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A group, National Coalition for Security and Anti-Terrorism (NACOFSA) has raised the alarm that the embattled Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Godwin Emefiele is seeking asylum in the United Kingdom as part of ploy to run away from ongoing terrorism indictment by the Department of State …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja signed the 2023 Budget of N21.83 trillion along with the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Bill into law. Speaking at the signing of the eighth and final annual budget of this Administration, the President said the aggregate expenditures of N21.83 trillion, is an increase of …

The President, Muhammad Buhari on Tuesday has signed the 2023 Appropriation Bill passed by the National Assembly in December. This is the last budget to be signed by Buhari as Nigeria’s president. The budget spending was increased by N1.33 trillion, making it N21.83 trillion from the proposed N20.51 trillion by …

A vote of no confidence has been slammed on the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Major General Barry Tariye Ndiomu (retd) by a coalition of eleven youth groups of Isoko Ethnic Nationality. Isoko Youths in a statement issued in Asaba, disclosed that they expected the newly appointed …

Civil Society Organisation, Coalition Against Malpractices and Corruption (COMAC), has called on the Federel Government to make punishment more stringent for person who peddle false and unverified allegations. COMAC’s Executive Secretary, Mr. Babatunde Kolawole, in a chat with newsmen in Lagos, said several unscrupulous elements and racketeers have infiltrated the …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has sent the name of Lauretta Onochie as the substantive chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission. The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, on Wednesday, at the plenary read the nomination letters sent to the senate by the president.

The Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre, Lagos, was in disarray on Tuesday the 15th of November, 2022, when a corporal in the Nigerian Army, Abayomi Ebun, knocked down the The Director of Finance in the center, Brigadier-General Audu James, with a car. It was gathered that James was rushed to the NAFRC …

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has accused the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ahl. Atiku Abubakar of committing a sacrilege against the people of Benue State. The governor who also told Atiku not to think that Fulani alone could make him the President, asked him to …

Governor Godwin Emefiele of Central Bank Of Nigeria has announces an end to the current Naira Notes,saying that the bank has redesign another notes to replace the current ones. Emefiele who said the existing notes would seize to be regarded as legal tender by January 31, 2023, expresses worry over …

The University of Benin have announced resumption dates following the suspension of the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Sudents are expected to return to school on Sunday in line with the institution’s amended calendar. A statement on Wednesday by the institution’s spokesperson, Dr Benedicta Ehanire, read, “The …