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Emefiele, CBN governor Godwin Emefiele, governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said the bank under his watch has taken major steps to diversify the economy away from largely oil-based economy through its numerous interventions, such that the country has moved from depending on rice importation to being an exporter …

The dismissed soldiers The Nigerian Army has dismissed two soldiers attached to 241 Recce Battalion, Nguru, Yobe State, after finding them guilty on two-count charge of failure to perform military duties, and conduct to prejudice of service discipline. Lt. Col. Ibrahim Abdullahi Osabo, acting Commanding Officer of the Battalion, said …

The management of Air Peace says its flight P47154 Lagos to Owerri on August 27, 2022, had a bird strike, few minutes to landing. The airline confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday and explained that the crew decided to return to Lagos airport as a precautionary measure in line …

The Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister on Monitoring, Inspection, and Enforcement, Ikharo Attah, has said that the owner of a building that collapsed in the Kubwa area of Abuja on Thursday may forfeit his land to the Federal Capital Territory Administration. Two people had died in the collapsed …

  Palliative work on Sango-Ijoko-Alagbole road Palliative work has begun on the Sango-Ijoko-Alagbole road, abandoned by the administration of former Governor Ibikunle Amosun. Amosun had planned to turn the 32-kilometre road into six lanes, with three lanes on each side. But, he abandoned the road after demolishing thousands of properties …

INEC The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has assured  Nigerians of setting higher standards in the forthcoming  2023 general elections. The chairman of the independent electoral body, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, ably represented by the commissioner for Information and Voter Education, INEC, Mr Festus Okoye said this on Friday, at the …

Lagos Agog, As Prophet Israel Genesis Holds Program Again, Isheri, Idimu and other parts of Lagos will come alive,as world’s renowned clergy, Prophet Israel Oladele Ogundipe holds a special power-packed revival program,slated for Thursday 1st September, 2022. The monthly program; tagged, “Bethel: a place of rest,” is expected to feature …

Hushpuppi The United States Attorney’s Office for Central District of California, Los Angeles says Ramon Abbas, alias Hushpuppi, Nigerian internet fraudster, will be sentenced on September 21, 2022. This was disclosed to Channels Television via email by the court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mrozek, on Friday. Hushpuppi’s sentence date had …

Several persons have been trapped as a shopping mall in Kubwa, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja collapses in the early hours of Friday. The shopping mall is close to Aso Savings Bank. An eyewitness confirmed that there was no presence of a rescue team at the time of filing this report. …

Mr. Inibehe Effiong Esq has announced via his Twitter account that he is back to continue carrying out his human rights advocacy as a lawyer, saying he feels sorry for those who think they can break his fighting spirit. Effiong was on July 27 convicted by the Chief Judge of …