Category: News

Insurgency: Army launches final onslaught on Boko Haram with Operation Last Hope

topnews

In the fight against Boko Haram terrorists around the Lake Chad region, the Nigerian Army has said it would launch a final onslaught with a view to not only ending their activities, but also resettle Internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs) to their various communities. The Army also vowed that the final raid on the insurgents would lead to rescuing the captives in the grip of the insurgents, including the remaining Chibok schoolgirls and 15-year old Leah Sharibu. The raid on the insurgents stronghold, which the service tagged, Operation Last Hope, according…

Read More

Europa League Trophy Recovered After Being Stolen in Mexico

topnews

The Europa League trophy is back in safe hands after it was reportedly taken from a transport vehicle in the Mexican city of Leon. Authorities Guanajuato state, in central Mexico, claimed that the trophy has been taken after an event in the city while on tour, but was soon recovered. The authorities tweeted out an image of the trophy safely laid in cloth to prove that it was in friendly hands, but did not provide more detail of the incident. The Europa League is currently in the semi-final stage of…

Read More

We’ve Been Particularly Inspired By Our Youths, Theresa May Tells Commonwealth

topnews

British Prime Minister Theresa May says the young people of the Commonwealth, leading the youth forum and participating in other activities, have inspired the heads of government. The prime minister said this while speaking at the first meeting of Commonwealth heads of government at Queen Elizabeth’s home in Windsor, United Kingdom. “Good morning everyone and welcome to Windsor castle. I think in the best Commonwealth tradition, in the intimacy and privacy of our retreat today,” she said. “First of all, I like to thank Her Majesty, the Queen for her…

Read More

Lazy Youths: Buhari Should Apologize And Be Forgiven – Shehu Sani

topnews

Shehu Sani, Senator representing Kaduna Central, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to apologize over his remarks about Nigerian Youths. While answering a question at the Commonwealth Business Forum in London on Wednesday, President Buhari had cause to talk about Nigerian youths. Mr Buhari had described the youths as illiterates who are lazy and want freebies with the notion that the nation is an oil producing country. He had said: “We have a very young population; our population is estimated conservatively to be 180 million. More than 60 per cent of…

Read More

Ecobank Wins 3 Awards at 2018 Asian Banker Awards

topnews

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) and its two affiliate countries – Nigeria and Ghana- have emerged winners in three strategic categories of The Asian Banker – West Africa Awards 2018. The annual awards saw ETI winning the Best Financial Inclusion Initiative Application or Programme with its innovative Xpress Account, while Ecobank Nigeria carted home the Best Transaction Bank in Nigeria, West Africa award. Ecobank Ghana also won in the Best Transaction Bank in Ghana, West Africa category. Speaking at the award ceremony in Lagos, the Chairman, The Asian Banker, Emmanuel Daniel…

Read More

Senate recovers stolen mace

topnews

The mace that was carted away by suspected political thugs on Wednesday during Senate plenary has been recovered.The mace was brought back about 11:45 a.m. by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) in charge of operations, Habila Joshak. He was accompanied by the FCT Commissioner of Police, Sadiq Abubakar Bello, who handed the mace over to the Clerk of the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani Omolori. Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu who presided over the plenary said: “Concerned colleagues and Nigerians, who wanted to find out if the mace had been found,…

Read More

Dubai To Introduce Digital Number Plates

topnews

Dubai’s authorities are planning to introduce a digital number plate capable of tracking drivers locations and informing the police of bad driving. The new plates will be synced up to a user’s account so that services such as registration renewals, tolls, road fines and parking fines would be instantly deducted from the vehicle’s owner. In a trial starting next month, vehicles will be fitted with smart plates with digital screens and GPS transmitters to communicate information back to the police. The new digital plates will also be able to inform…

Read More

Banker out with Report on Millennial employees; Tasks Leaders on Innovation

topnews

  Nduneche Ezurike, a Marketing Communication professional and employee with one of the leading commercial banks in Nigeria has advocated a revolutionary shift in employee management in the modern workplace.  In his research work, “Employee MarketPlace – a study on employee engagement and workplace innovation in the millennial age”, Mr. Ezurike cautioned that organizations seeking to create happy moments and fat pay cheques as a strategy for achieving improved productivity are in for hard times in the era of the millennials. He advised that they should instead pay greater attention…

Read More

Catholic priest gambles away parish money

topnews

Father Flavio Gobbo, a 48-year-old Italian Priest, has gambled away more than 620,000 of his parish money, media reports said on Thursday, backed up by the local Catholic Church. Father Flavio negotiated a plea bargain for a suspended two-year jail term for embezzlement, the Corriere della Sera newspaper said. As part of the deal, he has promised to gradually return the money and signed up for therapy against gambling addiction, with the support of his church superiors. “In this long and streneous journey, Father Flavio has mainly found support in…

Read More

More than 200 child soldiers freed in South Sudan

topnews

More than 200 child soldiers have been freed in South Sudan, according to UNICEF. One hundred and twelve boys and 95 girls, some as young as 14, were freed at a special ‘laying down of arms ceremony’ organized by UNICEF Tuesday in the town of Yambio, in the south west of the country. The UN agency said it hoped to release around 1,000 more child soldiers in coming months and has freed more than 500 child soldiers so far this year. Thousands of children have been forced to join the…

Read More