Latest News in Nigeria Today Monday 8th February 2021
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Monday 8th February 2021 .
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Sterling Bank upgrades agricultural commodity trading platform
Sterling Bank Plc has updated its agriculture commodities platform operated by SABEX, an affiliate company.
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Youth Ministry opens supplementary application for business grant
The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has reopened application for young entrepreneurs through a partnership with Tiimafrica which would provide a $5,000 grant to 100 businesses. In November 2020, Tiimafrica in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development called for applications from Nigerian youth business owners to apply for a oneRead More
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Criminal herdsmen have begun guerrilla warfare on Yorubaland — Agbekoya, Afenifere
…Stop using false social media in security situation —Makinde’s aide …Don’t harbour strangers, Ogun monarch cautions subjects …War is at the door —Afenifere By Dapo Akinrefon, James Ogunnaike & Olayinka Ajayi THE Agbekoya Farmers’ Association and the Yoruba Socio-Political organisation Afenifere, yesterday, raised the alarm that marauding herdsmen have launched guerrilla warfare on Yorubaland, butRead More
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2 dead, many wounded in Osun communal clash
…Govt declares 24-hour curfew …Army, police take over communities By Shina Abubakar Two people were reported killed, yesterday, as the communal clash between Erin-Osun and Ilobu communities in Osun State that started Saturday over land dispute escalated. It was also gathered that about five persons sustained gunshot injuries in the violence between the two neighboursRead More
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One rescued in Lagos building collapse
By Bose Adelaja An adult male was, yesterday, rescued by emergency responders at the scene of a collapsed building at Elegbata Street, Olowogbowo area, Apongbon, Lagos. The survivor was injured following the impact of the incident. According to eyewitnesses’ account, the occupants of the storey building have been given quit notices by their landlords toRead More
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Mobs set ablaze suspected robber in Yola
A suspected member of a criminal gang known as ‘Shila Boys’ in Jimeta, was burnt to death by angry mobs for allegedly robbing and stabbing a lady, in Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Confirming the death of the suspect, yesterday, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Sulaiman Nguroje, said theRead More
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Cryptocurrencies unregulated, prone to financial crimes – CBN
Following reactions trailing a recent Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) directive to Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) to desist from cryptocurrencies transactions, the apex bank has clarified that the intention is to ensure accountability. Making the clarification in a statement in the CBN official website, Mr Osita Nwanisobi, the bank’s Acting Director of Communications, said thatRead More
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2023: Igbo Presidency will heal civil war wounds, ensure final re-integration of Igbo in Nigeria — Okorie
By Clifford Ndujihe & Ikechukwu Odu FORMER National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, has said that giving the South-East geopolitical zone a chance to produce the president of Nigeria in 2023 would be “the master stroke to end marginalization and all grievances” in the zone. Nwodo, a former governor ofRead More
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Ogoni chiefs decry exclusion from cleanup
By Davies Iheamnachor Bodo Council of Traditional Rulers in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State has decried their exclusion from the remediation process in the area. The chiefs expressed sadness that they were not carried along in the clean-up going on in Bodo, regretting that Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, has remained adamant toRead More
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Insecurity: Issue order to arrest herdsmen with AK-47 weapons, DESOPADEC tells Buhari
By Emma Amaize THE Commissioner representing Udu, Uvwie, Ughelli South and Urhobo of Warri South in Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Delta State, Olorogun Vincent Oyibode, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to issue directive to apprehend Fulani herdsmen found with AK-47 weapons as a way of tackling the rising insecurity in theRead More
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