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Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said Nigeria is fast disintegrating, lamenting that the current administration lacks the solution to the various challenges confronting the nation. The literary icon, who spoke at a news conference held at Freedom Park, Lagos, also decried the COVID-19 protocols put in place for travelers. The conference had as its […]

The Permanent Secretary, State House, Umar Tijjani, said on Thursday that President, Major Buhari had approved the construction and equipping of a 14-bed space Presidential Clinic at a cost of N21bn Tijani stated this when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs, to present his 2022 budget proposal for consideration. […]

As anxiety heightens ahead of the November 6 Anambra governorship election, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has appealed to the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to suspend its planned sit-at-home order.  IPOB had announced that it will lock down the South East if its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, currently standing treason trial, is […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria has absolved itself from any liability should users of the eNaira suffer any loss or data breach on the platform. According to the information available on the eNaira website, the CBN removed itself from being joined as a party in any future lawsuits, if users encounter losses while using the […]

A second prosecution witness, Augustine Anosike, on Tuesday gave his testimony in the case involving Afeez Fashola, also known as Naira Marley before Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. Anosike, a forensic expert with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), told the judge how several credit card numbers […]

Chairman of the South-West Governors’ Forum and Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), has said that former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is capable of leading Nigeria. Akeredolu added that Tinubu is doing his best as leader of the South-West. Akeredolu spoke on behalf of […]

The Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Loans on Tuesday kicked against the proposal by the Federal Ministry of Health to borrow $200m  under the Malaria Programme to buy mosquito nets in the 2022 budget. The committee’s condemnation was in response to the Ministry of Health’s submission about its intention to borrow the amount for […]

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has regretted the detention of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, in Benin Republic. In an interview with BBC, the monarch said the agitator rejected advice offered him by monarchs sent to dialogue with him. Ooni narrated that he met President Buhari over Sunday Igboho. During […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has detained a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, in connection with the ongoing probe of a former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah. Anyim, it was learnt, was grilled on Sunday for several hours in connection with the fund which was traced to […]

President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to unveil the e-Naira on Monday, the Central Bank of Nigeria said on Saturday. The digital currency had been earmarked for public presentation on October 1 but the CBN shelved the plans citing key activities lined up for Independence Day. But it is now expected to be activated on Monday, […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra has declared a one week sit-at-home protest across the South-East states starting from November 5, the eve of the governorship election in Anambra State. IPOB’s Media and Public Secretary, Emma Powerful, in a statement on Saturday in Awka, the Anambra State capital, said the protest was aimed at prevailing on […]

Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson Okojie, has been trending on social media since yesterday, after she accused her daughter’s teacher of bullying. In a lengthy Instagram post on Friday morning, the actress said her child has been receiving a certain kind of treatment from a place of hatred. She said she could withstand any form of […]

Senator Ali Ndume, Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, and member of the Committee on Establishment(APC/Borno South) on Thursday threatened to leave the country if the executive refuses to put things in order. He also accused the Federal Government of mismanaging the economy and refusing to address the country’s unemployment crisis. He said: “Honestly speaking, time […]

Thirty students abducted from the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri in Kebbi State have regained freedom. This comes four months after bandits stormed the school and kidnapped an unspecified number of students and four teachers. The attack occurred in June. Mr Yahaya Sarki, who is the Special Adviser on Media to Governor Atiku Bagudu of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security agencies to use all means necessary to ensure that the upcoming governorship election in Anambra State holds under a peaceful atmosphere. President Buhari gave the or­der on Thursday during the Na­tional Security Council meeting he presided over at the Presiden­tial Villa, Abuja, directing all se­curity and intelligence agencies to […]