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President Muhammadu Buhari played host to Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Aso Rock on Sunday. Both men held a closed door meeting. At the end of the meeting, Tinubu said he was at the presidential villa to thank the president for visiting him in London where he sought medical […]

Two days after returning from Saudi Arabia where he attended a summit and also held prayers for Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari is heading for Glasgow, Scotland. He is to attend the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in the country before heading for France. According to […]

Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday ordered the interim forfeiture of the houses and cars linked to Obinwanne Okeke, popularly known as Invictus Obi, who the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission described as “a strong leader of a cyber-crime syndicate that specialised in business e-mail compromise.” Based on an […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar says Nigeria is on the edge of precipice as the country is going through the most trying and difficult period of its existence. He said this on Saturday during the 2021 elective National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at Eagle Square, Abuja. The Wazirin Adamawa, therefore, appealed to […]

Former Senate President, Pius Anyim has declared that he will contest for the office of the President in 2023. Anyim noted that his ambition would not be tied to zoning of the presidency to the South East by the Peoples Democratic Party. He made the declaration on Saturday in an interview with journalists, in Abuja. […]

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, […]