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CBN Raises Interest Rate To 26.25%
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria has increased the benchmark interest rate to 26.25 per cent. This was disclosed by the Governor of the CBN who doubles as the Chairman of the MPC at the end of the 295th MPC meeting held in Abuja. At the March MPC meeting, the benchmark rate had been increased by 200...
Man Bags Two-Year Imprisonment Over Possession Of Hard Drug In Osun
Nwoke Ifeanyi, a traveller, has been sentenced to a two-year jail term for illegal possession of 600g of tramadol. Ifeanyi was sentenced on Monday by Justice Mashkur Salisu of the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. He was arraigned before the court on May 15, after which he admitted to illegally possessing the hard drug. READ ALSO: Rivers...
Rivers Crisis: Call Wike To Order Now – Clark Tells Ganduje, Damagum
Ijaw leader, Edwin Clark, has called on the national chairmen of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, and his Peoples Democratic Party counterpart, PDP, Umar Damagum to call the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike to order. Clark said the minister’s recent statement in Rivers State was capable of throwing the state into crisis. Wike had said he enjoyed getting them...
APC Has Become A One-Man Show In Benue, Says Sen. Abba Moro
The Senator representing Benue South Senatorial District and Senate Minority Leader, Abba Moro, has advised members of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State to remain with the party. He said all the past PDP-led administrations are far better than the current one-man show of the APC-led government in the state. Senator Moro gave this advice on Monday during the...
Minimum Wage: No Going Back On May 31 Ultimatum – Labour
The Organized Labour says its May 31 ultimatum for the Federal Government to finalize the new national minimum wage fixing process for workers remains sacrosanct. This is contained in a statement issued at the end of a joint emergency National Executive Council, NEC, meeting of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, on Tuesday in Abuja. According...
“Form Coalition With Julius Malema Or Go To Jail” – Prophet, Ayodele Warns Jacob Zuma
The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Tuesday, called on the former President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma to form a coalition with opposition leader, Julius Malema ahead of the general election coming up in the country on May 29. Primate Ayodele revealed that the current president, Cyril Ramaphosa would ensure Zuma is sentenced to jail...
Gov. Adeleke Urges Transparency In Public Governance
Federal and state Auditors-General have been urged to help in building more accountable and transparent administrations for the benefit of Nigerians. The call was made by the state governor, Ademola Adeleke in Ede, on Monday, at the opening session of the 53rd biannual conference organised by the Office of the Auditor-General, Osun State, in collaboration with the Body of Federal...
Kogi Indigenes, Others Stage Pro-Yahaya Bello Protest In London
Indigenes of Kogi State and some Nigerians under the aegis of the “Alliance For Emancipation and True Change” on Monday staged a peaceful protest in the United Kingdom about corruption allegations hanged on the former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. They urged President Bola Tinubu to wade in and ensure the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, remains neutral...
Polytechnic Rectors Debate Possible Replacement Of HND With Bachelor Of Technology
Rectors and Provosts of polytechnics and other TVET-awarding institutions will today (Tuesday) debate on the proposal to replace the HND programme with Bachelor of Technology. A letter signed by the Director, Human Resources of the National Board of Technical Education, Lawal Hafiz and addressed to all Rectors and Provosts across Nigeria said the meeting would also avail members the opportunity...
UK Slams Nigerian Embassy With £8.3m Congestion Charge
The UK Transport for London (TfL)a local government body responsible for most of the transport network in the United Kingdom’s capital city, has revealed that the Nigerian Embassy in London owes congestion charges totaling £8,395,055. Congestion charges are fees levied on drivers for entering a specific central zone of the city during certain hours. The aim is to reduce traffic...
