President Muhammadu Buhari unveiled the Nigeria Agenda 2050 on Wednesday, saying that its implementation will “ensure that Nigeria attains a per capita GDP of $33,328 per annum to place her among the top middle-income economies globally by 2050.” As part of the plan, according to Buhari, the real GDP will expand by 7%, 165 million new jobs will be created, and the anticipated 83 million Nigerians living in poverty in 2020 will drop to 2.1 million in 2050. The Federal Executive Council meeting this week was held in the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, and the launch…
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The Nigerian Army on Thursday said it had rescued two additional girls from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, nine years after their abduction by Boko Haram in 2014. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the Theatre Commander, North-East Joint Operation Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali, made this known while briefing newsmen at the Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri. Ali said that Hauwa Maltha and Esther Marcus, both serial numbers two and 103 in the list of the missing victims, were rescued on April 21, 2023, by troops of 114 Taskforce Battalion Bitta at Lagara, under the 21 armoured Brigade…
The first set of Nigerian evacuees from war-torn Sudan arrived Abuja on Wednesday night. Minister of humanitarian affairs Sadiya Farouq received them at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. She presented the sum of N100,000, N25,000 worth of recharge cards and 1.5 gigabytes of data to each of them. Farouq stated that the cash and other gifts given to the returnees were done to make them comfortable as they return to the country. She said, “Today, we are very happy to receive them. They have gone through a very traumatic period but we give thanks to Almighty Allah that all…
Access Holdings announced that its flagship subsidiary, Access Bank Plc, has acquired regulatory permission from the Central Bank of Angola for the acquisition of a majority ownership share in Finibanco, an Angolan bank. Sunday Ekwochi, the company secretary, said this in a corporate filing on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) on Wednesday. Finibanco is a full-service commercial bank with over 20 locations and over $300 million in total assets in Angola. Also Read: Access Bank Smashes Records, Surpasses N1 Trillion in Gross Earnings The organisation, in October 2022, had said it would buy an equity stake of 51 percent in…
Muhammed Audu, 18, was arrested by the Yobe State Police Command for raping a 5-year-old girl in Kayeri village of Fune LGA of the state. The victim, on Sunday, April 30, 2023, was accompanying her senior sister to hawk kola nuts about Kabul in the Kayeri neighbourhood when the drug dealer sent the girl to get something for him. Without her sister’s knowledge, the suspect quickly followed her and dragged her inside an unfinished mosque in Kabul, where he raped her. According to the source, the suspect caused the minor bruises and left her bleeding. “While in the act, he…
Soldiers stormed the Janjala community in Kagarko LGA of Kaduna State, arresting the Madaki of Janjala, Mallam Ibrahim Aliyu, and 13 suspected bandits’ informants. On Wednesday, a source who preferred anonymity verified by phone to Daily Trust that troops raided the community on Tuesday in eight Hilux vehicles and motorcycles and apprehended the culprits. He stated that the forces stopped in Kagarko town and picked up some suspects before driving towards Janjala, which is roughly three kilometers away from Kagarko. “The two arrested suspects in Kagarko town led the troops to some houses in Janjala, from where they picked up…
A Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja convicted and sentenced one Ume Clinton to a year in jail on Wednesday for purporting to be an operator of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and scamming a foreigner of €45, 000 Euro. The 30-year-old prisoner was sentenced to prison by Justice Mojisola Dada after pleading guilty to the anti-graft agency’s allegations of impersonation, fraudulent possession of papers, and fraud of €45, 000. The Lagos zonal office of the EFCC had arraigned the convict who was accused of defrauding a Belgian educator and caregiver, Axelle Mahieu. Also Read: Court Voids…
Paris Saint-Germain’s relationship with Lionel Messi is set to end after two underwhelming years following the French champions’ decision to suspend the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner for going on an unauthorised trip to Saudi Arabia. Greeted as a hero by adoring supporters when he arrived in Paris from Barcelona in August 2021, Messi was supposed to be the man to deliver PSG elusive Champions League success. It has not worked out and some of those fans had recently turned against a player they see as a symbol of all the club have done wrong in focusing on superstar signings while…
The police command in Kaduna says it arrested 350 suspects for “urban gangsterism,” popularly known as ‘Sara-suka’ in the metropolis. Police spokesman Muhammad Jalige disclosed this at a news briefing on Tuesday in Kaduna. He said the command organised constant raids on the hideouts of the hoodlums to have a crime-free society where law-abiding citizens could go about their lawful businesses without fear of being molested or intimidated. “The gallant determination of our personnel has yielded positive results with the arrest of 350 suspects, and they would soon be prosecuted,” the officer said. According to him, some exhibits recovered from…
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to depart for London, United Kingdom later Wednesday, May 3 to join other world leaders invited to attend the coronation of Charles III and his wife, Camilla, as His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort of the United Kingdom respectively. The coronation according to a press release by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, will take place on Saturday, May 6. Ahead of the coronation, the Commonwealth Secretariat will take advantage of the gathering of leaders in London to host a Commonwealth Summit for Presidents and…
Former Kaduna Central lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani has disagreed with the decision of Governor Nyesom Wike to declare a public holiday in Rivers State because of a visit by the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Sani said the action taken by Wike because of Tinubu’s visit to Rivers State is a sign of desperation by someone seeking favour. Meridianspy reports that the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike declared Wednesday, May 3 a public holiday to enable residents of the state to come out in large numbers to welcome the President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the state. Governor Wike also ordered that…
President Muhammadu Buhari claims that throughout the last eight years, the rights of Nigerian journalists have been respected and upheld. He made the remarks on Tuesday while celebrating World Press Freedom Day with the media under the subject “Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of Expression as a Driver for All Other Human Rights.” Also Read: What Buhari has achieved in Eight Years – Presidency He said: “We’ve kept the faith. We’ve ensured that Nigerian journalists have had unfettered freedom to practice their art, and on this occasion of World Press Freedom Day, we recommit to that resolution, even as…