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The eNaira speed wallet application has suffered a technical outage, 48 hours after the digital currency was launched on Monday. eNaira is a digital currency issued by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). It’s a digital form of the naira that is housed in a secured wallet called the eNaira wallet. …

The Nigerian Correctional Service, on Wednesday, released the names and images of 122 inmates who escaped from the Abolongo Custodial Centre in Oyo State. The inmates had escaped the correctional centre on Friday, October 22, 2021, after unidentified gunmen attacked the facility. The Federal Government had enlisted the help of …

A federal high court in Abuja has made an interim order freezing bank accounts of the Benue state government over its involvement in securing a “N333 million loan” in 2008. Inyang Ekwo, the presiding judge, gave the order on Wednesday following an ex-parte motion brought by the Asset Management Corporation …

Anyim   The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has detained a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, in connection with the ongoing probe of a former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah. Anyim, it was learnt, was grilled on Sunday for several hours in connection …

It was a historical event today 16th October in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State as The Olugbo Of Ugbo, Oba Fredrick Enitolorunda Akinruntan (Okoro Ajiga I) and The Olu of Igbokoda, Oba Afolabi Odidiomo (Akokoniko Larada I) reconciled a long time seemingly conflict in order to save the …

The Controller and Accountant General has urged public sector workers to register for the Ghana Card. A new statement from The Controller and Accountant General says any public sector worker yet to register for the Ghana card will not receive monthly salary from December 1, 2021. This decision has been …

Benjamin Kalu, spokesperson, House of Representatives Benjamin Kalu, spokesperson of the House of Representatives, says the allocation for the national assembly in 2022 budget is “not enough”. The federal government budgeted N134 billion for the national assembly in the 2022 appropriation bill. Checks showed that the amount is the highest …

Prof Kayode Oyebode Adebowale, who is a professor of chemistry and a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Sciences, has emerged as the 1st Ibadan Indigene to become the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. The profound scholar has positively projected the image of the university nationally and internationally. …

Chidinma Ojukwu, the embattled student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Usifo Ataga, the late CEO of Super TV. The 21-year-old was arraigned alongside Adedapo Quadri, another key suspect in the case, at the Lagos high court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa …

No fewer than five persons were feared killed on Tuesday in Ihiala in Anambra State following a gun battle between security operatives and gunmen. Many persons were also injured during the shootout that lasted for over two hours in the local government area The incident, The Nation gathered, occurred at …