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Nigeria’s Garba Umar Elected INTERPOL Vice-President for Africa
Garba Umar, an assistant inspector-general of police, has been elected as the vice-president of the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) for Africa. Umar was elected on Thursday at the 89th INTERPOL general assembly which was held in Istanbul, Turkey. The AIG will hold the position for the next three years and he will serve as a member […]
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Man Utd Set to Appoint Rangnick as Interim Manager
The Red Devils remain keen on Paris Saint-Germain boss Mauricio Pochettino, although Rangnick will step in until the end of the 2021-22 season Manchester United are closing in on appointing Ralf Rangnick as their interim manager until the end of the season, GOAL can confirm. The Red Devils have held advanced talks with the 63-year-old, and it […]
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Buhari Orders Increased Surveillance on Abuja-Kaduna Highway
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security agencies to improve surveillance on the Abuja-Kaduna highway. The highway has been a target for bandits, with gunmen abducting or killing travellers plying the route. In the latest incident which occurred on Sunday, Sagir Hamida, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Zamfara governorship aspirant in the 2019 […]
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Rape Increases ,As Kano Records 4,000
THE Federation of Women Lawyers, has stated that between between 2016 to 2021Kano state has recorded over 4000 rape anddefilement cases against minors However ,the group urgently called for the establishment of a Special Court to handle such abuses. Disclosing this on Thursday ,while speaking with pressmen in Kano, the Chairperson of the Federation of […]
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NDLEA Intercepts N2.7b Cocaine, Arrests Suspect At Abuja Airport
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 32-year-old drug trafficker based in Liberia, Maduabuchi Chinedu, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja. He was arrested with 9.30 kilograms of cocaine worth over N2.7billion in street value. The suspect who hails from Obaha Okigwe village, Okigwe Local Government Area of […]
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Our Acquisition Of Majority Shares In Honeywell Not In Breach Of Court Order – FMN
Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc (FMN) says that the agreement to assume majority shareholder status of Honeywell Flour Mills Plc (HFMP) is not in breach of any subsisting court order. In a statement by its company Secretary and Director, Legal Services, Umolu Joseph A. O., the company said it made the announcement on Monday after […]
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Bill To Increase Gender parity In Public Office, A Global Pacesetter- Kwara Must Change
Says Abdulrahman’s place in history is assured The leading Pro-Democracy group in Kwara State, Kwara Must Change has described the bill seeking to increase the number of women in political offices as a major step that would herald gender parity- in the state and trickle to other part of the country. The group also said […]
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Bolt Partners With Max To Enable Vehicle Ownership For Up To 10,000 Nigerian Drivers
Leading ride-hailing platform, Bolt has partnered with Metro Africa Express- (MAX) – the largest vehicle subscription platform for low-to-zero emission vehicles in Africa – to expand the Bolt vehicle financing program in Nigeria. This scheme is part of Bolt’s commitment to enabling ride-hailing drivers to own vehicles with low equity repayment, support and improve earnings […]
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War Of The Gods: Oluwo Dares Osun Traditionalists
The verbal war between Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, and traditional religious adherents in Osun State seems to have taken a twist, as the group, under the aegis of Traditional Religion Worshippers Association, TRAWSO, said the monarch’s effrontery against the gods would lead to his fall. But the monarch insisted that his throne is […]