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The Central Bank of Nigeria has raised the interest rate to 13.5 per cent. CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, announced this on Tuesday while addressing the reporters after the Monetary Policy Committee meeting in Abuja. Justifying the raise, Emefiele said the MPC is suspicious “there might be an aggressive accretion of inflation”. To prevent […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has said bandits are using the captives of the Kaduna train attack as shields, making rescue operations difficult. The president said this while receiving residents of the Federal Capital Territory on Sallah homage at the State House, Abuja. Buhari said the government would explore every opportunity to rescue the captives […]
The sum of N44.2 million got missing on Wednesday at the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The development led to the abrupt end of the sale of forms, especially for the Senate and House of Representatives over the sudden disappearance of the N44.2 million. The party had put up a […]
Billionaire drug baron behind the N3billion Tramadol deal involving the embattled suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari-led Intelligence Response Team, IRT, Chief Afam Mallinson Emmanuel Ukatu has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. After months of surveillance and evading arrest, Ukatu who is Chairman of Mallinson […]
Officials at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, on Thursday, stated that the female passenger who slumped and died on her way to Lagos from Abuja at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, had health challenges. However, other passengers at the terminal when the incident happened on Wednesday knocked FAAN for delaying sending […]
Sheik Nuru Khalid, the founder of Islamic Research and Da’awah Foundation, has said a majority of Imams are scared to speak concerning the present situation of the country. Khalid said this on Wednesday during a program on Trust TV, Daily Politics. The Imam urged other clerics to always stand with the truth no […]
Senate has said that it will investigate why the Super Eagles lost the march against the Black Stars of Ghana in an attempt to qualify for this year’s World Cup played at the M.K.O Abiola National Stadium on Tuesday in Abuja. According to the Senate, board room politics contributed to Nigeria being edged […]
The estranged wife of ex-Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, Precious Chikwendu, was arraigned in court on Thursday by Nigeria police. Chikwendu was arraigned before Justice Obiora Egwuatu at the Federal High Court, Abuja on five counts charges bordering cybercrime but she however pleaded not guilty. The prosecuting counsel, Mr Victor, however prayed the court […]
Former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, has apologised over a statement made about INEC issued permanent voter cards (PVCs). Tinubu had said while addressing women leaders in Abuja, that the PVCs Nigerians possess have expired. “In case they do not announce to you on time, the PVC you have has expired,”. “Take one […]
MTN Nigeria and Mafab Communications Limited have been awarded the slots for the 5G spectrum in the auction by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). MTN is a telco giant in Nigeria, while Mafab Communications Ltd. was incorporated in 2020 and licensed by the Nigerian Telecommunications commission to provide and operate Local Interconnect and International […]
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