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Gunmen suspected of being bandits on Saturday morning kidnapped the parish priest of St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Raymond Damba in Gusau, Zamfara State, Pastor Fr. Mikah Sulaiman. Spokesperson for the state police command, Yazid Abubakar, confirmed the incident to journalists in Gusau. He said the pastor was kidnapped at around 03.00 am, at his residence in the Damba area of …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar said on Saturday that the upcoming congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would resolve the party’s lingering crisis in Katsina State. Atiku spoke to journalists after paying a condolence visit to the Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir-Usman, on the death of his son, Abdullah Abdulmumini. He said: “I also convey my condolences to …

Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested two former staff of Union Bank in Makurdi for allegedly stealing the sum of N4,199,500.00 belonging to a deceased customer of the bank. Suspects Idah Ogoh and Agbo Okwute were arrested on Friday, 21 June 2024 in Makurdi, Benue State. According to a statement …

Open AI, an American research organization, has acquired Rockset, an enterprise analytics business, to enhance AI capabilities and retrieval infrastructure across its products. Former Facebook engineer Venkat Venkataramani, CEO of Rockset, which was co-founded by Database architects Dhruba Borthakur and Tudor Bosman confirmed the acquisition in a blog post on Friday. According to OpenAI representatives, this acquisition marks the first …

In a move aimed at curbing illegal agreements, Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun, on Saturday, signed an executive order restricting traditional rulers from signing Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) on behalf of the state government. This decision was taken amid concerns regarding the lack of transparency and potential financial irregularities in the MoUs signed by several kings. The governor’s order emphasizes …

A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the permanent confiscation of properties worth over N12 billion allegedly linked to Godwin Emefiele, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This comes after an earlier court order granted temporary control of the assets to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The EFCC accused Emefiele of using proxies to …

A member of Governor Asue Ighodalo’s Campaign Committee in Edo State, Prince Felix Isuku, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Isuku announced his resignation from the PDP in a letter dated May 24, 2024 addressed to the party chairman and state officials. The letter was provided to reporters on Friday. He blamed his departure from the …

The Nigerian government has reported strong interest from China in strengthening economic ties, with more than 200 Chinese companies expressing a desire to collaborate. This report was made known to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, when he started his working visit to China on Friday. He was speaking at the China-Nigeria Business Exchange event, jointly organized by …

The Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project received positive news from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). During a visit to the project site with ministers on Friday, NNPC Group Chief Executive Officer Mele Kyari announced that the project is on track for completion in the first quarter of 2025. According to a statement signed by the Chief Corporate Communications Officer …

Police operatives in Delta on Thursday killed a suspected member of a kidnapping gang in Ughelli North local government area of ​​the state. Spokesman of the state police command, Bright Edafe told journalists on Friday in Warri that other members of the gang escaped during the operation. He said a police operations team deployed by the state Commissioner of Police, …