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Zamfara men arrested for printing fake naira, dollar notes
The Zamfara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested three persons in connection with fake currency worth N2 million. Parading the suspects, the Command’s Public Relations Offer, Mr.…
Peter Obi lied about his phone conversation with Oyedepo – Sowore
Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC) has branded Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi a liar after he denied his conversation with Bishop David Oyedepo on phone.…
Eze Igbo Who Threatened To Invite IPOB To Protect Igbos In Lagos, Remanded In Prison
Eze Igbo of Ajao Estate, Fedrick Nwajagu, has been ordered to be remanded at the Ikoyi…
Subsidy removal in a fix as refineries miss repair deadline
The March completion deadline for the initial stage of repair work on the Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna refineries has been missed, and continued delay in…
Banks’ deposits with CBN drop 95.82% on naira redesign
Commercial banks’ deposits with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), known as Standing Deposit Facility (SDF), has dropped by 95.82 percent in less than two months due to the cash crunch occasioned by the naira…
Census: FEC approves N15.3bn for purchase of ICT devices
The federal executive council (FEC) has approved the sum of N15.3 billion for the supply and installation of information and communication…
Daddying Onto The Frontline
Since the leak of the Peter Obi-Pastor David Oyedepo audio, a storm of controversy, accusations and counter-accusations has coloured the political atmosphere, a little more than was the norm. But the question here…
NAPTIP Arrests Cultists Threatening To Release Women’s Nude Videos In FCT
Agency warns ladies against filming nude videos The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has arrested members of a cult group in the…
Kano Court Orders Man To Slaughter His Fowl For Disturbing Neighbours
Give me till Easter, he pleads A magistrates’ court sitting in Gidan Murtala, Kano, has ordered one Isyaku Shu’aibu who owns a rooster notorious for its loud crows to…
Why Price Of Rice May Rise Further
Paddy scarcity leaves millers in tight spot Consumers are becoming increasingly alarmed by the rising price of processed rice, which millers attribute to the cost of…
Lekki risks being new Apapa on port, refinery
Francis Edidiong, a computer engineer, lives in Bogije in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos and works with an information technology firm in Victoria Island. Although Lekki Deep Seaport and the Dangote Refinery, both…
Afenifere, Igbo leaders tackle Mohammed over treason, polls claims
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, yesterday, tackled the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, over his stance on…
Neighbours feed fat on Nigeria’s poorly funded, inefficient seaports
• Local ports get N2 billion budgetary allocations in eight years • Ports recovering with current reforms, NPA boss says Eight years after…
Kogi Attack: 10 Were Killed, 50 Houses Razed – Witness
A resident of Aloko -Oganenigwu in Dekina local government areas of Kogi state, Elder David Abimaje, has said the gunmen who invaded three communities, last Sunday, killed 10 people and set not less than 50 houses ablaze. Abimaje…
Opposition parties plot to produce Reps’ Speaker
Ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, members of the opposition political parties in the House of Representatives…
It’s Sad Leaving Nigeria, Says Outgoing UK Envoy
Catriona Wendy Laing, outgoing British High Commissioner to Nigeria, says she is sad to be leaving Africa’s most populous nation. She spoke during a farewell visit to President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday at the State…
Tension as police officer kills civilian in Delta over N100 bribe
THE was tension in Asaba, Delta State capital, Thursday, following the alleged killing of a middle-aged businessman by a police officer after the deceased reportedly refused to offer him a N100 bribe at a…
Kaduna Gov’t Reinstates 1,288 Sacked Primary School Teachers
The Kaduna State Government has approved the reinstatement of 1,288 public primary school teachers sacked in June 2022 after the conduct of a competency test. Hajiya Hauwa Mohammed, the Public Relation Officer, State Universal Basic…
Arewa Group clamours for Akpabio to be 10th Senate President
A group, Arewa Network of Social Reformers, (ANSR), has said the Southsouth region helped the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to get 25 per cent of the 2/3rd of states to win the presidential elections,…
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway To Be Completed In April – FG
The Minister of Works and Housing Mr Babatunde Fashola says the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will be completed by April 30. Fashola said this at the pre-inspection of the completed Loko-oweto Bridge in Nasarawa State on…
Obi Denies Leaked Audio, Says He’s Under Pressure To Go On Exile
Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has denied describing the 2023 elections as a religious war, saying he is under pressure to go on exile. In an audio that leaked over the weekend, Obi was…
Putin Says US Responsible For Ukraine Crisis
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday told the new US ambassador in Moscow, Lynne Tracy, that Washington was responsible for the “Ukrainian crisis” while accepting her credentials in a Kremlin ceremony. Unlike…
Subsidy Removal: FG Secures $800m From World Bank As Palliatives For Poor Nigerians
The Federal Government has secured the sum of $800 million from the World Bank under the National Social Investment Programme as part of palliatives to cushion the negative effects of the plan to remove subsidy on the…
Chelsea Set To Appoint Lampard As Caretaker Manager
Chelsea are in advanced talks with club legend Frank Lampard to return as caretaker manager until the end of the season. If talks go well,… Chelsea are in advanced talks with club legend Frank Lampard to return as…