By Correspondent in Lokoja. The owner of popular Cheapest Kiddies supermarket in Lokoja, Kogi State,Mrs Funke Ayodele, who was Kidnapped few days ago in Lokoja has regained her freedom, The Reporters gathered. A reliable source, who would not want this printed, told The Reporters in Lokoja on Sunday that Ayodele was at Rhema chapel International…
Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022) Photo credit:, Daily Trust. The Queen Elizabeth’s funeral comes up on Monday, 19 September according to Buckingham Palace. The palace said that event would come at the end of an official 10-day period of mourning, after the death of Queen Elizabeth, aged 96 on Thursday. It will be held at 11a.m…
Abuja. An NGO, Buhari Media Organisation (BMO),has described the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN’s) strategy of an efficient payment system through the introduction and implementation of the e-Naira as a laudable effort that is contributing to the success of our digital economy. According BMO) the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), also known as e-Naira, is…
Lagos. Funmisola Olaoye has died from injuries she sustained in a building collapse at Adeleke Street, Bariga, Lagos, four weeks after losing her only son to the incident. Hammed, one of her neighbours who spoke with TheCable on Sunday, said the woman died on Saturday at the National Orthopedic Hospital. “She died at the Gbobi…
By Goodluck Ikiebe The World Health Organisation (WHO) says that more than 700,000 people commit suicide globally every year with 77 per cent of all global suicides occurring in low and middle-income countries. Dr Walter Mulombo, WHO Country Representative to Nigeria, said this in a message to commemorate the 2022 World Suicide Prevention Day. Mulombo…
By Correspondent in Lokoja. Kidnappers that abducted the owner of popular Cheapest Kiddies supermarket in Lokoja, Kogi State,Mrs Funke Ayodele, have called family of their victim, demanding for N30 million before they could set her free. The Reporters gathered that Ayodele, an industrious female entrepreneur, was kidnapped in front of her residence around Old Poly…
By Correspondent in Lokoja Operatives of Kogi State Polytechnic Security Unit, Lokoja have intercepted one Friday Momoh who was in possession of hard drugs while making his way to the main campus of the Polytechnic in Lokoja. Uredo Omale,Head, Public Relations and Protocol Unit.Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja in a statement she sent to The Reporters…
By Okeoghene Akubuike Abuja – The National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) says Nigeria’s total merchandise trade stands at N12,841.54 billion, in the second quarter of 2022. This is according to the NBS Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics Report for Q2 2022 released in Abuja on Thursday. The report said the figure was lower than the value…
By Goodluck Ikiebe. An international, Non Governmental Organisation, Compassion for Women and Youth Initiative, says it has provided free medical care to thousands of women and orphans in some communities in Nigeria since inception. The Founder and Convener, Princess Augusta Aguinede, disclosed this in an exclusive interview with our Correspondent. According to her, services offered…
Hajia Rekiya Onaivo Sani,MD/CEO,KEDA explaining achievements of the agency to Journalists during breakfast chat in Lokoja. By Dada Ahmed. Pieces of empirical evidence have shown that operators of Small and Medium Enterprises,SMEs, in Nigeria have living in the world of irony for years despite their Importance as game changers in the economic development of the…
