Concerns as more Nigerians fall prey to fake bank alerts

• POS operators, others suffer huge losses • NCC, CBN, NDIC, DMBS to tackle menace • Verify bank balance, don’t depend on sms alerts, experts advise • Pragmatic strategy to nab perpetrators underway — Police The rising cases of fraudulent bank alerts are currently unsettling operators in Nigeria’s financial landscape as more citizens fall prey […]

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Obaseki-Shaibu’s endgame: Real reason governor moved against deputy

By Sufuyan Ojeifo Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State and his deputy, Comrade Phillip Shaibu are engaged in a macabre dance in the twilight of their giddy eight-year administration, a development that has exposed their underbellies to fatal attacks by opposition elements. The administration will exit Osadebey Avenue on November 12, 2024, which means the […]

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Promotion in Nigeria Police will be based on merit, says IGP

The Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, says promotion in the Police Force will henceforth be based on merit. He stated this while addressing officers and men of the Kano State Police Command on Friday. He also said there would be no more special promotions in the Force. Egbetokun enjoined the personnel […]

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Thousands of coup supporters rally near French base in Niger

Thousands of coup supporters rallied near a French military base in Niger on Friday, a day after West African leaders said they would muster a “standby” force in their efforts to reinstate the country’s deposed leader. Fears also mounted for elected President Mohamed Bazoum, who was ousted by members of his guard on July 26, […]

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Niger crisis: ECOWAS military chiefs to meet on Saturday

EVOWAS Chairman and Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu The military chiefs of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have scheduled a meeting for Saturday where they plan to deliberate more on resolving the crisis in the Republic of Niger. West African chiefs of staff on Friday decided to meet on Saturday following a […]

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ECOWAS to hold Russia responsible if Wagner Group violates human rights in Niger

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said that it will hold Russia responsible if a private military contractor of the Eastern European nation, Wagner Group, gets involved in the crisis in the Republic of Niger. The ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Ambassador Abdel-Fatau Musah, said this in an interview […]

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Jega, Uwais, Agwai, Bugaje, 8 others tell Tinubu: Don’t use force on Niger coupists

Some eminent Nigerians have urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to consider national interest above the regional interest in the Niger Republic crisis. They urged the President to deploy diplomacy and proritise the sustenance of the relationship between Nigeria and Niger. The Group of Eminent Nigerians, in an open letter titled: “The Niger Coup d’état: Aligning […]

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Exercise caution in sanctioning anti-party members, Osun APC chair cousels party leaders

Worried by the evolving development in some of the local government chapters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, the state leadership of the party has appealed to the statutory leaders of the party at the grassroots level to exercise patience in pushing for the suspension of suspected members and leaders of the […]

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Osun Speaker hails CP for arresting policemen over extortion

Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adewale Egbedun has commended the state’s Police Commissioner, Mr. Kehinde Longe for his prompt action against some bad eggs in the Police Force He described the CP’s swift action that led to the arrest of policemen caught in the act of extortion as a clear indication […]

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