Новости за 14.03.2023

The Federal Capital Territory Administration has demolished makeshift markets and squatter settlements behind the Old Federal Secretariat in Garki Area 1, for posing a security threat to residents in the area. Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority and Chairman of the Ministerial Joint Task Force, Shehu Ahmed, said the operation was carried out

  The Independent National Electoral Commission has expressed its readiness to conduct the forthcoming 2023 governorship and House of Assembly election in Sokoto State. The National Commissioner in charge of the elections in Sokoto State, Major General Modibo Alkali (retd.), stated this during a stakeholders’ meeting with the leadership of political parties ahead of the

  The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced its Monetary Policy Committee meeting would be held on March 20 and 21, 2023. The two-day meeting, according to the apex bank, would be held in Abuja. The apex bank disclosed this on its website, monitored by our correspondent on Tuesday. The members of the committee include

Gboyega Akosile, the Chief Press Secretary to the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that his principal’s visit to the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, also known as Winners’ Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has nothing to do with politics. Sanwo-Olu had shared a picture of himself and Oyedepo on his verified Twitter

Both Arsenal manager and players dominated the first awards ceremony of the season, just like they dominated the English Premier League so far this season. The London Football Awards took place at the Roundhouse on Monday night in England, with the league leaders sweeping all top four award categories. Gunners captain Martin Odegaard won the

    The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, has sympathised with the victims of fire incidents in Kurmi, Rimi and Singer markets in the state. This was contained in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Ganduje, Abba Anwar, issued to newsmen on Tuesday. The PUNCH reports fire outbreak had destroyed properties worth

  The Department of State Services has arrested the Director of Abia State Signage and Advertisement Agency, Tony Otuonye, over threats to kill any Abia electorate who votes against the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Chief Okey Ahiwe, in next Saturday’s governorship election. Otuonye, in the campaign video which went viral on social media, provoked

Christian Streich has extended his deal as Freiburg coach, the Bundesliga club announced on Tuesday. The club, however, did not specify an end date to the contract with Streich. Previous agreements have been extended by one year, with his new deal expected to finish in 2024. “It is nice that we still like coming into

The arraignment of the immediate past deputy governor of Imo State, Gerald Irona, before the Owerri High Court was on Tuesday stalled due to the absence of the case file. Irona who was Thursday remanded in Owerri prison custody by a Magistrate in Owerri, C.N Ezerioha, was billed to be arraigned before Justice S. I.

The Rule of Law Advocacy and Accountability Centre has told the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to take action against the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, for failing to obey the orders of the Supreme Court. In a statement signed by the Executive Director of RULAAC,

Lagos State, Nigeria’s commercial capital and most populous state, has been ranked 133 in the world’s most polluted cities (historical data 2017-2022), according to a report by IQAir. In its 2022 World Air Quality Report on most polluted city ranking which, according to IQAir, is based on annual average PM2.5 concentration (μg/m³), Lagos was said

The Federal Government through the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has revealed that a total of 12,988,978 attacks originating within and outside Nigeria were recorded during the presidential election. According to Pantami, no fewer than 1,550,000 threats to public websites and portals were recorded daily, adding that the figures skyrocketed to 6,997,277

A 24-year-old British man, Antonio Neill, has been banned from every stadium in the United Kingdom for three years after he racially abused Brentford football star, Ivan Toney, on social media. English Police have described the ruling as a “landmark ruling,” being the first of its kind to be issued under the Police, Crime, Sentencing

  Japanese billionaire Masatoshi Ito has been announced dead at the age of 98. Ito turned 7-Eleven convenience stores into a global empire, closing the chapter on one of Asia’s most storied retail entrepreneurs. Operator of 7-Eleven, Seven & I Holdings, announced his death in a statement on Monday. “We would like to express our

The Taraba Independent Peace Committee on Tuesday expressed worry over threats of violence in some local government areas of the state despite the peace accord signed by 14 governorship candidates ahead of Saturday’s governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections. At a press briefing in Jalingo, Chairman of the Taraba Independent Peace Committee, Prof. Talla

At least five people were killed and 11 others, including a regional governor, wounded in a suicide attack on Tuesday in southern Somalia, a police commander told AFP. A vehicle laden with explosives rammed into a guest house hosting government officials in Bardera, 450 kilometres (279 miles) west of Mogadishu, area police commander Hussein Adan,

The Governor of Lagos State,  Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday disclosed that he met with the bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, on Monday. Sharing a picture of both of them on his Instagram page the governor wrote, “Yesterday, was indeed a memorable day as I met with a man after God’s own

An Upper Area Court in Karu, Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced a 29-year-old man, Imo Sunday, to four months imprisonment for stealing a mobile phone worth N43,000. The Judge, Hassan Mohammed, sentenced Sunday after he pleaded guilty to the offence of theft and begged for leniency. The judge, however, gave the convict an option to pay

The Auditor-General for Local Government in Yobe State, Idris Yahaya, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for misappropriation of N19.9 million preferred against him by the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. This was disclosed in a statement released via the EFCC’s Twitter handle on Monday. The statement read, “Alhaji

  The board of Dangote Sugar refinery plc has appointed Yabawa Lawan Wabi, as an Independent Non-Executive Director. According to a corporate notice signed by the Company Secretary, Temitope Hassan, the appointment was approved by the board at its meeting held on February 28, 2023. Mrs. Wabi has experience in the public sector having served

Gunmen have kidnapped the Accord Party candidate for the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area Constituency 2 in the Rivers State House of Assembly for the March 18 election, Chukwudi Ogbonna. Mr. Ogbonna was reportedly kidnaped while driving in his car at Rumuigbo, near Port Harcourt on Monday night when the gunmen forced him to stop and

  The Former Commissioner for Agriculture in Ekiti State, Dr. Olabode Adetoyi, has said that the agricultural programmes implemented during former Governor Kayode Fayemi’s administration increased the state’s Internally Generated Revenue from N350 million to N1 billion. Adetoyi, who spoke to newsmen on Monday, stated that such projects projected the state from the usual civil

The Nigeria Police Force has declared the Member representing Bauchi Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Yakubu Shehu, wanted. The Police announced a N1 million reward for anyone with useful information that could lead to his arrest. According to the police, the 45-year-old lawmaker is wanted for criminal conspiracy, causing grievous hurt, disturbance of

The National leadership of Action Democratic Party has overruled the embattled acting chairman of the party in Kaduna State, Umar Isah, over a purported suspension of its governorship candidate, Sani Sha’aban, from the party ahead of the March 18 governorship race. The National Secretary of the ADP, Victor Fingesi, in a statement in Kaduna on

  Niger Tornadoes have sealed the signing of Shola Abdulraheem from Wikki Tourists. Abdulraheem had nine appearances for Wikki Tourists of Bauchi State during the first half of the Nigeria Professional Football League season. The 21-year-old has completed his medical tests and has started training with his new teammates in Bauchi State. Abdulrahman started his