August 30, 2020

Journalist Assaulted By FFK To Be honoured With Award

Journalist Assaulted By FFK To Be Honoured With Award

August 30, 2020 9:00 am

The Sha’aya’u S-Pawa Foundation, a political group in Zamfara state, said arrangements are in top gear to give an award of ‘Resilient Journalist’ to Mr. Eyo Charles.

Charles was the journalist verbally assaulted by a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani -Kayode in Calabar, Cross River at a media conference.

He had accused the journalist who sought to know in a question who was bankrolling his program.

He has however since tendered a public apology for the verbal attack.

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The group in a statement signed by the …

Innocent Ike Announced As Acting MD/CEO Polaris Bank

Innocent Ike Announced As Acting MD/CEO Polaris Bank

August 30, 2020 8:58 am

Mr Innocent Ike, has been named the acting Managing Director/CEO of Polaris Bank, effective from 1 September.

Mr Babatunde Osibodu, the Company Secretary, said his appointment was approved by the board of Polaris Bank Limited and Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), the shareholder of the bank.

Ike will hold forte as the incumbent CEO, Mr Tokunbo Abiru, is proceeding on retirement with effect from Aug. 31.

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Osibodu said Abiru had completed his two terms of two years each, first as Group Managing Director/CEO, Skye Bank Plc and Managing Director/CEO Polaris …

Nigerian Mathias Ometu arrested by Texas police while jogging

Nigerian, Ometu Wrongly Arrested And Choked By Texas Police

August 30, 2020 8:58 am

A Nigerian-American Mattias Ometu has been forcefully arrested by police in San Antonio, Texas while jogging. And they almost choked him to death.

His offence was that he was “jogging while black”, and he happened, in their warped imagination, to fit the image of another blackman said to be involved in a nearby domestic violence incident.

The suspect the police were looking for was Darren Anthony Smith, who does not in any way resemble Ometu, except that both are black.

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Ometu, 33, spent two days in the …

Herdsmen: Ogun Residents Now Sleep In Benin Republic– Red Cross

COVID-19: Red Cross Trains 20 Volunteers In Niger

August 30, 2020 5:40 am

The International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) and the National Headquarters of the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) has commenced training of 20 selected volunteers from Niger on Coronavirus (COVID-19) response.

Mr Zakari Bolaji, Health Coordinator, national headquarters, NRCS, disclosed this while inaugurating the two -day training in Minna.

“This training will expose our volunteers to COVID -19 Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) and Cash Voucher Assistance (CVA),” he said.

Bolaji said that the training was part of the strategy by the NRCS to ensure that the intervention programmes …

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Farmer Arrested For Alleged Murder Of Herdsman In Oyo

August 30, 2020 5:39 am

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Oyo State has arrested a 27-year-old farmer for allegedly killing one  Shuaib Adamu, a herdsman.

The herdsman was said to have allowed his cattle to graze on the suspect’s farm at Elega Village, Ikoyi, in  Ogbomoso area of Oyo State.

The arrest of the suspect was made public in a statement issued in Ibadan on Saturday by the Corps’ Public Relations Officer, Oluwole Olusegun,

The statement quoted the NSCDC Commandant in Oyo State, Iskilu Akinsanya, as saying that the suspect, …

Kidnappers Kill 65-Year-Old Man To Death After ₦1.2m Ransom

Kidnappers Kill 65-Year-Old Man To Death After ₦1.2m Ransom

August 30, 2020 5:36 am

The Police in Rivers State have arrested four suspected kidnappers who allegedly tortured 65-year-old man to death, despite collecting ₦1.2 million ransom in Port Harcourt.

The Rivers State Police Command paraded the suspects in connection to the death of Mr. Sokari Braide, kidnapped about two weeks ago but died two days after he was released from the kidnappers den due to torture.

SP Nnamdi Omoni, Police spokesman told Journalists on Saturday that the kidnapped victim had made useful revelations in the hospital before giving up the ghost, which led to the arrest of some of his business partners at Elechi …

APC Records Rich Harvest In Benue

APC Records Rich Harvest In Benue

August 30, 2020 3:45 am

Prof. Bem Angwe, former Executive Secretary (ES), National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), on Saturday joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) with his supporters in Benue State.

Angwe is the latest among Benue heavyweights to join the APC.

Among the high profile defectors in the past month were Sen. Barnabas Gemade and Mr Herman Hembe, a member of the House of Representatives representing Konshisha/Vandeikya federal constituency.

On Saturday, more people also switched to the APC.

They include Rev Aernyi, former Special Adviser to the Governor , A.A Iortyom, former Governor’s Liaison Officer for Buruku Local Government and Mrs Helen Ikpambese, former …

Peter Obi Finally Reacts To DSS, IPOB Bloody Clash In Enugu

Peter Obi Finally Reacts To DSS, IPOB Bloody Clash In Enugu

August 30, 2020 3:41 am

Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Feb. 23 presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi has condemned the recent killings of IPOB members in Emene, Enugu State.

Officers of Department of States Services (DSS) and members of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) were killed during a fierce clash between the duo last week.

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Reacting to the tragic clash on his Twitter page on Saturday, the former Governor of Anambra State described the incident as senseless and demanded a thorough investigation.

“The recent killing

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