Nigeria Vs Ghana: FG asks civil servants to close 1p.m.
The Federal Government has directed all offices to close by 1p.m. on Tuesday, so as to mobilise support for the Super Eagles of Nigeria. Dr. Ngozi Onwudiwe, Permanent Secretary (Service Welfare Office), Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), made this known in a circular. “As you are aware, the Super Eagles of Nigeria will be...
Roosevelt Ogbonna is Access Bank’s new MD/CEO
Access Holdings Plc has announced board changes at its banking subsidiary, Access Bank Plc, with the completion of the scheme of arrangement and holders of its fully paid ordinary shares of 50k. In a statement signed by Mr. Sunday Ekwochi, the Group Company Secretary, on Monday in Lagos, the board appointed Mr. Roosevelt Ogbonna as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer...
DCP: For 20 years I served under my course mates, junior officers
An officer of Nigeria Police Force, Akwa Ibom Command, Mr. Lazarus Udom, who was promoted to the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) said he suffered for 20 years before he got the promotion. Udom, who bagged accelerated promotion and was decorated as DCP at the command’s headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia in Uyo on Monday, said that he served...
Military secures Abuja-Kaduna train trapped by terrorists
The military has secured the Kaduna-bound train hijacked by terrorists on Monday night. Kaduna State government at 11p.m. on Monday stated that efforts are ongoing to convey the passengers from the location. It noted that passengers that sustained injuries have been rushed to hospitals for urgent medical attention. Suspected terrorist had on Monday night attacked a Kaduna-bound train, few kilometres to Kaduna...
Terrorists attack Kaduna-bound train with 970 passengers
Suspected terrorist on Monday night attacked a Kaduna-bound train, few kilometres to Kaduna metropolis. The fate of the 970 passengers onboard is unknown as at 10:45 p.m. An authoritative source who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on condition of anonymity, said the train departed Abuja 6 p.m., and was expected to arrive Kaduna 8p.m. The source further...
CAN: ASUU frustrated efforts to avert strike
The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle, has said the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may have been averted, if the union had not "disrespected" religious leaders who were engaging with relevant authorities to end it's impasse with government. Speaking at the CAN’s first quarter 2022 meeting in Abuja on Monday with the theme,...
@70: Buhari extols Tinubu’s leadership, democratic virtues
President Muhammadu Buhari has extolled the leadership and democratic virtues of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Tinubu will clock 70 on March 29, 2022. However, Buhari, in congratulatory message issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, saluted the APC chieftain’s courage, resilience, selflessness...
Obasanjo, Osinbajo: Tyranny can’t guarantee Africa’s security, prosperity
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday declared that West Africa and indeed Africa are currently going through a perilous storm following political instability in some parts of the continent. Both leaders stated that tyranny cannot guarantee the security and prosperity of Africans. Obasanjo and Osinbajo stated spoke at the opening session of a high-level dialogue, organised by...
N1.3bn Fraud: Ex-NSITF boss, Olejeme, slumps, trial adjourned
The trial of former Chairman of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Dr. Ngozi Olejeme, before Justice Maryam Hassan Aliyu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Jabi Abuja could not continue on Monday March 28, 2021 because the defendant allegedly slumped at home. According to her counsel, Paul Erokoro (SAN), the defendant slumped at exactly 6:30a.m. today while getting...
Court convicts fraudster for duping Army General N180m
A serial fraudster, Mohammed Sani Zubair, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on Monday convicted and sentenced Zubair over N180 million fraud. Zubair was first arraigned on October 8, 2018, on 4-count charges bordering on fraudulent dealings. He was alleged to be a member of a syndicate, that specialized in defrauding people. Specifically,...
