The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced that beneficiaries of diaspora remittances through the international monetary transfer operators (IMTO) shall now such inflows in foreign currency (US Dollar) through the designated bank of their choice. The apex bank in a statement signed by O.S. Nnaji, director of trade & exchange of CBN, said recipients of […]
The police in Rivers State have arrested three suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) at Mile 2, Diobu area of Port Harcourt. This was disclosed on Sunday by the Police Public Relations Officer, Nnamdi Omoni. He said the suspects were arrested for allegedly detonating dynamite in a church owned by the […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Monday, announced that it had obtained an Interim Forfeiture Order on the sum of USD919,202.07 (approximately N450 million) allegedly hidden in a bank account by some officials of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt. This action, according to a statement by the commission’s […]
Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to recruit mercenaries in getting rid of Boko Haram insurgents from Sambisa forest. Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan had procured the services of mercenaries to assist the Nigerian army in the war against the insurgents. But the government of Buhari terminated the contract with mercenaries in 2015. […]
The British government, on Monday said that it would ban providers from installing Huawei equipment in the country’s 5G network beginning from September 2021. Oliver Dowden, the secretary of state for the Department of Media, Culture and Sport, gave the new deadline ahead of the Telecommunications (Security) Bill coming before the Parliament today , British […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted leave to a group – Heda Resource Centre – to apply for judicial review and order of mandamus to compel the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to among others, provide details of financial donations received by the country in relation to the coronavirus pandemic. Justice […]
A Chinese court jailed 53 people on Monday after convicting them on charges including bribery and negligence over a massive chemical factory explosion in eastern China last year that killed 78 people. The blast in Jiangsu province in March 2019 was one of the worst industrial accidents in the country in recent years and led […]
The Senate of the University of Ibadan has elected Prof. Adebola Babatunde Ekanola the new Acting Vice- Chancellor of the university,ThePunch reports. Ekanola, who is the current Deputy Vice- Chancellor , Academics was elected on Monday – the same day the tenure of Prof Idowu Olayinka expired as the VC of the 72-year- old university […]
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Monday , in Makurdi, the Benue State capital advanced the reason why Boko Haram activities may continue unabated , saying that Nigeria has been denied access to acquire adequate weapons to fight terrorists . Speaking to journalists after he paid a courtesy visit on the state governor […]
The police in Cross River State have arrested a 52- year -old man, Cyprian Mbe , in connection with alleged arms supplies and promotion of native wars in the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Abdulkadir Jimoh , who briefed journalists on Monday in Calabar, said the suspect had been a gunrunner for a long […]
