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Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), on Tuesday, re-arrested suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, after a tussle with officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS). Emefiele’s re-arrest occurred on the premises of a Federal High Court in Lagos sitting in Ikoyi after Justice Nicholas Oweibo admitted the […]

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Determined to ameliorate the plight of the people following the removal of fuel subsidy, Akwa Ibom State Government is set to partner with Innoson Motors, Nigeria’s first indigenous auto manufacturing company to provide palliatives, especially in the area of transportation to the citizens. This was disclosed yesterday, when the Chairman, Chief Innocent Chukwuma,CON, in the

Bandits were said to have fled from their hideouts around Kagarko, Iche, Taka-Lafiya Gidan Makeri and Janjala communities in Kaduna State after over 100 troops… Bandits were said to have fled from their hideouts around Kagarko, Iche, Taka-Lafiya Gidan Makeri and Janjala communities in Kaduna State after over 100 troops stormed the forest in Kagarko

Judy Austin, actress and second wife of Nollywood actor Yul Edochie has said that her first marriage was over before meeting the actor. Austin, in a Facebook Live video, Tuesday night, responded to questions bordering on the time her relationship with the “Devil In Red” actor began. Refuting claims that she was still married when

Seven children got rescued on Sunday after fire gutted a storey building occupied by an orphanage home on Wole Madariola Street in the Aguda area of Lagos State. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, in an issued statement on Monday, said the inferno was caused by a power surge that emanated from an air

India and the United Arab Emirates agreed to use their respective local currencies for cross-border transactions instead of the US dollar, Bloomberg reported. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UAE’s President Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi have already signed two memorandums of understanding. The pacts will help the countries build a

20,500 pieces of bullets, woow! Twenty thousand, Five Hundred(20,500) bullets being smuggled to Anambra state via a truck was intercepted by gallant men of Nigerian Army. It was said that they smuggled it from Mali through Idi Iroko Border, in Ogun State. They have already gone pass over 15 Custom and 10 Police Check Points

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has warned people following the acclaimed Nnamdi Kanu’s disciple, Simon Ekpa, to retrace their steps before it is too late. The pro-Biafra group noted that the agitation for Biafra was not for criminals and scammers who were paid by the Nigerian government to create insecurity and criminality to blackmail

A traditional ruler and Chairman, Bayelsa Traditional Rulers Council, His Royal Majesty Bubaraye Dakolo, has alleged that the Cameroon-bound stolen crude oil-laden vessel intercepted on Escravos sea in Delta State was burnt to prevent the “real oil thieves” from being brought in for investigation. The monarch, who spoke to Newsmen on Wednesday, faulted the burning

The Ebonyi State Government has approved N10,000 as addition to its worker’s salary as part of efforts to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal. Mr Chikadibia Okpor, State Commissioner for Information and Orientation announced the approval to newsmen after the Executive Council Meeting on Friday in Abakaliki. ”The issue of workers’ salaries was raised

Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 13 Chinese nationals over offences bordering on illegal mining activities, in Kwara State. The offence is contrary to, and punishable under Section 1( (b) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act CAP M17, 1983 The suspects — one female and 12

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, has described the sit-at-home directives in the south-east as the handiwork of a criminal enterprise. In a statement posted on his official Twitter page on Thursday, Obi said the sit-at-home orders are not issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), while

The Senate, yesterday, commenced the probe of oil subsidy and under-recovery regime operated by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. It specifically frowned at the N9.3 trillion spent on the subsidy regime by Buhari from January 2021 to June 2023. The Senate is also asking for a living wage for workers as a way of

Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele has advise ladies not to rush into marriage due to societal pressures. The actress made this revelation in an recent interview with media personality, Chude Jidenowo. According to her, she merely wanted to settle down and have children because she was under pressure, but regrettably the marriage dissolved after a year.

An Ikeja High Court has sentenced a 30-year-old hotel worker, Jeffrey Ehizojie, to death by hanging for strangling his employer, Olusola Olusoga and the hotel manager, Tunji Omikunle, to death in Lagos. Delivering judgment on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, Justice Oyindamola Ogala, held that the prosecution has proved its case beyond reasonable doubts. Mrs. Ogala