The Boko Haram sect has reportedly executed Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Lawan Andimi. This was made known on Tuesday by Ahmed Salkida, a journalist known to have access to Boko Haram. He tweeted: “To break some news items can traumatize. I’m battling with…
Author: Sunday Olatunji
Boko Haram, ISWAP becoming more deadly- Report
Unless a new military strategy is designed to check the growing insurgency in the North East, terrorists are daily becoming bold and daring in their attacks not only on soft-targets but against Nigerian troops. The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is also worried on the steady reversal of fortunes by the troops at the hands…
Financial Markets in Transition: Understanding Past Uncertainties, Preparing for New Possibilities
“You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong”- Warren Buffet The Warren Buffet quote is particularly important at a time of growing uncertainty in global capital markets. The Nigerian capital market in 2019, for instance, saw a two-track development of…
Five die, 39 vehicles razed, 150 people displaced in Lagos pipeline explosion
The number of deaths recorded in the pipeline explosion that rocked the Ekoro area of Abule-Egba, Lagos State, on Sunday, January 19, 2020, has increased to five. The explosion was reportedly caused by the activities of vandals, who ruptured the pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in the area in a bid to…
Three killed, 28 injured in Niger auto crash
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Niger Command, on Monday confirmed that three people died in an auto crash on Bida – Kutigi road in Bida Local Government Area of the state. The State FRSC Sector Commander, Mr Joel Dagwa,who confirmed the accident, said it occurred on Sunday in Wuya village about 14 kilometres from…
Truck conveying PDP protesters in Abuja crashes, many injured
Truck conveying the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, protesters has crashed in Abuja. The protesters were demonstrating their anger of the Supreme Court judgement which nullified the result of Emeka Ihedioha as ImoState governor and instead ordered the issuance of certificate of return to Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The truck, which was conveying…
EFCC arrests 89 Yahoo Boys in Ibadan night club
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office at the weekend, arrested 89 suspected internet fraudsters at the popular ‘Club 360,’ located on Akala Expressway, Oluyole Extension, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. In preparation for the late night operation, officers of the Commission had carried out series of discreet surveillance on the nature…
EFCC arraigns ‘Mama Boko Haram’, two others for fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes, EFCC, Maiduguri Zonal Office on Monday, January 20, 2020, arraigned Aisha Alkali Wakil better known as “Mama Boko Haram”. She was arraigned alongside Tahir Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyade, before Justice Aisha Kumalia of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on an amended five-count charge, bordering on conspiracy, obtaining…
Sanwo-Olu appoints five new perm secs
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved the appointment of five new Permanent Secretaries. A circular released on Monday by the Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola, confirmed the appointments as part of Governor Sanwo-Olu’s giant strides to attain the set objectives espoused in the THEMES agenda. Okunola listed former Director of Financial…
Sanwo-Olu calls for equal trade partnership between UK, Africa
…Gov Attends Investment Summit In London Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has called for equal partnership between United Kingdom and African countries if it hoped to have genuine global development. Speaking to journalists at the sideline of the UK-Africa Investment Summit that opened in London on Monday, the Governor reaffirmed that his administration will…