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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has continued its offensive action against drug barons and cartels in Nigeria with the latest seizure of 40 parcels of cocaine weighing 43.11kilogram (100.05pds), with an estimated street value of over N32 billion. The consignment containing the illicit drug was put under surveillance by operatives of the Tincan Command […]

The cryptocurrency traders have commenced offline operations outside approved exchange platforms following the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) directive that banks close their accounts. The founder and lead, Cryptopreacher Blockchain Academy, Rume Ophi,  yesterday, said commercial banks had notified cryptocurrency traders about the CBN’s directive and subsequent account closure. The CBN had on Friday, directed  Deposit Money […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it has sealed a health facility in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for allegedly collecting funds and issuing fake COVID-19 results. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu,  Director-General, NCDC, disclosed during the Presidential Task Force ( PTF)  on COVID-19 national briefing in Abuja on Monday. Ihekweazu explained that the samples […]

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, has said the Federal Government plans to replace Bank Verification Numbers with the National Identity Numbers. The minister said this while briefing newsmen after a facility tour and inspection of the ongoing NIN enrolment exercise at NIMC and other designated centres in Abuja. He said […]

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has announced a new case of the Ebola virus, months after the outbreak was declared over in the Central African country. The DRC ministry of health announced on Sunday that the patient, who has since died, contracted the virus in Butembo, a city in North Kivu province. Butembo was […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said developments and happenings in the country at the moment do not show that Nigerians are preparing for the Kingdom of God. This is just as it has been revealed how his intervention helped to preserve the tomb of the Founder of the Eternal Sacred Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim […]

A small Indonesian town briefly turned red after a dye factory was flooded Saturday causing the streets to flow with blood-red water. Pictures of motorcyclists zipping through the deluge just south of Central Java’s Pekalongan city soon flooded social media, where some users worried about them being shared out of context, Reuters reported. “I am […]

The former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria to reverse its policy directing Nigerian banks to close all cryptocurrency‐related accounts and stop such transactions in the country. He said this in a statement he issued on Saturday. Mr Abubakar said the first challenge facing Nigeria is youth unemployment and that it is an emergency that needs […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed banks in the country to close all cryptocurrency-related accounts. The bank said this in a statement on Friday. The regulator prohibited all financial institutions from facilitating crypto currency payments in the country. This directive is contained in a letter addressed to all Deposit Money Banks (DMBs), Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs)and […]

The United States government has announced its endorsement of former the Nigerian minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to emerge as the director general of the World Trade Organization. The U.S. disclosed this in a statement by its office of trade representative. It became clear earlier on Friday that Mrs Okonjo-Iweala, a former finance minister and World Bank executive, […]

World Bank has approved $500 million to support Nigeria to improve its electricity distribution sector. The bank, in a statement on Friday, said that the project will help boost electricity access by improving the performance of the Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) through a large scale metering program desired by Nigerians for a long time. It explained […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday reassured Nigerian youths that he will offer his full support to see them grow in politics, and other endeavours, admitting the crucial role of young people in the development of the country. ‘‘While I will be looking forward to a more robust engagement with young people across the country, I […]

Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of the Universities and Allied Institutions (NASU) have been directed to embark on a nationwide strike from Friday. The directive was issued in a statement signed by the leaders of both university staff associations on Thursday. Representatives of the federal government […]

The federal government has approved the establishment of 20 private universities. Nigeria will now have a total of 99 private tertiary institutions. Adamu Adamu, minister of education, announced the approvals on Wednesday after a federal executive council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. Adamu noted that the new universities will be given provisional […]

Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is projected to rise amid plans by the Nigerian government to rebase the economy to 2018/19. Sunday Ichedi, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics, on Wednesday made the plan to rebase the economy known, in a statement announcing the bureau’s commencement of the National Business Sample Survey. Mr Ichedi […]

Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma is confident that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will continue to be at the helm of affairs in the country, saying that Nigerians would vote for the ruling party again in the 2023 general elections. He disclosed this on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “Giving the activities […]

Former Beauty Queen and Flavour’s baby mama, Anna Banner has stated that she almost took her life at some point. She made this known on social media while giving details on some of the challenges she has so far faced in life. Anna Banner who recounted having a baby at 20 for Flavour, said she […]

The Federal Government has extended the linkage of the National Identity Number (NIN) to Subscriber Identity Modules (SIM) by eight weeks. News of the extension was contained in a statement signed by spokespersons of the Nigerian Communications Commission and the ​Nigeria Identity Management Commission. According to the statement, which was dated February 1, the extension […]