The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has cautioned the public to refrain from bush burning during the harmattan season to prevent property damage and loss of lives. NEMA’s Head of Operations in Edo State, Ojuedene Kenoma, issued the warning at a workshop aimed at training local government officials and volunteers in disaster prevention, response and control measures. Kenoma stressed the need for preparedness, especially during harmattan when bush burning is prevalent. “Disasters such as tanker accidents, fire outbreaks, or other emergencies occur unexpectedly. It is essential to cultivate a culture of preparedness, awareness and effective response, particularly at the grassroots,”…
Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has reaffirmed its commitment to fostering strategic collaborations with security agencies to enhance tax collection and enforcement. The revenue agency made this disclosure at the weekend in Abuja during a security briefing and meeting between top FIRS officials and law enforcement agencies. Highlighting the critical role of security agencies in achieving the organisation’s ambitious tax targets, the Director of Security, Safety and Fleet Management at FIRS, Gregory Wilfred Asuquo, said: “One thing we’ve come to understand is that we cannot do it alone. We need stakeholders across the board to work together with us. “Tax…
The federal government, through the Debt Management Office (DMO), has concluded plans to raise N120 billion through the auction of two federal government bonds. The auction, scheduled for Monday, 16 December, 2024, will offer investors an opportunity to subscribe to reopened debt instruments, with settlement set for 18 December, 2024. According to Investopedia, a government bond auction is the process of selling short- and long-term government bonds to investors in an attempt to minimise the cost of financing national debt. The DMO in an announcement said the bonds were being offered at N1,000 per unit subject to a minimum subscription of…
Wolves are on the verge of appointing Vitor Pereira as their next new manager, thegazellenews.com reports. Football transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, who made this disclosure in a tweet via his X account on the morning of Monday, 16 December, 2024, said the deal to appoint Pereira is ‘almost done.’ “Wolves are closing in on the appointment of Vitor Pereira as new head coach, deal almost done. “Details being fixed on exit clause from Al Shabab as @David_Ornstein reported. It’s all set to be signed,” Romano tweeted. Wolves had sacked their manager Gary O’Neil and his backroom staff on Sunday, 15 December,…
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, is backing the duo of Ademola Lookman and Chiamaka Nnadozie, who are in the run for CAF Player of The Year awards in the men’s and women’s categories respectively on Monday, 16 December, 2024. The country is in line to take home seven awards. Lookman will slug it out for the men’s Player of The Year Award along with Ivory Coast’s Simon Adingra and PSG’s Achraf Hakimi, Guinea striker, Serhou Guirassy and South Africa goalkeeper, Ronwen Williams. “All things being equal, Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman should be crowned the African Player of The Year at Monday…
A Jos Magistrates’ Court presided over by Magistrate, Shawomi Bokkos, on Monday, 16 December, 2024 sentenced a 20-year old tailor, Ahmad Garba to three months imprisonment for stealing six shirts and six trousers. Bokkos, who summarily tried and sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the charge, ordered the convict to pay an option of N10, 000 fine or spend three months in prison. Earlier, the Prosecutor, Inspector Ijuptil Thiawur, told the court that the case was reported on 17 November, 2024 at the “C” Division Police station by Usman Mohammed. Thiawur said that the convict trespassed into the complainant’s…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has disclosed that the Commission, in a landmark raid, arrested 792 suspects for their alleged involvement in cryptocurrency investment fraud and romance scam. The suspects were apprehended on Tuesday, 10 December, 2024, in a surprise operation at their hideout, an imposing seven-storey edifice known as Big Leaf Building, on No.7, Oyin Jolayemi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos , following verifiable intelligence received by the Commission. Speaking during a media briefing on Monday, December 16, 2024, at the Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Commission, Olukoyede stated that 148 Chinese, 40 Filipinos,…
Barcelona assistant coach, Marcus Sorg ,has explained why his team lost 1-0 against Leganes in the LaLiga on Sunday, 15 December, 2024. Sorg, who appeared before the press with manager, Hansi Flick suspended for two games, said Barcelona did not start the game focused against Leganes. He added that the Blaugrana failed to beat the visitors despite creating chances. Sergio González’s early goal gave Leganes all three points against the hosts. “The team did not start the game focused and that led to the goal,” Sorg said at his post-match interview. “The team have found it difficult in the league…
The Dangote Refinery said it has exported Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) to Cameroon, Angola, Ghana, and South Africa in the past few weeks alone. In a statement by Dangote Group spokesperson, Anthony Chijiena, Devakumar Edwin, the Vice President of Oil and Gas, Dangote Industries Limited, disclosed this while playing host to a delegation from the Japanese Business Community in Nigeria, led by Japan’s Ambassador-designate to Nigeria, Suzuki Hideo. Edwin, who said this while confirming that Dangote Refinery Petroleum products meet international standards and are already being exported globally, also noted that diesel has been exported across the world while jet…
Ahead of 2027 presidential poll, the North-Central All Progressives Congress (APC) Forum has backed President Bola Tinubu for a second term in office. The APC Forum, in a statement released after a meeting in Abuja on Sunday,15 December, 2024, said the North-Central would stand behind the President in the 2027 presidential election. The Chairman of the North-Central APC Forum, Alhaji Saleh Zazzaga, who stated this in statement, explained that the Forum decided to endorse Tinubu for a second term because his administration had extended several opportunities to the North-Central zone since he assumed office as President in 2023. Recall that…