John Alechenu, Abuja A group of prominent sons of Rivers State, under the aegis of Free Rivers Development Initiative, has asked the Inspector-General of Police, to stop the planned inauguration of the Rivers Neighbourhood Safety Corps. The group alleged that the state-owned security outfit which the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, is planning to inaugurate, […]
Despite Central Bank of Nigeria’s effort to promote financial inclusion, the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System banking industry statistics shows that the number of customers using financial services reduced in 2017. The statistics obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria from the NIBSS website on Sunday, showed that the total number of bank customers dropped from […]
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has charged elder statesmen in the country to keep public officers on their toes by demanding good governance and accountability from them. He noted that history and posterity would not be kind to them if they fold their arms and watch situations deteriorate to a […]
•MASSOB hails Sani for disclosing senators’ pay Eniola Akinkuotu and Tony Okafor The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), says the N13m allowances being received by senators is only a tip of the iceberg as Nigerians will be shocked when he releases details of the allowances of the principal […]
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday sent a Federal Government delegation to Bauchi State to commiserate with the people of the state and the family of the late senator representing Bauchi South, Ali Wakili, who died on Saturday. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, […]
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja Troops of the Nigerian Army have arrested 18 herdsmen in the Kwata Sule, Mbayer, Yandev and Kaambee areas of Benue State, who were caught grazing their cows on farmlands, an act which is against the state’s anti-open grazing law. Our correspondent learnt that the troops attached to the 707 Special Forces Brigade, […]
Alexander Okere, Benin The ruling All Progressives Congress in Edo State and the Peoples Democratic Party have traded words over the state’s foreign external debt burden. The Debt Management Office had in its latest statistics ranked Edo as the third highest debtor to foreign creditors among sub-national governments in Nigeria. According to the data, Edo […]
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, a former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili; the Co-Chairman of the Nigerian Intervention Movement, Dr. Jhalil Tafawa-Balewa, are among the personalities expected to attend a summit in Abuja on Wednesday. Spokesman for the NIM, Mallam Naseer Kura, said in a statement on Sunday that like-minded persons […]
Success Nwogu, Ilorin The Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Sunday said no member of the party defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party at Alanamu ward in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State. The Kwara State Chairman of the PDP, Chief Iyiola Oyedepo, during the visit of executive members […]
Justin Tyopuusu, Jalingo The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria on Sunday said the arbitrary arrest and persecution of its members by the police and the Takum Council Chairman, Shiban Tikari, was inimical to peace. The North-East Zonal Chairman of the association, Alhaji Mafindi Danburam, stated this at a press conference in Jalingo. According […]
Oyetunji Abioye The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System has disclosed that Points of Sale transactions increased by 54.3 per cent to N1.41tn in 2017 as more retail merchants embraced PoS as a means of transactions. It stated in a report that PoS transactions in 2016 were worth N0.76tn, while in 2015, they were N0.45tn from N0.31tn […]
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The police in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja said they had smashed a gang of armed robbers who had been terrorising residents of the Sauka Federal Housing Area. It was learnt that the robbers, about 30 in number, were operating in the area last week Friday when the police received a distress […]
hundreds of residents in various parts of llorin, the Kwara capital, have been rendered homeless by a rainstorm during a downpour which lasted for over three hours on Saturday evening. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that some of the affected houses, which had their roofs blown off by the storm, were in densely populated […]
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The World Bank has commenced preparations for the $500m Nigerian Electricity Distribution Improvement Project. It was learnt that the bank had conducted a fact-finding mission in the distribution sub-sector of the industry in order to ascertain how it could help boost service delivery by the power distributors. Documents made available to our […]
Friday Olokor, Jos A series of peace meetings were held on Saturday in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, on the Southern Kaduna crisis. Our correspondent learnt that the meetings were convened by the founder of a Plateau State-based Non-Governmental Organisation, Citizens Monitoring Group, and a former Regional Secretary, International Fellowship of Evangelical Students, Rev. Gideon Para-Mallam, and […]
Mudiaga Affe, Calabar Activities at the University of Calabar were on Friday disrupted following a gangster war, which claimed three lives. The three students who lost their lives were said to be members of rival cult groups. Southern City News learnt that one of the victims was shot dead by the gate where the university’s […]
Oyetunji Abioye Over 1,423 key players in the industrial, agricultural and technological sectors of the Nigerian economy will gather in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Tuesday and Wednesday for the fourth edition of the Ogun State Investors’ Forum 2018. The Vice-President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, is expected to declare the forum open under the theme, […]
Adeniyi Olugbemi, Sokoto Four candidates have been apprehended in Sokoto State for examination malpractices in the recently concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination, which held in six designated centres within the state. The coordinator of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in Sokoto, Mr. Malami Salisu, who disclosed this to Northern City News, listed the six […]
’Femi Asu The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited has said it remains committed to swift response to oil spill incidents as much as access and security conditions permit teams to mobilise and deploy to spill sites to investigate, clean up and remediate such areas. “This is in addition to deploying technology and best […]
Idris Adesina The Nigeria Wrestling Federation on Sunday named six men and six women wrestlers for next month’s Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. The women wrestlers are Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Odunayo Adekuoroye, eight-time African champion Blessing Oborududu, Blessing Onyebuchi, Aminat Adeniyi, Mercy Genesis and Bose Samuel. The men fighters are […]
Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, says the experience of political elders and the innovative ideas of young people are crucial to achieving good governance in the country. Ambode stated this on Saturday in his goodwill message at the second edition of the Bola Tinubu Youths Summit at Onikan, Lagos. The summit was […]
The National Bureau of Statistics reported, in March this year, that Nigeria’s annual Gross Domestic output had grown by 0.82 per cent by December 2017. This marginal growth rate has nonetheless, been commended generally, as a welcome reversal from the negative -1.58 per cent contraction which was recorded by December 2016. Notably, however, the related […]
Stanley Opara The Federal Government of Nigeria bond that will be auctioned on March 21, 2018 through the Debt Management Office, will see huge buying pressure from investors given current local market realities, some analysts have said. A new seven-year instrument, FGN March 2025, valued within the range of N35bn and N45bn will be auctioned. […]
Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt THE Department of Petroleum Resources has sealed off five petrol stations in Port Harcourt for selling Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, at prices above the official price. Apart from the five, the DPR monitoring team also sealed off some other petrol stations in the metropolis for obstructing the agency’s […]
THE world’s greatest athlete Usain Bolt is set for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia, NEWS.com.au reports. The retired Jamaican sprint superstar will attend the Games track finals in the second week of April as a celebrity spectator. The flamboyant eight-time Olympic champion will become arguably the Coast Games’ biggest drawcard, overshadowing royalty […]