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This year’s edition of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon is set to witness over 60,000 runners on the Lagos roads to compete for honours in the Elite Label race, as the status of the Lagos City Marathon rises. Speaking on the annual event, the General Manager Nilayo Sports Management …

File Photo: Mass burial for the victims of gunmen attack in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State on Wednesday Tragedy struck on Wednesday when 18 persons were burnt beyond recognition in an auto crash in Narbodo village of Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi state. Yusuf Abdullahi, the Sector …

Emefiele, CBN governor The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it will come up with a regulatory policy framework for the implementation of cryptocurrencies. The CBN which had earlier banned crypto-related transactions in the banking system, disclosed this in a report on ‘Nigeria payments system vision 2025’. It said, …

NNPC The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says it is prospecting for crude oil in more locations across the north, after discovering the commodity in Bauchi and Gombe states. NNPC stated that it was currently taking coordinated steps for more frontier exploration in the region, as part of measures …

Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Garki has dismissed allegations of false asset declaration levelled against Mahmood Yakubu, chairperson of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The court also barred the Department of State Services (DSS), the police, and Code of Conduct Bureau …

Zainab Ahmed Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, says the federal government spent a total of N5.24 trillion on debt servicing between January and November 2022, out of its N6.5 trillion retained revenue for the same period. The minister disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday during the …

Polaris Bank Ltd Building The Central Bank of Nigeria has reacted to the claims of fraudulent transactions in the sale of Polaris Bank formerly known as Skye Bank to Fairview Acquisition Partners. Recall that in October 2022, CBN in a press statement announced the completion of the sale of shares …

Alleged attack by the Minister of Interior and Former Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the February 2023 General Elections, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been described  as fake news and a creation of the imagination of jittery politicians …

Two former governors of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola and Adegboyega Oyetola, and their supporters have resolved to work to ensure victory for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on February 25. Addressing party faithful at the Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Secretariat in Osogbo, Oyetola said Osun …

The Department of State Services (DSS) said it has arrested the mastermind of the Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device attack that occurred near the Palace of the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland in Okene, Kogi State. The DSS Spokesperson, Peter Afunnaya disclosed this on Wednesday, noting that the key suspect, Abdulmumin Ibrahim Otaru …