Match fixing: FIFA slams 2-year ban on Nigerian coach
The coach of Cofine Football Club of Uyo in Akwa Ibom, Remi Amadi, has been slammed with a global ban of two years from all football-related activities. Ademola Olajire, the Director of Communications at Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), in a statement on Tuesday said the ban was imposed by world football governing body FIFA. “The world body’s Disciplinary Committee conveyed this...
COVID-19: NYSC to administer vaccine on corps members in camps
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, has said that corps members will henceforth be vaccinated in camps. Ibrahim gave the disclosure on Tuesday at the Permanent NYSC Orientation Camp, Emure-Ekiti, in Emure Local Government Area of Ekiti. The NYSC DG, who spoke through the Ekiti Coordinator, Mrs. Mary Chikezie, said the move was to ensure...
BUA Cement rakes in N74.33bn profit in nine months
BUA Cement Plc has posted a profit before tax (PBT) of N74.33 billion for the third quarter ended September 30. This was contained in the company’s unaudited financial statement released by the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Ltd on Tuesday. The result was signed by the company’s Managing Director, Engr. Binji Yusuf and the Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Jacques Piekarski. According to the financial...
Borno to raise primary school teachers’ pay from N11,000 to N30,000
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno has promised to raise the salary of primary school teachers from N11,000 to N30,000 minimum wage. Zulum attributed the low payment to the activities of ghost teachers in the state. He also declared that no primary school teacher would be retrenched in the ongoing move to improve the standard of primary education in the state. “One major...
Guber poll: IGP deploys 2 DIGs, 5 AIGs, 14 CPs, others to Anambra
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has ordered a major overhauling of the security landscape in Anambra State ahead of the November 6 governorship election in the state. Two Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs) and other strategic commanders have been deployed to the state for effective supervision of security personnel and operations in the governorship election. Other...
#EndSARS: Nigerian system ‘begging’ for transparency, accountability
In October 2020, the eyes of the World were on Nigeria as the #EndSARS protests – the largest anti-government protests in a generation – took on corrupt elites. The demonstrations began as a movement against police brutality but rapidly snowballed into wider calls for government reforms – in particular, greater accountability. If nothing else, the protests did succeed in ending SARS,...
Buhari’s supporters knock Na’Abba on power shift
Former Speaker of House of Representatives, Ghalli Na'Abba, has received knocks from supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari over his position that northerners are opposed to zoning of the presidency because they have not benefitted from the Buhari’s administration. The President’s supporters described Na’Abba’s utterances as irresponsible, unpatriotic and undignified of a political leader. The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO), in a statement...
70-year-old man in police net for defiling 7-year-old neighbour’s daughter
The police in Bauchi have arrested a 70-year-old man for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old daughter of his neighbour girl in Bauchi. This is contained in a statement issued by SP Thomas Goni, spokesman of the Zone 12 Police Command, Bauchi. “The police can confirm the arrest of a 70-year-man, Umaru Daura for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old daughter his neighbour. “The incident happened in Kawo...
Cyber fraud: EFCC analyses 2,410 messages in Naira Marley’s iPhone
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday heard that 2,410 short messages were analysed from the iPhone of Nigerian musician Azeez Fashola (aka Naira Marley), charged with cyber crime. A second prosecution witness, Mr. Augustine Anosike, narrated how the messages as well as different credit card numbers were extracted from the defendant’s phone. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)...
COVID-19: London’s Heathrow loses £3.4bn revenue
Heathrow’s losses from the COVID-19 pandemic have hit £3.4 billion ($4.68 billion). The west London airport said it was continuing to lose money in spite of reducing its operating costs by more than 30 per cent. But it insisted it has the “financial strength” to survive “until the market recovers”, with £4.1 billion of cash. Some 10.2 million passengers travelled through Heathrow...
