Bandits Dare Tinubu Again,kidnap pregnant woman, 30 others in Niger, FCT
Exactly seven days after over 300 students were abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, bandits have launched another deadly attack in Palaita community, Erena Ward, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. They abducted 24 people, including a pregnant woman, from a rice farm…
Access Holdings’ Lanre Bamisebi Calls for Sector-Focused, AI-Driven Transformation in African Corporate Banking
L-R: Dayo Omolokun, Executive Director and Chief Finance Officer, Standard Chartered; Boye Ademola, Founder & CEO, Bazara Technology Inc.; Co-Convener, FFS; Funke Ladimeji, Executive Director/COO Coronation Merchant Bank; Lanre Bamisebi, Executive Director, IT and Digitisation at Access Holdings; Omobola Johnson, Senior Partner, TLcom Capital; and Akeem Lawal, Managing Director, Payment Processing and Switching (Interswitch Purepay),…
Two parents of abducted Niger school children confirmed dead
By Wole Mosadomi Minna – Two parents of some of the students abducted from St Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri village, Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State have died. One of the parents is a man identified as Anthony Musa while the other is a female whose identity is not yet known. This was…
Nihotour Gastronomy ‘Oriki’ Festival Gets New Date, Targets Guinness World Record
The National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (Nihotour) has announced that its highly anticipated Gastronomy Oriki Royal Festival, earlier scheduled for December 6, will be shifted to a new date following consultations with key local and international partners. The festival, described as an “Olympic gastronomy event,” aims to break a Guinness World Record by hosting…
Negotiator Tukur Manu Took N50 Million from Ransom paid to Terrorists who Attacked KADUNA Train in 2022 –DSS
A Department of State Services (DSS)’ investigator, on Tuesday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that Mr Tukur Mamu was offered a N50 million share by Shugaba, leader of the terrorist group, who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna bound train in 2022. The DSS operative, who testified as 6th prosecution witness (PW-6) in the ongoing terrorism…
UK rejects FG’s request to transfer Ekweremadu to Nigeria
The United Kingdom has declined a request from the Nigerian government to allow former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu to complete his prison sentence in Nigeria. Ekweremadu is serving time in a UK facility after he was found guilty in 2023 of plotting to harvest the kidney of a young man. The former lawmaker received…
ZENITH BANK CELEBRATES TECH EXCELLENCE, REWARDS HACKATHON WINNERS WITH ₦140 MILLION AT TECH FAIR 5.0
L-R: Executive Vice President, CNN International Commercial, Phil Nelson; Founder & CEO, Beyond Limits Africa and Non-Executive Director, Zenith Bank, Dr. Juliet Ehimuan; Managing Director/CEO, NIBSS, Premier Oiwoh; Executive Director, Zenith Bank, Mrs. Adobi Nwapa; Founder & Chairman, Zenith Bank, Jim Ovia, CFR; Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Group Managing Director/CEO, Zenith Bank,…
Freedom for 50: Niger pupils outrun abductors, says CAN
Fifty pupils abducted from St. Mary’s Secondary and Primary School, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, have escaped from captivity. Armed men attacked the school in the wee hours of Friday, shooting a security guard and abducting more than 200 pupils and students, along with 13 teaching and non-teaching staff. In his…
Kebbi APC youths berate Zamfara PDP over reckless comments on kidnapped students
****urge security agencies to investigate opposition’s role in insecurity The Kebbi APC Youth Forum has condemned the Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for sabotaging the ongoing rescue of 24 female students kidnapped from Government Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, inthe Talata-Mafara area of Kebbi state. The youths, in a statement signed by…
Pan African Parliament Hails Nigeria’s Laudable Milestones In Petroleum Sector Reforms
***To Adopt Model Law on Resource Management The Pan African Parliament (PAP) has commended Nigeria for its remarkable and historic turnaround in the petroleum sector, describing the country’s upstream reforms as a benchmark for the continent. At the conclusion of a fourteen-day special syndicate meeting of West African parliamentarians held in Johannesburg to deliberate on…
