Gunmen kill Air Vice Marshal in Kaduna
The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the killing of AVM Muhammad Maisaka (rtd), by unknown gunmen, at his residence in Ragasi, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Muhammad Jalige confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday, in Kaduna. Jalige, who said the incident occurred in the early hours of...
Govs: Our grouse with Malami over $418m
The attention of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has been drawn to a statement issued by the media aide to the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Umar Gwandu, on Friday 5th November 2021 published in the Nation Newspaper of same date in support of deductions of humongous state resources amounting to USD$418 million from the Federation Account. The...
My position on settlement of Paris Club judgement debt, by Malami
It can be noticed that some reports contain wilful statements suggesting that some government officers were acting without due process in the settlement of certain judgement debts (totalling $418million) arising from the deduction and refunds due to the states and local governments from the Paris Club loan refunds. It is important and necessary to state, at the onset, that the...
WFP: 45m people now ‘teetering on the edge of famine’
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the number of people teetering on the edge of famine in 43 countries had risen to 45 million – up by three million in 2021 – as acute hunger spikes around the world. This number has risen from 42 million earlier 2021, and 27 million in 2019, the agency said in...
Collapsed building: Osibona’s wife, relations not at war, says lawyer
The chairman, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Sagamu branch, Ogun State, Olufemi Adeniyi Esq, has faulted media reports alleging that the relations of late Femi Osibona, who owned the collapsed Ikoyi building, were at war. Adeniyi, in a statement titled, "Putting the record straight about the libellous vituperations on Femi Osibona's family," said there was no truth in the claim that...
Nigeria administers 5.7m COVID-19 vaccines, targets 112m by 2022
The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) has vaccinated 5,770,899 eligible persons with the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination while 3,146,885 have taken the second dose (fully vaccinated). The Director, Planning Research and Statistics, NPHCDA, Dr. Abdullahi Bulama Garba, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja, at the Ministerial Press Briefing update on COVID-19 Response and Development in the Health...
Fidelity Bank MD tasks employees on ethics, integrity
The Managing Director, Fidelity Bank Plc, Mrs Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, has charged employees to uphold high ethical standards, integrity and sound corporate governance while providing financial services to the banking public. Onyeali-Ikpe gave the charge in a statement on Monday in Lagos as part of activities to flag off the 2021 Corporate Compliance & Ethics Week (CCEW). She explained that the celebration...
NGX gains N644bn on Airtel, MTNN price appreciation
Transactions on the Nigerian stock market closed on a positive note with the market capitalisation gaining N644 billion to hit N22 trillion mark, amid gains by telecommunication companies. Specifically, the market capitalisation inched higher by N644 billion to close at N22.569 trillion from N21.925 trillion recorded on Friday. Similarly, the All-Share Index rose by 1,232.37 points or 2.93 per cent to...
Nigeria’s food security facing new threats – Defence Minister
The prevalence of the various security threats in Nigeria has adversely affected food security thereby posing new dimension of threats to the country, Minister of Defence, Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd), has said. Magashi stated this at the opening of a retreat for Defence Advisers/Attaches Conference, organised by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) on Monday in Abuja. The minister said the attacks...
Danbatta to Senate: NCC’ll generate N632bn revenue in 2022
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is targeting revenue of N632.39 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. Executive Vice Chairman of the commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, stated this during budget defence before the National Assembly Joint Committee on Communications in Abuja. According to him, the N632.39 billion targeted revenue will comprise expected proceeds from 5G spectrum auction. “Each slot of the 5G spectrum...
