A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has been released from Kuje Correctional Centre after his lawyers perfected his bail conditions. His lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mathew Burkaa, confirmed this to Channels Television. Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory...
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By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – Troops of the Joint Task Force North-West Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) have rescued 52 kidnapped victims in an operation in the Isa Local Government Area (LGA) of Sokoto State. The spokesperson for Operation Hadarin Daji, Captain Yahaya Ibrahim, revealed this in a...
Nigeria First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has said the year 2024 would be glorious for all Nigerians. The first lady said this in her Christmas message after she held an elaborate Christmas party for the children of Nana Berry Orphanage, Abuja. She also advised parents to continue to...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Niger State Governor, Umar Bago, has said his administration will likely hit N1 trillion in revenue through the Niger Food Security and Logistics Company, in the next five years. The governor’s Special Adviser on Digital Media and Strategy, Mr Abdullberqy Ebbo, stated this...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has said that the state will always be home to all. The governor made the assertion, Thursday, when he received the Eze Ndigbo and members of the Igbo Community in Cross River State during a courtesy...
Rep. Yusuf Baraje (APC-Niger), has distributed 3,000 bags of rice to his constituents to cushion the current economic hardship. Baraje, while speaking during the symbolic presentation of the items in Minna on Saturday, said the 3,000 bags of rice, packaged in 20kgs were worth over N50 million....
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has urged management and staff of the Commission to pray that the development and prosperity of the Niger Delta region continues to flow from the interventionist agency. Ogbuku made the...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has lifted the ban it imposed two years ago on cryptocurrency transactions in the Nigerian banking system. The CBN announced the reversal of the policy in a circular by Haruna Mustapha, its Director, Financial Policy and Regulation. Mustapha said that the apex...
The nation’s correctional centres have 3,413 inmates on death row, according to Mr Abubakar Umar, spokesman of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS). Umar told newsmen on Friday in Abuja that the total number of inmates in centres across the country is 77,849 comprising 76,081 males and 1,768 females...
Dimeji Ajibola’s ‘Shanty Town’ and Toka Mcbaror (Underbelly)’ emerged the biggest winners of the 2023 Best of Nollywood (BON) Awards, which took place in Osogbo, on Friday night. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the BON awards saw various entertainment stakeholders receive awards for their works...
President Bola Tinubu has said he will continue to count on support of Nigerians that voted for him and those that did not. The President said this at the Ansarudeen Society of Nigeria (ADS) Mosque on Friday in Surulere, Lagos State. The ADS is celebrating its 100 years...
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The Renewed Hope Conditional Cash Transfer program, which President Bola Tinubu introduced for 15 million households about sixty days ago, is already having a significant impact, according to the beneficiaries of the program. A recent independent investigation carried out to ascertain the efficacy and practicability of the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Special Adviser to the president on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga has said the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele and his cohorts would be facing a firing squad if they were in China. Mr. Onanuga...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Federal Government has declared Monday, 25, Tuesday, 26 and Jan. 1, 2024, as public holidays to mark Christmas and new year celebrations. The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration in a statement on Friday in Abuja, on behalf...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Friday presented 40 SUV cars and four Hilux vans to the state’s lawmakers and judges. He also presented 25 ambulances to local governments. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor also presented three brand new fire fighting vans to...
An economist, Prof. Uche Uwaleke has urged the National Assembly to allow the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to determine the most suitable exchange rate management strategy for Nigeria. Uwaleke, who is the President, Capital Market Academics of Nigeria, gave the advice in an interview with the News...
The Niger State Government has discovered about 200 fake names on the state government’s payroll. The State Commissioner for Finance, Malam Lawal Maikano, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen shortly after the ministry’s 2024 budget defence in Minna on Friday. Maikano said the discovery was as...
The Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Emmanuel Ogalla, said the Nigerian Navy had so far apprehended 23 vessels and destroyed 703 illegal refineries in its operations Ogalla disclosed this during a meeting with Principal Staff Officers, Flag Officers Commanding and Base Commanders, on Friday in...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised alarm on the increase in dengue infections recorded in 2023 globally, which represents a potentially high public health threat. The UN health agency gave the warning on Friday as it reported more than five million dengue infections and 5,000 deaths from...