Jumia shuts down food delivery business in Nigeria, six other countries

BusinessNewsNigeriaJumia shuts down food delivery business in Nigeria, six other countries

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 15, 2023

Jumia’s food delivery services, Jumia Food, will cease operations in Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, and Ivory Coast by 31 December 2023. The Chief Executive Officer of Jumia, Francis Dufay said the current market conditions and economic climate in the affected countries make the food delivery business unprofitable. “The economics are tough in this market because the costs are very high and there is plenty of competition so there is downward pressure on the...

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Nigeria seeks US partnership to end insecurity

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNigeria seeks US partnership to end insecurity

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 15, 2023

Nigeria is seeking the support of the United States in addressing the country’s pressing security challenges, including banditry and terrorism. Bello Matawalle, minister of state for defence, said Nigeria would welcome international support to rid the country of terrorists. Matawalle, currently on a working visit to the US, said President Bola Tinubu is determined to collaborate with friendly nations to make Nigeria more secure for all. In the US, the Minister met with members of...

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Governor Sim Fubara presents 2024 budget of N800bn to five lawmakers amid crisis

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGovernor Sim Fubara presents 2024 budget of N800bn to five lawmakers amid crisis

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 13, 2023

Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara is proposing to spend N800,392,485,433.01 for the 2024 fiscal year. Governor Fubara presented the budget proposal to the Rivers State House of Assembly on Wednesday. The Governor dubbed the budget, ‘Budget of Renewed Hope, Consolidation and Continuity.’ Present at the presentation were the House of Assembly Speaker Edison Ehie and four other lawmakers only as the 27 legislators who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives...

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Top search engine rating reveals how Nigerians used Google in 2023

NewsNigeriaTop search engine rating reveals how Nigerians used Google in 2023

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 13, 2023

Google, on Monday, published the top searches on its search engine in 2023: the ‘Year in Search 2023’, a list that captures the trending topics, news and people throughout the year. For Nigeria, politician Peter Obi, Nollywood actress Moyo Lawal and rapper Oladips topped the most-searched people’s list. Taking the fourth to tenth spots are Hilda Baci, Mudryk, Mr Ibu, Simon Ekpa, Sam Larry, Anita Brown, and Esther Raphael. Afrobeats artiste Asake is Nigeria’s most-searched...

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Gunmen kill 3 persons during bank robbery in Ekiti Inbox

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGunmen kill 3 persons during bank robbery in Ekiti Inbox

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 13, 2023

Heavily armed gunmen attacked two banks in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State on Wednesday evening, and killed three persons while leaving several others seriously injured. The robbers, numbering about 20, stormed the town in motorcycles and a small black car and began to shoot recklessly into the air. While some of the gunmen were keeping security operatives and residents at bay, others went into the banks. As reported by the Independent, the banks were Wema Bank and...

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Gunmen abduct 2 Korean expatriates, kill 4 soldiers in Bayelsa

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGunmen abduct 2 Korean expatriates, kill 4 soldiers in Bayelsa

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 12, 2023

A convoy of Daewoo Engineering and Construction Company Ltd. staff came under fire near Yenagoa, the capital city of Bayelsa State, an attack that killed four soldier escorts and two drivers. The gunmen also kidnapped two Korean employees of the company during the attack on the East–West Road, near the town of Ahoada in Rivers State which is 36.3 km to Yenegoa, on Tuesday morning. The foreigners were en route to their company’s headquarters in...

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Nigerian Army raids IPOB/ESN camp in Anambra, kills one

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNigerian Army raids IPOB/ESN camp in Anambra, kills one

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 12, 2023

Troops of the Nigerian Army, NA, codenamed “Exercise Golden Dawn III” cracked the bunker of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, insurgents and its militant wing the Eastern Security Network, ESN, in the Orsumoghu area of Anambra State on Monday. In a statement on its X page on Tuesday, the Nigerian Army said the operation led to the death of one IPOB/ESN fighter. Other gang members escaped with gunshot wounds and no arrest was made....

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Fire reportedly guts Governor Babagana Zulum’s office

NewsNigeriaFire reportedly guts Governor Babagana Zulum’s office

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 12, 2023

The Borno State governor’s main office was reportedly gutted by fire Tuesday morning. The Governor was at his second office at the Musa Usman Secretariat when the fire broke out, according to Zagazola Makama. The security details at the Government House gate barred staff and the press from entering the building while emergency firefighters trooped to the office building to put off the fire. The fire was contained, but the extent of damage could not...

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Nigeria sweeps 2023 CAF Awards as Osimhen, Oshoala emerge African best footballers

NewsNigeriaSoccerSportsNigeria sweeps 2023 CAF Awards as Osimhen, Oshoala emerge African best footballers

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 12, 2023

…Sports Minister, President Tinubu hails award winners. Monday night was Nigeria’s night of glory as the country’s football stars Victor Osimhen and Asisat Oshoala were crowned the 2023 African Players of the Year in the male and female categories respectively. Osimhen was selected as Africa’s best player ahead of Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah and Morocco’s right-back Achraf Hakimi, ending Nigeria’s 24-year-old wait for Africa’s top individual football prize. Oshoala added another feather to her cap,...

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Veteran NTA broadcaster Aisha Bello passes on, Tinubu mourns

NewsNigeriaVeteran NTA broadcaster Aisha Bello passes on, Tinubu mourns

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 11, 2023

President Bola Tinubu has expressed immense grief at the death of Aisha Bello, a veteran presenter with the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA. Bello, who retired in 2022 after 35 years of active broadcasting service, died on Monday and was immediately buried according to Islamic traditions. FARE-THEE-WELL AISHA! KEEPING YOU IN OUR THOUGHTS & PRAYERS May Allah grant you Aljanah Firdaus, Ameen. pic.twitter.com/MXTzIfBKLa — NTA News (@NTANewsNow) December 11, 2023 In a statement by Ajuri Ngalale,...

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