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Accelerating transition to digital financial services
Usoro Usoro The COVID-19 pandemic and the movement restrictions that are in place to slow its spread have severely impacted economies across the globe and accelerated disruption to traditional business models in a way that few of us could have imagined only a few short months ago. While economies are beginning to open up, it …
PDP can’t complete head office despite raising billions of naira – Adesina
Kayode Oyero Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), says the Peoples Democratic Party plunged Nigeria into a cesspool of backwardness from 1999 to 2015. Adesina said the party does not breathe progress, adding that despite raising billions of naira for its head office, the party …
APC factions continue battle as court affirms Giadom party chair
• NWC consults S’South stakeholders for deputy secretary’s replacement • Ajimobi’s men inaugurate Uzodinma committee, appeal panel on Edo poll John Alechenu and Ade Adesomoju The two factions of the All Progressives Congress on Thursday continued their battles for the control of the party. The APC Deputy National Secretary, Victor Giadom, who, on Wednesday, declared …
Invictus Obi pleads guilty to $11m fraud in US
Kayode Oyero A Nigerian entrepreneur, Obinwanne Okeke, popularly known as Invictus Obi, on Thursday appeared before an Eastern District of Virginia court, The PUNCH has learnt. Okeke, and conspirators appeared before the Magistrate, Judge Robert Krask, on counts bordering on fraud, forgery, among others, said the United States Attorney’s Office in a statement. Okeke, 32, …
Gunmen kidnap Dariye’s father again
James Abraham, Jos Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have again abducted the father of the former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye. Pa Defwan Dariye, who is said to be in his early 90s was in February 2015 kidnapped at his residence in Mushere, Bokkos Local Government Area of the state. He was rescued a …
Hushpuppi: Not all Nigerians abroad are fraudulent, says Dabiri-Erewa
Kayode Oyero The Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, says not all Nigerians succeeding abroad are engaging in fraudulent activities. Dabiri-Erewa was reacting to a fraud allegation levelled against Ramoni Igbalode, aka Ray Hushpuppi by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The PUNCH had earlier reported that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission …
COVID-19: 50 Nigerians return home from Pakistan
Kayode Oyero At least 50 Nigerians stranded in Pakistan due to the coronavirus pandemic have been evacuated, The PUNCH has learnt. The aircraft conveying the evacuees departed the Islamabad International Airport around 4pm on Thursday en route the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama. The minister tweeted, “An …
Amidst darkness, Discos reject 8,244MW in one week
’Femi Asu The power distribution companies in the country failed to distribute 8,244.05 megawatts of electricity in the first week of this month, the Transmission Company of Nigeria has said. The total electricity distributed by the Discos during the week averaged 3,207.11MW, the TCN data showed. The amount of electricity left unused by the power …
Rape: IG orders probe of D’Banj
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered a probe into the allegations of rape levelled against Music Icon, Oladapo Oyebanjo aka D’Banj. This is contained in a letter with reference number CB.7000/IGP.SEC/ABJ/VOl.484/801 signed by the Principal Staff Officer to the IG, DCP Idowu Owohunwa. The letter was addressed to the Deputy …
WHO declares Nigeria polio free
Friday Olokor, Abuja The World Health Organisation on Thurday declared Nigeria free of polio virus. The organisation on its Twitter handle said the devastating disease was at the moment endemic in only two countries, thereby bringing the world one major step closer to achieving the goal of ending polio for good. Nigeria was said to …
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