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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned Bamidele Oloyelogun, speaker of the Ondo state house of assembly, over allegations of fraud. Oloyelogun was arraigned alongside Felemu Bankole, a lawmaker representing the Akoko south-west constituency 2, and Segun Bankole, a staff of the assembly. Iroju Ogundeji, a former …

Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu A lawyer and former presidential candidate of Hope Democratic Party in 2019, Ambrose Owuru has approached the Appeal Court seeking to stop the inauguration of President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The lawyer, in the suit marked CA/CV/259/2023, urged the court to stop President Muhammadu Buhari, Attorney …

Candidates participating in JAMB examination The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has commenced the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination nationwide. A visit by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent to some of the Computer Based Centres (CBT) in Abuja and its environs revealed that the examination was free …

The governor-elect of Enugu State, Mr Peter Mbah, has named a 60-man transition committee to articulate and fine-tune the incoming administration’s development plan. This was contained in a statement by the head of Mbah’s media team, Mr Dan Nwomeh. He said the committee would also ‘streamline the state development plan …

Buhari departs Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to leave Abuja for Accra, Ghana on Tuesday, April 25 to attend the 3rd Extraordinary Session of the Gulf of Guinea Commission’s Assembly of Heads of State and Government. His spokesman, Femi Adesina, confirmed the travel itinerary in a statement issued on …

NPC Commissioner, Mrs Gloria Izonfuo The Bayelsa Federal Commissioner at the National Population Commission, Mrs Gloria Izonfuo has been abducted by gunmen. Police spokesperson in Rivers, SP Grace Iringe-Koko who confirmed the abduction on Monday, said Izonfuo was abducted on Sunday alongside her driver and maid at the Ogbakiri Junction …

We have obtained the official dollar to naira exchange rate in Nigeria today including the Black Market rates, Bureau De Change (BDC) rate, and CBN rates. How Much Is Dollar To Naira Exchange Rate Today 25th April 2023 Official Rate? The exchange rate between the Naira and the US dollar …

Tinubu arrives Abuja Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president-elect, has returned to Nigeria after spending over 30 days on vacation in France. Announcing his arrival on Twitter, Bayo Onanuga, the former head of media & publicity of Tinubu’s campaign council, wrote; “Jagaban lands in Abuja!” Tinubu left the country for France on …

Excitement as Kaduna teachers operate computer for the first time Excitement was visible on the faces of some primary school teachers in Kaduna State on Monday as they touched and operated a computer for the first time ever. The 25 teachers had undergone a five-day digital literacy training program organized …

African countries have invested $4.23bn (N1.95tn at the Central Bank of Nigeria’s exchange of N460.93 to a dollar) in Nigerian firms and businesses in the last three years. This formed 19.52 per cent of the $21.69bn that was invested into Nigeria from various countries in the period according to ‘Nigeria Capital …