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An accident involving the convoy of Zamfara state Governor, Alhaji Bello Matawalle has claimed the lives of two police personnel attached to the governor. Yusuf Idris, the Director-General on Press Affairs to the governor, confirmed the incident in a press statement on Thursday in Gusau. Idris said the accident occurred along Funtua/Gusau road around 6pm on Thursday. He said Police Inspector, Aminu Usman and Sgt. Nura Mohammed lost their lives instantly at the scene of the accident. He narrated that the deceased had escorted the governor to Abuja on a five day official trip. Idris said that while they were…

Edna Kargbo, the State Chief of Protocol to the President of Sierra Leone, Julius Bio, has been sacked after she testified at Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN). The former aide has also been placed under probe by the country’s anti-graft agency after she admitted moving from living a normal life to living in luxury after being appointed by the President. Edna Kargbo had travelled to Nigeria’s SCOAN owned by popular Nigerian evangelist TB Joshua to testify on how her appointment has changed her story, showing photos of her appointment letter and luxurious house to a crowd in front of the…

In an impassioned key note speech, delivered before global leaders, at the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Yokohama, Japan, African investor and philanthropist Tony O. Elumelu CON, challenged the Government of Japan to invest 5% of its $50billion commitment to Africa, in empowering African entrepreneurs.  In the statement he said “At TICAD 2016 in Kenya, Japan pledged $30billion for Africa. This year you have generously increased this to $50 billion. If we invested just 5% in Africa’s new generation of entrepreneurs, following my Foundation’s robust, proven model of getting capital directly to those best placed to catalyse…

The Federal Government said on Thursday that it would set up One-Stop Center for agricultural services in each of the 774 Local Government Areas in the country. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development, Dr Mohammed Umar, said this in Bauchi at a one day workshop organised by the ministry for farmers associations in the state. Umar, represented by the Deputy Director, Federal Department of Agricultural Extension of the ministry, Mrs Sugra Mahmood, said the center,when established, would avail farmers and other stakeholder of information on agricultural value chain. He said that the centres would provide wholesome…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, hosted a delegation of the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Forum (NECA). Timothy Olawale, Director-General, NECA, who spoke with State House correspondents afterwards, said that the meeting focused on NECA’s concerns on issues of  competitiveness of business and sustainability in Nigeria. Olawale said the delegation also congratulated Osinbajo on his reelection as vice president and appreciated his representation as the keynote speaker last NECA’s Annual General Meeting(AGM) on July, 2019. He said the meeting offered the delegation an opportunity to remind the vice president that NECA looked forward to seeing him…

Holders Liverpool will face Napoli, Salzburg and Genk in the Champions League group stage this season. Premier League champions Manchester City were drawn alongside Shakhtar Donetsk, Dinamo Zagreb and Atalanta. Last year’s runners-up Tottenham are in a group with five-time European Cup winners Bayern Munich, plus Olympiakos and Red Star Belgrade. Chelsea must negotiate a group including 2019 semi-finalists Ajax, Valencia and Lille. European heavyweights Paris St-Germain and Real Madrid were drawn together in Group A while former winners Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund and Inter Milan will all meet in Group F. READ: Feet ‘N’ Tricks names Fashanu, Ikpeba, Tonto Dikeh,…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Justice John Tsoho, acting Chief Judge (CJ) of the Federal High Court, urging him to use his offices and leadership position to “ensure expeditious hearing of Omoyele Sowore’s application not least because of his constitutional right of access to justice, liberty, fair trial and status as a prisoner of conscience.” The Federal High Court, Abuja, yesterday refused to grant the motion filed by Omoyele Sowore, Convener, ‘RevolutionNow’ protests, challenging his detention for 45 days by the State Security Service (SSS). Justice Nkeonye Maya declined all applications by Mr…

The Imo state government on Thursday revealed its plan to boost education facilities in the state with N3.9 billion. The Executive chairman of Imo state Basic Education Board, IMSUBEB, Professor Obioma Iheduru, disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri. He also said that part of their strategy was that the government has set in motion a process to renovate 140 schools; build new schools; orgarnize trainings for thousands of teachers in the state, Including sinking of boreholes and repairing the damaged ones among other things. Iheduru said: “We have come to lay the foundation for quality projects in education, the time…

MTN has launched a mobile money transfer service, targeting those without bank accounts, and said on Thursday it plans to become a payment services bank once it obtains approval from the central bank. The success in east Africa of M-Pesa, the mobile money unit of Kenya’s Safaricom, has convinced investors and the industry that financial services are the next growth area for the telecoms sector, where prices for basic services are falling. Nigeria said last year it would allow telecom companies to provide banking services, aiming to give millions of Nigerians without bank accounts access to mobile money services. MTN…

The Federal Government on Thursday said that about 330 attacks by bandits and 1,460 deaths were recorded  within the last seven months in the country. The Permanent Secretary, Special Services, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Dr Amina Shamaki, made this known at the opening of Federal and States Security Administrators’ meeting in Birnin Kebbi. The permanent secretary however said that the attacks have been on the decline. She noted that the North West which was one of the most peaceful zones of the country, had in the last few years, witnessed attacks by bandits. Shamaki…