Month: May 2023

132 Microfinance Banks’ Licenses Revoked + NAMES

ADEOLA YUSUF

“Why we did it,” CBN speaks on reason operations of the lenders became illegal     The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revoked the operating licenses of 132 microfinance banks in the country, alongside those of four primary mortgage banks and three finance companies. This was disclosed in the official gazette of the Federal Government, which was published on the website of the CBN on Tuesday. READ ALSO: Help, Naira Crisis Killing Our Business, Commercial Sex Workers Beg Buhari Japa: Youtuber Tiamiyu Apologises Over Comment On BBC Interview Dangote…

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Why We Upgraded SingleView Web Application for Customer – Ikeja Electric

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Ikeja Electric has said that it introduced Singleview 2.0 web application to enhance customer self-service package with consolidated account management features purposely designed and built for Ikeja Electric’s customers, including prepaid, postpaid, maximum demand, non-maximum demand and bilateral customers.  A statement from the company quoted Head, Business Innovation and Transformation, Paul Ehiagbonare to have said thst it became imperative to upgrade the Singleview platform in line with the company’s customer-first, technology-now mantra as this upgrade enables adequate support of wider range of customers while empowering them with features, functionalities…

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EKEDC Deepens HSE Culture, Launches Safety College

ADEOLA YUSUF

Eko Electricity Distribution Company has launched a Safety College scheme, which aims to raise employee awareness on the safe implementation of their tasks and improve the overall safety culture within the organization. Platforms Africa reports that this was made known by the EKEDC General Manager, Corporate Communications and Strategy, Babatunde Lasaki. READ ALSO: Minister Buhari Sacked For Inefficiency Arrested Over N22bn Fraud Passionate, Purposeful and Peerless: Dr. Sanda’s One Year in EKEDC Saddle How I ‘Accidentally’ Impregnated My Deputy – Education Minister I Am Angry With State of Nigeria’s Power…

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Japa: Youtuber Tiamiyu Apologises Over Comment On BBC Interview

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigerian Youtuber, Emdee Tiamiyu, has apologised over his comment about Nigerian students studying in the United Kingdom in an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation. The Youtuber made the apology in a video he shared on his YouTube account on Wednesday, following the backlash he faced after the interview. Tiamiyu, who is known for advising Nigerians on studying in the United Kingdom, claimed that many of them were not looking for new qualifications, but to start a new life abroad. READ ALSO: Osun School Pupils Hospitalised After Inhaling Teargas Fired…

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Osun School Pupils Hospitalised After Inhaling Teargas Fired By Police

ADEOLA YUSUF

A secondary school in Osogbo, Osun State, Fakunle Unity High School, hurriedly shut down academic activities on Tuesday, after some pupils became unconscious after inhaling teargas fired by men of Mopol 39 Base, located directly opposite the school premises. A source in the school, who preferred not to be named over fears of harassment, told The PUNCH that pupils were already in their various classes when teargas fired by the riot policemen engaging in their morning drills filtered into the premises. As a result, some of the pupils lost consciousness,…

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Poly Lecturer Jailed Five Years For Diverting Study Grant 

ADEOLA YUSUF

A former academic staff member of Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Kebbi State, Muhammed Sani Nuhu, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for deviously allotting over N6 million belonging to the polytechnic to himself. This was after the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission had secured his conviction. According to a statement by the Commission Spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua, on Tuesday, in a 4-count brought before Hon. Justice Hassan Usman of the Kebbi State High Court, Birnin Kebbi Judicial Division, the Commission stated that Nuhu, conferred a corrupt advantage…

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BREAKING: Afrobeat Singer, Seun Kuti Released On Bail

ADEOLA YUSUF

Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti has been released from police custody after meeting bail conditions on Tuesday. Kuti has been detained by the police for allegedly assaulting a police officer some days ago on Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos. Recall that Kuti’s lawyers in a statement had earlier said that he would be released on bail as ordered by the Magistrate.

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Niger Records Over 1,500 Gender Based Violent Cases In 3 Years

ADEOLA YUSUF

… As NGO, stakeholders meet to curtail menace     MINNA: Increase in Gender Based Violence (GBV) has been described as very alarming in Niger State as over one thousand, five hundred cases have been recorded in less than three years. This is despite the assurance given by wife of the State Governor, Dr Amina Abubakar in 2021 where she said at the “End GBV Summit,” organised in collaboration with the first ladies in Abuja that within a short time, the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Law was passed and assented…

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Stakeholders Laud Flynas For Timely Airlift Of Nigerian Hajj Pilgrims

ADEOLA YUSUF

Stakeholdersin the hajj industry have commended a Saudi Arabian-designated airline, Flynas, for sustaining an effective service delivery in the last nine years of its operations in the country. They said the airline has reshaped the hajj industry by providing flawless services to the hajj pilgrims in Nigeria. Flynas, a Saudi kingdom- designated airline, has been in Nigeria since 2014 as part of the Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) between Nigeria and Saudi Arabia to airlift between 40- 50 percent of Nigerian pilgrims for hajj. READ ALSO: Africa’s First Professor Of…

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Africa’s First Professor Of Geology, Jamiu Oyawoye, Is Dead

ADEOLA YUSUF

The first Professor of Geology in Africa, Jamiu Mosobalaje Oyawoye, is dead. His death was confirmed by his son, Prince Olukitibi Oyawoye, on Monday evening. He was 96 years of age. Born in Offa in Kwara state on August 12, 1927, Prince Oyawoye, the Aremo of Offa, served as a lecturer at the University of Ibadan between 1960 and 1977. He was appointed a professor in 1966 at the age of 39 and became the first Professor of Geology in Africa. He also served as the Chairman of the West…

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