Plans by suspected Boko Haram to carry out major attacks in Kano has been averted by the Nigerian Army and the Department of State Service. The personnel of the two agencies during a joint operation carried out in the early hours of Friday uncovered the planned attack and apprehended two suspected terrorists in Gezawa Local…
The Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria has signed deal with Nigeria’s leading commodities exchange platform, AFEX, as part of the efforts to deepen liquidity in the commodities market. In a statement issued on Thursday, AFEX said that the challenges in Nigeria’s commodity markets were exacerbated by a shortage of financial market players, which limits…
The Kano State Deputy Governor, Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, has denied making any financial commitment for eye surgery of 52 indigent patients. Gwarzo, who described the report in some quarters of the media as misleading and unfounded, tasked Journalists in Kano to uphold credibility and endeavour to verify evidence before going to press. A statement from…
By Yusuf Issa An-Nuphawi Flour Milling Association of Nigeria, FMAN, says it has trained over 35,000 Northern farmers on wheat production as part of its commitments to developing Nigeria’s wheat value chain. FMAN made the disclosure in its October edition of newsletter titled “Driving the Attainment of Wheat Self-Sufficiency in Nigeria: A Flour Milling Association…
A report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, has said that 1,628 journalists have been unjustly killed in Nigeria and other parts of the world from 2006 to date. The UNESCO Observatory of Killed Journalists unveiled on Thursday coincided with November 2 set aside by the United Nations for the commemoration…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has banned it operatives from sting operations at night across the commands. The Chairman of EFCC Ola Olukoyede gave the directive in Abuja on Wednesday, in reaction to the arrest of 69 suspected internet fraudsters in Ile-Ife, Osun State, by operatives of the Ibadan zonal command of the…
As part of the efforts to curb revenue leakages, the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, said it has introduced e-booking and e-ticketing from November, 2023. Dr Abdulateef Bello, Director, Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS), FCTA, made this known during a training of operational staff of the directorate on e-booking and e-billing systems in Abuja…
Tinubu seeks Senate approval to borrow $7.8bn, €100m from IFI In line with Nigeria’s external borrowing plans for 2022-2024, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has requested the Senate to approve $7.8bn and €100 million debts from International Financial Institutions. This was disclosed by the President of Senate, Godswill Akpabio, who read Tinubu’s letter at plenary on…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has alleged the abduction of their President, Joe Ajaero, by Imo State government in connivance with the police. The union in a statement said, “Just as Nigerian workers gathered earlier this morning led by the leadership of the two Labour centres to demonstrate our outrage over the serial and habitual…
A former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin Prof. Shuaib Oba Abdulraheem has been appointed the chairman of the study, planning and implementation committee for the establishment of Kwara State University of Education. His appointment was approved by the Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq a statement from the company press secretary to the governor…
