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Zone, PalmPay Collaborate To Enhance Payment Security
Zone has announced a partnership with PalmPay in an effort to improve payment security. In a statement made available to our correspondent by the co-founder and chief executive officer of Zone, Obi Emetarom, on Thursday, the co-founder stated that the partnership integrates PalmPay into Zone’s blockchain network, offering secure and compliant payment solutions across its vast network of over 1.2...
FG Approves N4bn Conditional Cash Transfer For Vulnerable Households
The Federal Government has approved a conditional cash transfer of N4 billion to Nigerian households in need. During the launch of the 2025 Nigeria Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan at the United Nations House in Abuja on Thursday, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Professor Nentawe Yilwada, announced the interventions aimed at addressing the country’s deepening humanitarian crisis. This...
US Donates $1 Million In Medical Supplies To Katsina
The Katsina State Government has taken delivery of its first container of donated medical supplies from World Medical Relief in Detroit, USA. According to a statement issued on Thursday, the Chief Press Secretary to Katsina State Governor, Ibrahim Mohammed, said the delivery stems from Governor Dikko Radda’s visit to World Medical Relief headquarters in November 2023, where he met with...
Two Rivers Pastors Caught With Fetish Items
Rivers State Police Command paraded two pastors caught in their respective churches with fetish objects like carved skeletons, caskets, and others. The duo, Prophet Bassey Umoren (60) and Prophet Elijah Anietie (50), who were apprehended by youths of the Rumunduru community in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state, are the founders of God’s Deliverance Apostolic Church and Power...
“CBN To Unveil New Compliance Department February” – Cardoso
The CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, announces the establishment of a new compliance department within the apex bank to begin operation in February. Cardoso disclosed this on Thursday during his keynote address at the launch of the 2025 macroeconomic outlook by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group. He stated: “The CBN has taken the transformative step of setting up a Compliance Department with the...
NAFDAC Destroys N1.36bn Fake, Expired Products In Abuja
NAFDAC has destroyed fake and unregistered foods, drugs, and cosmetic products worth approximately N1,367,000,000 seized in FCT, Abuja. The products were destroyed at the Kuje dumpsite in the territory. In a brief remark during the exercise, the Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said the destruction exercise is a crucial and routine operation that the agency conducts across all zones of...
NAPTIP Busts Abuja Baby Factory, Rescues Nine Pregnant Women
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons reported that nine pregnant women were saved from an Abuja baby factory by its agents. This is contained in a statement by the Press Officer, NAPTIP, Mr. Vincent Adekoye, and made available to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. Adekoye revealed that the baby factory is situated at one of the sprawling...
Air Sierra Leone Resumes Direct Flights To Nigeria After 15 Years
After more than 15 years of inactivity, Sierra Leone's national airline, Air Sierra Leone, has started operating regularly between Lagos and Freetown. Air Sierra Leone returned to Nigeria in partnership with a Nigerian airline, XEJet. While XEjet provides technical support to the airline, it also provides three operational aircraft for the airline to return to the country. While speaking with journalists at...
Airstrikes Eliminate Multiple Terrorists In Niger Forest
Numerous suspected terrorists who were hibernating at Alawa Forest in the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State were killed by Nigerian Air Force aerial attacks, the service announced on Thursday. It said the airstrikes were executed by the air component of Operation FANSAN YAMMA, a special offensive launched to flush terrorists out of the Northwest and north central regions...
Kanu Seeks Trial Move To South-East, Slams Justice Nyako’s Role
Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has called for his case to be moved to the south-east if no judge at the Federal High Court in Abuja, apart from Justice Binta Nyako, is willing to preside over it. Kanu’s request was made public in a statement on Wednesday by his lead counsel, Aloy Ejimakor,...
