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A statistician has expressed his displeasure after his friend lost her marketing job because she couldn’t meet up with her monthly N300 million target her company set for her
According to him, she earned a monthly salary of N360,000, but felt the target she was given by her organization was unrealistic.
Vice President Kashim Shettima has urged Nigerians to be patient with the administration of President Bola Tinubu, saying he is steering the ship of state through the economic turbulence and storm he met on ground on assumption of office.
The VP said this at an event in Abuja on Thursday, May 2, 2024.
“Soon, Nigeria’s economy will experience significant growth once we’ve overcome these sacrifices.
Positive changes will soon be evident across all economic indicators – inflation, per capita income, GDP numbers, poverty reduction, food security, and all aspects close to the hearts of our people,” he said.
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested the alleged mastermind behind the March 29, 2022 Abuja-Kaduna train att@ck that left some passengers k+lled and scores abd¥cted.
The suspect, identified as Ibrahim Abdullahi aka Mande, is also said to be behind the kidn@pping and m¥rder of students of Greenfield University and the many abd¥ctions along the Abuja-Kaduna highway.
Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who made this known in Kaduna on Thursday, May 2, said 48 AK-47 rifles were seized during Mande’s arrest and efforts were underway to identify his sponsor and supplier of w£apons.
“On 12th January 2024, police operatives attached to an anti-kidn@pping unit of Kaduna State Criminal Investigation Department, based on credible information swooped in and arrested one Ibrahim Abdullahi aka MANDE at Abuja-Kaduna Road flyover by Rido Junction.
The suspect confessed to being the leader of a kidn@p syndicate t£rrorizing the Kaduna-Abuja highway, ranked among other criminals like Dogo Gide and Bello Turji.
He had participated in various kidn@pping incidents including the kidn@pping incident at Green Field University and he partook in almost all the kidn@ppings along the Abuja-Kaduna highway.”
Police operatives in Ogun State have arrested a 30-year-old actor, identified simply as Praise, for allegedly abd¥cting and d£filing a 14-year-old girl in Mowe area of the State.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, in a statement on Thursday, May 2, said the suspect was arrested following a report by the grandparents of the teenager, who reported that their granddaughter got missing since the 27th of April 2024.
“The arrest came following a report on the 1st of May at about 1405 hours from the grandparents of the teenager that their granddaughter got missing since the 27th of April 2024.
The grandparents of the abd¥cted teenager also alleged the suspect of having unlawful carnal knowledge of their granddaughter, who, under careful observation, was discovered to have been bl££ding profusely.
Medical forms have been issued for examination and treatment in a government hospital for more credible evidence,” the statement reads.
The number of foreign students applying to bring family members to Britain has dropped by 80 per cent, new figures show.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in a statement on Wednesday, May 1, said that the figures mean that his changes to the country’s visa system were working.
Home Office data reveals that more than 26,000 fewer student visa applications were made from January to March 2024 compared to the same period in 2023.
Restrictions which bar most foreign students bringing their dependants into U.K. while they study came into force on January 1.
Across three visa categories reformed by the Home Secretary James Cleverly this year, there was a 24 per cent drop in applications overall, the figures showed.