Author: topnews

Air Peace: Sacking our pilots was a painful decision

topnews

The Management of Air Peace has disengaged some of its pilots. The decision, according to the company stemmed from the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on its operations and financial health. A statement issued by the spokesperson of the airline, Mr. Stanley Olise, explained that the sack of the pilots, is painful but rightful decision, however, attributed the action to the resolve of the management for the greater good of the company and its almost 3000 workforces with the affected pilots inclusive. “The airline cannot afford to toe the…

Read More

Traditional ruler, pastor in police net, paraded for kidnappings ‌

topnews

Eze Andrew Okuegbunuwa, the traditional ruler of Obor community in Awara, Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State, alongside one Pastor Caleb Agu are being held for an alleged kidnapping by operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit and the Special Anti-Robbery Squad. The state Commissioner of Police, Isaac Akinmoyede, who paraded the traditional ruler and eight suspected members of his gang at the command headquarters in Owerri, alleged that they were responsible for the killing of two personnel of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in the state a few months…

Read More

COVID-19: Ogun State reverses decision, orders free tests for students

topnews

Governor Dapo Abiodun has ordered the stepping down of the COVID-19 test as a mandatory requirement for returning students in the exit classes, and equally directed that the “government laboratories carry out tests for all returning SS3 boarding students at no cost”. The governor reversed it’s decision, making COVID-19 tests free for all returning SS3 boarding students. Those that have paid for tests will be refunded. Governor Abiodun, who gave the directives while reacting to the protest embarked on by parents of final year students in private secondary schools in…

Read More

FIRSTBANK HOSTS FINTECH SUMMIT 4.0, PROMOTES THE GROWTH AND REINVENTION OF BANKING TECHNOLOGY IN NIGERIA

topnews

First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s leading financial inclusion services provider, has announced that the 2020 edition of its annual FinTech Summit is scheduled to hold on Thursday, 6 August 2020 by 12.00 noon. The event will be virtually held via Zoom Meetings. The 2020 edition of the summit, which is the fourth in its series is themed; “How Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence will Disrupt FinTech in Nigeria” and will be discussed by experts, key and leading players, policy influencers and regulatory officials in the Nigerian financial, banking and technological…

Read More

ShopRite: We are not leaving Nigeria

topnews

ShopRite Nigeria has officially stated that the retail store is not closing shop in Nigeria as speculated by some media reports. The Country Director for Chastex Consult, Ini Archibong said: “Shoprite is not leaving Nigeria. “We have only just opened to Nigerian investors which we have also been talking to just before now. We are not leaving, who leaves over a $30billion investment and close shop? It doesn’t sound right. “We only just given this opportunity to Nigeria investors to come in and also help drive our expansion plan in…

Read More

Ibori, Uduaghan, Kalu linked to NDDC projects

topnews

Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, has linked two former governors of Delta State, Messrs James Ibori and Emmanuel Uduaghan, to the various contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission. Others on the lists submitted to the Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on July 23 by Akpabio are the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, and Senator Ifeanyi Ararume, among others. The letter, which was also copied to the office of the Attorney General of the Federation/Minister of Justice, was addressed to…

Read More

Police stops man from jumping into Lagos lagoon over N.5m debt

topnews

Abiodun Adeyinka, a businessman, has been prevented from committing suicide, by men of the Lagos State Police Command. He had attempted jumping into the lagoon on Third Mainland Bridge during the Eid-el-Kabir festival on Friday. It was gathered that Abiodun had approached a microfinance bank for N390,000 to boost his business but could not repay the loan and the accrued interest, because the venture turned out to be unsuccessful. Troubled by his inability to repay the loan, the 45-year-old left his place of residence in the Ikotun area of the state…

Read More

COVID-19: Tests in 61 laboratories free – NCDC

topnews

‌ In a message posted on its Twitter handle, @NCDCgov, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Sunday said COVID-19 tests conducted in facilities within its molecular laboratory network were free. The clarification came at a time some parents of pupils in private secondary schools in Ogun State protested the request of N25,000 COVID-19 test fee by the government. They were said to have protested at the MTR Specialist Hospital, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the designated place for the pupils in Abeokuta to get tested. The NCDC listed 61 laboratories nationwide as…

Read More

Schools resumption: Parents decry N25,000 Ogun COVID-19 test fee

topnews

Aggrieved parents of students in private secondary schools in Ogun State on Sunday, protested against the N25,000 COVID-19 test fee for each of their children. The government had said no boarding school student would be admitted into schools without a certificate of COVID-19 test which must be negative. The parents on Sunday thronged MTR 250-bed specialist hospital, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the designated place for the test in Abeokuta, the state capital. It was gathered that attempts by the parents to get their children tested for free failed as they were asked…

Read More

Seven women making Sallah hair found dead in Niger beauty salon

topnews

Seven females were reportedly found dead in a salon in the Rijau Local Government Area of Niger State. The incident occurred on Thursday night when the victims; two married women and five ladies went to the salon in the evening to make their hair in preparation for Sallah. The cause of the incident couldn’t be ascertained, but a source in the community said the victims might have been killed by generator fumes. It was gathered that due to the downpour of that evening and the  perceived eagerness by the women to…

Read More