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By Hallimah Olamide The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has inaugurated the FirstBank chapter to strengthen goals and technical skills within the accounting field for the bank’s employees and the larger professional community. The inauguration took place at the Firstbank’s headquarters on Monday in Lagos, when the council of the institute paid a courtesy visit to the bank. The President ICAN, Dr Innocent Okwuosa, said that the bank’s longstanding dedication to excellence, with its 330 associates holding ICAN membership, justified the establishment of the FirstBank chapter. “We want to commend FirstBank and its subsidiary for promoting excellence in…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Monday, demolished a multimillion naira duplex built on plot 226, in Wuse Zone 6, an unapproved land. Mr Mukhtar Gidado, Director, Department of Development Control, said that the building was illegally developed against all warnings. Gidado said that his team had carried out extensive investigation to ascertain the original owner of the plot, given varying claims that were being put forth by the parties. He added that investigation revealed that the developer was not the owner of the plot, adding, “that is why we had to remove the building.” According…
By Kamil Opeyemi Troops of Operation Safe Haven on Operation Hakorin Damisa IV in Plateau State, North Central Nigeria, have intercepted a truck conveying vandalised railway tracks along Gidan Ado village in Riyom Local Government Area of the state. Media Information Officer of Operation Safe Haven, Captain Oya James, in a press release, stated that troops also arrested some suspects involved in kidnapping, neutralised bandits and recovered arms and ammunition during activities in the area of operation. According to the statement seventeen suspects in connection with various criminal activities were apprehended while a sting operation carried out at Jagindi Tasha…
Spanish Football Federation regional leaders have called on their president Luis Rubiales to immediately resign after he kissed player Jenni Hermoso. Rubiales, 46, has been widely criticised after the incident following Spain’s Women’s World Cup final win. Hermoso, 33, said the kiss on her lips was not consensual. Earlier, Spanish prosecutors opened a preliminary investigation into whether the incident amounts to a crime of sexual assault. In other developments on Monday, Rubiales’ mother Angeles Bejar locked herself in a Spanish church and went on a hunger strike in protest of the treatment of her son. In the evening, hundreds of people gathered…
In a wide ranging interview about his life after retiring as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci tells the BBC’s Katty Kay that 96% of the US population has a degree of immunity against the most recent Covid variant but urges people to get a booster shot that will be released in September. “There is enough fundamental community-level protection, it’s not going to be the tsunami of cases that we’ve seen.” Source: BBC News
Thousands of air passengers have been suffering long delays and cancellations after a “technical issue” hit UK air traffic control systems. People are stuck in the UK and abroad, after National Air Traffic Services limited the number of planes landing. Airlines and airports warned there were still “significant delays” despite the issue being fixed within hours. One passenger told BBC News her afternoon flight was not expected to leave until after midnight. There have been warnings that some knock-on disruption could last for days. Heathrow said late on Monday evening that schedules remained significantly disrupted, adding that people travelling on…
Florida and Cuba are bracing for Tropical Storm Idalia, which is expected to intensify into a dangerous Category 3 hurricane, forecasters say. Idalia is expected to gain hurricane force before making landfall in Big Bend, Florida, on Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. Another storm, Franklin, could bring life-threatening storm surges to the US East Coast and Bermuda. It comes as the Atlantic hurricane season nears its peak. Franklin is the first major hurricane of the season, which runs from June to November. It is currently a Category 4 storm, packing 145mph (230km/h) winds, but is expected to weaken…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, says the assembly reserves the right to expose screening reports of the committee on the 17 rejected commissioner-nominees Obasa disclosed this at plenary on Monday, warning those planning protests and sponsoring media articles to desist, saying the house would not be threatened over the issue. It would be recalled that the assembly on Wednesday at plenary, rejected 17 commissioner nominees, including former commissioner for health, Prof. Akin Abayomi and former commissioner for information, Mr Gbenga Omotosho. The lawmakers did not give reasons for the rejection. The lawmakers,…
By Kamil Opeyemi Troops of 144 Battalion have successfully rescued 25 hostages held captive by Boko Haram terrorists. This was disclosed in a statement on Monday by the Army spokesperson Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu saying that the troops in conjunction with a Hybrid Force, extricated 14 hostages in a clearance operation at Gobara village in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno state on Saturday 26 August 2023. He said that the rescued persons included six women and eight children. The Army spokesperson said that in a similar operation on Sunday 27 August 2023, troops of 82 Task Force Battalion in…
By Kamil Opeyemi The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has advised Nigerians not to entertain fear over the release of the excess water from Lagdo Dam from Cameroon. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Manzo Ezekiel, Head of the agency’s press unit, on Monday in Abuja. He said that the agency is working with critical stakeholders at the federal, states and local governments to ensure that the release does not cause negative impacts. He said that efforts were already on gear to prevent much havoc especially on the low-lying communities along the states likely to be affected.…