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The Senate has expressed its dissatisfaction over the performance and management of the Assets Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON, and calls for its scrapping. On Wednesday the Managing Director of AMCON, Ahmed Kuru, and his management team came before the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions led by Senator Adetokunbo Abiru. […]
The Director-General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa Nuhu was suspended by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday. According to Ajuri Ngelale, Presidential spokesperson on media, Nuhu was suspended to enable the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to investigate him and other senior officials. Immediately Nuhu was suspended, Chris Najomo was […]
The Rivers State House of Assembly Complex has been demolished following a lingering political crisis in the state. Bulldozers could be seen around the complex on Wednesday morning bringing down the Assembly structure. This was before the factional Speaker, Edison Ehie, led other lawmakers who are loyalists to Governor Fubara, to hold a sitting […]
Power has been transmitted by the Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to his Deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, as he embarks on a medical treatment which commences on Wednesday, 13th December 2023. In a statement on Tuesday, Richard Olatunde, the spokesperson to the Governor said the deputy governor will assume the responsibilities of the governor […]
No fewer than 250 shops and business premises at the Eziukwu Road Market in Aba, Abia State have been shut down by operatives of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration (NAFDAC) in an ongoing operation against producers of suspected fake products. The operation which started on Monday, December 11, had on […]
The cargo exchange rate for clearance has been raised by the Central Bank with orders from the Federal government from N783/$ to N952/$ The cargo clearance rate was earlier increased in November from N757/$ to N783/$. Punch reports that the new rate now reflects on the Nigeria Customs Service portal. With the new adjustment […]
Following the protest by students of the University of Calabar over a hike in tuition fees, Prof. Florence Obi, the Vice Chancellor of the institution has ordered a stop to the increment until further notice. The decision is contained in a statement issued on Monday by the university’s Registrar, Mr Gabriel Egbe, and […]
The Federal Government faced heavy criticism from opposition parties and Nigerians over the large number of delegates representing the country at COP-28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Responding to Nigerians in a statement on Monday through the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, FG says the representatives are in line with the […]
An uncertain number of villagers in Tudun Biri a community in the Igabi LGA of Kaduna State are feared dead after a bomb was allegedly dropped by a Nigerian Air Force jet during Maulud celebration. Reports on the incident are still sketchy, as about 30 persons are believed to have died on Sunday around […]
The man from Nasarawa State who rode a bicycle from Jos, Plateau State to Saudi Arabia from February 2021 to December 2022, Aliyu Abdullahi Obobo said he has no regret for turning down the 200,000 Riyal in Saudi Arabia. Obobo said he wants his home country to house the bicycle as a national […]
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