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Chike Akunyili, husband to late former Information Minister and former director-general of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Dora Akunyili, has been reportedly murdered by gunmen. This newspaper gathered that he was killed at Umuoji in Idemili North LGA of Anambra State on Tuesday evening. …

A federal high court in Abuja has prohibited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from retrying Orji Kalu, former governor of Abia state, on allegations of money laundering. The EFCC had prosecuted Kalu alongside Ude Udeogu, a former director of finance and accounts with the Abia state government, and …

BUA Chairman, Abdul Samad Rabiu Abdul Samad Rabiu, chairman of BUA Group, is under fire for unduly publicising the donation of a Rolls Royce Phantom car worth N200 million and alleged N100 million cash donation to Aminu Ado Bayero, the Emir of Kano, following the security crisis in the country. …

Professor Sanusi Mamman, the vice-chancellor of the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University, Katsina State, is currently enmeshed in an alleged romance scandal with a student of the university. According to a report by Daily Nigerian, the vice-chancellor has threatened to withdraw his girlfriend from the university if she discloses that she …

Solomon Ewuga, a former Nigerian Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has been reportedly kidnapped. Ewuga, who also served as a Senator was kidnapped in the late hours of Tuesday in Plateau State. The former Senator, who represented Nasarawa North Senatorial district from 2011-2015, was returning home when the gunmen …

The Kaduna State Government has shut down telecommunication services in some Local Government Areas of the state as part of critical measures towards ending banditry. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said the decision was taken on Wednesday after a meeting with relevant federal agencies …

Governors of the 19 states in the North have opposed the call by their southern counterparts that the Presidency should be zoned to the South in 2023. This formed part of the resolutions reached on Monday when the governors held an emergency meeting with traditional rulers in the region at …

Opinion is divided on the prospects and viability of electronic voting in 2023 polls. But, some stakeholders want the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to take a cue from the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KADSIECOM), which has successfully deployed technology twice in the local government elections. Deputy Editor EMMANUEL …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of the National Blood Service Commission, NBSC, replacing the National Blood Transfusion Service, NBTS, which was formerly a unit under the Department of Hospital Services in the Federal Ministry of Health. The approval is contained in an official Gazette titled Act No 8, …

The official website of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) digital currency, the eNaira, has gone live, exactly one week to the planned launch of the initiative. The CBN will launch the eNaira on October 1, 2021. Let us take a closer look at the eNaira, what it means for you, and how …