By Aluta News Sept 21, 2021 Former Emir of Kano and leader of the Tijjaniyya adherents in Nigeria, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has cautioned Nigerians against cursing leaders over the challenges bedeviling the country. Sanusi II made the call while addressing Tijjaniyya adherents from seven states of the northwest geopolitical zoneContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 21, 2021 A Bill seeking to introduce stiffer punishment for kidnapping, wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement for ransom, has passed second reading at the Senate. This was sequel to the presentation of the lead debate by the sponsor, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun (APC-Osun) during plenary on Tuesday.Continue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 21, 2021 Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State said seven states in the North West and North Central have agreed to recruit 3,000 special vigilantes to assist in combating banditry and kidnapping. Masari disclosed this while fielding questions from newsmen on the sideline of a ConsultativeContinue Reading
By Aluta News September 21, 2021 World Peace Day: PCN urges youths to embrace peace The Peace Corp of Nigeria (PCN), has urged the youth to embrace peace so that the country would move forward. The National Commandant, PCN, Prof. Dickson Akoh, who led a delegation of Non Governmental Organisations,Continue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 21, 2021 A Kwara state High Court on Tuesday ordered the forfeiture of one iPhone, 1,500 dollars and vehicle to the Federal Government coffers. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged Tunde Olagunju, Hassan Olanrewaju, 29, and Ojo Adewale, a Bricklayer with crime bordering on love scam and cybercrimes. Delivering judgment, JusticeContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 21, 2021 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that he would appoint a special envoy for future generations and set up UN Youth Office. Guterres said that the young people across the world needed more than support. “We expect 10.9 billion people to be bornContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 21, 2021 A bill for an Act to amend the Pension Reform Act 2014 so as to exempt the Nigeria Police Force from the Contributory Pension Scheme has passed second reading. Sponsored by Rep Francis Waive (APC-Delta), the bill was read for the second time on theContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 21, 2021 The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said 20 per cent of Nigeria’s fulltime workforce lost employment during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Both organisations said this in a new report released on Tuesday in Abuja titled “TheContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 21, 2021 A new digital bank brand offering cash back and money management features has been launched in Britain by JP Morgan Chase. The Chase brand already provided a range of financial services to more than 60 million households in the U.S. Among its British offeringsContinue Reading
By Aluta News Sept 21, 2021 Sen. Rochas Okorocha, on Monday, in Abuja, stressed the need to reduce the cost of governance in Nigeria with a view to saving money for the country. Rochas said this at a media parley with the FCT Chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists,Continue Reading
