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…issues demand notice CBN extends Anchor borrowers scheme to cassava, cotton farmers in C’ River The Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday issued a demand notice to indebted beneficiaries of its Anchor Borrowers’ Program scheme, who according to figures, are yet to repay a sum total of N5.67 billion. The …

Abike Dabiri-Erewa chairman of NIDCOM Nigerians residing Lefkosa district of Northern Cyprus have described claim by the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) Abike Dabiri-Erewa about their safety in their country of residence as untrue. Dabiri-Erewa had about a week ago cautioned Nigerians against going to Northern Cyprus to …

Adamu Adamu Adamu Adamu, minister of education, on Tuesday, noted that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) rejected federal government’s 23.5 percent salary increase offer. Adamu stated this on Tuesday while outlining outlined government’s efforts to resolve the industrial action embarked upon by university union on February 14. Speaking …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Oluomo Olakunle Taiwo, before Justice D.E. Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos for an alleged N2.4billion fraud. Oluomo was arraigned alongside the Director of Finance, Ogun State House …

Suspects At least 10 people have been killed and 15 others injured after a mass stabbing in an indigenous community in the Saskatchewan province of Canada. A report by the New York Post said police have launched a manhunt for the two suspects identified as Damien Sanderson,31, and Myles Sanderson …

The Supreme Court of Kenya has affirmed the presidential victory of William Ruto. The Deputy president of Kenya, William Ruto, was on August 15 declared the country’s President-elect after winning the presidential election on August 15 with 50.4% of the votes cast. The victory of Ruto was however rejected by …

Abba Kyari Nigeria’s federal government has uncovered 14 assets, comprising residential estate, shopping malls, polo playground, lands and farmland belonging to Abba Kyari, a former commander, Police Intelligence Response Team. Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, was said to have failed to disclose his ownership of the properties in different locations …

IGP Alkali Usman Usman Baba, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), has stated that there is no threat to the forthcoming general elections in 2023. The IGP added that the police has put in place a robust security threat analysis carried out using global best standards to ascertain the trend of …

STANDOUT CONFERENCE Season 3 its here again. The event which promise to shake Lekki axis and its environs to its very foundation will hold on Friday, the 9th of October 2022. This season 3 of standout conference according to Prophet Israel Oladele Ogundipe fondly called ‘Genesis’ when speaking to his …

Pandagric Novum Limited, manufacturers of Supreme Feeds, hosted and rewarded its distributors across Nigeria with recognition awards and cash gifts at its annual Distributors Conference in Abuja over the weekend, tagged ‘Partners for Growth’, the conference brought together distributors from all 36 states to recognize their efforts and get feedback …