Long queues at commercial banks in Lagos have suddenly disappeared following the injection of more banknotes by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) into commercial banks, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The apex bank had on Thursday confirmed the evacuation of bank notes from its vaults to commercial banks across the country as […]
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If Nigeria’s experience of devastation caused by flooding last year is anything to go by, the recent warning by the Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mustapha Ahmed, about projected severe flooding this year should not be toyed with. The warning, which arose from predictions from relevant agencies, should be taken as the […]
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Pope Francis on Saturday extended a 2019 law to fight sexual abuse in the Church by making lay Catholic leaders responsible for acts committed under their watch in Vatican-approved bodies. A letter, directly sent by the pontiff, also said that vulnerable adults can be victims of predator priests — adding the vulnerability clause. The earlier […]
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Four people were confirmed dead in multiple accidents involving a tanker and two cars at the Lafenwa area of Abeokuta in Ogun on Friday night. Mrs. Florence Okpe, the Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Saturday. Okpe said that the accident was caused by speeding […]
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Banks in satellite towns of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Saturday, opened for business as directed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who monitored some banks in the Territory, reports that huge crowds of customers were seen at banks’ Automated Teller Machines (ATM) galleries. NAN also […]
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The Presidency, yesterday described a claim published in some online news platforms that the President Muhammadu Buhari said he did not see himself handing over to the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as fake news. An online news medium, Sahara Reporters, had claimed in one of its recent publications that President Buhari had confided in his […]
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Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Governor of Lagos State, has reconsidered his decision to appeal the High Court judgment in favour of Clement Adedotun, the Uber driver who was assaulted during the first anniversary of the #EndSARS protest in October 2021. In an Instagram post he shared on his handle on Saturday evening, he stated that he […]
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Shortly after last Thursday’s first of its kind organ harvesting conviction of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, alongside Dr. Obinna Obeta at the Central Criminal Court, a.k.a. Old Bailey, her barrister, Anu Mohindru, KC, made efforts for her to remain on conditional bail till the provisional day of sentencing on […]
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Suspended ex-Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose and former Senate President Pius Anyim How Wike, others escaped suspension As the Iyorchia Ayu-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) continues its offensive against those it called ‘dissidents group’ and anti-party elements, the 16-member National Working Committee (NWC) of the party has become polarised. It was learned that at the […]
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that he was at one time against the ambition of the Governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, to lead the state. Obasanjo who spoke in Awka, Anambra State capital, at an event to mark the one-year anniversary of Soludo as the governor of the state on Saturday said […]
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