Guinean government on Monday, 2 December, 2024 announced that at least 56 people lost their lives after a fan clash at a football match led to a stampede in the country’s city of Nzerekore. According to a statement issued by the government on Monday, 2 December, 2024, said the incident occurred during Sunday afternoon’s final of a local tournament in Nzerekore. The statement said rival fans invaded the pitch in protest of the referee’s penalty decision. It was gathered that the stampede ensued after police attempted to defuse the commotion with teargas. According to the statement, the government pledged to…
Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed that the federal government spent N6.2 trillion on foreign exchange subsidy in 2022 alone compared to N4.5 trillion spent on fuel subsidy. CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso made t6his disclosure in a recent 59th annual Bankers Dinner of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, CIBN, in Lagos. According to him, in the past years, FX subsidy losses have been a bigger problem for the country’s revenue than fuel subsidies. “In 2022 alone, the potential revenue total revenue lost due to a less reflective FX regime is approximately N6.2 trillion compared to 4.5 trillion…
Kogi State Agency for the Control of AIDS (KOSACA) has disclosed that at least over 36,000 people are living with AIDS in the state. The Acting Executive Secretary of the KOSACA, Ibrahim Anate, disclosed this in commemoration of the 2024 World AIDS Day in Lokoja, which was organized by the Centre for Integrated Health Programs (CIHP) in collaboration with the state agency for the Control of AIDS. According to him, “36,066 are presently on treatment in Kogi State. We are seriously fighting the scourge, and we are raising awareness in all the communities and hard-to-reach areas of Kogi State about…
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF)has confirmed that a successful operation conducted by its officers from Zone 7 Command and the National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC) in Abuja resulted in the arrest of 113 foreign nationals involved in sophisticated cybercrime activities, including internet fraud and marketing scams. The NPF Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi confirmed the development in a statement via X on Monday, 2 December, 2024. Adejobi revealed that the arrests took place on 3 November, 2024, in Jahi, Abuja, during an operation that revealed substantial evidence crucial to the syndicate’s cyber operations. Items recovered during the operation included: –…
There are indications that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) may retire about 1,000 of its employees by December 31, 2024. This is according to a recent report by Daily Trust, which states that the exercise will cost the apex bank N50 billion. The CBN, led by Olayemi Cardoso, described the move as a strategic realignment of its workforce. This comes as, in the last 10 months, the CBN disengaged many of its staff, including 17 directors who served under the immediate past governor, Godwin Emefiele. In a circular released three weeks ago by the CBN, it stated that the…
Yobe State government has engaged critical stakeholders as part of strategies to nip farmers/herders conflict in the bud. An expanded security meeting chaired by Governor Mai Mala Buni brought together heads of security agencies, Emirs of Ngelzarma and Jajere, as well as local government chairmen and leaders of Miyetti Allah. The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Idi Barde Gubana, said the security meeting was aimed at reviewing and analysing the security situation across the state and to ensure that citizens are safe and their property adequately protected. He further explained that the harvest period usually comes with crisis,…
President Bola Tinubu has disclosed that the economic policies that he initiated upon his assumption of office are now yielding the desired results. Tinubu, who acknowledged that the policies were harsh on the people, stated that the move became imperative in order to salvage the country from the crises facing it. Speaking during the 34th and 35th convocation ceremonies of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, the President, who was represented by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Wahab Egbewole, stated that the country is now graduating from a consumption to a production economy. While calling for…
President Bola Tinubu will travel to Cape Town, South Africa, from France on Monday. Tinubu would co-chair the 11th session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission alongside President Cyril Ramaphosa. Tinubu is currently in France on the invitation of the French President, Emmanuel Macron. A statement by Tinubu’s spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said the BNC commences on Tuesday, 3 December, 2024. Onanuga said Tinubu will engage in talks with President Ramaphosa of South Africa. “The Presidential BNC, scheduled for Tuesday, December 3, will be preceded by a ministerial meeting on December 2, 2024, at the South African Parliament Building in Cape…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a Nigerian businessman, Ezeokoli Sylva, based in Brazil, who returned home with 700 grams of cocaine buried in his stomach. The suspect has been living in Brazil for the past 35 years. According to the agency, its operatives made the discovery following the suspect’s arrest at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. The Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement issued on Sunday, 1 December, 2024. Babafemi disclosed that the 59-year-old Ezeokoli was arrested on Friday, 29th November 2024, at the E-Arrival…
Armed terrorists have launched a deadly attack on the Kungurki community in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing an elderly man and abducting 13 residents, including a two-month-old baby and his mother. A Lake Chad Basin counterterrorism and insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, made this known in a post on his X handle on Sunday, 1 December, 2024. According to Makama, intelligence sources informed him that the assailants stormed the village under the cover of darkness, firing sporadically to instill fear among residents. The terrorists also looted several shops, carting away food items, household supplies and other valuables.…