NIGERIANS are living in very difficult times. Fresh reports that Nigerians are deserting their farms in several states due to banditry and other forms of insecurity are ruinous. In a damning report on March 20, this newspaper said that farmers are dying in scores from bandit attacks. Others are being kidnapped. The worst-hit states are […]
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It has been revealed that the President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has spent about N15bn on food intervention programme with beneficiaries across Nigeria. According to a statement issued on Sunday, the food intervention programme which was launched in Kano on Saturday is being spearheaded by his foundation, Aliko Dangote Foundation. The intervention will […]
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President Bola Tinubu The Federal Government has approved a total of N110 billion to be released for the operation of the newly restructured Youth Development Fund and the investment in agricultural Small and Medium Enterprises. While N25bn each was appropriated in the 2023 supplementary and 2024 budgets, another N60bn would come from the Central Bank […]
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The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Sterling Bank, Abubakar Suleiman, has warned newly-inducted members of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria that being a professional banker is not the route to becoming a billionaire. Suleiman said this on Saturday at the 2024 Stream 1 graduate induction and prizegiving day of the CIBN held in […]
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A former Assistant Director of the Department of State Services, Dennis Amachree, has bemoaned how a fleeing executive of Binance, Nadeem Anjarwalla, escaped from the custody of the Office of the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu. Amachree stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Monday. Anjarwalla reportedly escaped from the Abuja guest house […]
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The Office of the National Security Adviser has confirmed that the detained Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, escaped from custody. The ONSA on Monday said Anjarwalla, who was a suspect in the probe into the activities of Binance, escaped on Friday. Earlier, Punch Online quoted Premium Times as reporting that Anjarwalla escaped from custody on Friday. […]
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Yoruba Fuji maestro, Wasiu Ayinde Barrister, popularly known as KWAM or K1 De Ultimate, has hit back at some of his band members, including Ayankunle Ayanlowo, who accused him of staff slaving them. K1 spoke in an interview with GoldMyne TV on Sunday, stressing that Ayankunle and the other members were just being mischievous and […]
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Picture of the arrival of the 135 abducted Kuriga schoolchildren, who arrived at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim Government House, Kaduna on Monday…[Credit: Godwin Isenyo] The Federal Government, on Monday, said no ransom was paid for the release of 137 pupils kidnapped from Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area, Kaduna State. “In keeping with the commitment of […]
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A man, Chike Ibezim, has been arraigned by the Federal Government for allegedly defaming a former Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola. Ibezim was arraigned on Monday before a Federal High Court in Abuja on a six-count charge. Ibezim, along with two others, claimed that Fashola authored the judgment of the presidential election petition […]
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The Federal Government says it has invited Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, over his comments on the activities of bandits in the country. This was disclosed by the Minister of Information and Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Monday while addressing journalists at the State House, Abuja. Idris said Gumi is not above the law, noting […]
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