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The Federal Executive Council has approved the National Policy on Fifth Generation 5G Networks for Nigeria’s digital economy. The 5G Policy was approved at the Council meeting today, following the presentation by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ibrahim Pantami. The implementation of the National Policy is …

  The Allied Political Parties for Good Governance has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to call the leadership of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to order. Mr Raph Nwosu, National Chairman of African Democratic Congress (ADC), made the call on behalf of the parties, at a news conference …

Screenshot from apology video. Source: Instagram/@its_tegadominic Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye ex-housemate, Tega, has apologised for her misconduct during her time in the house. Taking to Instagram page on Tuesday, the married mother-of-one shared a video where she broke down in tears while apologising. Checks by our correspondent also …

Tega and Boma, Tega hugs husband Nigerians on social media have hailed Ajeboh Krislawrence, husband of recently evicted Big Brother Naija contestant, Tega, after a video surfaced showing him hugging her for the first time since she left the reality TV show on Sunday. Tega had gone into the show …

Cristiano Ronaldo was all smiles as he arrived for his first full day of training at Manchester United’s Carrington complex ahead of his potential second debut this weekend. United’s new No 7 did report to the training ground for the first time on Tuesday to speak with manager Ole Gunnar …

Ahmed Musa The Nigeria Football Federation has admitted error in its earlier counting of Super Eagles’ captain Ahmed Musa’s record. The Federation said FIFA was right in its counting, in a statement titled, ‘NFF defers to FIFA on Ahmed Musa’s record’. While NFF earlier said Musa had made 100 appearances …

The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed terrorism charges against two aides of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Igboho, at the Federal High Court, Abuja. The aides – Jamiu Noah Oyetunji and Amudat Habibat Babatunde – are among ten others arrested by the DSS during a raid on Igboho’s residence …

Dr. Fatima Waziri – Azi President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a female professor, Fatima Waziri-Azi, as the new Director-General of the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons. (NAPTIP). Waziri-Azi’s appointment was announced in a statement by Buhari’s senior media assistant, Garba Shehu, on Wednesday. The Minister of Humanitarian …

As the Naira continues to take a heavy beating against the major international currencies at the foreign exchange (forex) market, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said its major concern, for now, was boosting Dollar supply to the market windows and not the valuation of the local currency. The Director …

Equities have been ranked as the best investment asset class to hedge against inflation from August 2020 to August 2021. The Financial Derivatives Company (FDC) disclosed this in the inflation vs investment return data released for August in Lagos. Among the four asset classes tracked by the FDC, the Nigerian …