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For allegedly excluding Christians during his visit, the United States (US) Secretary of States, Mr John Kerry, the Christian Association of Nigerian (CAN) on Thursday said he was discriminatory, personal and divisive. The organisation therefore warned him to stop interfering in the internal affairs of the country, saying the visit was aimed at furthering the federal government’s plan to […]Read More

The Emir of Kano and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Muhammadu Sanusi, has cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari against  repeating the mistakes of former President Goodluck Jonathan so his administration does not end up unpopular too. Sanusi also warned Buhari against continuing to blame previous administrations for the nation’s present predicament, saying what […]

Following a  meeting of Nigerian Bank Executives and officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on the suspension of Nigerian banks from Foreign Exchange trade The United Bank For Africa, UBA, has announced that it  has been readmitted into the Forex Exchange Market. The readmission was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by […]

The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has sealed Protea Hotel, close to Kuramo Waters, over alleged failure to remit N11.07 million personal income taxes deducted from workers’ salaries. Mrs Ajibike Oshodi-Sholola, Head, Distrain Unit of LIRS, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria during a state-wide tax law enforcement exercise in Lagos on […]

The Executive Director in charge of Public Sector at First Bank, Mallam Dauda Lawal, has revealed what he told the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) when he was detained recently. Lawal, in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, said that he was actually questioned about his relationship with a former Minister of Petroleum […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that the anti-corruption crusade in the country will be deepened and institutionalized to last beyond the life of the current administration. Receiving American Secretary of State, Mr John Kerry, at an audience in State House, Abuja, Tuesday, the President declared: “We will insist on the standards we’re establishing. We are […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)  on Tuesday banned nine deposit money banks (DMBs) from the foreign exchange market, for withholding more than $2 billion belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) from the Treasury Single Account (TSA). The banks are:  First Bank of Nigeria (FBN)- $469m; Diamond Bank Plc-$287m; Sterling Bank Plc-$269m; Sky Bank […]Read More

Fani-Kayode a Former Minister of Aviation and Campaign director to former President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 general election has on Tuesday described the statement of the visiting United States Secretary of State, John Kerry’s as a ‘garbage’. The Former Minister of Aviation said this on his twitter timeline shortly after John Kerry left the Sultan of Sokoto, […]Read More

The Bayelsa State Waterways Security Task Force‎ led by an ex-militant leader, Africanus Ukparasia also known as “Gen. Africa” has on Tuesday in a statement announced that they have caught a gang suspected to have been responsible for the August 8 killing of three soldiers at Tombi waterside in Nembe area of the state. Mr […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, on his 60th birthday, coming up on Wednesday, 24th August 2016. President Buhari said he is joining the people and government of Sokoto State, the Muslim community and family members of the Sultan in celebrating the unique anniversary. “As the head of […]

Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso’s guest house located at Lugard Road, Nassarawa GRA, Kano has been taken over by heavily armed policemen on Tuesday. The lockdown is as a result of an alleged secret mass wedding of over 100 couples conducted by Kwankwasiyya foundation yesterday. The residence popular known as Lugard Hall to city dwellers came […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has reassured the Artists’  Village community at the National Theatre, Lagos, that the government has not abandoned them. The Minister, who stated this on Monday in Lagos at a meeting with the representatives of the Artists’ Village, restated the government’s commitment to compensate those whose studios […]