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The Department of State Services (DSS) has issued an alert regarding terrorist plots to strike military bases in border cities across the nation. The secret agency also issued a red notice to the Nigeria Customs Service in order to prevent insurgent attacks on Ogun border settlements and other border towns across the country, stating that the warning is based on intelligence it gathered. The DSS instructed customs and other security agencies in the country to put counter-measures in place to disrupt the rebels’ plot in a leaked document dated November 25, 2021, and written to the Customs Area Controller, Nigeria…

Skills Acquisition Center named after Ahmad Lawan The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan at the weekend commissioned a 120-bed capacity Mother and Child Hospital named after President Muhammadu Buhari. The health facility which was facilitated by the Senate President was constructed by the Federal government through the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (OSSAP-SDGs) and located in Gashua, Yobe North Senatorial District of Yobe State. A Skills Acquisition Center constructed by OSSAP-SDGs and donated to Umar Suleiman College of Education, Gashua was also commissioned at the weekend by the Senate President. The…

A middle aged-man, Olusegun Ogunmefun, has been arraigned before a Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, for alleged conspiracy, land grabbing and breach of public peace, by the men of Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex, Alagbon, Ikoyi, Lagos. The defendant and others now at large, according to the prosecutor, Barrister Morufu Animashaun, sometimes in 2020, while armed with dangerous weapons, allegedly invaded a landed property located at Segun Finnih Street, off Daddy Savage Street, Fagba, Lagos and forcefully took over the land. He was also alleged to have procured and engaged some armed hoodlums and thugs who invaded and forcefully…

Set to Give Back at Its Annual Food Bank Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa, through its UBA Foundation, has been spreading joy across Africa for many years as they continue to give back to the underprivileged in the communities in which they operate. At the UBA Foundation gardens in Lagos where the bank is headquartered, a lights up ceremony was held to mark the start of the festive season. The garden lights were activated by UBA’s Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Mr Kennedy Uzoka who was joined by other key management staff and some customers of the bank.…

Burnley’s Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur at Turf Moor was postponed 50 minutes before kick-off because of heavy snow. The fixture was due to start at 14:00 GMT but despite attempts to clear the pitch, the game was called off at 13:10. Referee Peter Bankes said: “They worked as hard as they could but within 10 minutes the pitch was covered again.” Burnley manager Sean Dyche added: “It fell that quickly and heavily – it’s still quite strong now.” Burnley score late to rescue point at Chelsea Tottenham boss Antonio Conte said: “There is a bit of disappointment because…

MultiChoice Nigeria has announced a discount offer ahead of the festive season for new customers to get access to wide range of entertainment on DStv and GOtv platforms. The entertainment giant will be offering the DStv HD decoder for a discount fee of N13,900 with a dish kit and a one-month DStv Compact package, while the GOtv decoder will go for N7,900 with a GOtenna and a one-month GOtv Max package. This festive offer will be available from Monday, 29 November 2021 for a limited time only. Chief Executive Officer, MultiChoice Nigeria, John Ugbe, commenting on the discount offer revealed…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 116 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court in Abuja to “direct and compel President Muhammadu Buhari to take immediate steps to ensure the arrest of soldiers and police officers indicted by the Lagos #EndSARS panel report for the shooting of peaceful protesters at the Lekki toll-gate, and police brutality cases.” In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1482/2021 filed last Friday, SERAP is also asking the court to “direct and compel President Buhari to bring to justice anyone suspected to be responsible for the shooting of peaceful protesters, and to ensure…

Customers on DStv and GOtv can look forward to Round 13 action in the Premier League with matches scheduled for Sunday, 28 November 2021. The top clash out of England’s top flight for this weekend is the meeting of Chelsea and Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on the evening of Sunday 28 November at 5:30pm on SuperSport Premier League (DStv channel 203). While Chelsea look every inch a title contender, the Red Devils have been inconsistent this season and will head to west London needing a big performance to following the sack of Ole Gunnar Solskjær. Sunday will also feature…

Muhammad Nami, executive chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Nigeria and President of the Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators (CATA), on Friday held his first face-to-face meeting with the CATA Secretariat at the United Kingdom’s Treasury House. The meeting had in attendance executives of the CATA Secretariat, including Mr Duncan Onduru, the Association’s Executive Director, Mr. Jon Swerdlow, the Vice Chairman, and Ms. Megan Jones. Muhammad Nami was accompanied to the meeting by Mr. Olufemi Olarinde, Nigeria’s CATA Country Correspondent, Mr. Johannes Wojuola, Special Assistant to the Executive Chairman on Media and Communication, and Mr. Jibrin Salihu, Personal…

The governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has announced the lifting of the state’s ban on telecommunications services. He made the declaration on Saturday at an event in Gusau, the state capital, stating that telecommunications services would resume on Monday. “I want to announce today (Saturday) that we have taken a decision to lift the ban on telecommunications in the state,” the governor was quoted as saying in a statement by Zailani Bappa, his Special Adviser on Public Enlightenment, Media, and Communications. “God’s Willing, as from next Monday we shall have that effected.” He added that the decision to defer…