Day: March 17, 2023

MTN Nigeria has proposed the merger of its two finance subsidiaries – Momo Payment Service Bank Limited and Yello Digital Financial Services Limited. This was revealed in its proposed resolutions for its 2023 Annual General Meeting scheduled to hold in April. The company said that the proposed merger will “hold the Payment Service Bank license

  Quadri Aruna’s brilliant run at the World Table Tennis Singapore Smash has come to an end, following a 0-4 loss to Brazilian Hugo Caldenaro. The quarter-finals game played at the Infinity arena on Friday, saw the Nigerian succumb (11-7, 12-10, 11-2, 11-2) to Caldenaro. This ends the journey at the tournament for Africa’s top

  The World Health Organisation has disclosed health authorities in Burundi have detected eight samples of polio. The detection led to the official declaration of the country’s first outbreak in more than 30 years. The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. The disease is transmitted through

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian Friday in what the army described as an attempted “stabbing attack,” bringing the number of people killed in the conflict this year to 100. The Palestinian health ministry announced the death of Yazan Omar Jamil Khasib, 23, who died “after the occupation (Israel) opened fire on him at the

The Kremlin said Friday that the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin was legally “void” since Moscow does not recognise the Hague-based court’s jurisdiction. Top Russian officials and propagandists seethed with anger, while members of the opposition hailed the move. “Russia, just like a number of different countries, does

President of Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, Archbishop Lucius Ugorji, has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission and security agencies to ensure that all election results are uploaded to the portal in order to have a credible, free, fair, transparent and peaceful process. The body warned INEC against manipulating results of Saturday’s governorship and state

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission and security agencies to ensure that all election results are uploaded to the portal in order to have a credible, free, fair, transparent and peaceful process. The body warned INEC against manipulating results of Saturday’s governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections,

The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, says corps members are still ready for the Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections, in spite of apprehensions for their safety. Ahmed said this during an interview on the Channels Television election program, “The 2023 Verdict”, on Friday evening. Brigadier-General Ahmed

Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Yahaya, on Friday said elections are not a do-or-die affair, adding that his ambition to be re-elected as governor for a second term, is not worth the life of any resident in the state. Yahaya made this disclosure in his statewide broadcast monitored by our correspondent ahead of Saturday’s governorship and

  The Cross State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of the deputy governorship candidate of the Young Peoples Party, Mr Agbor Onyi. The command’s spokesperson, SP Irene Ugbo, told newsmen on Friday in Calabar that Onyi and three others were abducted along the Calabar-Ogoja Highway. She said among those abducted was an Assistant Superintendent