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Thousands of Nigerians on Monday took to the streets of Abuja to protest the unbearable hardship and hunger caused by the economic policies of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Protesters carrying banners, urged the Federal Government to reverse some of its policies that have impoverished the people. They also called on government officials, political officials and members of parliament to reduce …

The Council of Imams and Ulama in Kaduna State has expressed strong opposition to the move that could reportedly undermine the authority of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar. Secretary of the council, Dr Yusuf Arrigasiyyu, who spoke at a press conference on Sunday in Kaduna, condemned attempts to “denigrate or undermine the honourable office” of the Sultan. He …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar said on Sunday that Nigerians are currently living in dangerous times following increasing insecurity in the country. Atiku, reacting to a number of kidnappings by gunmen in various parts of the country over the weekend, said rising insecurity was a cause for concern. In a post on his X account, the former vice president lamented …

Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will administer the oath of office to 12 new judges of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, including his daughter-in-law, Ariwoola Oluwakemi Victoria, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. This was revealed in a statement by Festus Akande, Director of Press and Information at the Supreme Court, on Sunday. The ceremony will begin at …

  ●How Dangote reassures the public on the start of petrol production in July 2024 International financial analytics firm S&P Global has described Dangote Oil Refinery and Petrochemicals, a company with an output of 650,000 barrels per day (bpd), as capable of solving Nigeria’s foreign exchange (forex) problem and its enormous pressure on the local currency, the naira, while also …

A new free tool has been released by exchange-listed cloud services company Cloudflare with the aim of preventing bots from collecting information from websites hosted on its network to create artificial intelligence (AI) models. In a blog post announcing the update, the Cloudflare team also shared some data on how its clients are coping with the rise in bots using …

The ad hoc committee investigating the ‘N30 trillion ways and means’ loan under former President Muhammadu Buhari has been given two months to submit its report. This comes after the committee failed to meet its initial deadline. Senate President Godswill Akpabio inaugurated the 17-member ad hoc committee to investigate “funds and means worth N30 trillion” acquired under Buhari on March …

  Former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday launched a book on how Soludo-engineered consolidation transformed Nigerian banking. At the book launch, Obasanjo was represented by former Cross River State Governor Donald Duke. It was written on Saturday in Lagos by Dr Ray Echebiri, CEO of the Centre for Financial Journalism. The title of the book is: “One Man Power: …

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the management of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) to release the medical certificate of detained Binnace Holdings Limited executive, Tigran Gambaryan, by July 16. The judge granted the order following a request from Gambaryan’s lawyer, Mark Mordi (SAN). Mordi has appealed to the court to summon the Medical …

Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand has said that Bukayo Saka is England’s most important player. Saka played a key role as England defeated Switzerland to reach the semi-finals of the European Championship. The Arsenal winger scored a superb goal to draw level with England 10 minutes from time. Breel Embolo put Switzerland ahead in the 75th minute. In the penalty …