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Armed robbers broke into a branch of Wema Bank in Iragbiji, headquarters of Boripe Local Government Area of Osun State, on Tuesday, killing a policeman. A resident of the town, who spoke with Daily Trust, said the robbers also attacked the police station in the community. The deceased policeman was simply identified as Ahmed. According to the eyewitness, the armed robbers who also attacked the police station shot the policeman who exchanged fire with them. The robbers, who reportedly operated for about 30 minutes, carted away money from the bank located beside the palace of the traditional ruler of the town, Oba Abdulrosheed Olabomi. The Police Public Relations Officer for Osun State Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, a reinforcement team had been deployed in Iragbiji. Recently, a commercial bank in Iree, near Iragbiji, was robbed and a policeman was shot dead.

The physical verification exercise was extended from September 24 to September 30, 2021. The N-Power authorities disclosed this in a message on its verified Facebook page on Friday. Beneficiaries of Batch C must pass through the physical verification before they are posted to their places of Primary Assignments (PPAs). “The ongoing physical verification exercise for the N-Power Batch C, Stream 1 has been extended by a period of 1 week.

A former governor of the Central Bank (CBN), Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi, has said the Nigerian economy is about to collapse.... ODUN OLOJO 2021 A former governor of the Central Bank (CBN), Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi, has said the Nigerian economy is about to collapse. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the Kaduna Investment Summit, tagged KadInvest 6.0, Sanusi said aside the fact that Nigeria is having difficulties in oil production, the product is now being rejected in the global market. The former Emir of Kano said the “goose laying the golden egg for Nigeria is about to die”. He said the future lies in a knowledge-based economy, adding that Nigeria is behind many African countries in innovation index. He lamented that, while Ghana with a smaller economy invests more in education, Nigeria spends only seven per cent of its budget in that direction. “Only eight of every 100 Nigerians who start primary school completes university.” “Globally, work is being redefined; 30 to 40 per cent of worke

Ahead of the 2023 general elections prominent Nigerians have established a third force, Rescue Nigeria Project, RNP, to give Nigerians alternative platform to the All Progressives Congress, APC and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Founders of RNP include former governor of Kwara state, Ahmed Abdulfatai, Prof. Pat Utomi, Prof. Tunde Adeniran, former Governor of Cross River state, Donald Duke, Senator Lee Maeba, Usman Bugaje, Prof. Attahiru Jega, Amb. Nkoyo Toyo, Yomi Awoniyi, Dr. Rose Idi Danladi, Dr. Sadiq Gombe among others. Delivering his keynote address, Abdulfatai lamented the state of the nation, noting that the high level of nepotism and lack of inclusiveness have given rise to agitations by different ethnic groups. He recalled that in 2015, Nigerians embraced change, adding that today, “that change appears to be what we didn’t expect, as insecurity has taken over the nation.”