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Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, has demanded the sum of N25 billion as damages from Senate President Godswill Akpabio, over an alleged defamatory remark. Last weekend, Akpabio had said the allegations against Emefiele are so numerous…

The Lagos State Government has said the Ikeja Computer Village is a residential area, hence the reason for the proposed relocation of the electronic gadgets village to Katangua in Abule-Egba area of the state. The Special Adviser to the Governor on e-GIS and…

The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have joined forces to crack down on forex speculators across the nation, in a bid to address the challenges affecting Nigeria’s economic stability. The forex crisis, which…

Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS), on Monday, declared that the country’s hunger crisis had reached an alarming state, saying the situation demands immediate attention and collective effort to ameliorate the sufferings of vulnerable persons. Secretary General of the body, Abubakar Ahmed Kende, who…

The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) community was on Monday thrown into mourning after a lion at the school’s zoo killed a veterinary technologist Olabode Olawuyi. According to the school’s spokesman Abiodun Olarewaju, the victim who has been in charge of the Zoological garden…

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has given 86 government establishments, including the Presidential Villa, ministries, departments and agencies of government (MDAs) a 10-day notice to pay up over N47 billion debt due as at December 2023 or risk disconnection. Among the list of debtors…

Youths in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Monday, hit the street to protest the skyrocketing price of food and the state of the economy. Protesters gathered around the Mokola area in the state wielding placards with various inscriptions such as ‘End food hike and…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said only a few of its members received an amputated two-month salary from the Federal Government out of seven and the half-month withheld salaries. The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)…

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has said the reform agenda of President Bola Tinubu has added to the plight of the citizens and worsening their conditions. President of the CBCN, Most Rev. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, said this at the formal opening…

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has reopened Sahad Stores, after its closure on Friday. The store was sealed for a misleading pricing of its products. Reacting to the reopening, Atedo Peterside, Founder of ANAP polls said on his X handle that, “common sense…