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Sir: I didn’t know whether to sympathise with or mock Orji Uzor Kalu (OUK) after watching a video in which he barely held back tears on the floor of the Senate. I will not deny that I have for years had a kind of emotional attachment to Kalu. Like all humans, he has his shortcomings and most are mirrored via ... Read More »

The Presidency has announced eight advisers to assist President Bola Tinubu in the running of the administration. In a statement by State House Director of Information, Mr Abiodun Oladunjoye, the media of the President will be headed by Mr Dele Alake, who has been made Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy. Other appointments include Mr. ... Read More »

…Market-driven currency regime excites financial experts The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday unified all exchange rates within the economy into the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window. In a circular to authorised dealers signed by CBN Director, Financial Markets, Angela Sere-Ejembi, the regulator said all exchange rate segmentation is “abolished with immediate effect”. The CBN said all segments of the ... Read More »

Guinness World Records on Tuesday announced Hilda Baci the new record holder for the longest cooking by an individual. The GWR in a statement on its website, said, “Following a thorough review of all the evidence, Guinness World Records can now confirm that Hilda Effiong Bassey, better known as Hilda Baci, has officially broken the record for the longest cooking ... Read More »

President Bola Tinubu has signed the Students Loan Bill into law. The President’s media team led by Mr Dele Alake, a member of the Presidential Strategic Team, announced this to reporters in Abuja. According to Alake, who was accompanied by other members of the media team, including Tunde Rahman and Abdulaziz Abdulaziz and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, David ... Read More »

President Bola Tinubu has appealed to Nigerians to bear with his administration on its decision to implement the fuel subsidy removal of the last administration, assuring them that it is a decision that will save the country from collapsing. President Tinubu made the appeal in his Democracy Day speech on Monday morning, explaining that the decision would help Nigeria to ... Read More »

President Bola Tinubu has suspended the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, from office with immediate effect. This is sequel to the ongoing investigation of his office and the planned reforms in the financial sector of the economy, according to a statement on Friday by the Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government ... Read More »

A Former chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Ogun State, Olaposi Sunday Oginni, has been arrested by police operatives for alleged financial impropriety, fraud, money laundering and terrorism financing in parts of the country Oginni, recently expelled from NNPP by the national leadership of the party over alleged anti-party activities, was arrested in Abeokuta, the Ogun state ... Read More »

Ex-Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has blamed the devil for the misunderstanding between himself and his successor, Adegboyega Oyetola during the latter’s administration. Aregbesola who spoke in Yoruba language during a welcome rally organised by his loyalists to welcome him back to the state at Freedom Park, Osogbo, said the devil successfully allowed animosity to thrive between them after ... Read More »

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a suit filed by five residents of the Federal Capital Territory, who prayed to the court to halt the inauguration of Bola Tinubu as president. The five applicants —Anyaegbunam Okoye, David Adzer, Jeffery Ucheh, Osang Paul and Chibuike Nwachukwu—identified themselves as registered voters of the FCT. Our correspondence reports the five ... Read More »