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The suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has been arrested by the Department of State Services, DSS, according to unconfirmed reports doing the rounds in Abuja. Emefiele was earlier suspended on Friday by President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu also appointed Mr Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi as the acting Governor...

A chef identified as Damilola Adeparusi has begun a 120-hour cooking marathon in Oye Local Government Area in Ekiti State. This is coming barely after chef Hilda Baci broke the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual with a 100-hour record time Adeparusi has hit 15...

Against the backdrop of a controversial statement on Muslims dominance in the governance of Kaduna State credited to the immediate past Governor of the state, Nasir El-Rufai, the Catholic community in the state has called on the President Bola Tinubu and Governor Uba Sani to call the former governor to...

The Senior Pastor of The Covenant Nation and Convener, The Platform Nigeria, Poju Oyemade, has negated claims by a Catholic priest in the Abuja Archdiocese, Rev. Fr. Chinenye Oluoma, that gospel superstar Mercy Chinwo often charged huge amounts to sing at churches. Oyemade took to his verified Twitter handle on...

Members of the North Central Governors’ Forum, on Thursday, paid a courtesy visit to the new Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, at his office in Abuja. In attendance are, the Governor of Benue State, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia; the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello; the...

The rise in the price of petrol has reduced the level of patronage at filling stations as Nigerians grapple with the ripple effects of the government’s decision on fuel subsidy removal. Checks by our correspondents on Wednesday revealed that due to the N537 new pump price of fuel introduced by...

The Federal Government has declared Monday, June 12 as a public holiday in commemoration of 2023 Democracy Day celebration. This was contained in a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade, on behalf of the Federal Government. While congratulating Nigerians on the occasion,...

Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, who recently emerged as the Chairman, North Central Governors Forum, has led other governors from the zone to congratulate and declare support for Senator George Akume on his inauguration as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). According to Engineer Sule, governors...

The Convener CountryFirst Movement, Prof Chris Mustapher Nwaokobia Jnr., has called on south east governors to join hands with the governor of Enugu state in his new approach to finding a lasting solution to the sit at home order by IPOB. Nwaokobia in a press statement titled ” Disrupting The...