A 29-year-old man, Joseph Yakubu, has been arrested by the Plateau State Police Command for allegedly killing his father, Yakubu Dalyop, with a pestle. Yakubu was said to have picked a pestle and hit his father during a disagreement. This led to the victim’s unconsciousness and eventual death. The suspect who committed the act […]
Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, has slammed the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for staging a nationwide protest which he described as needless. Nigerian cities witnessed peaceful protests on Tuesday as members of organised labour flooded the streets to demonstrate against the economic hardship and spiralling inflation confronting […]
The senate has confirmed the appointment of Hafsat Bakari as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU). The red chamber confirmed Bakari after Emmanuel Udende, chair of the senate committee on anti-corruption, presented a report for consideration by his colleagues. Last week, President Bola Tinubu appointed Bakari as the […]
Five persons have been reported dead in the building collapse at the Oduigbo section of Ochanja Market in Onitsha South Local Government Area. Following Channels Television’s report on Tuesday, the Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, visited the scene of the incident where he condoled with the victims of the mishap. Our correspondent […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Yemi Cardoso says over $26 billion in illicit flows has passed through the crypto platform Binance in the last year. Cardoso said this on Tuesday after the MPC meeting in Abuja. “We are concerned that certain practices go on that indicate illicit flows, going through a number […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says the two-day protest by members of the union is about hunger and not just a clamour for a review of the minimum wage. While there was a meeting between the Federal Government and NLC authorities to forestall the protest, the dialogue ended in a deadlock. But speaking on […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has raised the Monetary Policy Rate(MPR) by four hundred basis points to 22.75 percent from 18.75 percent. Governor of the CBN Yemi Cardoso announced this after the first MPC meeting for the year in Abuja on Tuesday. “All 12 members of the committee decided […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced its decision to sell foreign exchange worth $20,000 to each eligible Bureau De Change operator across the country. This is coming more than two years after the suspended former CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, stopped the sales of foreign exchange to BDC operators in that segment of the […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has restrained telecom operators in Nigeria from deactivating or barring any line or sim whose user did not link same to the National Identification Number (NIN). Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa restrained the telecom operators from taking such action while ruling on an application filed by a Lagos-based lawyer, […]
Niger has not reopened its border with Benin two days after a West African bloc lifted coup-linked sanctions on the landlocked nation, including border closures, local officials said Monday. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Saturday said it was lifting sanctions imposed after last year’s military coup, including a no-fly zone, border […]
