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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that it would cease feeding commercial banks with hefty foreign exchange (forex) before year end, urging them to source forex themselves to operate. This was as the Bankers Committee unveiled the “Race to $200 billion in FX Repatriation” programme (RT200 FX), an initiative that aggregates a set of […]

Nigeria has moved up four places to 32nd in the latest FIFA Ranking released by the world football governing body on Thursday. Despite an early exit from the just concluded Africa Cup of Nations, the Super Eagles put up a commanding display during the group stages, collecting all available nine points and pushed Tunisia all […]

President Muhammadu Buhari and the House of Representatives talked tough yesterday over the bad fuel imported in to the country, saying those behind it must be held accountable. In fact, the House at its plenary, said heads must roll, if the situation was to be averted in future. The President and lawmakers’ positions came on […]

Prince Emmanuel Kanu, the younger brother of the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has again, raised the alarm that despite court order, the Department of State Services, DSS, has not allowed Kanu access to his new clothes. Kanu’s brother told Vanguard that he had in three occasions, personally […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited may need an estimated N201bn worth of clean Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) to bring 170.25 million litres of adulterated product imported the country up to standard, an analysis of industry data has shown. The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority had said on Tuesday that for every 200 […]

The governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has revealed that he has already prepared his will due to the spate of insecurity in the country. Known to be outspoken about the insecurity in the nation, the governor said that he is confident that his family will not fight over his properties if anything happens to […]

The Federal executive council has approved Nigerian citizenship for 286 foreigners out of 600 applications. The Minister of the Interior, Rauf Aregbesola disclosed this on Wednesday after the council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. According to him, the number of those whose citizenship was approved by naturalisation stands at 208, while 78 applicants […]

The House of Representatives has called for the declaration of a national emergency on ritual killings across the country. This formed part of the resolutions reached by the lawmakers on a motion of urgent public importance entitled ‘Need to Curb the Rising Trend of Ritual Killings in Nigeria’. Mr Toby Okechukwu, the Minority Leader of […]

Veteran actor, Romanus Amuta, popularly known as ‘Natty’ in the foremost soap, ‘New Masquerade’ is dead. The New Masquerade was one of the most popular soaps of the 1980s. Amuta died on February 9, 2022 at the age of 79 after a protracted sickness. The first son of the deceased, Chukwuma Amuta confirmed the death […]

President Muhammadu Buhari was said to have yesterday expressed anger over the contaminated petrol in circulation across the country, a development that has disrupted the nation’s fuel supply chain for several days. The president was said to have therefore ordered that the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria’s collective future rests on active participation in science and technology. He spoke Tuesday at State House in Abuja when he conferred the Nigerian National Order of Merit (NNOM) Award for years 2020 and 2021 on three Nigerians who distinguished themselves in the field of medicine and science. The recipients were […]

The Federal Government through its Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority may return to the overseas supplier, the contaminated Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, which was imported into the country by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. Oil marketers estimated that about 100 million litres of contaminated petrol were imported into Nigeria and […]

The Parish Priest of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Ewu-Owa Gberigbe in Ikorodu, Lagos, Rev. Fr. James Anelu, has been “suspended” for banning Igbo songs and choruses in his parish. The Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, Alfred Martins, in a “disclaimer”, directed the priest to proceed on “an indefinite leave of absence”. Anelu was reported to have […]

The House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee on Unclaimed Funds in the Nigerian Commercial Banks and Infractions by the Central Bank of Nigeria has begun investigation of funds stuck in the Deposit Money Banks, also known as commercial banks, due to the failure to link the account holding them to a Bank Verification Number and […]

A former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, on Monday, said Nigeria “is living on extra time,” declaring that the country would be facing deeper challenges from 2023. Sanusi warned presidential aspirants to be prepared for the numerous challenges confronting the country. Sanusi who is a former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria and leader […]

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has retained Austine Eguavoen as the interim technical adviser of the Super Eagles. This was confirmed in a statement issued by the football body on Monday evening. “The NFF Board has approved a recommendation of the Technical and Development Committee retaining Augustine Eguavoen as Technical Director/Technical Adviser (interim) while Emmanuel […]

The Republic of Benin authorities have extended the detention of self-acclaimed activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, by six months. According to Punch, Chief Yomi Aliyyu, Igboho’s counsel, disclosed this on Sunday night. Aliyyu was quoted to have said Benin Republic renewed Ignoho’s incarceration despite that there was no criminal charge against him […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to use his good offices and leadership position to urgently review and rescind the reported approval for security agencies to access people’s personal details via NIN-SIM linkage without due process of law. The appeal was contained in a letter dated February 5, 2022, and […]