Huawei, Arravo raise customers’ awareness on new tech solutions
Huawei, a global technology company, and Arravo, one of its partners in Nigeria, have raised customers’ awareness about new technology trends and solutions that would drive business growth and profitability, while reducing operational cost. The firms jointly organised a stakeholders’ forum recently in Lagos. In his opening remarks at the forum, the CEO of Arravo, Mr. Ayo Adegboye, said the forum...
Gunmen kill APC governorship aspirant along Kaduna/Abuja Highway
A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State in the 2019 election, Alhaji Sagir Hamida, has been killed by gunmen at Rijana, along Kaduna-Abuja highway on Sunday. The deceased’s elder brother, Kabiru Hamida, stated that Sagir was killed near Abuja while he was returning from the weekend. Sagir Hamida, an Abuja-based businessman and former...
Professor arrested for defiling 13-year-old house help
A Professor of Geophysics, Felix Anyaegbulam, has been arrested by the Police Command in Ebonyi for allegedly defiling a minor. Anyaegbulam is a Professor of Geophysics in Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike (AE-FUNAI), Ikwo Local Government Area of the state. It alleged that the Professor has been sexually violating his 13-year-old house help, who hails from Ezza North Local Government Area...
Kogi govt denies ownership of N19.3bn bailout fund returned to CBN
The Kogi State Government has denied ownership of the N19.3 billion allegedly returned to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The state has also threatened legal action if the EFCC did not within 48 hours, retract the statement that the fund it allegedly returned to the CBN, belonged to Kogi. The EFCC had...
Why autopsy on late OAU MBA student is delayed – Police
The Osun State Police Command says the autopsy on the slain MBA student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke, is delayed because his family’s insisted on being part of the process. The Police Public Relation Officer in the state, SP Yemisi Opalola, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Osogbo, said that...
COAS to soldiers: Kill bandits, kidnappers, take their weapons
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, on Sunday in Minna charged troops to eliminate suspected bandits and kidnappers and take their weapons. Yahaya made the call during an operational visit where he inaugurated some facilities for the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) headquarters of the Nigerian Army. “I am here in Minna today as part of my operational visits...
N6trn NDDC funds: SERAP sues Buhari over failure to name looters
The failure of the Muhammadu Buhari administration to publish the names of those indicted in the alleged misappropriation of over N6 trillion in the running of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) between 2000 and 2019 has attracted litigation. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Buhari over his failure to act on the...
Michael Carrick steps in as Man United sack Ole Solskjaer as manager
Manchester United have sacked manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer following Saturday's 4-1 defeat at Watford. The club have won just one of their past seven Premier League matches and are seventh in the table, 12 points behind leaders Chelsea. First-team coach Michael Carrick has been placed in temporary charge while United seek an interim manager to the end of the season. "It is...
16 days after oil spill in Bayelsa, Aiteo seeks foreign help
Sixteen days after it suffered an oil leak at an oilfield in Nembe, Bayelsam State, the Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company is now seeking foreign technical expertise to halt the ongoing leak. The link occurred on November 5. Aiteo, in a statement issued by its spokesman, Mathew Ndianabasi, noted that it has intensified its response by seeking the assistance of...
NCDC registers 45 cases of COVID-19 infections in five states, FCT
Nigeria recorded 45 new COVID-19 infections in five states and the FCT on Saturday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) gave the update on Sunday and stated that no death was recorded. It stated that the infection figure indicated an increase of 22 infections over the 23 infections reported on Friday. It stated also that as of Saturday, Anambra had 18...
