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President Bola Tinubu has appointed a Special Investigator to probe the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Related Entities amid trial of Godwin Emefiele. Daily Trust reported that the president named Jim Osayande Obazee, the Chief Executive Officer, Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN), as the investigator. The President asked...

In a swift response to military coup in Niger Republic, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has enforced a no-flight zone over the country. The decision was announced today by the ECOWAS, at an urgent meeting following the increasing tension stirred by the military actors who are attempting...

By Nnene Bassey Akwa Ibom State chapter of the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD) has donated educational materials to five special schools in the state. The leadership of JONAPWD in the state visited and distributed the items for students and pupils with and without disabilities in the...

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has rejected the approved N25,000 quarterly accoutrement allowance from the federal government. In a circular signed by Ekpo Nta, chairman of the national salary and wages commission, the federal government said it had approved the payment of an accoutrement allowance of N25,000 per...

A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations and Political Parties for Good Governance (COSOSAP) has warned the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) against embarking on a nationwide strike or protest, saying such will complicate hardship for Nigerians. The Labour Unions had given the federal government a-week ultimatum to reverse fuel subsidy removal...

President Bola Tinubu has finally sent the list of 28 Nigerians as ministerial nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation of their appointments. This was made known by the Senate President Godswill Akpabio, who read out the president’s letter to that effect addressed to him at the start of...

The Chairman, House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Ejikeme Mmesoma, Rt. Hon. Soli Sada, has commended the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, for the technological innovations deployed by the board for the conduct of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. Sada, who gave...

An FCT High Court sitting in Maitama has struck out an application secretly filed by the Department of State Services to secure an order to detain the suspended former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CB , Mr. Godwin Emefiele for a further 14 days based on what they...

Nigerien soldiers have announced taking over power from President Mohamed Bazoum, who has been in detention since the early hours of Wednesday. The soldiers announced the coup in televised broadcast in the early hours of Thursday. In the broadcast, 10 senior officers led by Colonel Major Amadou Abdramane said the...

The National Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday said its strike scheduled to commence in seven days is aimed at liberating Nigerians from the shackles of government policies which have caused citizens pain. This followed an earlier seven-day ultimatum by the NLC to President Bola Tinubu’s administration to reverse “all anti-poor”...