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Abia 2023: Onyema Ugochukwu Receives Alex Otti, Calls For Peaceful Campaigns
A former chairman of NDDC, Chief Onyema Ugochukwu on Friday played host to the Labour Party governorship candidate in Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti at his home in Umule, Umuahia where he made an appeal to the political actors to maintain peaceful and violent-free campaigns ahead of the 2023 general elections. Otti, a former MD of the defunct Diamond Bank...
UPDATE: Kidnapped NTA Aba News Manager Regains Freedom
The Assistant Manager News and Current Affairs of Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) Channel 6 Aba, Mrs. Chinyere Okoye has been rescued. Though information about her release was still sketchy, it was learnt that she regained her freedom on Friday morning. Our reporter could not confirm if the family agreed to pay the ransom demanded by her captors. Mrs. Okoye was said to...
Full Speech Of President Buhari On COVID-19 Pandemic [VIDEO]
ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE COVID- 19 PANDEMIC SUNDAY 29TH MARCH, 2020 1. Fellow Nigerians, 2. From the first signs that Coronavirus, or COVID-19 was turning into an epidemic and was officially declared a world-wide emergency, the Federal Government started planning preventive, containment and curative measures in the event the disease hits...
[BREAKING] COVID-19: FG To Borrow $7 Billion
The Federal Government has applied for a cumulative loan of about $7 billion to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed who spoke at a press conference in Abuja on Monday also disclosed that about 506 trucks of rice seized by Nigerian Customs Service will be released to the Ministry...
Appeal Court Nullifies IGP’s Recruitment Of 10K Constables
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Wednesday nullified the recruitment of 10,000 constables carried out last year by the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu. A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal led by Justice Olabisi Ige unanimously held that the IGP lacked the power to recruit constables for the police force. The court held that the power to carry...
Selling Forex To Banks To End In 2022 – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has put Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) on notice that it will stop selling forex to them by the end of 2022. CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele made this known in Abuja on Thursday at the end of the Bankers’ Committee Meeting where he also introduced the RT200 Programme. Emefiele said the time had come for the...
BREAKING: 180 Million Telephone Lines Linked With NIN
Over 180 million telephone lines are now linked with the National Identity Numbers (NIN), the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Prof Umar Danbatta disclosed on Tuesday. He said this following the capturing of over 60 million Nigerians by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in the National Identity Numbers (NIN) database. READ ALSO: Senate Confirms EFCC Board...
Do Not Link Peter Obi With IPOB Agitation, Kalu Tells Shiekh Gumi
Two-time Minister for Finance, Kalu Idika Kalu, has disagreed with Shiekh Ahmad Gumi over his comment on the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and the agitation for Biafra. Gumi had in a post, said that the emergence of Obi had s...
Fears As New COVID-19 Crisis Hits China, 7 Test Positive Linked To A Restaurant
Seven people who tested positive for the coronavirus have been linked to the same restaurant in China, sparking fears of a looming new outbreak as the country scrambles to get back to normal. It comes as authorities in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou are investigating a possible series of community transmission of the killer bug after five Nigerian nationals were infected with...
Aisha Yesufu Reveals What Tinubu Supporters Told Her About Peter Obi’s Supporters
Nigerian human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu took to her official Twitter handle just a few minutes ago to reveal what supporters of the presidential candidate of the ruling all progressives congress told her about Peter Obi's supporters. Taking to h...
