The Kano State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has urged reporters covering its proceedings to report them accurately. The panel chairman, Justice Halima Mohammad, made the appeal during their inaugural sitting, threatening action in the event of any misrepresentation. She said: ...
Read More »CBN governor Emefiele flays high unemployment rate, urges quick action to check recession
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has said the country’s failure to tackle its high rate of unemployment, may lead to another recession sooner than later. Emefiele stated this while delivering the third eminent lecture series ...
Read More »Investors over-subscribe 30-year FGN bond by N100 billion
The Debt Management Office (DMO) yesterday said its longest debt paper so far-the 30-year May 2019 FGN Bond auction – again attracted over-subscription like it did the previous month. The agency submitted that it was oversubscribed byN100 billion far from ...
Read More »President Buhari visits Ogun on May 25
President Muhammadu Buhari is visiting Ogun State on Saturday, May 25, to commission a number of projects embarked upon by the Governor Ibikunle Amosun administration. The governor made the disclosure while inspecting some of the projects billed for inauguration, adding ...
Read More »Customs FOU seizes N15 billion worth of animal skins
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized two containers of animal skins worth N15 billion and meant for export. Comptroller of FOU Zone A, Ikeja, Aliyu Mohammed, said the hides were being dried when ...
Read More »Prof. Wole Soyinka backs Olusegun Obasanjo on Fulanisation of Nigeria claim
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has backed former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s submission that the Boko Haram insurgency was no longer about lack of jobs for the youths, but a full-blown ‘Fulanisation’ of West Africa, Islamisation of Africa and globally organised ...
Read More »Airports lack security architecture to check drug cartels, says Dabiri-Erewa
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said the country’s airports lacked requisite security infrastructure to check activities of drug cartels, especially those that incriminate unsuspecting travelers. Addressing an ad hoc committee on the plight of ...
Read More »National Assembly approves roads fund, federal audit service commission bills, imposes N1 levy per litre on petroleum products
The National Assembly has passed the National Roads Fund Bill to ensure periodic maintenance of the highways. To actualise the move, the House of Representatives endorsed the conference report on the piece of legislation co-chaired by Senator Kabiru Gaya and ...
Read More »Activist petitions EFCC over new Ponzi scheme, says it’s a scam
A human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over a new Ponzi scheme called Loom, which promises a return of N13, 000 for every N1, 000 ‘investment’ and N104, 000 for N13, 000 ...
Read More »Police arrest 14 suspected kidnappers in Nasarawa State
The Nasarawa State police command has arrested 14 suspected kidnappers along Mararaba/Odege road in Nasarawa Council. The Commissioner of Police, Bola Longe, said the arrest was made possible following a tip-off from members of the public. Longe gave the hint ...
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