The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has banned nine deposit money banks (DMBs) from the foreign exchange market, for hiding over $2 billion belonging to Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) from the Treasury Single Account (TSA). President Muhammadu Buhari has been briefed on the breach by the banks, and they have
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An Indian policeman had 40 knives removed from his belly via a surgical process on Tuesday. He spent two months swallowing the knives and said that “spiritual powers” made him do it.He underwent a successful five-hour operation to remove the knives from his stomach in the northern city of Amritsar
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Lecturers of the Bayelsa State owned University, Niger Delta University (NDU), Ammassoma in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the State on Tuesday called off its four months old strike action. The decision to call off the strike action followed the meeting and the formal signing of a Memorandum of Understanding,
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The Management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), has alleged that the school bursar, Mr. Peter Agi, been impersonating the Vice Chancellor, Prof Zana Akpagu as well as indulging in the act of absenteeism, and so he should be suspended. Last week, it was reported that some UNICAL administrative workers, students
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The Bayelsa State Waterways Security Task Force led by an ex-militant leader, Africanus Ukparasia, nick named “Gen. Africa” has captured a suspected gang said to have been responsible for the August 8 killing of three soldiers at Tombi waterside in Nembe area of the state.This was made known in a
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Too much sex is really a burning question in the mind of young people of the 21st century, sex as the name implies is a natural thing which one can’t control its feeling, as such, it may be wrong to attached a figure to how
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A 37 year old Nigerian man was on Monday, August 22, arrested by the Bengaluru police for alleged drug peddling and recovered some content of cocaine.The suspect, Adinife Raphael, was arrested after police received a tip-off on his activities. They raided his home on Monday in the Bengaluru police station
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The residence of former Kano State Governor and a serving senator, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso has been sealed off by combat-ready policemen in Kano. The residence, located at Lugard Road is a few minutes-drive away from the Kano Government House. Also, Kwankwaso’s Lodge Road residence, which serves as the headquarters of Kwankwasiyya Movement,
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The visiting US Secretary of State to Nigeria John Kerry has urged the Nigerian government to build trust with the people as a means of tackling extremism and corruption. He also warned the security forces that they need to police the country in a sensitive way: Building public trust also requires
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