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President Muhammdu Buhari has revealed that he insisted his second wife must be an AA genotype after losing two of his children by his late wife, Safinatu, to sickle cell anemia. Buhari made this assertion while speaking at a private dinner organised by his family and very close associates on Friday, to celebrate his 80th […]

Szymon Marciniak, the referee who took charge of the 2022 World Cup final, has admitted he made a mistake during the game between Argentina and France. Marciniak became the first official from Poland to oversee the biggest game in world football last Sunday. He has since received plenty of applause from pundits and fans for […]

The Ghanaian government says it will issue visa on arrival for travellers entering the country from December 22, 2022 to January 15, 2023. Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, the country’s transport minister, made this known in a circular issued on Thursday and addressed to all airlines. According to Asiamah, the move is aimed at advancing the government’s […]

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 […]

The Nigerian government says it plans to sell some electricity-generation companies in the country, six months after it announced the restructuring of power distribution companies and privatisation of five power projects. The government said the sale will take place in the first quarter of 2023 and the proceeds will be used to fund the 2023 […]

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 […]

A presidential pre-election opinion poll commissioned by Anap Foundation, a non-profit organisation, has placed Peter Obi of the Labour Party as the leading candidate. The poll results, which was released on Wednesday, projected that Obi is ahead among four leading candidates for the 2023 presidential election. The three other candidates are Bola Tinubu of the […]

Nigeria’s domestic debt rose to N22.57tn as the Federal Government on Wednesday proposed  a last-minute supplementary budget for the 2022 fiscal year. The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is seeking the approval of the National Assembly for N819.54bn supplementary budget, which it planned to finance through domestic borrowing. Buhari on Wednesday forwarded to 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 2023 presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has expressed confidence that his party will win all elections next year. Speaking in Calabar, the Cross River State Capital, on Tuesday during a town hall meeting with stakeholders of the party, he told the cheering crowd that he has all it takes […]