PTF on COVID-19 Chairman, Boss Mustapha. Mr Boss Mustapha, the Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, has advised religious leaders to without fear or favour continue to prevail on their congregations to wear a facemask. Mustapha gave the advice while responding to questions during the PTF media briefing on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja. …

…Outlines remarkable milestones Polaris Bank has recorded remarkable success in adopting the United Nations Environment Programme Financial Initiatives (UNEP-FI) Principles for Responsible Banking. The Principles for Responsible Banking, an initiative of UNEP, an Agency of United Nations (UN), provide a framework of six principles for integrating Sustainability into the heart of banking operations. By signing …

Bandits By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Killings by bandits in Zamfara State has claimed the lives of 11,000 adult males that were bread-winners of their families , leaving behind an estimated conservative figure of about  22,000 widows, the Arewa Youth Forum, AYF, has stated. Alhaji Gambo Ibrahim Gujungu, the National President of AYF ,in a statement ,explained  that …

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has said that his re-election in the just concluded governorship election for another four years has finally sent the lions and tigers into the zoo to be caged permanently from Edo politics. Obaseki disclosed this on Monday in Benin while addressing a crowd of PDP …

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 10, Mr Muhammad Mustapha, says the attack on Gidan Madi Police Division in Tangaza Local Government area of Sokoto State by bandits will not be left unaddressed. Mustapha, who is in charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states, stated this when he led a delegation …

BY Victoria Ojeme Ghanaian President and  newly elected Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)  Nana Akufo-Addo, has said on Monday that terrorist groups are exploiting the high rate of poverty in West Africa to perpetrate their activities. Akufo- Addo made this known during …

The United Kingdom has appointed Damilola Ogunbiyi of Nigeria as a co-chair of the UN Climate Change Conference’s (COP26) Energy Transition Council as the country kicks off Climate Week 2020. The UK CoP President, Alok Sharma will chair the council alongside Ogunbiyi, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Sustainable Energy for All. Alok Sharma, made …

By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The National President of the Christian Council of Nigeria, CCN, Most Rev. Benebo Fubara – Manuel has called on Christian and Muslim leaders in Kaduna state to chart a course towards restoring ultimate peace in Kaduna. He said all religions abhor violence, including traditional religions except those that were portrayed on television. …

Bandits …leaving about 22,000 widows By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Killings by bandits in Zamfara State has claimed the lives of 11,000 adult males that were bread-winners of their families , leaving behind an estimated conservative figure of about  22,000 widows, the Arewa Youth Forum, AYF, has stated. Alhaji Gambo Ibrahim Gujungu, the National President of AYF ,in …

Lai Mohammed The Federal Government says it is reforming and commercialising the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) to address the agency’s teething challenges and reposition it for improved performance. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made this known on Monday in Abuja while inaugurating a Steering Committee for the Reform and Commercialisation of the …

…As Buhari asks Kaduna to surpass investment achievements By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The Kaduna State Government has entered into a three-year Memorandum of Understand (MoU) with the United States Agency for International Development(USAID), to help drive the economic development of the state. This was as President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the Kaduna State Government to keep …

Nigeria Youths By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The Global Peace Foundation, GPF, has urged Nigerians to continue living in peace, saying the various people that made up Nigeria should accept diversity as a human attribute. Rev John Joseph Hayab, Country Director of the Global Peace Foundation Nigeria, said on Monday that as the world celebrates the International Day …

Gov Ben Ayade of Cross Rivers state By Ike Uchechukwu Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, yesterday, fulfilled his promise  by  arresting  illegal tax collectors in Calabar, the state capital. The enforcement exercise, which began yesterday, by  Cross River Anti Tax Agency led by its Chairman, Bishop Emma Isong, in collaboration with office of the …

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. By Chimaobi Nwaiwu Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday, condemned in strong terms,  the alleged harassment, abduction, torture and secret killing of its members or anybody suspected to be its member, throughout Igbo land. The pro Biafra group alleged that the deliberate ethnic cleansing has continued unabated …

By Lawani Mikairu Nigeria Accident Investigation Bureau, AIB, yesterday, released the preliminary report on the accident involving a Bell 206B III helicopter with nationality and registration marks 5N-BQW, operated by Quorum Aviation Limited, QAL, which occurred at Opebi Area, Lagos, on August 28, this year. Recall the Quorum helicopter crashed onto the roof of a building …

By Evelyn Usman A staff of one of the nation’s electricity distribution companies, DISCOs, has been arrested by the Police in Lagos for allegedly  drugging and defiling a 14-year-old girl in Ejigbo area of Lagos. The suspect (name withheld), had gone to install prepaid meters for some residents of Akinwunmi Street, Ile-Epo  area of Ejigbo, when …

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Muda Yusuf, LCCI boss By Yinka Kolawole Amidst the controversies surrounding the new Company and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) is now pressing for urgent gazetting of the law, saying that delay is creating uncertainties in business decisions anchored on the law. Director General, LCCI, Dr. Muda Yusuf, …

By Ediri Ejoh The Federal Government has been advised to consider a direct deduction of the electricity bills of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and paying them directly to the electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs, to drive development in the country’s power sector. Vanguard gathered that the DISCOs are being owed N98 billion by the MDAs and …

President Buhari with H.E. Nana Akufo-Addo  By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari and his Ghanaian counterpart, Nana Akufo-Addo, met behind closed-doors late Sunday night at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Although details of the meeting which was made public at about 11:36pm on Sunday by the Personal Assistant to the President on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, on …