DSS recovers 18 bags of currency, documents from Emefiele’s Lagos home

At least 18 Ghana-must-go bags containing money and documents have been carted away by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) from the residence of the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, Nigerian Tribune has been reliably informed. Emefiele was arrested on June 10 by the DSS and has […]

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Seven Yoruba Nation agitators remanded in prison custody for invading Ibadan radio station

A Magistrate court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, has remanded seven Yoruba Nation agitators at Abolongo Correction Centre in the State for invading a radio station. The suspects were accused of invading Amuludun station of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, (FRCN) Moniya in Akinyele local government area on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The suspects who are […]

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Tinubu retires, replaces all Service Chiefs, Advisers, Customs CG, and IGP

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, approved the immediate retirement of all Service Chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police, Advisers, and the Comptroller-General of Customs Service. He has consequently appointed new service chiefs and other office holders. The newly appointed Officers are: S/NNAMEAPPOINTMENTS 1 Mallam Nuhu Ribadu – National Security Adviser 2 Maj. Gen. C.G Musa – […]

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CBN lifts cash deposit restrictions on domiciliary accounts

In a statement, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that cash deposits into domiciliary accounts in the country will no longer be restricted. The statement by the apex bank came following a meeting with the bankers’ committee on Sunday, June 18, as regards guidance to Deposit Money Banks (DMBs). The guidance includes allowing […]

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I was moved to tears with my bitter, humiliating experience at Nigerian embassy in New York ―Nigerian doctor

Nigerian doctor, Adeola (Addy) Deborah Olubamiji, has taken to Twitter to lament over the alleged humiliating experience she had at the Nigerian Embassy in New York, United States. In a post she shared on Twitter, Addy stated that she went to the Embassy with her family to get their Nigerian passports. She however said that […]

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CJN set to appoint 8 new Justices to the Supreme Court

Supreme Court of Nigeria intends to appoint eight new justices to bring the number of the juries to the required twenty one, and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has asked its members to indicate interest. Supreme Court currently has 13 justices with eight vacant slots, and the long tradition (except on few occasions in the […]

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President Tinubu to proceed on first medical trip to France ―SR says

Nigerian president, Bola Tinubu, will be attending the Global Financing Pact Summit in Paris, France, next week, according to SaharaReporters. Top sources in the presidency revealed that the president’s visit was also a “strategy” to see his team of medical doctors, revealed the online platform. Reports have shown that Tinubu has been repeatedly treated in […]

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Don’t release Nnamdi Kanu, military behind oil theft ―Asari Dokubo tells Tinubu

Former Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Dokubo made the call after he visited President Tinubu in Aso Rock on Friday. He said Kanu should be made to face the law because releasing him will […]

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Over 2.5 million votes disappeared from presidential poll result ―Maths Professor claims as he rubbishes INEC at Tribunal

Mathematics Professor at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria, Eric Uwadiegwu Ofoedu, testified on Friday, June 16, 2023, before the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC), that a total of 2,565,629 accredited votes were not reflected in the final results of the February 25 presidential election, as announced by the chairman of the Independent […]

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NIS acting CG, Wuraola Adepoju declares state of emergency on International Passport

Acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs. Caroline Wuraola Adepoju, has, during her working visit to Lagos, announced a state of emergency on Passport issues in the country. The NIN Media and Publicity Comptroller, Tony Akuneme disclosed this in a statement issued Friday in Abuja. She emphasized the urgent need to address […]

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Poly female student hacked to death in Nigeria, eyes plucked out

Tragedy struck at Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa in Oyo state, Nigeria on Friday, June 16, after the lifeless body of a National Diploma (ND) 2 Mass Communication student simply identified as Dasola, was found dead in her room with matchet cuts and her eyes plucked out. Vanguard reports that late Dasola’s friend, her coursemate, who […]

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NJC recommends 9 for appointment as Appeal Court justices

Nigeria’s National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended some names for appointments to the Court of Appeal bench and other judicial posts. A statement shared on its Twitter handle and signed by the council’s Director of Information, Soji Oye, on Friday, shows its recommendations for the appointments of nine candidates to the Court of Appeal bench […]

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Court dismisses El-Rufai’s defamation suit against Shehu Sani

A libel and defamation lawsuit filed by former Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai against former Senator representing Kaduna Central senatorial district, Shehu Sani, has been struck out by a Kaduna High Court. El-Rufai had initially filed a N2 billion suit against Shehu Sani in 2018, seeking relief for alleged injuries suffered as a result […]

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Tinubu kicks as election court admits INEC’s exhibit containing his bio-data

Following a summon issued on him, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, yesterday produced before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, a document that contained President Bola Tinubu’s age. The document, known as Form EC9, was an affidavit of personal particulars which President Tinubu submitted to the […]

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100-level Nigerian University female student commits suicide

100-level female student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun state, Nigeria, Salako Treasure was reported to have killed herself by consuming a substance suspected of sniper. Salako, said to be of the Department of Entrepreneur, was found dead inside an uncompleted building around the Lagere area of the town on Wednesday evening with a bottle […]

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Lightning strike kills referee during football match in Nigeria

A Nigerian referee identified as Mustapha Bello has been killed when he was struck by lightning during a friendly football match in Madalla town, Niger State, Nigeria. The deceased popularly known as Mustafa Coach 02 among football fans, and a member of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFA) met his tragic end on Tuesday evening, June […]

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