200 Kidnapped Victims Receive Cash Donation

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeria200 Kidnapped Victims Receive Cash Donation

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 22, 2024

The Justice Development and Peace Commission with support from a German-based Newspaper Dei Zeit newspaper’s donors’ management has donated cash to 200 victims kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents in 2014 and later rescued. Each of the victims received N150,000,00. Making the presentation at the Catholic secretariat Yola, the Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, Dr Stephen Dami Mamza said the beneficiaries are from Madagali, Michika, Maiha, Mubi North and South local governments irrespective of religion or...

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EEDC Shares Process for Meter Upgrade, TID Roll-Over

NewsNigeriaEEDC Shares Process for Meter Upgrade, TID Roll-Over

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)January 22, 20241

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) has announced the company’s plan on the Token Identifier (TID) rollover for all its prepaid meter customers by the end of February 2024. Hence, customers are to update their information online as a prerequisite for the meter upgrade; The Standard Transfer Specification (STS) is a secure message system for carrying information between a point-of-sale and a meter and is currently finding wide application in electricity metering and payment...

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Nigeria qualifies for FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup

NewsNigeriaSoccerNigeria qualifies for FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 22, 2024

Nigeria has become the first African country to book a ticket to the upcoming 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup competition after a 1-0 win against Burundi on Saturday. The 1-0 win in the final leg tie of the qualifying round secured a 2-0 aggregate victory for Nigeria Women’s U-20 national team, the Falconets, following their earlier 1-0 triumph in the first leg in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, a week ago. During Saturday’s game, Burundi...

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Enugu Govt. Signs Joint Venture Agreement with Del-York Group

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEnugu Govt. Signs Joint Venture Agreement with Del-York Group

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)January 22, 2024

Enugu State Government has signed a multi-million-dollar joint venture agreement with the Del-York Group for a multi-purpose sports and entertainment hub named the 042 Arena and Entertainment Park. Expressing joy at the feat, the Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah said the venture will not only bring the desired development but also create job opportunities for the people. The 042 Arena and Entertainment Park is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment hub designed to focus...

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Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaFive sisters of late Nabeeha regain freedom from kidnappers

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)January 22, 2024

Five of the six children of the Al-Kadriyar family who were kidnapped earlier this month by bandits in the Bwari area of Abuja have been freed by their captors. The siblings as well as other hostages were taken to the kidnapping gang’s hideout at Kajuru Forest in nearby Kaduna State. The Nigerian police say they busted the forest base on 20 January, freeing the girls. “Following the relentless advancement of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT,...

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Adamawa State Records Another Fire Disaster, 19 Shops Raze Down

NewsNigeriaAdamawa State Records Another Fire Disaster, 19 Shops Raze Down

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 21, 2024

Grain sellers and shop owners in Gombi, the administrative headquarters of Gombi local government areas of Adamawa State have lost properties worth millions of naira to fire disasters due to bush burning. The Secretary of the affected grains market, Mallam Umar Nyalli, said the incident was caused by an unknown smoker who threw a stick of cigarette at a heap of waste materials near the shops which ignited the fire. “We lost bags of maize,...

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Enugu Govt Says Trending Video on Demolition of Properties is not Real

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEnugu Govt Says Trending Video on Demolition of Properties is not Real

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)January 21, 2024

Commissioner says Authority (ECTDA) only demolished illegal, uncompleted buildings serving as kidnappers’ den. The Commissioner for Information Enugu State, Mr. Aka Eze Aka has refuted the trending video of the massive demolition of properties at the Enugu Centenary City located at Obeagu/Amechi Akwunanaw in Enugu South Local Government Area, Enugu State. The video recorded and released by a popular content creator known as Untouchable Comedies with 4.5million followers showed pictures of demolished buildings in the...

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We only demolished illegal structures, criminals’ hideout, Enugu govt explains

NewsNigeriaPoliticsWe only demolished illegal structures, criminals’ hideout, Enugu govt explains

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)January 20, 2024

Enugu government has clarified that it only demolished illegal and uncompleted structures, among them buildings, which served as kidnappers’ hideout, stressing that it was yet to demolish any of the unapproved but completed and or occupied properties in the area. The government also refuted trending videos of alleged indiscriminate demolition of properties at the Enugu Lifestyle and Golf City, also known as Enugu Centenary City, The government noted that the action of the Enugu Capital...

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Four soldiers, one civil defense, two others feared dead after herders attack

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaFour soldiers, one civil defense, two others feared dead after herders attack

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)January 20, 2024

Following herdsmen attack in Benue State, there are indications that the number of security personnel that were killed in Okokolo ward, Agatu Local Government Area, (LGA), of the state may have risen to seven, even as the attack has left scores wounded and many others displaced. Reports have it said that among those that allegedly lost their lives to the attack are four soldiers; a personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC)...

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Tinubu calls for financing mechanism, equitable capital market access for developing countries

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu calls for financing mechanism, equitable capital market access for developing countries

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)January 20, 2024

President Bola Tinubu has called for financing mechanism, equitable access to capital for developing countries. He stressed that such will provide the much-needed resources for development, thus solving some of the most pressing challenges in the world today. While speaking at the 19th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement at the weekend in Kampala, Uganda, Tinubu, however, pointed out that the developing world is not looking for sympathy or begging, but fair...

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