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A GoFundMe campaign has been launched for Sunday Adeyemo, a Yoruba activist better known as Sunday Igboho to support his campaign against killer herdsmen. The Nation learnt the campaign was launched by one Maureen Badejo, based in the United Kingdom for “purchase of buses for Sunday Igboho”. The GoFundMe page is meant to help raise £100,000 (N51.8m). The link to the page is here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/purchase-of-buses-for-sunday-igboho?qid=b718378acbc944ee6ff356437706e288 “Let us rise up and support chief Sunday Adeyemo Igboho, they need buses to move around to secure our ancestral land. “Our security is threatened as we speak. It seems people in a position of authority…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has advised the Federal Government to have a rethink on its directive on cryptocurrency transactions in the country. This advice, which was contained in a statement on Saturday, was in reaction to the directive of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to banks and other financial institutions to close accounts of any individual who transact in cryptocurrency. The CBN had told the regulated institutions that dealing in cryptocurrencies or facilitating payments for cryptocurrency exchanges was prohibited. But Atiku stated that it was wrong to issue such a directive at this time, saying the number one…

Nigeria has lifted its suspension of Emirates airlines flights imposed after the carrier sought additional COVID-19 tests for passengers from Nigeria, a spokesman for the country’s aviation regulator said on Friday. “The suspension has just been lifted, because they have complied with what we want,” said the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) spokesman in a phone call. He said further details would soon be made public in a statement. An Emirates spokesperson said the company “can confirm that we will continue to operate services to Abuja and Lagos.” An aviation ministry spokesman on Monday told a news conference that the…

SuperSport viewers on DStv and GOtv can look forward to Round 21 action from the 2020-21 Serie A, La Liga and Premier League season, with matches scheduled for 5th – 8th February 2021. The pick of matches from Serie A this weekend sees Juventus host Roma at the Allianz Stadium in Turin on Saturday, 6th February at 6pm on SuperSport Football (DStv Channel 205) and SuperSport GOtv Select 1 (Channel 33). These two teams are on the fringes of the title race and could push for glory should they string together a strong run of form, but it seems more likely that they are battling for a berth in the top…

Christopher Plummer, the distinguished Canadian actor best known for his role as Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music, has died at the age of 91. He won an Oscar in 2012 for the film Beginners and was also nominated for The Last Station in 2010 and All the Money in the World in 2018. In the latter film he replaced Kevin Spacey, whose performance as billionaire J Paul Getty was removed. His many other films included The Man Who Would Be King and Knives Out. He was a memorably villainous Klingon in the sixth Star Trek film and…

Bandits have opened fire on six commuters along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari road. Kaduna Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. He said the bandits, who were on the run from aggressive patrols by security agencies in the Birnin Gwari general area, took to the highway around Ungwan Dangedda, adding as they retreated, they shot at several vehicles. The driver of one commercial vehicle was said to have been hit and lost control of the vehicle, which somersaulted several times before coming to a stop. According to the Commissioner, the bandits then…

Former President Donald Trump refused Thursday to testify in his looming impeachment trial after being called by House prosecutors to give evidence, branding the process “unconstitutional.” Trump’s lawyers ridiculed the request in a letter by lead House prosecutor Jamie Raskin to answer questions over the January 6 attack on the US Capitol as a “public relations stunt.” “Your letter only confirms what is known to everyone: you cannot prove your allegations” against Trump, attorneys Bruce Castor and David Schoen said in their reply. While the attorneys did not say whether he would testify, a senior advisor to Trump, Jason Miller, said flatly that he…

An Orthodox Church was facing growing pressure on Thursday to change baptism rituals in Romania after a baby died following a ceremony, which involves immersing infants three times in holy water. The six-week-old suffered a cardiac arrest and was rushed to hospital on Monday but he died a few hours later, the autopsy revealing liquid in his lungs. Prosecutors have opened a manslaughter probe against the priest in the northeastern city of Suceava. An online petition calling for changes to the ritual had gathered more than 56,000 signatures by Thursday evening. “The death of a newborn baby because of this…

The World Bank approved $500 million to support the government of Nigeria in improving its electricity distribution sector. The project will help boost electricity access by improving the performance of the Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) through a large-scale metering program desired by Nigerians for a long time. In addition, financial support would be provided to private distribution companies only on achievement of results in terms of access connections, improved financial management and network expansion. 85 million Nigerians don’t have access to grid electricity. This represents 43% percent of the country’s population and makes Nigeria the country with the largest energy…

The Central Bank of Nigeria has notified Deposit Money Banks, Non-Financial Institutions, other financial institutions against doing business in Crypto and other digital assets. In a circular dated 5th February 2021 and distributed to regulated financial firms, the apex bank of Africa’s largest economy warned and reminded local financial institutions against having any transactions in crypto or facilitating payments for crypto exchanges. In addition, the apex bank instructed the financial institutions to immediately close the accounts of such persons or entities transacting in or operating cryptocurrency exchanges. The Apex bank further warned the Nigerian Financial Stakeholders that any breach of this directive…