Stern & Kay Consulting Limited – Our client, a fast-growing Loan lending company with offices across Lagos is interested in recruiting experienced and smart sales officers for immediate employment to drive their Micro / Trader loans in the capacity below: Job Title: Loan Officer Location: Lagos Employment Type: Full-time Job Descriptions Sell personal, business, and market … Read more
Over 2000 residents of Ayetoro coastal community in the oil-rich Ilaje council area of Ondo State have been displaced by the surge from the Atlantic Ocean. Reports had it that the ocean surge occurred at about 2:30 am in the early hour of Saturday when the people of the community are still in deep sleep. … Read more
Residents of the Maje, Soka area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital are in disarray over alleged invasion of the area by about 300 suspected herdsmen. The Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) in Oyo State, Mr Rotimi Olumo, disclosed that residents of the area alerted him, said he went to the area and … Read more
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has denied that the passport of Modupe Odele, an #EndSARS advocate, was seized because of her involvement in the campaign against police brutality. Odele, who is a lawyer, had narrated how NIS officials stopped her from flying out of the country. She was actively involved in the #EndSARS campaign, offering … Read more
Residents have been advised to leave the community to avoid further calamity and havoc. Imo Government has ordered about 3,000 families directly affected by the landslide that occurred last week at Okohia Akwakuma in Owerri North Council Area to relocate immediately. The slide affected many homes and buildings. Commissioner for Environment, Dr. Iyke Njoku, told … Read more
Prayers Kebbi Women 3-day prayers to seek divine intervention against insecurity, flood A three-day joint Quranic recitation and prayers embarked upon by some Women Islamic Groups in Kebbi State to seek divine intervention against flooding and insecurity in the country has been completed. Mallam Yahaya Sarki, the Special Adviser to Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi … Read more
The nearest clinic to the village is 29km away and the women contributed N1,000 each to buy a N1m car which will take pregnant women to the health facility when they are in labour. Some women in Bordo village of Jahun Local Government Area in Jigawa State have contributed money to buy a car to … Read more
A resident of the area whose identity has been masked said heavy shootings started in the community at about 12.15 a.m. and lasted for over an hour, adding that members of the local vigilante group were overwhelmed. “We didn’t sleep throughout the night. It’s this morning that the vigilantes told us that about 20 people … Read more
Traditional ruler of Ikare, the Owa-Ale of Ikare in Akoko North East local government, Oba Samuel Kolapo Adegbite-Adedoyin, has died after ruling for 48years. The late Ikare monarch was 85. He was said to have died on Tuesday morning at his palace located at Okorun area of Ikare after a brief illness. The late Owa-Ale … Read more
A 55-year-old man, Abdulhamid Muhammad, has died after falling into a well. Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened in Sha’iskawa village, in the Dambatta Local Government Area of Kano State, when the deceased tried to rescue his sheep which was trapped in the well. A spokesman for the Kano State Fire Service, Saidu Muhammed, … Read more
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, says four persons indicted in connection with alleged selling of a one-year-old baby from Kano to Imo state have been granted bail. The NAPTIP Zonal Commander in Kano, Shehu Umar, who confirmed this to Vanguard on Monday said the case was involving a female … Read more
Kano Woman Slaughters Son Like Eid-El-Kabir Ram, Sent To Psychiatric Hospital A 27-year-old woman living in Kano, Saratu Ya’u, who slaughtered her five year-old son, like an Eid-el-Kabir ram, has been sent by a Kano High Court, to a psychiatrist. Saratu was on Wednesday arraigned before the court for the murder of the child. The … Read more
A yet-to-be-identified man has been confirmed dead by the police, while another one was fatally injured in an accident that occurred at the celebration of Osun festival at Ido Osun town, Osun State. The PUNCH learnt that the death happened when some youths bearing dangerous weapons stormed Ido Osun from Osogbo on motorcycles, rode recklessly … Read more
In a volte face, one of the 12 suspended traditional rulers in Anambra state that travelled to Abuja early this week, with the hope of having an audience with President Muhammadu Buhari, Igwe MacAnthony Okonkwo, the traditional ruler of Alor community in Idemili South Council Area, has tendered an unreserved apology to Anambra State government, … Read more
A man, Aliyu Umaru, has been charged with cruelty for allegedly tying up his son in a goat shelter for two years in Birnin-Kebbi, the Kebbi State capital. The 12-year-old victim, who was said to have survived on goat feed during his ordeal, has been rescued by police and a human rights group. He has … Read more
Sokoto State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, called for reinforcement of security in Illela Local Government Area of the state, following incessant attacks on villages by bandits and cattle rustlers. The assembly took the stand at plenary after adopting a motion moved by Alhaji Bello Ambarura (APC-Illela), seconded by Alhaji Mahmud Abdullahi (PDP- Kware), on … Read more
Residents of Kasarami Village along the Kaduna-Abuja Highway have commended the Nigerian military for constructing a borehole and a block of classrooms in the community. The people said the borehole would reduce their hardship in terms of accessing potable water. Addressing the locals while commissioning the borehole and block of classrooms constructed by Operation Thunder … Read more
The Anambra state police command has arrested one person in connection with the alleged murder of a 43-year-old man, Azubuike Ekwegbalu, at Commissioners quarters in Awka, the state capital in the early hours of today Sunday, August 9. A statement from the spokesperson of the state police command, Haruna Mohammed, said the police received a … Read more
Two men, Paul Tuoma Okene and Friday Adjohwenyo, have been arraigned at a Magistrate Court sitting in Agbarho, Ughelli North council area of Delta state, for forcefully entering and damaging a cassava farm valued at N5 million. The farm which is located at Obanoku, Orhokpokpo-Agbarho belongs to one Lucky Agbonifo. The case which came up … Read more
The Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty (H.I.M) Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has appointed Bello Bala Shagari as the Managing Director of Royal African Young Leadership Forum (RAYLF-AFRICA). This was contained in an appointment letter to Bello Bala Shagari, which was signed by Dr. Ayobami O. Oyedare (PhD), Chief Executive Officer, Global Outreach of … Read more