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Police raid terrorist camp in Imo, kill six
By Deborah Nnamdi Operatives of the Imo State Police Command have bursted a terrorist hideout in Ihube, Okigwe Local Government Area, and killed six members. The gang was alleged to be the masterminds behind the attack on the Correctional Centre Owerri, the murder of five policemen, the burning of Arondizuogu…
Read More »Wike, Fubara, snub each other during meeting with Tinubu
By Deborah Nnamdi The two major combatants in the worsening Rivers state political crisis, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Minister, Nyesom Wike and Governor Siminalayi Fubara allegedly refused to exchange pleasantries when they met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the Villa on Tuesday. Both Wike and Governor Fubara were…
Read More »‘Tackle illegal mining as oil theft was done’ – Oshiomhole tells Tinubu
By Douglas Maha, Abuja A former Edo State Governor and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, Senator Adams Oshiomhole, has fingered retired military generals for the widespread illegal mining operations in Nigeria. Speaking at a Senate Committee session on Thursday, Oshiomhole warned that Nigeria’s economic diversification efforts could fail…
Read More »Tinubu names Prof Akinyemi, Ganduje others as chair of FG boards, parastatals
By Sodeeq Kamsela National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje and eminent jurist Prof Bolaji Akinyemi, SAN, are among the prominent Nigerians President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed as board chairpersons for 42 federal organisations and a Secretary to the Board of the Civil Defence, Immigration, and Prisons…
Read More »N116.184bn disbursed so far to students across the country– NELFUND
By Deborah Nnamdi The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has said that as of 1st January, 2025, it has disbursed N116.184 billion for the upkeep of students across 176,252 beneficiary institutions in the country. Speaking on Thursday in Abuja during the budget defence session with Senator Dandutse Muntari, APC, Katsina…
Read More »Only 6,000 medical consultants left in Nigeria – MDCAN
By Deborah Nnamdi The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) says only 6,000 consultants are left in the country. The association’s President, Prof. Muhammad Mohammad, said this on Thursday during the association’s National Executive Council (NEC) Meeting in Ilorin. The meeting was themed, “Policy Making for Quality Healthcare…
Read More »Fmr Gov of Defunct Bendel State, Gen Jerry Useni dies at 82
A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, former Bendel State Governor and a key member of the Nigerian military juntas of the 1990s, Lieutenant General Jeremiah Useni, is dead. It was gathered that Useni, a retired army officer died on Thursday at the age of 82, after a protracted…
Read More »‘Reconsider border closure’ – Babangida tells FG
Former Niger State Governor, Dr Babangida Aliyu, has asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to reconsider the Federal Government’s decision regarding the closure of the country’s borders. Dr Babangida Aliyu Babangida, popularly known as Servant Leader during his tenure as governor, noted that goods continued to find their way into neighbouring…
Read More »Banks start enforcing PoS withdrawal limit of N100k daily, N500k weekly
By Deborah Nnamdi There are indications that banks have begun the implementation of a daily withdrawal limit of N100,000 and a weekly limit of N500,000 on Point-of-Sale terminals. The implementation is coming after a directive by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on December 17, 2024, to limit the daily…
Read More »FG approves N4bn cash transfer for households in need
The federal government has approved a N4 billion allocation for conditional cash transfers to support vulnerable households across Nigeria. Speaking at the launch of the 2025 Nigeria Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP) at the United Nations House in Abuja on Thursday, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction,…
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