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5 Feb
The Nigerian government has said it will clamp down on loan apps involved in illegal debt recovery and exploitation of consumers.
5 Feb
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) have arrested the General Overseer of Faith On The Rock Ministry International, Apostle Theophilus Oloche Ebonyi, for defrauding church members and other Nigerians using fake grants from the Ford Foundation to the tune of N1, 319,040,274.31( One Billion Three Hundred and Nineteen Million, Forty Thousand, Two Hundred and Seventy Four Naira, Thirty One Kobo).
5 Feb
A patrol team from Okokomaiko Division, Lagos, on Sunday arrested two men in possession of 70 cartons of Feed Fine Cyproheptadine Caplets 4g, all with an expiration date of 2016.
5 Feb
The governor of Central Bank Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, has highlighted some action plan the apex bank want to embark on in order to help boost the economy.
5 Feb
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has called for stoppage of production of alcohol in sachets and pet bottles of less than 200ml by distillers.
5 Feb
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, on Monday launched the distribution of farm inputs in Bakura, Mafara and Maradun Local Government Areas. The programme is in continuation of the of the COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus project under the auspices of FADAMA III. A statement by the Governor’s Spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, said the Governor…
5 Feb
At least 35 women are missing after kidnappers seized guests returning from a wedding in northwestern Nigeria, officials told AFP on Monday.
5 Feb
Nineteen people, one of them a humanitarian worker, were killed in ethnic clashes over the weekend in the Abyei region straddling the border between Sudan and South Sudan and claimed by both, local authorities said
5 Feb
Osun Fire Service, on Monday, said it recorded 70 fire outbreaks in the state between January and December 2023.
5 Feb
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, continued the distribution agricultural inputs and assets across the Local Government Areas (LGAs) on Sunday saying that the planned rebirth of the area has commenced. With a stimulus package empowerment for over 100,000 farmers across the 14 LGAs involving essential farm assets in the next four years, Lawal said the…
5 Feb
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said it has uncovered a sum of $2.4 billion out of the previously reported $7 billion foreign exchange (FX) backlog claims that were deemed invalid following a forensic audit. CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, made this disclosure during an interview with Arise Television on Monday. Cardoso said the audit, conducted…
5 Feb
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has warned the motoring public to desist from assaulting its operatives in the course of discharging their duties.
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Banks have 24 months to recapitalise their capital base to at least N500 billion international authorisation capitalisation to continue operations in the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said.
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Justice Abubakar Kutigi of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), yesterday, discharged former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN) and six others.
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Nigeria has been left in darkness, as the electricity grid, controlled from Osogbo, Osun State, collapsed at about 4:30 pm yesterday.
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Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has set a revenue collection target of N5 trillion from Value Added Tax (VAT). 
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Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, has lamented that even though his state is part of the Niger Delta region, and ought to benefit from the Niger Delta Ministry and Niger Delta Development Commission’s (NDDC) statutory mandate, Abia is rather a major beneficiary of abandoned NDDC projects.
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Probably for her optimism about eradicating Tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria in 2030, for which she donated N1 billion as support, the Global Stop TB Partnership, Geneva, has inaugurated the wife of President Bola Tinubu, Oluremi, as the Global and National TB Champion.
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Former governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, has asserted that prioritising the adoption of community police over the proposed establishment of state police will be more effective in addressing the current security challenges in the country.
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Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has tackled the Federal Government and the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, for letting the Plateau Christmas Eve killers go unpunished.
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The Chief of Staff (CoS) to Lagos State Governor, Tayo Ayinde and Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, have agreed to peace following their initial face-off and instituted court cases over character defamation and threats.
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Media rights groups, including the International Press Institute (IPI), Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), have condemned the abduction...