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Adamu Garba of the All Progressive Congress has claimed that Senator Ike Ekweremadu serving a jail term in a foreign country is because of the weakness of the Nigerian system and what he described as “stenches of colonialism”. Garba questioned why a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria would be subjected to serve […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday, reacted to reports that it planned to phase out the newly redesigned N1,000, N500 and N200 Naira notes. Dr. Isa AbdulMumim, Ag. The Director, Corporate Communications of the bank, yesterday, described the reports as “fake news.” While advising members of the public to ignore such reports, […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it will investigate allegations of a cancer-causing chemical found in Indomie noodles. Health officials in Malaysia and Taiwan said they had detected ethylene oxide, a compound, in Indomie’s “special chicken” flavour noodles. Ethylene oxide is a colourless, odourless gas that is […]
Federal Government has called on relevant authorities at the contiguous borders of Sudan to create a humane condition for about 7,000 nationals, including Nigerians, to have access to their various destinations. Nigerians in Diaspora Commission chairman, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, made this call on Friday that the nationals were not being allowed to cross the […]
The Organised Labour have described the Federal Government’s decision to suspend the removal of fuel subsidy as the “best option”. Mr Benson Upah, Head of Information, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said this to newsmen while reacting to the recent suspension of the subsidy removal by the Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja. It would […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, has reiterated its readiness to revoke the registration of Non-Governmental Organizations found to have links with any terrorist group. Abdulrasheed Bawa the executive Chairman of the Commission disclosed this at the opening of a one-day workshop on economic and financial crime reporting the commission organised for […]
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has asked the federal government to suspend the National Housing and Population Census scheduled to begin on May 3. The body requested this in a communique issued at the end of its monthly meeting held at the residence of its acting leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, in Isanya Ogbo, […]
Imran J Umar, a Nigerian student stuck in Sudan has narrated how his colleagues fleeing from the war outbreak in Sudan have to use their Passports as collateral for their bus to get going over alleged non-payment by the Federal Government. Umar, made the revelation while responding to a tweet by Madam Abike […]
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada, on Wednesday, said no Nigerian life has been lost so far in the crisis engulfing Sudan. He stated this at a media briefing after the Federal Executive Council Meeting, adding that the Federal Government had already perfected plans to evacuate over 5,000 citizens in the […]
The federal government says the 40 buses evacuating Nigerians from the civil unrest in Sudan cost about $1.2 million. According to NAN, Geoffery Onyeama, minister of foreign affairs, spoke on Wednesday. The minister said the high cost of the evacuation was to provide security cover for the Nigerians’ journey to the Egyptian borders. “The sum […]
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