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AZA, Africa’s biggest non-bank currency broker, has been named in Fast Company’s prestigious annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2021, the company said Tuesday in an emailed statement. The list honors the businesses that have not only found a way to be resilient in the past year, but also turned those challenges […]

It was another kidnapping and bloodletting day on Monday as rampaging gunmen abducted at least 19 persons in Niger State and gunned down four farmers in Ogun State. The kidnapping took place in Kutunku village in Wushishi local government area of Niger and involved eleven males and eight females including. Two of the females were […]

The current provision of 2.5 percent as host  community trust fund in the Petroleum Industry Bill should be reviewed upward to 10 percent, governors of the South-South region have demanded.   Ifeanyi Okowa, the Chairman of the South-South Governors Forum and Governor of Delta State, disclosed this after the governors’ meeting in Port Harcourt on […]

The United Kingdom is set to return £4.2m (N2.2bn) being part of the funds so far seized from convicted former Delta Governor, James Ibori, his associates, and family members. Abubakar Malami, the Attorney-General of the Federation, and British High Commission to Nigeria, Ms. Catriona Laing revealed this on Tuesday at the signing ceremony of the […]

The ten Mission Secondary school earlier shut by the Kwara State government are to remain closed for a longer time, the government has extended the closure of the schools, all located with the capital, Ilorin.   The schools are to remain shut over security concerns, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and Human […]

Police in Oyo State have said they arrested three members of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) over their roles in the arrest of suspected kidnap lynchpin, Iskilu Wakilin Ayete, Ibarapa local government, of the state. The police confirmed that three members of the group were detained for interrogation for their roles in the arson and […]

At least 100  Generals have been redeployed in a massive shake-up in the Nigerian Army, as they were asked to remain loyal to the country’s Constitution. The redeployments were announced by the Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General Mohammed Yerima, who explained in a statement that the new postings were part of moves to strengthen […]

Iskilu Wakili, the lynchpin of the kidnapping and other violent crimes going on in communities in Ibarapa and Oke-Ogun areas of Oyo State, has been arrested. He was arrested on Sunday by a joint team of Ibarapa security operatives, including Oodua People’s Congress, Vigilante, and other groups in the area. Wakili and his gang were […]

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday received the COVID-19 vaccine in Abuja. The President was given the jab by his personal physician, Dr. Suhayb Sanusi. This was marked by a brief ceremony witnessed by top government officials at the New Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Vice President Osinbajo was […]

In an effort to sustain the encouraging inflows of diaspora remittances into the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria has announced the introduction of the CBN Naira 4 Dollar Scheme,” an incentive for senders and recipients of International Money Transfers. The CBN announced this in a circular to all deposit money banks, International Money Transfer […]

A soldier and his girlfriend have been arrested by the Nigerian authorities for allegedly supplying ammunition and uniforms to bandits in Zamfara State, the government of the state has announced. Zamfara located in Nigeria’s northeast, has become the hotbed of mass kidnapping, banditry and other violent crimes in that region. Gunmen last week kidnapped at […]

…as Gen Irabor promises peace for Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday charged the new Service Chiefs to deploy their full abilities and resources to rescue the country from the current security challenges. Buhari spoke at a ceremony to decorate the new Service Chiefs with their new ranks and asked them to deliver the country […]