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The House of Representatives has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stop the implementation of its directive that banks should add customers’ social media handles as means of identification. This was the resolution of the House following a motion sponsored by nine members. The CBN had released its...

Four police officers have reportedly been killed by bandits on Gusau -Sokoto road in the Bungudu Local Government area of Zamfara. An indigene of the area who gave his name as Haruna Musa said the bandits who were in large numbers ambushed and shot the police officers who were on...

…As NGO writes AGF, Head of Service, FCSC alleges Bola Audu’s unlawful reinstatement move The Federal government has appealed Abuja High Court ruling that discharged and acquitted the suspended employee of government by the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, Innocent Bola Audu, over his involvement in a...

Suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Adamawa State, Barr. Hudu Yunusa Ari, will be brought in to testify for Aishatu Dairu (Binani), the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Adamawa in the 2023 general election, our correspondent has gathered. Recall that on Monday 10th July 2023, a Federal High...

A Federal Capital Territory High Court has been told that the immediate past attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, cannot use the office he occupied for about eight years to pursue personal interest.  An international businessman and property developer, Mr Cecil Osakwe, through his...

The National Association of Academic Technologists has expressed concern over the recent 200 per cent increase in fees in federal universities, saying that it may lead to students dropping out of school. NAAT also kicked against the dissolution of Universities Governing Boards and asked the Federal Government to reinstate the...

The Federal Government has filed an eight-count charge against former Minister of Aviation Stella Oduah at a Federal High Court in Abuja, accusing her of falsely claiming to have lost her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate, among other allegations. The charge was filed on June 26, 2023, according to...

President Bola Tinubu has departed Guinea-Bissau after attending the 63rd Ordinary session of the Economic Community of West African States. Tinubu, on Sunday, emerged as the Chairman of the ECOWAS of West African States.

A report by FITC has revealed that bank customers in Nigeria lost N472m to fraud in the first quarter of 2023. It was also disclosed that there was a total of 12,553 cases of fraud recorded within this period. This was according to the Q1 report obtained by The PUNCH...

A member of the House of Representatives representing Ideato North/South federal constituency of Imo State, Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere Ikeagwuonu, has accused Imo State Governor and chairman of Progressives Governors’ Forum, PGF, Hope Uzodimma, of being the brain behind APC national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu’s rejection of National Assembly’s principal officers...