Investigator probes CBN staff, consultants, NIBSS, NSPMC

• Obazee’s team expanded, thrusts dragnet into financial space • FG earns N52.5 billion from CBN’s 2022 surplus • CBN’s consultants grilled, some released on bail terms • Financial statements may have contravened CBN Act • National Assembly, President not in possession of copies of released financial states • We transmit copy of each audited […]

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I bathed with human head to boost my patronage – Suspect

A 26-year-old suspected ritualist and fraudster, arrested with human head and other parts, said untold hardship and low patronage caused his involvement in rituals. The suspect was arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police anti-crime section attached to Funmbi-Fagun Police Station, in Ondo City, the headquarters of Ondo West local government area of Ondo State. […]

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Why military takeover of govt in West Africa increasingly re-emerging – Sen. Sani

Four coups in West Africa leaves democracy in doubt A f orme member of the National Assembly Sen. Shehu Sani has identified five reasons for the increasing reemergence of military takeover of governments in Africa, especially in the West African sub-region. Sani who was the Deputy Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs in […]

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Amid rift, Obaseki, Shaibu plot victory in 2024 governorship race

• Kinsmen Disown Dep. Governor, back Obaseki • AC Might Benefit From Crisis If Mismanaged – Stakeholders Ahead of the countdown to the Edo 2024 governorship election, an epic battle seems to be brewing in the state between Governor Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu. And it is all part of the battle to […]

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Tinubu endorses ‘Heritage Voyage of Return’ initiative

Prof. Wale Adeniran (left); Vice President Kashim Shettima; President Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Mrs. Carolina Maira Morais; and Mr. Ajoyemi Olabisi Osunleye when the team behind the ‘Heritage Voyage of Return’ Initiative visited the President at the State House, Abuja… yesterday President Bola Tinubu has thrown his weight behind the ‘Heritage Voyage of Return’ initiative aimed […]

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CBN threatens to sanction banks engaging in illegal Forex sales

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has threatened to punish banks engaging in illegal sales of forex. The acting Governor of CBN, Folashodun Shonubi, who disclosed this during a lecture titled: “Diaspora Remittances and Nigerian Economic Development”, in Abuja, emphasised the importance of strict steps to restrict illegal remittances and channel them via appropriate means […]

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Three feared dead as suspected cultists clash at Osun Osogbo Festival groove

Three persons were feared dead during a clash that occurred between two rival cult groups in Osogbo, Osun State capital on Friday. It was gathered that the clash occurred during the grand finale of this year’s Osun Osogbo Festival. The incident it was learnt threw Osun traditional festival and tourists into panic as people were […]

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Akeredolu Still in Germany, Not Yet Back

PRESS STATEMENT Governor Akeredolu Still in Germany, Not Yet Back Our attention has been drawn to a recent video circulating on social media, suggesting the return of Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, CON, from his medical vacation. While we acknowledge the eagerness of the people of the state, as well as supporters and […]

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