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  Naira notes   A Financial expert, Mr Okechukwu Unegbu, says improved local production of commodities, increased consumption of local products, and reduced importation of goods and services will help to stabilise and strengthen the Naira. Unegbu, a past President of the Chattered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), said …

Chairman, Nigerian Society of Engineers, Ikeja Branch, Femi Adedotun, speaks to JOSEPHINE OGUNDEJI about the decision of the Federal Government to dump asphalt for concrete roads, among other issues The announcement by the Minister of Works, David Umahi, that the Federal Government has a preference for concrete roads does not seem …

INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu A civil rights group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has asked the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, to promote constitutional and legal reforms that would contain explicit mandatory provisions on internet voter registration, and the use of modern technology, …

NDLEA personnel The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said it arrested two Lagos businessmen, ThankGod Emenike and Chidike Prince for concealing cocaine and heroin in their bellies on board flight to Hong Kong and France. Also, the NDLEA arrested one Agbo Tochukwu with a consignment of 58 parcels of skunk …

File Photo : IPOB The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), weekend, commended Enugu State High Court for ruling that the proscription of IPOB and its declaration as a terrorist organization amounted to administrative abuse, hence illegal. Recall that South East Governors Forum had in 2017 proscribed IPOB, with the federal …

President Bola Tinubu has mourned the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland in Kogi State, His Royal Majesty, Ado Ibrahim, who passed away at the age of 94 on Sunday. Ibrahim ascended the revered throne in 1997, serving as the fourth traditional ruler of Ebiraland until Sunday morning. President Tinubu, on Sunday, described the …

Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), regained his freedom last night and was immediately picked up by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). It was gathered that he is being interrogated and there are indications that fresh charges will be filed against …

Atiku Abubakar and President Bola Tinubu. The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called on Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party to congratulate President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The Supreme Court of Nigeria had on Thursday affirmed the victory of President Tinubu in the presidential election held on 25th February, …

Second from left: Folasade Tinubu Ojo and Osun governor Ademola Adeleke in Ede, Osun State Osun governor Ademola Adeleke on Thursday congratulated President Bola Tinubu on the affirmation of his election by the Supreme Court during a meeting with ‘Iyaloja General’ of Nigeria, Folasade Ojo-Tinubu, the daughter of the President …

  Musa Aliyu, ICPC Chairman The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Musa Aliyu, as the new chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practises and Other Related Offences Commission. It was Recall, report on how President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in a letter written to the Senate on Wednesday, asked for the …