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The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Olayemi Cardoso, has flayed the past administrations of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for straying from its core mandates and dabbling into fiscal policies under the guise of developing financial activities. This is even as the apex bank’s czar disclosed that under the past administrations, there was also a lack …

A Catholic Parish house in Kamantan, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, was on Thursday night set ablaze and a seminarian killed in an attack by gunmen. The Parish in Kamantan is under the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the attackers stormed the parish house …

Every election comes with its own challenges, and political players are busy oiling their political machinery towards the November 11, 2023 Kogi State gubernatorial election. Several candidates have emerged from various primaries across the 18 political parties that will participate in the said election. Elections in Kogi State have a way of entertaining Nigeria’s political spectators with its different dramas …

Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has argued that although the Labour Party’s (LP) 2023 presidential candidate lost at the presidential Tribunal on Wednesday, the judiciary was correct when he successfully reclaimed his position as governor of Anambra State in 2007. Wike made this assertion on Thursday when he featured on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. “Did …

The Borno state governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has reaffirmed his government’s continuous support to all security agencies including vigilante CJTF and hunters in the state. This is to ensure effective safety of live and property of the citizenry with a view to ending 14 years of  Boko Haram  insurgency and stemming  other crimes  in the state. The Borno state Commissioner of Information and Internal …

The Kano State police command has cautioned the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) against the planned protest in the state. Kano was rocked by protests on Wednesday following the discovery of the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the appeal court judgement that sacked Abba Yusuf as the governor of the state. The appellate court …

The Premier League is investigating Chelsea for potential financial rule breaches during Roman Abramovich’s ownership of the club. Chelsea’s new owners reported their own club to UEFA and the Premier League after their takeover last summer. At present, Chelsea have not been charged with anything by the Premier League. If they were found guilty of rule breaches, sanctions could include …

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of eight new permanent secretaries in the Federal Civil Service. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, confirmed the development in a statement on Friday in Abuja. The appointment, according to him, followed the conclusion of the selection process conducted by the Office of the Head of the …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has resolved to appeal the judgement that disqualified its governorship candidate in Bayelsa, Timipreye Sylva, from the November 11 election in the state. Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday night, disqualified the former minister of state for petroleum from taking part in the election. The judge, who delivered the ruling …

A Nigerian Army Special Court-martial sitting in Abuja on Tuesday sentenced a former Group Managing Director, Nigerian Army Properties Limited, Maj.-Gen. Umar Mohammed, to 7 years imprisonment for stealing the sum of $2,178,900 and N1.65 billion belonging to the Nigerian Army Property Limited (NAPL). Mohammed was sentenced after the court found him guilty of 14 count charges out of 18 …