The Ekiti State Government has threatened to sanction filling stations that reject Point-of-Sale transactions owing to the current cash scarcity in the country. The Special Adviser to the State Governor on Industry, Trade and Investment, Mrs. Omotayo Adeola, gave the warning at a meeting with the State Petroleum Task Force Committee and representatives of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti. Adeola said the decision had become imperative in order to alleviate the hardship people had been experiencing as a result of the current cash crunch in the country. She implored residents to lodge…
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The Lagos State Government has announced compensation for victims of the collision between a train and a bus conveying staff of the state. In a statement on Tuesday, the state promised to provide employment to one employable child of each of the dead victims of the accident and a concessionary scholarship to one of their biological children. This was after a nine-member committee set up by the state in the aftermath of the accident of March 9 submitted its report. The statement read, “Findings of the report showed that the accident had six fatalities from a total of 102 passengers…
The Special Investigative Panel on Oil Theft/Losses in Nigeria has submitted its report to the National Security Adviser, Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (retd.), in Abuja. The Head, Strategic Communication, Office of the National Security Adviser, Mr Zakari Usman, in a statement on Tuesday, said the report was submitted on Monday. While submitting the report, the chairman of the panel, Maj. Gen. Barry Ndiomu (retd.), said the panel engaged key stakeholders from within and outside the oil and gas industry. Ndiomu said stakeholders from state governments, ministries, departments and agencies, security agencies, regulatory agencies, international and indigenous oil companies, traditional institutions,…
Operatives of the Katsina State Police Command on Monday afternoon engaged terrorists in a gun duel along Danmusa/Yantumaki Road in Danmusa Local Government Area of the state during which a terrorist was killed. The police said they recovered one AK-47 rifle during the encounter. The command’s spokesman, SP Gambo Isah, on Tuesday, said the terrorists blocked the road at a portion of Kesassa Village. Isah said, “On March 27, 2023, at about 2.30 pm, a distress call was received that terrorists in their numbers, were shooting sporadically with AK-47 rifles, had blocked Danmusa–Yantumaki Road, Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State. “Consequently, DPO Danmusa Division,…
Peter Shaluile opened the scoring to send Namibia on their way to a famous 2-1 victory over Cameroon on Tuesday, a victory that confirms their place at the Africa Cup of Nations next year. The Brave Warriors took the lead in the 55th minute through the PSL top scorer, the second time in the space of four days that Shalulile has opened the scoring for Namibia against the Indomitable Lions. On Friday, Olivier Kemen equalized to ensure the spoils were shared, however, on this occasion, Namibia found another gear, and Absalom Iimbondi added a second for the Warriors with 11…
A teenager has narrated how she was allegedly raped and deflowered by one Pope Paul, a youth pastor in the Deeper Life Bible Church in Lagos state. The 19-year-old survivor appeared before the sexual offenses and domestic violence court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday. The survivor said the abuse started when she was 15 years old and living with the cleric. Narrating her experience, the survivor told the court that she knew the cleric when she started residing with his wife identified as Sister Lydia. According to her, she had visited the pastor’s wife during a holiday in 2016…
Rescuers searched Monday for more than 60 people reported missing after a landslide triggered by months of heavy rain killed at least seven people in southern Ecuador. The mudslide happened overnight Sunday into Monday, burying dozens of homes and injuring 23 people in the village of Alausi in Chimborazo province, some 300 kilometers (180 miles) south of Quito, officials said. Shocked residents, many in tears, stood waiting for news Monday as crews with shovels, pick axes and sniffer dogs dug through the debris to get to survivors stuck between sheets of twisted metal and split tree trunks. “Five are buried…
South America football governing organisation, CONMEBOL, has honoured Argentine superstar footballer, Lionel Messi, with the ‘Baton of Football’. A life-sized statue of Messi holding the World Cup was also made in his honour. The footballer shared photos from the event on his Instagram page on Monday. He wrote, “Thanks to #conmebol for this tribute and to #sole_pastorutti for that beautiful moment. It was very special and emotional.” Messi led Argentina to win the 2022 FIFA World Cup which held in Qatar after defeating France in an electrifying final match.
Deposit Money Banks are set to raise their cash withdrawal limits from the current N20,000-N50,000 range to over N80,000-N100,000, according to multiple bank officials. The move, it was learnt, would help bank branches to tackle lingering queues in some cities across the country. The Central Bank of Nigeria had on Friday directed commercial banks to open for operation on Saturday and Sunday, as part of a coordinated effort to ease the circulation of old and new banknotes. This came after the CBN began the release of billions of old naira notes to DMBs. The central bank on Thursday finally obeyed…
Some of you will be aware that on Saturday, 18th March, the Rev Stuart Bell, former Rector of the Rectorial Benefice of Aberystwyth, accepted ordination to the episcopate from Archbishop Foley Beach of the Anglican Church of North America and others. While many of us have held Stuart in enormous respect for his ministry, the Bench of Bishops cannot receive or accept his episcopal ministry, founded, as it is, on a repudiation of the bishops’ own ministry and a breaking of Communion with the Church in Wales. In these difficult circumstances, sadly there now exists some distance, not sought nor…