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8 suspected kidnappers arrested in Delta by police
The Police Command in Delta has confirmed the arrest of eight suspected kidnappers in Issele-Uku, Aniocha North Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Spokesperson, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, told…
CIVIC HIVE CALLS FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM STATE GOVERNMENTS ON THE USE OF COVID19 FUNDS
Civic Hive, BudgIT’s civic innovation hub, committed to raising civic tech leaders for transforming governance, social issues and creating intersections for civic engagements through technology has requested that state governments…
School Resumption: FG kicks off decontamination of schools today
Environment Minister Muhammad Mahmood By Ngozi Onyeakusi-- In an effort to guard against spread of COVID-19 ahead of school resumption, the Federal Government has announced that decontamination of schools against…
EFCC’s Magu ‘arrested’: When the hunter becomes the bush meat ‘
Magu By Fredrick Nwabufo “It has been long coming. Expect things to be done differently from now on,” a source in the thick of things told me regarding the “arrest”…
Access Bank W Initiative – Creating an enabling Business Environment for Women SMEs
Wigwe By Ngozi Onyeakusi-- Access Bank through the W initiative, has empowered women, owned and managed SMEs by putting together an innovative bundle of offerings designed to support the more…
Diamondxtra: Access Bank rewards customers
By Ngozi Onyeakusi-- Leading retail bank in Nigeria, Access bank Plc is set to reward more than 1,000 DiamondXtra customers with various grants and cash prizes in the second DiamondXtra…
DMO: Nigeria’s public debt moved above N28tr
Nigeria’s total public debt rose to trillion ($ billion) as of March, up 15 per cent from a year earlier, the Debt Management Office (DMO) said on Friday. Nigeria has…
River State arrests kidnapper, uncovers suckaway filled with corpses
The Police in Rivers State has just uncovered a suckaway filled up with about twenty corpses in Jesus Avenue, Umuebule One in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. The…
Nigeria’s COVID-19 crisis worsens, cases grow towards 29,000
Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases have been on increase as the country on Sunday reported 544 fresh infections. This is according to a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)…
Arik Air restarts scheduled services with three daily Lagos- Abuja flights
In with the federal government’s approval to re-open Lagos and Abuja airports for flights, Arik Air has announced resumption of domestic flights from Wednesday, July 8, 2020 . The airline’s…