by two German dogs belonging to a church in Lagos. The Police Public Relations Officers (PPRO) of Lagos Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday. Hundeyin said that the younger brother of the victim reported the incident to the police at Abule-Egba area of Lagos. He said that on Tuesday at about 11.30 p.m., his elder brother was coming home and two German dogs came out from a church premises and bounced…
Ukrainian troops said they had retaken the key bastion of Lyman in occupied eastern Ukraine, a stinging defeat that prompted a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin to call for the possible use of low-grade nuclear weapons. The capture came just a day after Putin proclaimed the annexation of four Ukrainian regions – including Donetsk, where Lyman is located – and placed them under Russia’s nuclear umbrella, at a ceremony that was condemned by Kyiv and the West as an illegitimate farce. The Ukrainian soldiers made the claim in a video that was recorded outside the town council building in the…
An ‘anniversary picture’ of President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife, Aisha, has continued to attract attention and comments on the social media space as the week under review witnessed Nigeria’s colourful 62nd Independence Day Anniversary parades. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the picture described as the ” best pix from the anniversary celebration”, was released by one of the President’s Personal Assistants (Photography) on Saturday. A social commentator and Abuja-based media practitioner, Mr Lawrence Olaoye, described the picture as ” a display of love in the first family. I dey hail Baba o. ”This is the demonstration…
Burkina Faso’s self-declared military leader Captain Ibrahim Traore said on Sunday that the situation was under control, urging people to refrain from acts of vandalism targeting the French embassy, a statement read on national television said. The West African nation remained on edge after Traore accused President Paul-Henri Damiba on Saturday of staging a counter-offensive after his apparent ouster a day earlier. The standoff led to sporadic gunfire across the capital throughout Saturday between opposing factions of the army. “We want to inform the population that the situation is under control and order is being restored,” an army officer said…
The three leading presidential candidates in the 25th February 2023 Nigerian presidential election, Messrs Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, took their campaign ‘fight’ to Nigerians in the United States. The Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the support groups for Abubakar, Obi and Tinubu converged on New York at the Nigeria Independence Day Parade and Carnival to canvass votes for their candidates. Abubakar is the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) while Obi is that of the Labour Party (LP) and Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC). The support groups…
The NDLEA has arrested an ex-footballer, Emmanuel Okafor, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja for cocaine trafficking. Its Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi stated on Sunday in Abuja that Okafor was arrested on arrival from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa. He flew in on an Ethiopian Airlines flight. Babafemi stated that the suspect had 1.4kg of cocaine concealed in the handles of his bags and in the top edges of the bags. He added that the 33-year-old indigene of Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia was arrested on Sept. 26 after anti-narcotic officers unravelled where…
Nigerians from all walks of life on Saturday set New York City aglow and painted the city with green-white-green insignia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigerian community leaders and envoys joined other compatriots to temporarily close down some parts of the Second Avenue in Midtown. Notable among those who attended the parade and carnival were the Ambassador of Nigeria to the United States, Dr. Uzoma Emenike and the Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations, Prof. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande. Mayor of New York Eric Adams and the Consul-General of Nigeria in New York, Amb. Lot Egopija and…
An environment expert, Dr Ayobade Adebowale, has called on the Lagos State Government to regulate street trading to make it inclusive for benefit of both government and residents. She made the call at the fifth edition of hybrid Eko Enviro Talk, organised by global environmentalist and researcher, Mr Adedoyin Lasisi and Mrs Yewande Seriki, renowned sustainability expert. The theme of the event was “Environmental and Socio-Economic Impact of Street Traders in Lagos: Problem or Economic Getaway?’’ Adebowale, from the Department of Social Work, University of Lagos, said a research by her team assessed responses and deviance to street trading prohibition…