Day: October 3, 2021

Laments Nigeria’s debt profile but says with God Nigeria will surmount its myriad of problems   The General Overseer Worldwide of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Enoch Adeboye, on Sunday, declared that Nigeria has myriad of problems, especially pertaining to the economy. The Punch reports that Adeboye made this assertion in his monthly first Sunday…

A report on a recent research conducted by the Paradigm Leadership Support Initiative (PLSI) has revealed how the Federal Government lost N557b between 2013 and 2017 to some infractions relating to award of contracts, unremitted advances to staff and contract inflations, among others. The research report presented by the organisation, titled: “Achieving accountability and development in…

  Alhaji Abubakar, the father of the Speaker, Zamfara State House of Assembly, Hon. Nasiru Magarya who was recently abducted by bandits, has died while in captivity. DAILY POST recalls that the victim who was the District Head of Magarya village, was alongside other residents of the area, including family members, abducted in early August…

  A man convicted of criminal impersonation and fraud has detailed how he spent the $88,521 he obtained from his victim. The convict, Jamiu Isiaka, who was sentenced to 28 years for impersonating Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), Femi Adesina, was found guilty of swindling a South Korean, Keun Sig Kim, to…

A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has said Anambra State loses N19.6bn each time a sit-at-home protest is observed in the state. Soludo, who is the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in the upcoming November 6 poll in the state, said this during a meeting with…

The Federal Government has scored China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) high in handling the railway on the corridors of Warri-Itape route, linking Delta, Edo and Kogi States. Dr Magdalene Ajani, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, gave the commendation on Saturday, while addressing journalists at the final points of a two-day inspection of facilities…

Bournemouth beat Sheffield United on Saturday to open up a three-point lead at the top of the English Championship as Coventry bounced back from a humiliating defeat to crush Fulham. The Cherries’ status as the last remaining English Football League team yet to taste defeat looked under threat when Morgan Gibbs-White gave United the lead…

Lagos and Ondo state governments have said they would defend the anti-opening grazing law in court should the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Socio-cultural Association make good its threat to drag states before the courts. Some southern states, including Ondo, Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, Abia, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Enugu, and just recently, Delta and Ogun…

Dr. Michael Ebonhor was not born blind but lost his two eyes at the age of 23, when armed robbers attacked him and plucked out his eyes. The Guidance Counsellor shares with ANGELA ONWUZOO his traumatic experience and how he refused to allow disability to rob him of his dream of becoming a PhD holder.…