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The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar and Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno have commended Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for his commitment to education of the vulnerable children in the North-East. The duo spoke at the fifth anniversary of the North-East Children’s Trust (NECT) School, known as North-East Learning Centre, on Monday in Abuja. The centre, located in Maiduguri, Borno, is an initiative of the vice president with a view to providing educational and extensive-care support to 10,000 children orphaned or displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East. Abubakar, who described NECT as an excellent initiative, lauded the…

Almost eight years after its scheduled delivery date, President Muhammadu Buhari will, today, open the state-of-the-art terminal at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The terminal, estimated to be worth over $100 million, is one of the five airports – Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano and Enugu – that benefited from the 2013 loan deal between Nigeria and China for the building of four new terminals. Port Harcourt and Abuja terminals had been opened since 2018. The long-awaited facility will complement and create an avenue for the old international terminal to be overhauled. However, this is coming amid stakeholders’…

VP commissions Toyota Certified Service Centre in Lagos Excited cheering crowd of Lagosians throng motorcade outside venue of commissioning Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says in line with its objective of creating a more conducive business environment in Nigeria, the Federal Government will continue to deepen business reforms and partner with the private sector to ensure wholesome national development. Osinbajo stated this on Monday at the commissioning of the state-of-the-art Toyota Service and Research Facility in Lagos State. “It is important to restate that the Federal Government has committed itself to partner with the private sector, recognizing that the private sector…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday said it has sanctioned the officer that recorded and leaked a video of former Anambra governor, Willie Obiano, while he was in custody. The unnamed officer was unearthed following an investigation by the anti-graft agency. “The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to a trending video showing the former Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano in the custody of the Commission, EFCC spokesperson Wilson Uwujaren said in a statement. EFCC grants Obiano bail after four days in custody “The Commission wishes to distance itself from the…

The management of Lagos State Traffic Management Authourity (LASTMA) has confirmed that some officers of the agency who were found culpable of gross misconduct while performing their official duties have faced disciplinary action in line with the extant rules as guided by the Lagos State Civil Service Rules and Regulations. LASTMA Management in a statement issued on Monday by Filade Olumide,  LASTMA Assistant Director, Public Affairs, the Personnel Management Board (Disciplinary) which was held to look into all the reported misconduct of the officers, considered the allegation of bribery, corruption and serious act unbecoming of a Public Officer levelled against…

Armed with a sharp knife, a megaphone and dressed all in black, Gbenga Adewoyin could have passed for a medieval witch hunter, a herbal salesman or an urban preacher as he walked around a market in the south-western Nigerian city of Ibadan. Those curious enough to get close in the Gbagi market quickly dispersed when they heard his message. “Anyone that can provide any evidence for the existence of the supernatural, be it juju or voodoo magic, will be offered 2.5m naira ($6,000, £4,650),” he announced repeatedly in Yoruba and English. The 24-year-old atheist has recently emerged as a rebel…

A collision between two passenger trains injured 95 people on Monday morning in the south of the Tunisian capital, emergency services said. “The injured were taken to hospitals and there were no deaths,” civil defence spokesman Moez Triaa told AFP, adding that one train contained passengers, while the other was empty. Most of the injured were suffering from fractures, none of them life-threatening, he said. The accident happened at 9:30am local time (0830 GMT) in the Jbel Jelloud area of southern Tunis. The cause was not immediately clear. Navy Arrests 13 Nigerians Over Oil Theft, Impounds Vessel Tunisia’s ageing railway…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reiterated its stand to close its 2022 registration exercise on Saturday, March 26, as earlier scheduled. The board made this known in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar on Monday, in Abuja. JAMB said that the sale of e-PINs for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) which commenced on Feb. 19, to end on Saturday March 26, would not attract any extension. “This emphasis is essential because of the persistent drop in the number of e-PINs being vended, as well as the low turnout of…

The Nigerian Navy has arrested a vessel named ”Motor Tanker Harbor Spirit” and 13 Nigerians on board conveying a fortified and auctioned crude oil from MV KOME XVIII with a forged document. This is contained in a statement issued by the Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan in Abuja. Ayo-Vaughan said that both the vessel and the suspects have been handed over to the Forward Operating Base Bonny for further investigation. The vessel has been subsequently boarded by the NN and her 13 crew men, all Nigerians, have been arrested and handed over to the Forward Operating Base…

About 3.5 million Ukrainians have now fled the country following Russia’s invasion, the United Nations said on Monday, praising neighbouring countries for showing overwhelming compassion towards their “extreme plight”. More than 10 million people — over a quarter of the population in regions under government control — are now thought to have fled their homes, including the millions of internally displaced people. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said 3,489,644 Ukrainians had fled the country since Russia invaded on February 24 — a figure up 100,600 on Sunday’s update. “Over the last four weeks, the world has watched in disbelief. Countless…