NYSC South-East Office Ranks Ebonyi Best in Infrastructure for Corps Members

The Sout-East Area Office of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has ranked Ebonyi as the best state in the zone, in terms of the provision of infrastructure for the wellbeing and productivity of the corps members. The Director in charge of the area office, Alhaji Ahmed Ikaka, said this on Thursday in Abakaliki during a working visit to the state. According to Ikaka, the new secretariat donated by the government and the rehabilitated permanent...

Mandela Day: ROSATOM Committed to Sustainable Social Projects, Says Acting CE

Russia’s nuclear power agency, ROSATOM, says it is committed to sustainable social projects in commemoration of Nelson Mandela Day. Ryan Collyer, Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Rosatom Central and Southern Africa, made the assertion in a statement on Saturday. Nelson Mandela Day is a global call to action to celebrate the idea that each individual has the power to transform the world and the ability to make an impact. Collyer said the company would support the Bokgoni Technical Secondary...

774,000 Jobs: Senate to Take Position on Tuesday – Senator Abaribe

The Senate Minority Leader, Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe, has said the Senate will take official position on the decision of the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), to flout its decision on the recruitment of 774,000 federal workers. According to him, the senators were expecting the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, to brief them on the outcome of the meeting between the leadership of the National Assembly with President Muhammadu Buhari on the...

N40bn Probe: Reps C’ttee Summons Akpabio, NDDC MD, Others

The House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has summoned the Minister of Niger Delta Affair, Sen. Godswill Akpabio to respond to allegation of N80.5 irregular expenditure in the NDDC. The committee also summoned the acting Managing Director of the NDDC, Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei and the Managing Director of AHR Global Service Ltd among others. The resolution was reached at the ongoing investigative hearing on the alleged N40 billion irregular expenditure on Friday in Abuja. The...

I Won’t Take Legal Actions Against Buhari’s Government Despite Detention —Magu

Embattled EFCC chairman, Ibrahim Magu, has said he won’t be pressing charges or taking any legal action against the Nigerian Government despite his detention Magu who was arrested in Abuja last Monday and released after 10 days disclosed that he has taken all his “travails with philosophical calmness”. President Muhammadu Buhari had set up the committee to investigate alleged mismanagement of recovered assets by the EFCC chairman between May 2015 and May 2020. Wahab Shittu,...

Police Arrest Suspect in the Murder of Gokada CEO, Fahim Saleh

The hunt for the suspect in the brutal killing of Fahim Saleh, the CEO of Gokada, has paid off. The former personal assistant of the 33-year-old tech start-up founder was arrested on Friday morning and is expected to be charged for the killing, the New York Times reported citing some officials. The suspect, Tyrese Devon Haspil, 21, began working for Mr Saleh since the age of 16 and would be charged with second degree murder...

DAILY UPDATES: Coronavirus: Nigeria Records 600 New Cases, Caseload Increases to 35,454

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 600 new COVID-19 cases in the country, bringing total infections from the virus rise to 35,454 The NCDC made the announcement on its official twitter handle on Friday. The agency said that as at the July 17, 600 new confirmed cases and three deaths were recorded in the country. “Till date, 35,454 cases have been confirmed, 14,633 cases have been discharged and 772 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the...

Kano Records Significant Improvement in Power Supply – KEDCO

The Management of Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO), said it has recorded significant improvement in power supply as against claims of epileptic supply by the Kano State Water Board. It will be recalled that the Board had attributed water scarcity in Kano metropolis to drastic drop in power supply to its treatment plants. Ibrahim Shawai, the Head, Corporate Communications of the company, gave the clarifications in a statement on Friday in Kano. Shawai dismissed the...

Zamfara State is Offering Cows For Guns to Halt Attacks ―It’s Two Cows For Each Gun

Authorities in Nigeria’s northwest Zamfara state have offered two cows for each gun surrendered to halt bloody attacks by criminal gangs, including cattle rustlers. Remote communities across the region have for years been hit hard by deadly raids from armed groups of motorcycle-riding cattle rustlers and kidnappers. Military operations have failed to end the killings and local officials have repeatedly tried negotiations to broker peace. Zamfara governor Bello Matawalle on Thursday said that under the...

Nigeria’s Nneka Ede is the First African Woman to Own a European Football Club

■ Nigerian Nneka Ede is labeled as the first woman to own a European sports club following her purchase of  the Portuguese club, Lusitano Ginásio Clube. Nigeria’s female entrepreneur Nneka Ede has become the first African woman to own a European football club after she pulled off a deal last June enabling her to own the 108-year-old Lusitano Ginásio Clube that is participating in Campeonato de Portugal (the Portuguese third division). In her own words...

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