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Lagos, April 25, 2023 – The Nigeria Deposit Insurance corporation (NDIC) has commenced verification of insured depositors of Peak Merchant Bank in-liquidation towards payment of their insured sums in line with its mandate of deposit guaranty and reimbursement of depositors in the event of bank failure. A press statement signed by its Director of Communication and Public Affairs, Bashir Nuhu, said the verification exercise would enable depositors of the defunct bank to cross-check and ascertain their account information as well as balances with the bank as at closure. The statement …

Ibadan, April 20, 2023 – The Oyo State Command of Nigeria Police on Thursday presented cheques totaling N20.9m to families of police officers who lost their lives in Ibadan during the ENDSARS protest in 2022. The cheques were presented to the beneficiaries at the Police Headquarters in Ibadan. Adebowale Williams, the state Commissioner of Police, said the families of the 20 officers were befitting from the Group Life Assurance Scheme of the Nigeria Police instituted by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba.  He advised the beneficiaries to …

Abuja, April 20, 2023 – Bola Tinubu, the President-elect, has advised Nigerians, particularly the Muslim faithful, to love one another as they celebrate the Eidel Fitri. Tinubu gave the advice on Thursday in a statement on the occasion of Eidel-fitri celebration. “We thank Munificent Allah for the grace to witness this year’s Eid-el-fitri celebration after the Holy Month of Ramadan. ” For Muslims in our country and all over the world, Ramadan is a sacred spiritual obligation as one of the five pillars of Islam. “With the help of Almighty …

Abuja, April 20, 2023 – Bola Tinubu, the President-elect, has appointed a 13-man Presidential Inauguration committee to plan a week-long inauguration activities for him and the vice president. Tinubu will be inaugurated as president on May 29, 2023 Tinubu, in a letter to the Secretary to the Government of Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, announced Mr Abubakar Kyari, a former Senator representing Borno North and current National Deputy Chairman (North) of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the Coordinator and Director of Finance and Budget of the Committee. Stella Okotete, the …

Abuja, April 20, 2023 – A Federal High Court on Thursday admitted Chude Nnamdi, an ardent supporter of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, bail in the sum of N10 million. Nnamdi, who was arraigned before Justice Gladys Olotu, pleaded not guilty to a one-count charge of cyberstalking. Justice Olotu also ordered Nnamdi to produce one surety, who must be a level 14 civil servant or a resident of the FCT with verified landed property. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the Inspector-General of Police, the complainant, …

Lagos, April 19, 2023 – The Federal Government has declared Friday, April 21 and Monday, April 24 as public holidays for the EIdil-Fitr celebrations. Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior, made the declaration on behalf of the government. In a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr Shuaib Belgore, the minister congratulated all Muslims for the successful completion of the holy month of Ramadan. He called on them to imbibe and practice the virtues of kindness, love, tolerance, peace, self-denial, sacrifice and good neighborliness, as exemplified by …

Lagos, April 19, 2023 -The Lagos Police Command said it arrested 42 suspected cultists from different parts of the state in the last two weeks. Idowu Owohunwa, the state Commissioner of Police, said this at the parade of the suspected cultists in the command. He said the command would begin a clampdown on illegal firearm manufacturers and cultists in the state. “We will deploy every asset within our disposal. “We will deny them space to operate in the state. So, we are advising them to turn a new leave or face the …

Lagos, April 19, 2023 -The driver of a commercial bus died instantly on Wednesday when his bus had a head-on collision with a BRT bus in Lagos. Seven passengers with varying degrees of injuries were rescued from the two buses and taken to the hospital. The BRT bus, belonging to the Lagos state Government, was burnt down by hoodlums. Adebayo Taofiq, the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, said preliminary investigation revealed that the fully loaded commercial bus was speeding while returning from Lagos Island to Ogudu when …

Lagos, April 19, 2023 – The Federal Government has advised unemployed Nigerians in Lagos to register at the office of National Directorate of Unemployment (NDE). The NDE office, while announcing the development, said the registration exercise had started on Monday, April 17 and would end on Friday, April 28, 2023. They are to visit the NDE office at at 7, Barikisu Iyede Street, Onike, Yaba or at the 20 local government areas in the state for their registration. Mrs. Serena Edward, the Coordinator of Lagos State NDE Office, advised unemployed persons …

Gusau, April 19, 2023 – Alhaji Abdulmalik Zubairu, a House of Representatives member-elect for Maru and Bungudu Federal Constituency in Zamfara State, has donated 59 cows to his constituents for the Eid-el-Fitri celebrations. Speaking during the distribution of the animals in Bungudu on Tuesday, the lawmaker-elect said that the gesture was part of his welfare package to his constituents for Sallah. Zubairu, who was represented by Alhaji Basharu Bello-Auki, a former Chairman of APC in Bungudu Local Government, said the beneficiaries would be APC executive members from the 21 wards in Bungudu …