By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo Troops of the 6 Brigade and Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke, have dismantled terrorist hideouts in Rugga, Sarti and Yade communities in Taraba state. Army spokesperson, Maj. Gen. Onyema Nwachuku disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. He said the coordinated operations were part of deliberate efforts by the army…
The Prelate of the of Methodist Church Nigeria (MCN), His Eminence, Samuel Kanu, has been abducted by gunmen. He was kidnapped on Sunday alongside Rt. Rev. Dennis Mark, the Methodist Bishop of Owerri and the Prelate’s Chaplain, by yet to identified gunmen along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia state….
The Christian Association of Nigeria has demanded the sacking of the Chief Executive Officer of Sterling Bank, Abubakar Suleiman, over a controversial Easter advert. In a statement signed on Wednesday by the National Secretary, Joseph Daramola, CAN stated that the advert was “wicked and insensisitve” towards Christians. In the controversial advert, Sterling Bank published its…
The President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the famous journalist and writer, Abdulhamid Babatunde who died on Thursday in Kaduna. Babatunde who served as editor of several newspaper titles including the defunct, Kaduna-based Democrat passed on following an illness. He was aged 66. In a condolence message signed by Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, On Thursday in…
The Securities and Exchange Commission has said it is working with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for better understanding and regulation of cryptocurrencies. The Director General, Lamido Yuguda, stated this at the 2021 first post-Capital Market Committee (CMC) virtual news conference. Yuguda said the SEC was in discussion with the CBN to understand better…
Retired police officers on Monday in Abuja, protested against poor welfare, demanding their removal from the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPC). The demonstrators comprising elderly retired personnel, stormed the entrance gate of the National Assembly in Abuja, carrying placards and chanting solidarity songs as they stood in the rain. They lamented that their welfare and dignity…
