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Agriculture MD Released In Honour Of Ramadan —Terrorists
News, Nigeria, Religion, Security, Terrorism

Agriculture MD Released In Honour Of Ramadan —Terrorists

Gun men Kidnapped Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture, Alwan Ali-Hassan, was released in the spirit of Ramadan, his captors have said. The terrorists made this known in an 81-second video posted on Twitter by a Senior Conflict Analyst at the Tony Blair Institute, Bulama Bukarti. In the video, Ali-Hassan was flanked by four heavily armed men dressed in military camouflage. After a short prayer and praise of God and his prophet in Arabic language, one of the terrorists said, “We are the ones who kidnapped the people on the train. We decided to release this man (Ali-Hassan) because of the honour of the month of Ramadan and because he is old. He has been pleading since we kidnapped him. Read Also: Insecurity: Buhari’s Govt Overwhelmed – Obasanjo “The government sho...
CBN Fines Three Banks N800m Over Crypto Transactions
Finance, News, Nigeria

CBN Fines Three Banks N800m Over Crypto Transactions

CBN The Central Bank of Nigeria has imposed an N800m fine on three Deposit Money Banks in the country for violating regulations barring customers from transacting in cryptocurrencies. According to a Bloomberg report released on Wednesday, the three banks are Access Bank Plc, Stanbic IBTC, and the United Bank for Africa Plc. The report noted that the penalties were part of efforts by the apex bank to ensure that banks implement an order to block trading in cryptocurrencies due to the threat they pose to Nigeria’s financial system. The directive was contained in a circular issued by the CBN in February 2021. In addition, the CBN had in November directed banks to close the accounts of two individuals and a company for allegedly trading in cryptocurrencies. Despite these...
After Sack By NURTW, Lagos Govt Appoints MC Oluomo To Head Motor Parks, Garages
News, Nigeria, Transportation

After Sack By NURTW, Lagos Govt Appoints MC Oluomo To Head Motor Parks, Garages

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has appointed Musiliu Akinsanya the head of a committee to oversee the affairs of all motor parks and garages in the state. The appointment came hours after the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) sacked Mr Akinsanya (popularly known as MC Oluomo) as the chairman of its Lagos State chapter. A statement by Gbenga Omotoso, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, said the government set up the Parks Management Committee in fulfillment of the government’s promise to ensure that events NURTW are not allowed to threaten law and order. “The government has, therefore, exercised its constitutional powers to ensure that no vacuum, which can disrupt the peace of our dear state, is allowed to exist in the parks,” the statement said...
Defection: INEC Asks Court To Dismiss PDP’s Case Against Ayade
Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Defection: INEC Asks Court To Dismiss PDP’s Case Against Ayade

The Independent  National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, asked the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to dismiss the suit the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, filed seeking to declare the seat of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State and his Deputy, Ivara Esu, vacant, following their defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress,  APC. INEC through its lawyer, Mr. Anthony Onyeri, told the court that the issue of defection, which PDP raised against Ayade and Esu, had already been decided by the Court of Appeal in Enugu in a similar case that involved Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State. It argued that by the principle of stare decisis (judicial precedence), the high court ought to abide by the decision of the appellate court to the effect that neither a go...
Outrage As Adeboye’s Son Calls RCCG Pastors ‘Goats’
News, Nigeria, Religion

Outrage As Adeboye’s Son Calls RCCG Pastors ‘Goats’

RCCG Leke Adeboye, the son of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, slammed erring pastors of the church, calling them ‘goats’ for preaching their sermons after the G.O. had finished speaking and preaching. This generated outrage on social media as many condemned the statement while some others called for his suspension. Usually, first Sunday of every month, parishes of the RCCG were linked up with the Nationwide Headquarters of the church, where the G.O. would deliver a sermon, expected to be the only sermon of the day. Meanwhile, some parish pastors did a follow-up preaching after the G.O’s. Reacting to such move, Pastor Leke took to his Instagram account and referred to the RCCG pastors who preached their messages after the G.O....
Nigerian Police, DSS Summon Clerics To Regulate Preaching
News, Nigeria, Religion, Security

