Day: January 11, 2024

Court Remands Teenager For Allegedly Stabbing Cleric To Death In Kano

ADEOLA YUSUF

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano on Wednesday, ordered that an 18-year-old, Yusuf Haruna be remanded in a Correctional Centre for allegedly stabbing a cleric, Sani Mohammed, 45, to death. The defendant, who lives in Tudun Nufawa Quarters Kano, is charged with culpable homicide. The Prosecutor,  Fatima Ado-Ahmad, told the court that Musa Yunusa, of the same address reported the matter at Jakara Police Division Kano on December 31, 2023. READ ALSO: CBN Sacks Polaris, Union, Keystone, Titan Banks’ Boards + REASON Oloduowo Twins: Came to World Same Day, Become…

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Rice Farmers Cannot Meet Local Demands – Traders

Abibat Babalola

Some rice traders in Lagos have lamented the inability of local rice farmers to meet the growing demand of the produce. The traders spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, in Lagos. The Nigerian Government recently reaffirmed its commitment to increasing local production of wheat, rice, maize, sorghum and soyabean, through the provision of relevant farm inputs. John Nwabueze, a food stuff trader at Alimosho local government area of Lagos, lamented the growing cost of the produce and the inability of locally grown rice…

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Lagos NUJ Inaugurates NAN Chapel Lagos, Hails Re-elected Executives

Abibat Babalola

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Lagos State Council, has inaugurated the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Chapel in Lagos Operations. Adeleye Ajayi, the Chairman of the Council, inaugurated the Yunus Yusuf-led seven-member executive council. The executives were re-elected for another term. Ajayi said the team remained a pacesetter in Lagos Council. Ajayi, who urged NAN journalists to participate more in State Council’s congresses and activities, said that there were lots of advantages in unionism. READ ALSO: Sports University Established For Sports, Education, Founder Says CBN Appoints New Executives For…

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Sports University Established For Sports, Education, Founder Says

Abibat Babalola

The Founder, Sports University of Nigeria, Idumuje-Ugboko, Delta State, Senator Ned Nwoko, said the institution was specially established for Nigerians in particular and Africa in general to pursue sports and education. The Founder stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday. Nwoko said the goal of the institution is to position it as a center of excellence in sports, business and academics that would attract aspiring sportsmen and women. READ ALSO: CBN Appoints New Executives For Union, Polaris, Keystone Banks Court Grants Ex-minister,…

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CBN Appoints New Executives For Union, Polaris, Keystone Banks

Ganiyu Amodu

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced the appointment of new executive officers for Union, Keystone and Polaris banks following the dissolution of the board of the financial firms. In a statement on Wednesday, signed by Sidi-Ali Hakama, CBN’s acting director of corporate communication, the newly appointed executives for Union Bank are Yetunde Oni, managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) and Mannir Ubali Ringim, executive director (ED). The CBN said Hassan Imam and Chioma A. Many will lead the affairs of Keystone Bank as CEO and ED,…

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Court Grants Ex-minister, Agunloye N50m Bail

Ganiyu Amodu

A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo, on Thursday, granted bail in the sum of N50m to a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye. The court had ordered his remand in the Kuje Correctional Service pending the hearing of his bail application over an alleged $6 billion fraud in connection to the Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Station. Agunloye served as minister between 1999 and 2003 under the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned Agunloye before Justice J.O. Onwuegbuzie on Wednesday, where…

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‘Mum, Dad I’m Sorry;’ Female Banker Kills Self In Lagos

Ganiyu Amodu

“DEAR LORD HAVE MERCY ON ME!” Read-for-yourself content of her alleged suicide note + PHOTOS   A female staff of Globus Bank in Lagos, Ikorodu, Amarachi, has reportedly committed suicide. The deceased in a suicide note she left behind cited the degenerating economic situation in the country for her actions. According to reports, the young staff took her last breath after consuming a dangerous chemical. READ ALSO EMBARGOED: EFCC Stops Betta Edu, Farouq From Leaving Nigeria BREAKING: Basorun of Iseyinland, Raheem Adelodun, Is Dead Why Adegoroye, Power Minister Under Obasanjo,…

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EMBARGOED: EFCC Stops Betta Edu, Farouq From Leaving Nigeria

Ganiyu Amodu

Following an investigation into fraud allegations recorded in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has seized the passports of suspended minister Betta Edu and her predecessor, Sadiya Umar Farouq. The action was presumably taken to prevent the duo from fleeing abroad, as many public office holders under investigation had done in the past under the pretext of medical trips. Ms Edu, was suspended on Monday by President Bola Tinubu after it came to light that she asked the Accountant-General of the Federation Toyin Sakirat Madein…

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BREAKING: Basorun of Iseyinland, Raheem Adelodun, Is Dead

Gbenga Adeoti

+ The bickering between Basorun, highest ranking kingmaker in the Kingdom, and others high Chiefs before the man died at the University College Hospital (UCH)   The Basorun of iseyinland, High Chief Raheem Adelodun, has died. Platforms Africa reports that the highest ranking kingmaker in the Kingdom died at the University College Hospital (UCH) on Thursday morning after battling an undisclosed illness. READ ALSO: Lagos Top Muslim Leader, Abdul-Afeez Abou, Is Dead Oloduowo Twins: Came to World Same Day, Become Professors Same Day Betta Chimaobim Edu: 12 Things You Don’t…

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Why Adegoroye, Power Minister Under Obasanjo, May Be Killed In Kuje Prison – Soyinka

Ganiyu Amodu

Following the remand of ex-power minister, Olu Agunloye, in prison pending the hearing of his bail application, Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has alerted the nation and the government, to concerns he has about Mr Agunloye’s safety. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, arraigned Mr Agunloye at an Abuja High court on corruption charges over a failed multi-billion-dollar Mambilla Hydropower project. But in a statement by his publicist, Jahman Anikulapo, Mr Soyinka opined that his remand in Kuje prison, pending resumption of his case by the presiding judge,…

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