The Central Bank of Nigeria has integrated 33 Banks into the eNaira platform with N500m successfully minted by the apex bank for the take off of the digital currency programme. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, said this on Monday at the official launch of the Nigerian Central Bank ...
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Two Popular Fuji Musicians Who Have Openly identified with Tinubu’s 2023 Presidential Ambition
With the presidential ambition of the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu gathering momentum by the day, a good number of people have been identifying with him in that regard. And, it should interest you to know that, there are at least, 2 Fuji ...
Read More »‘Declaring Bandits As Terrorists Will Mark End Of Nigeria’ – Sheikh Gumi Warns
Islamic Cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi on Sunday warned that declaring bandits as terrorists will mark the end of Nigeria as a sovereign and united entity. Mr Gumi, a retired army military officer and mufti, admitted that the devastation inflicted by rampaging bandits in Nigeria’s northwest amounts to terrorism, but ...
Read More »’Foreign powers seek to divide Nigeria, trigger second civil war’ – Fani-Kayode
A former Minister of Aviation in Nigeria, Femi Fani-Kayode has claimed that some external forces are bent on causing a war between citizens in Nigeria. A Civil War happened in Nigeria, between 1967 and 1970. The war was between the government of Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra, a ...
Read More »See 18 Nigerian Firms, Individuals Blacklisted For Corruption By World Bank
The World Bank has blacklisted 18 Nigerian individuals and firms for engaging in corrupt practices, fraud and collusive practices in its 2021 fiscal year report titled World Bank Group Sanctions System FY21. The debarments were made by the World Bank Sanctions Board, World Bank Chief Suspension and Debarment Officer ...
Read More »Soldier Breaks Nurse’s Leg For Demanding Delivery Packs From His Pregnant Wife
A soldier whose name cannot be confirmed from the 22 Armoured Brigade of the Nigeria Army, Sobi Cantonment, Ilorin, Kwara State has reportedly beaten a female nurse to the extent of breaking one of her legs. The incident, it was gathered, happened over the weekend when the soldier took ...
Read More »Oyo Prison Break: We’ve Recaptured 262 Out Of 837 Escaped Inmates – NCoS
The Nigeria Correctional Service, Oyo State Command, says 837 awaiting trial inmates escaped from the Abolongo Correctional Centre in Oyo Town, when suspected gunmen attacked the facility. Its Public Relations Officer, Olanrewaju Anjorin, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Ibadan. Unknown gunmen invaded the facility on ...
Read More »Give Tinubu ‘Right Of First Refusal’, Group Urges APC
Thousands of supporters of Mr Bola Tinubu on Saturday urged the leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to grant the APC National Leader right of first refusal as a candidate of the party in 2023. While Tinubu is yet to publicly speak about his presidential ambition, his supporters ...
Read More »How Foreign mercenaries invaded Oyo Prison free Fulani leader Wakili from Oyo Prison
Hired Fulani mercenaries have been fingered as being responsible for Friday night’s attack on Abolongo correctional facility, Oyo town in Oyo State, Southwest Nigeria. It was earlier reported today that prisoners have escaped from the Abolongo facility in Oyo town after some gunmen attacked the correctional centre and freed ...
Read More »Thomas Partey relieved after first Arsenal goal
Thomas Partey was delighted to finally net his first Arsenal goal on Friday night, saying he’s been ‘waiting for this moment for a long time,’ but club legend Ian Wright wants to see him score a lot more regularly from now on. Partey opened the scoring in Arsenal’s encouraging ...
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