OSBC29 September, 2021 The Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ahmed Audi, has said that informants within security services and society are responsible for the increase in crimes and criminality in the society. He said this in Abuja on Tuesday at the stakeholders’ summit on the protection …
Read More »Nigeria’s eNaira CBDC Website Goes Live
OSBC29 September, 2021 The Central Bank of Nigeria has launched a website detailing its CBDC, the eNaira. Stating that the eNaira is both a medium of exchange and a store of value, the CBDC will be used in retail payments and remittances. Citizens can begin right away by downloading the app, which …
Read More »How Baba Ijesha defiled minor, by forensic expert witness
OSBC29 September, 2021 A forensic report, presented by a prosecution witness, Mrs. Olabisi Ajayi-Kayode to Special Offenses Court in Ikeja, yesterday, revealed how the embattled Yoruba actor, Mr. James Omiyinka, popularly known as ‘Baba Ijesha’, inserted a car key into the vagina of a minor.Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution …
Read More »Act now to avoid shutdown of health sector, JOHESU tells FG
OSBC29 September, 2021 The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (AHPA), has urged the federal government to act on its 15 days ultimatum issued on the 17th September 2021 to avoid total shutdown of health care system in the country. According to a statement by …
Read More »Over 75 oil companies owing Nigeria N2.66tn – What this means for Buhari’s govt
OSBC29 September, 2021 The Federal Government is owed N2.659 trillion ($6.48 billion) by 77 oil and gas companies, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has disclosed. NEITI said the indebtedness is linked to failure to pay various taxes, including company income tax, which accounts for $1.089 billion, value added tax …
Read More »PSC bans over 2,000 Nigerians from traveling abroad for evading COVID-19 tests
OSBC 28 September, 2021 The Presidential Steering Committee(PSC) on COVID-19 has banned over 2,000 Nigerians and foreigners from travelling abroad and into the country for one year, for evading the Coronavirus Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test at the country’s international airports. The Presidential Steering Committee(PSC) on COVID-19 has banned over …
Read More »COVID-19: Nigeria records 12 more deaths, 296 new infections
OSBC28 September, 2021 No fewer than 296 new infections and 12 COVID-19 related deaths were recorded in the country in the past 24 hours, according Tuesday morning’s update by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in Abuja. The new infections, which were reported in 14 states and the FCT, …
Read More »Abacha Remains Our Hero In Bayelsa – Governor Diri
OSBC 28 September 2021 Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, Monday said late former Head of State, General Sani Abacha, remained a hero to the people of the state and the Ijaw nation. Governor Duoye Diri The state of Bayelsa was created on October 1, 1996 during the regime of …
Read More »We Need Berlin Kind Of Walls At Our Borders, Navy Tells Reps
OSBC 29 September 2021 To help stem the tide of insecurity and the proliferation of arms and ammunition in Nigeria, erecting the Berlin kind of wall between Nigeria and her neighbours is urgently required, the Nigerian Navy has said. The Navy represented by Commodore Jemila Ababkar Sadiq stated this on …
Read More »Bandits attack church during service, open fire on worshippers in Kaduna
OSBC27 September, 2021 Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked the Evangelical Church of Winning All (ECWA), Gavaciwa in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State, gunning down a worshipper while several others were left injured. It was learnt that the incident occurred on Sunday morning while worship was going …
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