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The Police in Ekiti State says it has set in motion the process of recruiting 800 Special Constables that will work with the conventional police to tackle the rising level of insecurity in the country. In a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Sunday Abutu on Sunday, the Commissioner of Police in Ekiti, Mr Asuquo Amba, said that forms for the special recruitment had been distributed to all police stations across the state. He urged interested applicants to obtain the forms before presenting themselves for screening at a date to be announced later. “This is to inform the…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja Jaiz Bank Plc. Nigeria’s premier non-interest bank has been rated positively by the Islamic International Rating Agency (IIRA). This is the first rating for the Bank as the first Sharia-compliant bank in the country. The Bank got an investment grade rating of BBB (Triple B) for the medium to long-term and A2 in the short-term (A Two) on the national scale, as the IIRA concluded its most recent assessment of the Bank. The IIRA also assigned to the Bank a foreign currency rating of B-/B (Single B Minus/B) and local currency rating of B/B (Single B/B)…
No fewer than 102, 761 malnourished children have received treatment in Kebbi State between 2015 and 2019, the State Nutrition Officer, Mrs Beatrice Kwere has said. Kwere told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi, on Sunday, that 77, 757 malnourished children were treated between 2015 and 2017 while 25, 004 were treated between 2018 and 2019, respectively. She said that the number of malnourished children had decreased since the implementation of the Maternal, New-born, Child Health and Nutrition (MNCHN) project executed by the UNICEF and European Union (EU) in the state. Kwere noted that the MNCHN project enhanced access to preventive services…
Rev. Father Andrew Ihonda-Ovienloba of St. Andrew’s Catholic Church, Aruogba in Oredo Local Government area of Edo has disclosed that robbers broke into his office and stole a huge amount of money belonging to the church. Ihonda-Ovienloba made the disclosure during Sunday mass in the church. The parish priest said he woke up on Sunday morning to discover the robbery incident. He added that the robbers did a ‘very neat job’, indicating that they might probably be people who were familiar with the environment. “Forty days after the birth of Jesus was celebrated all over the world, robbers broke into…
Former Minister of State for Education and foremost Governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party in Delta State, Chief Kenneth Gbagi, has thrown his weight behind the industrialization agenda of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa. Gbagi, in a statement issued on Sunday, said the move by the Delta State Government to establish the Kwale Industrial Park along Ughelli-Asaba Expressway would pave the path for the State to be Nigeria’s biggest location for gas and energy-intensive manufacturing such as ceramics, rubber, and methanol. The project, which will be sited at Issele-Uku, according to Governor Okowa, comprises the establishment of a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant…
At least seven persons were injured and property worth millions of naira were destroyed on Sunday after a cooking gas cylinder exploded and kindled a fire at No. 23, Emmanuel Church road, Inland Town Onitsha. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident which occurred at about 10:30 a.m. destroyed two rooms in a flat attached to a one-story building belonging to one Patty Mbamalu. An eyewitness, Mr Okey Okwudili said that the fire was caused by a gas leakage. He said that it took the timely intervention of youths to save the entire building from being consumed by…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Acting Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ms Mary Uduk, said that Private Equity (PE) firms are important agents of business and economic growth, as they bring capital to business. Uduk spoke at the Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie (UUBO) second private equity summit with the theme: ‘Drivers, Disruptors and Unlocking Value’, held in Lagos, weekend. The acting Director-General said there was a nexus between adequate capital and business growth as such capital helps businesses grow, generates profits for the investors, creates socio-economic benefits to the consumers, and enhances the overall growth of the economy.…
Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman, Senate Committee on Constitution Review, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has described the failed litigation seeking to disqualify him on account of allegedly being an ex-convict in the United States as a mere distraction. Senator Omo-Agege who is also the APC Leader for the South-South geo-political zone also said that he has put all such distractions behind him. He spoke at the weekend in Abuja when kings, elders and religious leaders from Urhobo Kingdom paid him a solidarity visit. According to the Delta Central Senator, some faceless political foes were hellbent on distracting the National…
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Enoch Adeboye, on Sunday, led members of his church in a prayer walk against insecurity in Nigeria. Pastor Adeboye had directed the congregation to participate in the prayer walk declared by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to address the spate of killings across the country. Pastor Adeboye leads RCCG members in protest against insecurity. Photo by: CHANNELS TV According to an Assistant General Overseer of the church, Funso Odesola, about 25,000 Parishes of the church are expected to carry out the same exercise nationwide. CAN President, Samson Ayokunle, earlier…
There is prospect Nigerians keen on knowing details of payment of life pensions to former governors across the 36 states in the country, and the names and number of ex-governors and other officials collecting pensions, may soon have some answers, as Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has won the latest round in the legal battle to compel 36 state governors to disclose these details. Justice Folashade Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court, Abuja last week granted leave clearing the way for SERAP to advance its case to compel the 36 state governors in Nigeria to disclose details of payment…