A former spokesperson of Atiku Abubakar’s presidential campaign in the 2023 elections, Mr Daniel Bwala, has called on President Bola Tinubu to remove Dr Olayemi Cardoso as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over the foreign exchange crisis in the country. Bwala also urged the President to remove top bank executives […]
The Imo State Police Command said it has arrested an alleged 21 years old 300-level student of Imo State University (IMSU) Owerri named Francis Marvellous, who hails from Ehime Mbano LGA of Imo State for allegedly stabbing to death Chinagorom Marvellous Kingsley in an alleged cult clash on Wednesday. The deceased is a final […]
The United Kingdom will pay at least £370 million to Rwanda as part of its plan to relocate asylum seekers there. The information was contained in a report released by the country’s National Audit Office (NAO) on Friday. In April 2022, the UK announced that it had entered a migration partnership with Rwanda. The […]
The federal government says it is demanding at least $10 billion as retribution from Binance for profiting from “its illegal transactions” in Nigeria. Bayo Onanuga, the special adviser on information and strategy to President Bola Tinubu, disclosed this on Friday in an interview with the BBC. More to follow…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says those laying curses on Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the commission, should make better use of their time. Speaking exclusively with TheCable, Rotimi Oyekanmi, chief press secretary to the INEC chairman, also admonished those attacking Yakubu to “cure themselves of their visible ignorance of the laws governing the […]
The Commander General of Kano Hisbah Board, Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa, has resigned from his appointment. The head of the Kano Shari’a police tendered his resignation in a short clip posted on his official Facebook page on Friday. Daurawa’s resignation came less than 24 hours after Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf faulted the new method […]
Residents of Oko-Olowo and Ayelabowo communities in Ilorin South LGA of Kwara State, under the aegis of the Warafanahu Makana Aliyah Joint Community, have appealed to the federal government to construct a flyover at the ever-busy Oko-Olowo Junction on the Ogbomoso-Jebba highway in Ilorin. City & Crime reports that the call came on the […]
Friday 01 March 2024 Customs seize N1.7bn fake drugs in Oyo/Osun Reps raise 23-man panel on Oronsaye report, demand review FX debt: CBN owing only five banks, says Cardoso NDIC refunds depositors of 179 liquidated banks Crude theft, maritime crimes have reduced in Niger Delta – Navy Oil marketer arraigned for allegedly defrauding customers […]
A new report by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), says African democracy faces major challenges with military coups and a wave of unrest in some parts of the continent. The International IDEA’s Africa and West Asia regional office, in partnership with the Embassy of Switzerland, launched the 2023 edition […]
The British Council in Nigeria has increased the fee for the academic international English language testing system (IELTS) examinations. This is the second time the council will be hiking the examination fee this year. Last month, the price was increased by 29 percent from the N107,500 that was being paid for the test. IELTS […]