Nigerian Police, DSS Summon Clerics To Regulate Preaching

Nigerian Police The Nigeria Police Force in insurgency-ravaged Borno State and the Department of State Services have urged Islamic clerics in the state to use the period of Ramadan fast to preach only unity and peaceful coexistence and shun other commentaries. The Borno State Commissioner of Police, Abdu Umar, gave the charge during the stakeholders’ meeting to regulate preaching on Tuesday in Maiduguri. The meeting was convened by the Nigeria Police and the DSS. This week, the Apo Legislative Quarters central mosque committee in Abuja sacked Sheikh Nuru Khalid for criticising President Muhammadu Buhari in his Friday sermon. The police chief said the meeting became necessary to remind preachers of the existing law passed in 2010 by the state government to regulate preachin...
National NURTW Sacks MC Oluomo, Dissolves Lagos Council
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National NURTW Sacks MC Oluomo, Dissolves Lagos Council

MC Oluomo The National Union of Road Transport Workers has dissolved its Lagos State council under Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as MC Oluomo. The National Administrative Council of the union made this known in a statement titled ‘Dissolution of Lagos State Administrative Council’, jointly signed by its national president, Alhaji Tajudeen Baruwa, and general secretary, Alhaji Kabiru Ado Ya’u. The union said the decision was based on the provisions of the union’s constitution. The union’s secretary in Lagos State, Seyi Bankole, was subsequently announced as the new head of NURTW in Lagos. “MC Oluomo has been sacked as Lagos chairman. We had a meeting last night. We have replaced him,” a national officer of the union told The PUNCH. When asked about Ol...
SIM-NIN: Deactivated Subscribers Storm Telecom Outlets, Queues Mount
Communication, Information Technology, News, Nigeria

SIM-NIN: Deactivated Subscribers Storm Telecom Outlets, Queues Mount

SIM Cards Some telecommunication subscribers were left stranded on Tuesday after telecom companies barred their lines from making calls following a directive from the Federal Government. The Federal Government had on Monday directed telecom companies to enforce compliance with its National Identification Number-Subscriber Identity Module policy by blocking outgoing calls on all unlinked lines after the deadline for the SIM-NIN verification expired on March 31. While giving the directive, the government revealed that 125 million SIMs had submitted their NINs for linkage. The Nigerian Communications Commission stated that there were 197.77 million active telecom subscribers as of February 2022. This means that over 72.77 million active telecom subscribers will be affected...
2023 Presidency: Ortom’s C’ttee Throws PDP Ticket Open
Elections, News, Nigeria

2023 Presidency: Ortom’s C’ttee Throws PDP Ticket Open

PDP Members of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from the six geo-political zones of the country will be eligible to vie for the 2023 presidential ticket of the party, if the recommendations of the Samuel Ortom-led zoning committee are implemented. Reports say that the committee, which is expected to submit its report tomorrow, has recommended throwing the presidential ticket open. This happened as a former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayo Fayose resigned his membership of the PDP zoning committee because of his presidential ambition. Meanwhile, three presidential aspirants on the platform of the PDP, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Governors Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto and Bala Mohammed of Bauchi have restated their readiness to work for the emergence of a consensus candidate, even if it mea...
‘Eguavoen Never Supported NFF’s Decision To Sack Rohr’ –Ikpeba
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‘Eguavoen Never Supported NFF’s Decision To Sack Rohr’ –Ikpeba

Austin Eguavoen Former Nigerian forward, Victor Ikpeba has blamed the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for the Super Eagles failure to qualify for the 2022 World Cup slated for Qatar. Speaking on Monday Night Football, the former international revealed that Eguavoen did not support NFF’s decision to terminate Gernot Rohr’s contract just few weeks to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. Recall that Rohr qualified the senior national team to the biannual tournament and also the 2022 World Cup qualifying playoffs. However, the team crashed out of AFCON in the Round of 16 after losing 1-0 to Tunisia before failing to qualify for the World Cup after been eliminated by the Black Stars of Ghana on the away goal rule. Read Also: Dare Regrets Super Eagles’ Failure to Qualify For World C...