I’ve always wanted to be a Miss Nigeria —Shatu Garko
18-year-old Shatu Garko from Kano State has emerged as the 44th Miss Nigeria after beating 17 other contestants at the beauty pageant last Friday. The new Miss Nigeria succeeded Etsanyi Tukura, a native of Taraba State, 43rd winner of the 2019 Miss Nigeria. My whole life I have always wanted to be a Miss Nigeria. Miss Nigeria’s Creative Director, former Miss Nigeria (2013), Ezinne Akudo also revealed that this year’s selection was quite demanding due to the sheer volume of entries. Viral Voice Note On WhatsApp Billing FalseClaim: A viral WhatsApp voice note, purportedly made by the director and CEO of WhatsApp, claims users will have to start paying for WhatsApp services.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
January 01, 2022 14:59 UTC
Police rescue 21 Islamiyya school children; teacher, driver still with abductors
Zamfara State police command has rescued 21 Islamiyya school children from Rini town, Bakura Local Government Area of Zamfara State, abducted by bandits on the eve of New Year in the state. The police also confirmed that the Islamiyya school teacher, Mallam Lawali Ibrahim and one driver were still with the abductors. Addressing newsmen on Saturday at the police headquarters in Gusau, the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Shehu Mohammed, said the victims were rescued by security operatives after a gun duel with the bandits. According to him, the Islamiyya school children and their teacher were travelling to Dandume in Katsina State when the armed bandits blocked the highway and abducted many commuters along the road. “Police tactical operatives in conjunction with the military promptly responded to the distress call and moved to the scene where they engaged the bandits in a gun battle.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
January 01, 2022 14:51 UTC
CAfrica mine blast injures Bangladeshi peacekeepers | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
Three Bangladeshi peacekeepers were injured when their vehicle drove over a mine in Central African Republic’s troubled northwest, the UN mission said Saturday. Two were seriously hurt in Friday’s incident in Bohong in Ouham-Pende province more than 500 kilometres (310 miles) from the capital Bangui, the MINUSCA mission said. On Thursday, three Tanzanian peacekeepers were wounded in a mine explosion in the west. Mines have killed eight people, including two women and a five-year-old child, in the restive northwest since August, according to MINUSCA. After several years of a simmering continuation of the civil war that erupted in 2013, recent months have seen a spike in violence.
Source:The Guardian
January 01, 2022 14:08 UTC
I’m not happy with what we’re achieving in Man United —Ronaldo
Manchester United striker, Cristiano Ronaldo, has said he is not happy with what is being achieved at the club. In a message celebrating the end of the year 2021, Ronaldo urged the club to do better and deliver more than what is being done at the moment. He called for the year 2022 to be embraced with a higher spirit and stronger mentality to put the club where they belong. “But I’m not happy with what we are achieving in Man. “Let’s take us above and beyond, let’s reach for the stars and put this club right where it belongs!
Source:Punch
January 01, 2022 12:03 UTC
S.T.O.P key for marital harmony
I got this S.T.O.P key from the forever and ever show of Jumoke Adewumi and I got excited and fascinated about it. With S.T.O.P KEY, I believe that we will stop marital stress, or keep it at bay. It is a key that is meant to stop the following viruses from eating up the marital nutrients. So, there is the need to stop thinking the worst about your spouse. So, let us stop S.T.O.P from destroying our marriages.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
January 01, 2022 05:47 UTC
We’ll deliver transparent, rancour-free National Convention, Buni assures APC stakeholders
Amidst doubts trailing its commitment to February date for its national convention to elect substantive national officers, the All Progressives Congress Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee has again dismissed speculation of plot of tenure elongation. On 20th December 2021, at its 18th regular meeting, it deliberated on the planned National Convention and resolved to set up sub-committees on budgeting and other relevant substructures for the National Convention. All is now set for the conduct of a rancour-free National Convention. “APC assures all party members and indeed Nigerians that the CECPC is poised and ready to meet up with the tasks ahead in 2022, particularly the conduct of a rancour-free APC National Convention. The Party will continue to proactively and constructively engage critical stakeholders on issues that affect Nigerians.”YOU SHOULD NOT MISS THESE HEADLINES FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNEBuhari Urges MTN For Quality Service, Downward Price Review In Cost Of Data, Other ServicesPresident Muhammadu Buhari Friday at State House Abuja urged the MTN Group to make the available top-of-the-range service to its Nigerian subscribers… We’ll deliver transparent, rancour-free National Convention, Buni assures APC stakeholders We’ll deliver transparent, rancour-free National Convention, Buni assures APC stakeholders We’ll deliver transparent, rancour-free National Convention, Buni assures APC stakeholders We’ll deliver transparent, rancour-free National Convention, Buni assures APC stakeholders.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
January 01, 2022 03:45 UTC
2022 – Feasting on hope for Nigerian sports
So, we wake up to 2022 and feast, drinking lavishly from the fountain of hope. I hope that the wind of common sense will start to blow over Nigerian sports. The institute shall also be a human laboratory, using elite athletes as guinea pigs. It is a critical part of the engine of elite athletes and sports development. I hope that Nigeria’s national sports federations will bring to an end the mental enslavement of their own coaches by hiring foreign coaches for the national sports teams.
Source:The Guardian
January 01, 2022 03:20 UTC
Ex-Nigerian athlete, sports administrator, Brown Ebewele, is dead
A former Nigerian athlete and sports administrator, Brown Ebewele, is dead. Ebewele, a Nigerian former national champion introduced decathlon into the nation’s athletics in 1978, while competing as an athlete for the then Bendel State. Read AlsoAt the beginning of his athletics career, Ebewele competed for Lagos State as a junior athlete in the maiden edition of the National Sports Festival in 1973. Ebewele’s first competition for the then Bendel State was at Kaduna ‘77 edition of the National Sports Festival. Competing as a mature athlete, Ebewele won a gold medal for Bendel State and also set a national record in the hammer event in Kaduna.
