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Medical doctors at the Ondo State Mother and Child Hospital, Trauma Centre, Ondo town, are battling to save the life of a nine-month pregnant woman, operated upon by a quack doctor, Rabiu Olalekan, at a private hospital in Orita Ojo, in Odigbo council area of the state. The 31-year-old suspect, who was paraded by the […]

According to FIFA’s monthly rankings, the Nigeria national football team, the Super Eagles, will finish 2022 as Africa’s fifth-best team and 35th in the world. FIFA released its final ranking for the year on Thursday, with Brazil remaining the top-ranked team in the world despite failing to advance beyond the quarter-finals in Qatar 2022. Argentina, who […]

Argentina’s financial governing body is considering putting Lionel Messi’s face on the banknotes following the historic 2022 FIFA World Cup victory. After decades of goals, dreams, and defeats, the Paris Saint-Germain superstar finally raised the trophy on December 19. The 35-year-old forward scored a double in 120 minutes of a 3-3 draw with France in the […]

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has finally bowed to pressure to revise the bank’s cash withdrawal limits policy. In a circular on Wednesday by the CBN’s Director of Banking Supervision, Haruna Mustafa, the CBN said it had reviewed upwards the maximum weekly limit for cash withdrawal across all channels by […]

In a bid to protect Nigerians from falling victim of counterfeiters, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has released details and position of the security features in the new naira notes. Details and position of the security features are highlighted in the documents below as released by the CBN.

The Federal Government is to stop cash withdrawal from all public accounts with immediate effect. In place of cash withdrawals, public officers are to open domiciliary accounts in foreign and local currencies ahead of the commencement of the new policy, which comes on the heels of the new Naira withdrawal policy announced by the Central […]

The Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said the conviction of his Campaign Organisation’s Director-General, Dr. Doyin Okupe, over alleged money laundering would not break his resolve to be Nigeria’s President. Obi said this during interaction with journalists in Uyo at the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Akwa Ibom State Council Secretariat on Monday. The […]

Brazilian legend, Pele has said that Lionel Messi “deserved” to be a World Cup winner after Argentina defeated France in a penalty shootout in Sunday’s final. “Today, football continues to tell its story, as always, in an enthralling way. Messi winning his first World Cup, as his trajectory deserved,” Pele, a three-time World Cup champion, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has no reason not to conduct free, fair and credible elections in 2023 as he has approved all that was requested by the electoral umpire.   The president made this disclosure during an interactive session entitled, “A conversation with President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria,’’ […]

France star Ousmane Dembele has admitted he will have no room for sentiment for Lionel Messi in Sunday’s World Cup final as the holders look to retain the trophy when they face Argentina. The final represents the last chance for Messi, now 35, to win football’s greatest prize — he has already suggested he will […]

The Federal Government has declared December 26th and 27th as well as January 2nd, 2023 as public holidays to make the Christmas and New Year celebrations respectively. Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola confirmed this in a statement signed by the ministry’s permanent secretary Belgore Shuaib on Friday. The public holidays, the statement added, are to celebrate […]

The United Kingdom Department for Education has announced that non-UK nationals can now apply to teach in schools in the UK. Nigeria has been listed as one of the countries whose citizens can now apply for qualified teacher status through the Teaching Regulation Agency in the United Kingdom, from February 2023. In order to stand a chance, […]