After 48hrs, eNaira app removed from Google Store amid criticism

•We won’t bear liability for losses caused by e-currency website, CBN warns The Central Bank of Nigeria says it will not bear any liability for any interruption, loss of revenue or loss of services arising from the use of the eNaira website. This is just as the eNaira speed wallet disappeared from the Google Play […]

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‘Cooking gas price hike threatens domestic market’

Cooking gas cylinders The Chief Executive Officer of Ecogas Energy Resources Limited, Chief Shina Luwoye, has said the surge in the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) in Nigeria is a threat to the domestic market, which has seen significant growth in consumption in recent years. Luwoye attributed the price hike to the introduction […]

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Nnamdi Kanu’s trial won’t weaken Biafra struggle, IPOB tackles Garba Shehu

The Indigenous People of Biafra has said the rendition of its Leader, Nnamdi Kanu, in Nigeria will not weaken its cause, but would rather destabilise the country. It said by ‘kidnapping’ and ‘renditioning’ Kanu, the country committed an international crime, adding, “The world doesn’t need any further proof that IPOB is a peaceful movement.” The […]

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Army, Gombe governor differ on open grazing in southern Nigeria

The Nigerian Army, yesterday, turned down the request by Governor Muhammad Yahaya of Gombe State to discourage southern governors’ call for the ban of open grazing. In his remarks at the five-day 3 Division Operations Planning Cadre at the Gombe International Hotels, the governor condemned the position of his southern counterparts on the controversial issue […]

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Arrest Gumi as bandits’ leader, PFN tells Buhari

• Martins urges FG to deploy all resources against security threats • COAS insists on non-kinetic approach to combat criminality • Ortom assents to amended Community Volunteer Guards law The South West Zone of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to arrest Sheikh Ahmad Gumi over his utterances, especially […]

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Chaos, extortion return to NIN-registration centres ahead deadline

Credit: Femi Adebesin-Kuti •Agents charge N2,000 – N3,000 per applicant •ATCOMS seek deadline extension till December 31 As the October 31 deadline date for the linkage of National Identity Number (NIN) with Subscribers Identification Number (SIM) approaches, chaotic scenes have intensified at registration centres, especially the telecommunications outlets nationwide. This is even as registration agents, […]

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Growing inequality causing unrest – Buhari

Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari (left); Chairman/CEO, BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu; Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva; President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote; President Muhammadu Buhari; Minister of Communications, Isa Ali Pantami; Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele and others at the Future Investment Initiative Institute […]

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CBN warns Nigerians against fraudsters, fake eNaira social media handles

CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has advised Nigerians to be wary of fraudsters who have been posting fraudulent messages relating to the eNaira launched recently. Mr Osita Nwanisobi, Director, Corporate Communications, said in a statement posted on the bank’s website on Wednesday, that the bank was not disbursing eNaira currency […]

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Criminals unleashing violence on Nigeria are terrorists — Akeredolu

Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has insisted that the various criminal activities of kidnapping, bombing and assault on the people in some parts of the country which are being referred to as banditry must be appropriately addressed as terrorism. He noted that infiltration of the country’s borders and bombing the railway are activities that must […]

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Oyerinmade inducted into Oil Africa Hall of Fame

Oil giants, political associates, classmates celebrate A foremost Senatorial aspirant in the 2023 National Assembly Election for Ondo South Senatorial District, Matthew Oye Oyerinmade has been inducted into the prestigious Oil Africa Leadership Hall of Fame. At a well attended ceremony hosted by Oil Africa Leadership Magazine, at Royal Birds Hotel and Towers, Alagbaka, Akure […]

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