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A civil rights group, ActionAid has said that although Nigerian economy is out of recession, most Nigerians have slipped into extreme poverty. Chairperson of governing board of the group, Mrs Patricia Donli, said this during a press conference held after the organisation’s Annual General Meeting held in Abuja. In her address titled “State of the Nigerian Nation,” she said the poverty level in the country has worsened to the extent that Nigeria has been named the country with the highest population of people who live in extreme poverty. “In 2016, the prevalence of people living below the poverty line ranged…
Governments of South-west states have declared June 12 as a public holiday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the annulled 1993 Presidential election adjudged to have been won by late M.K.O Abiola. The states include Lagos, Ondo, Ogun, Osun, Ekiti, and Oyo states. Federal government on Wednesday announced that June 12 would become a national holiday for the celebration of democracy day starting from 2019, although the day had always been public holidays in the South west. In Lagos State, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, the governor, said the recent decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to declare June 12 as the new…
A former member of House of Representatives, Mr Opeyemi Bamidele, has been flown to United Kingdom for further treatment. Our correspondent learnt that he was flown in a private jet belonging to a former Governor of Lagos State and National Leader of All Progressives Congress, Mr Bola Tinubu, on Friday night after receiving treatment at Euracare Multi-Specialists Hospital on Victoria Island, Lagos. Bamidele and five others were shot at a reception rally organised for All Progressives Congress candidate for the forthcoming Ekiti State governorship election, Mr Kayode Fayemi, at the party’s secretariat in Ado Ekiti on June 1. He was…
US President Donald Trump has retracted his endorsement of the joint communique issued at the end of G7 summit, accusing Canada of "dishonesty".He said that other countries were imposing "massive tariffs" on the US. The joint communique, advocating a "rules-based trading system", was reached despite tension over US tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed afterwards to press ahead with retaliatory tariffs on 1 July. Speaking at a news conference, he described as "insulting" Mr Trump's decision to invoke national security concerns to justify steel and aluminium tariffs."It would be with regret but it would be…
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law a bill that limits a vice-president or deputy governor who completes terms of their principals to seeking reelection only once more. This was one of three bills the president signed on Friday that make key changes to pre and post election laws in Nigeria. Senior Special Assistant to Mr Buhari on National Assembly matters, Mr Ita Enang, announced this on Friday. The first change deals with pre-election matters. Enang said the new act has reduced the date and time of determining pre-election matters. He did not state the number of days in the…
Saturday, 09 June 2018 04:46

Buhari appoints new CBN Deputy Governor

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the nomination of Mr Folashodun Adebisi Sonubi as Deputy Governor at Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), subject to Senate confirmation. Mr Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, made this known in statement in Abuja on Friday. Sonubi is currently Managing Director of Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS) – a financial payments, facilitation and settlement platform. NIBSS has been instrumental to the growth in electronic payments in the Nigerian financial industry. Before assuming headship of NIBBS in 2012, Sonubi had garnered decades of executive-level experience in financial service operations,…
Nigerian Communication Commissions (NCC) has urged customers of telecommunication operators to lodge their complaints of unsatisfactory services through its 622 Toll-Free-Line. Mr Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of the commission, said this at the 95th Edition of Consumers Outreach Programme in Dutse on Friday. Danbatta, represented by Director, Consumers Affairs Bureau of the commission, Mrs Felicia Onwuegbuchulam, said that the commission was disturbed with the various complaints from customers. The complaints include unsolicited text messages and calls, failure/refusal to roll over unused data services at the expiration of data bundled by service providers. Others are automatic renewal of data services…
Helicopter that brought Vice -President Yemi Osinbajo to Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College, Gwagwalada, Abuja, could not take him back to the villa as it was said to have made a forced landing about 30 seconds after take-off. Mr Osinbajo had been invited as Special Guest of Honour to a ceremony that saw the graduation of 40 senior officers of Customs. The event was attended by Chief of Army Staff, Mr Tukur Buratai; Chief of Air Staff, Mr Sadiq Abubakar; Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, Comptroller-General of Customs, Mr Hameed Ali and other top officials of the government…
Senate has confirmed Mr Adamu Abdu-Kafarati as Chief Judge of Federal High Court. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Tuesday written a letter to the Senate seeking confirmation of his appointment. Abdu-Kafarati was sworn-in as Acting Chief Judge of Federal High Court in September 2017. He succeeds Mr Ibrahim Auta who retired as chief judge last year. Senate had in March urged Mr Buhari to forward nomination of Abdu-Kafarati to the upper legislative chamber for approval as substantive Chief Judge of Federal High Court to avoid constitutional crisis. Abdu-Kafarati was confirmed after Senate adopted the report from its committee on Judiciary,…
Friday, 08 June 2018 04:03

NASS adjourns plenary for four weeks

National Assembly, comprising Senate and House of Representatives, on Thursday adjourned plenary sessions till July 3, 2018. The break, according to spokesmen of both chambers, was to enable legislators take part in the forthcoming Sallah celebration. They added that legislative activities, especially plenary sessions, would be put on hold within the period of the break. While announcing the break, both spokesmen used the opportunity to reel out the achievements of the legislative arm of government in three years of its inauguration. They also thanked Nigerians and the media for their steadfastness and belief in the legislators. "I want to tell…
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CBN extends deadline for BDCs to recapitalise

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has granted a six-month extension to Bureau De Change…
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Tinubu’s nepotism worse than Buhari’s, Senator says

Enyinnaya Abaribe, senator representing Abia South, has stated that Nigeria would have been in a…
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Older adults opened up about things they ‘took for granted’ in their 20s and 30s

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Influencer eats pig feed in extreme attempt to save money

Popular Douyin streamer Kong Yufeng recently sparked controversy in China by eating pig feed on…
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Fighter jet brought to combat bandits who invaded Benue communities, killed 30, official says

At least 30 people have been killed in several communities across two Local Government Areas…
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WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russian drones, missiles attack Ukraine's east, south and capital Russian missiles damaged residential…
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WhatsApp just introduced major new upgrade that overhauls messaging

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Nigeria awarded 3-0 win over Libya after airport fiasco

Nigeria have been awarded a 3-0 victory over Libya, and three vital points, from their…

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