Month: March 2022

World Cup Qualifiers: Nigeria Crashes Out, Ghana Picks Qatar Ticket

Dawood Rabiu

Nigeria’s Super Eagles have failed to pick one of the tickets for the Qatar 2022 World Cup after playing a 1-1 draw with visiting Black Stars of Ghana in Abuja. The Ghanaians, who were forced to a barren draw last Friday in their backyard, stunned the capacity crowd at the 60,000-seater Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja, with an early goal by skipper Thomas Partey. Hope rose anew when his opposite number William Troost-Ekong equalized from the penalty spot but the visitors absorbed every pressure put on the by super eagles till…

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JUST IN: Terrorists Strike Again, Attack Train Station In Kaduna

Aliyu Aliyu

Osinbajo, El-Rufai react as Kaduna suffers  second terror attack within 24 hours along the same axis   Terrorists have attacked Gidan train Station along the Abuja-Kaduna rail track. Sources quoted by Channels TV said the terrorists may have planted IEDs on the tracks forcing the train heading to Abuja from Kaduna to a stop. This is the second attack within 24 hours along the same axis. At least seven persons were killed when terrorists attacked a train at Dutse village on Monday. TRAIN ATTACK : AN ATTEMPT BY COWARDS TO…

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Female Medical Doctor Shot In Abuja-Kaduna Train Terror Attack Dies

Aliyu Aliyu

“I have been shot, pray for me,” Doctor Chinelo Megafu tweeted in pains before breathing her last as a colleague speaks about her last moments   Some Nigerians are mourning the death of a medical doctor, Chinelo Megafu, who died from injuries sustained during the terror attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train late Monday. Chinelo had tweeted during the attack, saying she had been shot and asked for prayers. She tweeted, “I’m on the train. I have been shot. Please pray for me.” READ ALSO: BREAKING: Terrorists Bomb 970-Passenger Abuja-Kaduna Train…

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PUNCH Names Dayo Oketola Editor, Appoints New Divisional Head, Others

Damilola Olonade

Ademola Oni, Dayo Oketola, Niyi Odebode, Abiodun Sonowo, Olusola Fabiyi, Akinpelu Dada, here are what you may need to know about the PUNCH’s new appointees   The management of PUNCH Nigeria Limited has announced changes in its newly established Content Division with the appointment of a new head for the division as well as new editors. The company, a report by PUNCH newspaper showed, also named a new chairman for its Editorial Board and deputies for the print newspaper titles. All the appointments take effect from Monday, April 4, 2022.…

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BREAKING: Terrorists Bomb 970-Passenger Abuja-Kaduna Train

Aliyu Aliyu

Suspected bandit terrorists have detonated bombs on the railtrack of Abuja-Kaduna train and successfully immobilised it. Sources confirmed the attack on Monday night, saying the attack occurred at a point between Katari and Rijana. READ ALSO: BREAKING! 7 Trapped As Two 20ft Containers Fall On 3 Cars In Lagos +VIDEO N19bn Petrol Imported Into Nigeria Did Not Get To Destination Nigerians Spent $39.66bn on Foreign Education, Medical Tourism in 10 Years– CBN report JUST IN: Terrorists Attack Nigeria’s Kaduna Airport, Kill NAMA Staff One of the passengers who confirmed the…

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BREAKING! 7 Trapped As Two 20ft Containers Fall On 3 Cars In Lagos +VIDEO

Ganiyu Amodu

Occupants of the ill-fated private cars struggle with lives as containers empty chemical content   Two chemical-laden 20 feet containers, on Monsay night, fallen on three private cars in Lagos, emptying, also, their contents on seven trapped occupants of the cars. Platforms Africa reports that the accident, which occured at O Mark School Bus stop inward Iyana-Iba Igando LASU road, has worsened traffic gridlock on the road. READ ALSO: N19bn Petrol Imported Into Nigeria Did Not Get To Destination Nigerians Spent $39.66bn on Foreign Education, Medical Tourism in 10 Years–…

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Microsoft Opens New $127m Tech Hubs in Lagos, Nairobi

Aoko Benjamin

Microsoft opens new $27 million tech talent hub in Nairobi days after unveiling another facility in Lagos, which reoirtedly cost about $100 million. The Nairobi building boasts self-heating windows, a mini solar plant to power the facility, and a water treatment facility to recycle and purify the water. Last week, the global tech giant also launched a new facility for its first Africa Development Centre (ADC) in Lagos, Nigeria. Microsoft has launched its new facility for its premier engineering hub in Dunhill Towers in Westlands, Nairobi, three years after operating…

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Polaris Bank, CIG Motors Ink Vehicle Finance Scheme Deals

ADEOLA YUSUF

‘Easy Buy’ Scheme for Nigerians’ seamless vehicle acquisition, ownership – Polaris Bank   Polaris Bank in partnership with CIG Motors has introduced ‘Easy Buy’, an affordable vehicle finance scheme meant to make vehicle acquisition and ownership easier for its teeming customers, prospects and fleet buyers in the country. Platforms Africa reports that the Bank and the auto giant announced the scheme on Friday at a joint press conference in Lagos to announce the newly-reviewed partnership with improved incentives that will afford customers and prospects the opportunity to acquire affordably priced…

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N19bn Petrol Imported Into Nigeria Did Not Get To Destination

Aliyu Aliyu

116.46m litres fuel Stolen in One year, say NNPC reports + BREAKDOWN N19 billion worth of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) generally known as petrol imported Into Nigeria did not get to the final consumers in the countrt, its intended destination. The product, which translated to a total of 116.46 million litres (worth N18.88 billion) was stolen in 2021, data from different reports obtained from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited showed. Figures contained in various NNPC reports on Product Pipeline Performance for PMS showed that from January 2021 till December…

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1.8m Candidates Registered For UTME 2022 Exercise – JAMB

Abibat Babalola

The board has also scheduled its examinations to hold from May 6 to May 16. 1, 837, 011 candidates were registered at the end of its 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said. Platforms Africa reports that the board, which disclosed this in its Weekly Bulletin on Monday in Abuja, said that the figure included the Direct Entry (DE) candidates. READ ALSO: Strike: Consider Students’ Interest, Olubadan Begs Govt., ASUU Nigerians Spent $39.66bn on Foreign Education, Medical Tourism in 10 Years– CBN…

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