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South-West states including Ekiti, Ondo and Osun on Sunday said they had deployed Western Nigeria Security Network, Amotekun corps, in their forests and boundaries to check killer herdsmen. The state, however, differed on the presence of killer herdsmen in the forests of the region. While the Ekiti State Government in an interview said there were no […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it will continue to do all within its regulatory powers to educate Nigerians to desist from use of cryptocurrencies — despite growing criticism. The bank, in a statement on Sunday evening, said it is determined to protect the country’s financial system from activities of “fraudsters and speculators”. Its directive […]
The coast seems to be clear for Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to become the next Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) following the withdrawal of South Korean Trade Minister, Yoo Myung-hee, from the race on Friday. Following Yoo’s decision to quit the race, Okonjo-Iweala now remains the only candidate for the job which requires […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, by three months. Announcing this to State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Buhari, Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi, said the decision was to allow for proper selection of a successor. According to the Minister, the President reserved […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the names of the immediate past Service Chiefs to the Senate as non-career Ambassadors-Designate. This was disclosed in a tweet by the State House Abuja(@NGRPresident) on Thursday. The President in a letter to Senate President said: “In accordance with section 171 (1), (2) (c) & sub-section (4) of 1999 […]
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has regretted the continuous interference of external forces, who are not from the oil-rich region, in the activities of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, noting that the act frustrates programmes of the commission. Wike also condemned the posture of some ethnic groups in the region that behave as if […]
Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, on Tuesday showed up at the Force headquarters in Abuja wearing his uniform despite the fact that he has attained the statutory age of retirement, reports have gathered. Adamu, who was officially due for retirement on Monday 1st of February 2021, has refused to hand over the reins […]
The Abia State government has accused herders of kidnapping citizens of the state. John Okiyi Kalu, the state commissioner for information, made the allegation in a statement on Monday. He said the state government also condemned the destruction of farmlands by cows grazing openly. This came as the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday, […]
Sani Aliyu, national coordinator, presidential taskforce on COVID-19 (PTF), has warned Nigerians to take the COVID-19 pandemic seriously. Speaking when he featured on Television program Aliyu said the virus cannot be compared to malaria or typhoid in terms of survival rate because of its severity. Aliyu said the disease has claimed the live of someone […]
The ongoing National Identification Number and Subscriber Identity Module integration exercise has been extended by eight weeks, the Federal Government announced on Tuesday morning. It said the new deadline was now April 6, 2021. Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, Ikechukwu Adinde, who disclosed this, said the extension was conveyed by the Minister of Communications […]
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