Month: April 2021

Minister, 379,256 Indians contract COVID-19, death rate hits 3,645 in 1 day

Wonuola Olujobi

  How total number of COVID-19 cases in India surged pass 18 million, more than half of the entire population of Ghana, about three times the population of Togo. India has a new record in daily Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) infections with more than 379,257 cases recorded in the past 24 hours, figures from India’s Health Ministry showed on Thursday. In addition, 3,645 people died as a result of the disease, the ministry said. From May, all adults in India are to be able to get vaccinated. When people were able…

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Lagos Hands Over Amputee Hawker, N25m To Police, Exposes Her True Identity

Tade Salako

  “I couldn’t believe that someone from Kogi will come and swindle smart minds Lagos is peopled with,” an official said after receiving calls from some of the people the sachet water hawker had a deal with to either get their own share of “N25m proceeds of the fraud” or else they would expose her.   The Government of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, has handed over 26-year-old homeless amputee and single mother, Mary Daniel, who came to limelight after her pictures surfaced online, to the Nigerian Police, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO)…

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Lawmakers berate Nigerian Banks’’ hidden charges, exploitation

Precious Ibekwe

    Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has expressed concern over the way banks charge customers indiscriminately during transactions. Gbajabiamila said this when he hosted the Board and Management of the Standard Chartered Bank, led by the Chief Executive Officer, Mr Lamin Manjang, on Monday in Abuja. The speaker said apart from charges known to the customers, there appeared to be other ‘hidden’ charges that the banks imposed on their customers. He stated that the House was concerned that such a practice was making customers helpless,…

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Buhari, Osinbajo’s Successors emerge in 660 days – INEC

Aliyu Aliyu

  Here are reasons the Nigeria’s election umpire, INEC, fixes February 18 for 2023 General elections The Successors for the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and vice President Yemi Osinbajo are billed to emerge in the next 660 days. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, which disclosed this, added that the 2023 general election would hold on February 18, 2023. Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmud Yakubu disclosed this Wednesday in a keynote address at a public hearing on a Bill for an Act to establish National Electoral Offences Commission organised by the Senate Committee on…

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JUST IN: Hoodlums Set Nigerian Court Ablaze In latest Assault on Judiciary

Precious Ibekwe

  Some hoodlums have set the Nigerian Federal High Court in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria on fire in an assault on the country’s Judiciary. The structure is situated on the Enugu-Abakaliki Highway, directly across from the state office of the Peoples Democratic Party. A source told our correspondent that hoodlums used petrol bombs in the attack on Tuesday. The court building’s library and security post were also affected by the early-morning fire. Firefighters were later sent to the scene to put out the fire before it could spread and…

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Boko Haram closes in on Abuja, hoists flag 200km to Nigeria’s seat of power

Aliyu Aliyu

Dirty details of how Boko Haram and bandits elements seized women from their husbands and shared them among their commanders, fighters in settlements less than 2 hours drive to Abuja     Abuja, administrative capital of Nigeria, “is not safe anymore.” Boko Haram and bandits elements have closed in on the territory, “hoisted flag in Kauri, a sleepy settlement in Niger State, less than 2 hours drive from the Nigeria’s seat of power.” Platforms Africa reports that the Governor of Niger State, a neighbouring state to Abuja, Abubakar Sani Bello,…

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Polaris Bank’s Assets hit N1.2tr, Profit Growth Sustained with N28.9bn

Damilola Olonade

  Polaris Bank says 2020 Financial  Year Performance indicates management depth and sustainability Polaris Bank Limited has released its full-year audited financial results for the year ended December 2020 posting a Profit Before Tax (PBT) of N28.9billion. The results, which show the Bank’s second year performance scorecard after two years of operation, have further consolidated the Bank’s position as focused on the path of profitability, growth, and value creation. Details of the results show that its year 2020 performance reflects a 4% Year on Year (YoY) increase in Profit before…

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How Nigeria can win war against insecurity – Muslim Cleric

Dawood Rabiu

  A notable cleric, Alhaji (Sheikh) Buhari Ajilogba the Ajanosi of Epe kingdom, has declared that Nigerians should consider themselves stakeholders if the country must win the war against insecurity. Buhari, who was the Guest lecturer at the Epe Club 70s Special Ramandan Public Lecture 2021, called on Nigerians to be united in stemming the tide of insecurity and ensure peace in the country. Platforms Africa reports tha the lecture was held at the club house in Ita-Marun, Epe, a suburb of Lagos, Nigeria. The Guest lecturer who spoke on…

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Gridlock looms as Lagos shuts major link road + Escape routes for users

Tade Salako

    Do not be caught unawares as a vistor to or a road user in Lagos, here are alternative routes for you ahead of the shutdown of Main Carriageway inbound Anthony, likely to worsen grid lock on notorious Ikorodu road from Monday, 3rd of May 2021.   The Government of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, has announced that there would be a diversion of traffic from the Main Carriageway inbound Anthony from Monday, 3rd of May 2021, for a period of four weeks as part of the ongoing reconstruction on…

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Nigerians to pay more for Electricity as tariff hike, MYTO review loom

Aliyu Aliyu

Fresh adjustment in the electricity tariff for electricity consumers in Nigeria is looming as the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Monday declared plans for the Extraordinary Tariff Review process for the 11 Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos). NERC, which is the regulator of Nigeria’s power sector, made this known on Monday in a notice to the general public and industry stakeholders posted on its website. The review  the commission said, was pursuant to the provisions of the Electric Power Sector Reform Act (EPSRA). According to NERC, extraordinary tariff reviews are…

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