Source:Punch
January 01, 2022 01:35 UTC
Our Electoral Act in the hands of actors
Nigerians are hoping that a new electoral law would enhance the quality of elections and thus believe that the amendment to the electoral law by the National Assembly would fast-track this. However, as things stand today with Nigeria’s Electoral Act Amendment Bill (2021), it looks like the bill is a script in the hands of some wrong, thoroughly off-beam actors. The last time electoral amendment bill was presented to President Muhammadu Buhari in 2018, he declined assent. That year, Nigerians may not readily remember that President Buhari refused to assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill three times. And now that it has become Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2021, Nigeria has relapsed to the same old issues.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
January 01, 2022 01:19 UTC
UPDATED: At last, Super Eagles drop Osimhen, invite four new players for AFCON
Victor Osimhen is out of the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations, the Nigeria Football Federation confirmed on Friday. Also, Super Eagles have invited four new players for AFCON over the health concerns and injuries of some players. Other players newly added to the AFCON squad are right back Tyrone Ebuehi, England–based Oluwasemilogo, Greece-based Henry Onyekuru, and Czech Republic-based forward Peter Olayinka. Osimhen also tested positive for COVID-19 last January after returning from Christmas holidays in Nigeria. His participation in AFCON had been a subject of controversy between NFF and his club, Napoli.
Source:Punch
January 01, 2022 01:04 UTC
Police foil kidnap attempt in Niger, arrest gang leader
“He confessed that the syndicate was planning to abduct two prominent persons in Garatu village,” the statement revealed. The suspect also mentioned names of other gang members who are at large, adding that they have been involved in kidnapping for ransom and cattle rustling. “During interrogation, he confessed to having belonged to a group of bandits who specialized in cattle rustling and kidnapping for ransom. He mentioned other members of the gang as follows: Bokolore, Ruwance, and, Giware, all presently at large”. “After series of investigations, he stated that they carry out cattle rustling escapades at different locations in Beji, Wushishi, and Kataeregi,” Wasiu said.
Source:Punch
December 31, 2021 20:31 UTC
JUST IN: FG extends NIN-SIM verification to March 31, 2022
Furthermore, NIMC has also set up enrolment centres in over thirty-one (31) countries to cater for Nigerians in the Diaspora. “Following the request by stakeholders, including citizens, legal residents and Nigerians in the diaspora, the Federal Government has extended the deadline of the exercise to the 31st of March, 2022. “The Minister has, however, implored Nigerians and legal residents to enrol for their NINs and link with their SIMs during this period of extension as more services will be requiring the NIN for identification. “They also applaud the efforts of the respective staff in ensuring a seamless NIN-SIM linkage and urge citizens and legal residents to complete the process of enrolment, verification, and SIM linkage on or before 31st March 2022”, 2021 the statement added. YOU SHOULD NOT MISS THESE HEADLINES FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNEBuhari Urges MTN For Quality Service, Downward Price Review In Cost Of Data, Other ServicesPresident Muhammadu Buhari Friday at State House Abuja urged the MTN Group to make the available top-of-the-range service to its Nigerian subscribers… FG extends NIN-SIM verification to March 31, 2022 FG extends NIN-SIM verification to March 31, 2022 FG extends NIN-SIM verification to March 31, 2022 FG extends NIN-SIM verification to March 31, 2022.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
December 31, 2021 17:42 UTC
Thousands flee as Mozambique jihadists shift attacks | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
Militants terrorising the gas-rich northern Cabo Delgado province for the past four years have in recent weeks shifted their attacks to the west into Niassa. The latest displacements add to the more than 820,000 that have fled the insurgency in Cabo Delgado since 2017. Niassa province has since the end of November become the latest target for militants being driven from Cabo Delgado by African troops. The displaced have sought shelter in Mecula town, where they are housed at government schools or move in with relatives and friends. Another villager said women were kidnapped in the last known raid on Monday in Alassima village, around five kilometres from Mecula town.
Source:The Guardian
December 31, 2021 17:32 UTC
Bitcoin faces uncertain 2022 after record year
The price of bitcoin hit record highs in 2021 thanks to support from traditional finance, but cryptocurrency specialists are struggling to predict next year’s outcome for the volatile sector. The record high in April occurred with the stock market debut of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. October’s peak above $66,000 followed the launch of a bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund (ETF), or type of financial instrument, on the New York Stock Exchange. More competitionBitcoin is at risk of increased competition as it enters 2022, especially from its closest rival ethereum, according to some analysts. According to the specialised site CoinGecko, the cryptocurrency sector has a market value totalling $2.36 trillion, with bitcoin worth a combined $900 billion.
Source:The Guardian
December 31, 2021 16:52 UTC
NIN-SIM exercise gets fresh three months extension
The Federal Government has extended the NIN-SIM verification exercise by three months. This means that the earlier deadline of December 31, 2021, has moved to March 31, 2022. A statement jointly signed by the Director of Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr Ike Adinde and Head of Corporate Communications, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Kayode Adegoke, confirmed this development, Friday. According to the statement, NIN enrolments have exceeded 71 million as FG extends NIN-SIM Verification to March 31st, 2022. According to NCC and NIMC, as of December 30, 2021, the identity commission has over 14,000 enrolment centres set up across the country to facilitate and fast track the process.
Source:The Guardian
December 31, 2021 16:43 UTC