No fewer than 22 persons were reported killed, weekend, in Kaduna, Benue and Niger states by gunmen. In Kaduna, at least 10 persons were killed by suspected bandits during separate attacks in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The bandits also kidnapped an unspecified number of people, mainly women, from the communities during […]
Tag: Nigeria
Seplat Energy Plc, a leading Nigerian energy company listed on the Nigerian Exchange and the London Stock Exchange, said it has entered into an agreement to acquire the entire share capital of Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPNU) from Exxon Mobil Corporation, Delaware (ExxonMobil). Completion of the Transaction is subject to ministerial consent and other required […]
Nigerian carrier Dana Air has announced that it would partner Travelstart, Africa’s largest online travel agency, on seamless booking and exciting deals to provide customers with smart fares as soon as the ongoing systems integration is concluded. This was made known during a courtesy visit by the Global Chief Operating Officer of Travelstart, Amanpreet Singh […]
About 649,300 capsules of Tramadol 225mg and 809,850 Euros in cash were among the consignments from Pakistan, Austria and Italy that were intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Also blocked from passage to the United States(US), United Kingdom(UK) and Canada by the anti-narcotics […]
Director of TEXEM UK, Caroline Lucas, a British but passionate supporter of Africa, has urged Nigerian leaders and organisations to identify threats and opportunities to survive in the present period of uncertainties. In a TEXEM press release signed by Caroline Lucas, Director of Special Projects, in Abuja, Lucas said more than ever before, deliberate efforts […]
Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu had said that assent to the Electoral Act 2022 underscores the perfect workings of a parliament and executive. Shehu said despite the back and forth on some controversial provisions showed that arms of government were driven by a new energy to deliver […]
Nigerian students caught in the Russia-Ukraine war cannot cross to Poland despite instructions by the federal government to do so. Even though the government said yesterday that the students should move to the Hungarian and the Romanian borders, many of them are facing perilous situations. However, following the reported difficulties faced by Nigerians trying to […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and his Tanzanian counterpart, Philip Mpango, on Sunday, in Arusha, Tanzania, held bilateral talks. The two spoke on issues ranging from climate change and technology to deterring unconstitutional changes of government in Africa. Osinbajo is in Tanzania to speak at inaugural session of the African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights […]
With economic hardship biting harder, no fewer than 50 fintech banks have flooded the financial service space offering uncollateralised micro loans to Nigerians at exorbitant interest rates, LEADERSHIP investigation has revealed. Findings, however, show that only few of them are actually registered with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) while some of them are unregistered. […]
A key theme at this year’s United Nations Environment Assembly in Kenya is plastic pollution. It will be returning to a theme from 2018 World Environment Day. The evidence for the prevalence and consequences of plastic pollution has been building up and the assembly needs to lead action on this issue. Individuals, communities, businesses, and […]
Gunmen early yesterday killed Hon. Levi Gbashi, an aide of Taraba State Governor Darius Ishaku in Donga local government area of the state. An eyewitness, Mr. Tortsua Naagh, told our correspondent that the incident happened at Ityopaa village when he and the late Gbashi were about leaving the venue of a burial they attended in […]
Expectedly, the moves by the current National Assembly (NASS) to provide life pension for its presiding officers has continued to generate reactions with most Nigerians describing their intent as morally wrong, constitutionally untenable and utterly self-serving. Although there are 67 bills each on all the items being proposed for amendment, two items-immunity for heads of […]
Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has condemned the rise in killings and dismembering of human beings for ritual purposes. While expressing concern over the involvement of young ones in the act, the governor vowed to deal decisively with anyone caught in the crime in accordance with the relevant laws. The governor, in a statement by […]
Seven years after the ban on tobacco smoking in public places was signed into law by former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the federal and state governments vested with the enforcement and implementation powers are yet to do so. Sadly, the National Tobacco Control (NTC) Act which was signed into law in 2015 after nearly a […]
Despite two decades of pledges by Credit Suisse to crack down on illegitimate funds, data leaked from the bank reveals that it catered to dozens of criminals, dictators, intelligence officials, sanctioned parties and political actors with outsized wealth — despite repeated promises to stamp out dubious funds. Key Points: Accounts identified by journalists as potentially […]
The plaintiff insists Atiku Abubakar is not a Nigerian citizen by birth under the Constitution and vows to appeal against the judgment. The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, struck out the suit seeking to challenge former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s Nigerian citizenship and his eligibility to vie for the office of the president. Delivering […]
The pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, has lauded president Muhammadu Buhari’s led government for improving the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) despite the incursion of COVID-19 and rising spate of insecurity. He noted that in the fourth quarter of 2021, Nigeria’s GDP has grown by 9.63 percent […]
The corrupt middleman who ran a decades-long bribery scheme for German engineering giant Siemens had Credit Suisse accounts that were unknown to prosecutors. In 2008, the German industrial conglomerate Siemens was fined a combined $1.34 billion following bribery investigations in the U.S. and Germany. A U.S. official called the scale of the kickback scheme “unprecedented.” […]