The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued fresh guidelines to Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) on the deposit of foreign currency notes with the apex bank. In circular no: COD/DIR/INT/CIR/001/016 issued by the Director of Currency Operators Mr. Mohammed Solaja Read more…
A member of the House of Representatives belonging to the group of opposition lawmakers known as the G60, Hon. Aliyu Mustapha, has urged the Inspector General of Police and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Commissioner, Ben Igwe, to investigate alleged Read more…
President Bola Tinubu has sympathised with traders affected by Thursday’s fire incident in Karu Market and urged caution and adherence to essential safety measures to forestall a recurrence. This is contained in a statement signed by Special Adviser to the Read more…
Governors from the Southern part of Nigeria, under the aegis of the Southern Governors’ Forum, yesterday called for the consideration of the ability of each state to pay the new minimum wage. Their call came as the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Read more…
The immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has written a letter to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, for the transfer of the alleged money laundering charge against him to Kogi.In a letter Read more…
As scheming mounts for the 2025 governorship election in Anambra State, an All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart, Pope Amaefuna has told the party to respect zoning to ensure victory at the coming poll. Amaefuna, an ex-officio and founding APC member, Read more…
The discovery of illegal bunkering camp in Bayelsa links prominent security firm to widespread oil theft operations June 27, 2024. During the early hours of Sunday, June 23rd, 2023, surveillance security operatives conducted patrols in the Okoroba axis of the Read more…
The sanctions and targeting of property practiced by the US and its allies could be considered acts of aggression and grounds for declaring war, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said. Medvedev, who currently serves as deputy chair of the Read more…
When Mujahid Abadi stepped outside to see if Israeli forces had entered his uncle’s neighborhood, he was shot in the arm and the foot. That was only the start of his ordeal. Hours later, beaten and bloodied, he found himself Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor A support group in the Labour Party (LP) Grassroot Warriors Initiative has decamped to All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). The leadership of the group was received at the S.pSG Hall Government House, Awka on Wednesday. The Coordinator Read more…
Hungary once again waged its veto to derail the European Union’s foreign policy on Wednesday by blocking the release of a joint statement denouncing the Kremlin’s recent decision to ban 81 European media outlets in Russia. The outlets targeted by Moscow include Read more…
The immediate-past governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has urged the Federal High Court in Kaduna to quash the report of the state House of Assembly indicting him of N432bn theft. In a suit filed by his lawyer, A.U. Read more…