Inspector-General Kayode Egbetokun has withdrawn police orderlies attached to some politically-exposed persons across Nigeria, according to a recent memo seen by a Newspaper.The July 12 signal from the Force Headquarters mobile police section listed those affected as including former governors, senators, ministers and family members of former President Muhammadu Buhari.Those
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A billionaire businessman, Arthur Eze, has donated N200 million for the development of Azman University, Kano.The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Mr Eze, who is the chancellor of the new university, spoke while inaugurating the Board of Trustees and the Governing Council of the university in Kano on Sunday.He
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There is speculation that a former governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, might replace the senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Tokunbo Abiru.It was reported on Friday that Ambode visited President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.The meeting comes after the President met with Ambode at the state
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The Ad-hoc Committee set up by the leadership of the 10th House of Representatives will on Monday screen the recently appointed Service Chiefs by President Bola Tinubu.The Service Chiefs are: Major General C.G Musa as Chief of Defence Staff; Major General T. A. Lagbaja as Chief of Army Staff; Rear
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Active subscriptions for the internet across mobile, fixed and VOIP networks in Nigeria rose to 159.5 million in May this year.According to the latest industry statistics released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), this represents an 8.6% growth when compared with the 158.2 million recorded in April.The NCC’s data reveals
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THE Nigerian Federal Government’s borrowings from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through Ways and Means Advances hit N1.83 trillion in the first quarter of 2023.This pushed Federal government’s borrowings from the CBN to N25.36 trillion in March 2023, from N23.53 trillion in December 2022, as disclosed in provisional data
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President Bola Tinubu has called on African leaders to respect democracy, the rule of law and ensure political stability.Tinubu made the remarks during a high-level event organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on the margins of the Fifth Mid-Year African Union (AU) Coordination Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya.The President,
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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, (LP) in the 2023 general elections Peter Obi has dismissed a false report against him.In a statement released on Saturday, Obi stressed that he never granted any interview or made press remarks about plans on becoming president in 2027.He also maintained that the
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Nigeria has fulfilled its financial obligations to the African Union (AU) by making full payment of its assessed contributions for the year 2023.The confirmation was made on Saturday by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Adamu Lamuwa, on the sidelines of the 43rd Ordinary Session of the Executive
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The Nigerian naira on Friday, July 14, closed at N803.9 per dollar at the Investors and Exporters (I&E) foreign exchange window.The figure is the highest intra-day rate ever recorded since the introduction of the window in April 2017.The I&E foreign exchange (FX) window is Nigeria’s official exchange rate window and
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