Author: Npo_report
By Halimah Olamide United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has won nine laurels at The Bankers Awards 2023, organized by The Banker Magazine – a publication of Financial Times of London, the world’s leading business newspaper. A statement made available to the NPO Reports by the bank said the awards were presented to the Bank at a ceremony in London, United Kingdom on Thursday. The awards which the statement said included the “highly coveted Bank of the Year Africa 2023” solidifies the bank’s position as the leading financial institution on the African continent. The statement said the bank’s subsidiaries also…
By Halimah Olamide Former Nigerian Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has described as untrue allegations of being a beneficiary of the Federal Government’s recent reinstatement of Integrated Logistic Services Nigeria Limited (Intels) boat pilotage monitoring business. NPO Reports gathered that the Nigerian Ports Authority, in a letter by Port Manager, Charles Okaga dated November 30 addressed to all shipping companies, announced the reinstatement of Intels as the Authority’s service boat operation monitoring provider in the pilotage districts. The letter read in part, “This is to kindly inform you that sequel to the Presidential Directives dated 18th August 2023 and the consent…
By Halimah Olamide President, Lawyers Alert, and Human Rights Activist, Rommymom, has stated that rape is at its highest today due to laws not being implemented to curb such vices. He made the assertion on day 9 of Wole Soyinka Center for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), 16-Day Activism Against Gender-Based Violence on Sunday. The online event which was themed: “Gender Policies and Bills in Nigeria” was moderated by TVC news correspondent and journalist, Tijesu Adeoye. Remmymom further urged that women should also be at the forefront of their struggle, as they only can tell their plights and stories better. “Women should…
By Halimah Olamide Stakeholders at the Wole Soyinka Center for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) have identified financial literacy as one of the key tools in easing financial accessibility for women. Speaking at the 8th day of the Wole Soyinka Center’s 16-Day Activism Against Gender-Based Violence on X space (Formerly Twitter) on Saturday, were panelists including Hon. Toki Mabogunje, Hon Consul of the United Republic of Tanzania to Lagos State, Mr. Simon Ogwu, COO, AG Mortgage Bank, Stella Adebayo, Team Lead Bizgrant Global and Mr. Lolade Akinmurele, Deputy Editor, Business Day. The online event which was themed: “How Easy it is for…
Police in Los Angeles have identified the suspect believed to be responsible for the murders of three of the city’s homeless community who were shot and killed as they slept this week, Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore announced on Saturday. The suspect was identified as Jerrid Joseph Powell, 33, a Black male who is a resident of Los Angeles, Moore said. Powell is also suspected in a fatal shooting during a robbery in San Dimas, about 28 miles east of Los Angeles, Moore added. Powell was already in custody in connection with the San Dimas shooting, authorities said Saturday.…
In March of 2021, he called his daughter to his bedside in suburban Boston after his first chemotherapy session and made a stunning confession: He was a fugitive, and had been one for more than five decades. More than 50 years earlier, when he was 20 years old, he’d robbed an Ohio bank of $215,000. And his real name was not Thomas Randele but Theodore Conrad. He implored his daughter not to look into the case. But after this bombshell revelation, Ashley Randele didn’t sleep much that night. So she did what most curious people would do. “I’m alone in…
Guinea-Bissau’s president says heavy gunfire that broke out in the capital on Friday was an attempted coup. He had been out of the country at the time, attending the the UN’s COP28 climate conference in Dubai. Speaking on Saturday, President Umaro Sissoco Embaló promised “serious consequences” for the perpetrators. This is the second foiled coup against his leadership in under two years. The unrest began late on Thursday evening into Friday mid-morning. A man described as the leader of a group of Soldiers who tried to free a detained minister and a senior state official in Guinea-Bissau has been caught,…
A man has died and two others, including a British man, have been injured in a knife and hammer attack on a street in central Paris. The attack occurred near the Eiffel Tower shortly before 21:00 local time (20:00 GMT) on Saturday. A 26-year-old French national known to security services has been arrested and anti-terrorism prosecutors have opened an investigation. The man killed was a German tourist who worked as a nurse. France’s Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said the victim was with his wife when he was attacked and fatally stabbed on Quai de Grenelle. He said the wife’s life…
By Kamil Opeyemi Fire has gutted an outlet of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation located in Iseyin Oyo State on Sunday. Witness accounts say that the fire started when a truck that brought petrol to the fuel station was discharging its product. As at press time, there were calls on the state fire service to come to the rescue of the station to put the fire out. It was gathered that youths in the community later joined the fire fighters who arrived the scene later to put the fire out. Details later….
By Kamil Opeyemi Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 27-year-old suspected cultist in the State. Benjamin Hundeyin, the state PPRO while announcing this in a terse statement on Sunday identified the suspect as Ahmed Ololade aka Small Mercy. According to the statement, the suspect was nabbed by operatives attached to Orile Division in the state. Items recovered from the suspect include 1 locally made pistol, 2 single barrel shotguns and 6 live cartridges. Other items include, 7 live 7.65mm ammunition, 1 live 9mm ammunition, two axes and charms. Investigation was still ongoing as at the time…