The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, has said that the country’s current economy cannot grow. Emefiele noted that the nation’s economy cannot grow due to the current level of insecurity. The CBN boss spoke at the end of a two-day monetary policy committee meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. According to […]
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Nigerian Nollywood Actress, Ify Onwuemene, who was known for her role in the popular sitcom ‘Everyday People’, has died of cancer. Her colleague in the film industry, Gloria Anozie-Young, broke the news of her demise via her Facebook page. Gloria in her post wrote “With a deep sense of loss but total submission to God […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria is said to be hosting Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, the Prime Minister of the Libyan government of National Unity at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Buhari received Dbeibeh alongside the minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeam at the villa on Wednesday, May 26, The Nation reports. Both leaders are expected to discuss […]
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Members of the House of Representatives queried the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, on Tuesday over the borrowings from the assets recovery account by agencies of government. Specific reference was made to the sum of $23 million from the account, which was not yet refunded. Idris was grilled by the House of Representatives’ […]
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Zonal Head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in Sokoto, Mr Bawa Usman has said that insider connections facilitate most financial frauds in the banking industry. Bawa, whose zone covers Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara States, made this statement on Tuesday in Sokoto at a roundtable with Compliance Officers of various commercial banks. He […]
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An unidentified suicide bomber has bomber self to pieces in Afikpo town, Afikpo local government area of Ebonyi state. According to reports the incident occurred at about 12pm on Tuesday. Commissioner for Internal Security, Stanley Okoro who confirmed the incident, noted that he was yet to get details if what happened. However, a source revealed […]
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The Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie has revealed why the President was absent at Saturday’s burial of late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and other military officers killed in a plane crash. According to her the president must be given a 48-hour notice before any funeral […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari says the death of Army Chief, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 other military officers in an air crash had increased the country’s problem. The President had on Monday spoke when the Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Kayode Fayemi, and his colleagues visited him at the Presidential Villa to console him. Fayemi was […]
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Senator Rochas Okorocha, an Imo West Senator has said injustice and poverty are the cause for insecurity in Nigeria. He noted that if the government failed to address poverty and injustice in Nigeria, no amount of ammunition can win a war against insecurity. The former Imo governor spoke at the 2021 NBA -Spidel annual conference […]
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday expressed a strong resolve to address the conflicts of herders and farmers for a permanent solution. The President also ordered that the associated problem of the gun-wielding “killer herdsmen” be tackled. Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, in a statement recalled Buhari approved measures to bring an end to the skirmishes […]
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