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  • Ward urges Ajagba to get creative

    By Ifunanya | January 21, 2023 | Comments Off on Ward urges Ajagba to get creative

    Nigerian heavyweight boxer Efe Ajagba has been charged to get more creative in the ring following his victory over Stephan Shaw on Saturday, January 14. ESPN analyst Andre Ward noted that there was some improvement […]

  • Access Bank strengthens cross-border banking

    By Ifunanya | January 21, 2023 | Comments Off on Access Bank strengthens cross-border banking

    Access Bank Plc has reassured stakeholders of its commitment to sustain its cross-border banking presence in Africa following the bank’s discontinuation of Sidian Bank of Kenya’s acquisition. The bank said in a statement signed by […]

  • Buhari okays fresh N1.9tn for NNPC road projects

    By Ifunanya | January 21, 2023 | Comments Off on Buhari okays fresh N1.9tn for NNPC road projects

    The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has given approval to the recommendation for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited to invest N1.9tn in the reconstruction of 44 […]

  • Release Kanu to Nigerians, not Soludo – Counsel

    By Ifunanya | January 21, 2023 | Comments Off on Release Kanu to Nigerians, not Soludo – Counsel

    Ifeanyi Ejiofor, one of the lawyers for the embattled leader of the proscribed Igbo secessionist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has said Kanu should be released to Nigerians and not to […]

  • Nine suspected ritualists nabbed in Borno

    By Ifunanya | January 21, 2023 | Comments Off on Nine suspected ritualists nabbed in Borno

    The Borno State Police Command said it arrested a nine-man gang of serial ritualists known as “Karangiya” who specialised in dismembering their victims’ body parts. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the Commissioner of […]

  • Cultists, hemp sellers’ clash claims two in Osun

    By Ifunanya | January 21, 2023 | Comments Off on Cultists, hemp sellers’ clash claims two in Osun

    Osun State CP, Sunday Faleye Two people lost their lives on Friday when some youths suspected to be members of a cult clashed with a group of hemp sellers in Osogbo, Osun State. An eyewitness […]

  • Ortom blames powerful individuals for renewed killing in Benue

    By Ifunanya | January 21, 2023 | Comments Off on Ortom blames powerful individuals for renewed killing in Benue

    Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has linked the deadly attack on Abagena community in Makurdi Local Government Area of the state to “reckless comments of some highly-placed individuals.” Media Talk Africa earlier reported that gunmen […]

  • 2023 elections: Stay away from partisan politics – Abia Govt to traditional rulers

    By Ifunanya | January 21, 2023 | Comments Off on 2023 elections: Stay away from partisan politics – Abia Govt to traditional rulers

    The Abia State government has expressed dismay over the brazen impunity exhibited by some traditional rulers who have abandoned their primary responsibilities as custodians of tradition and customs of the people and descended into the […]

  • Major oil marketers blame long fuel queues on ‘distribution bottlenecks’

    By Ifunanya | January 21, 2023 | Comments Off on Major oil marketers blame long fuel queues on ‘distribution bottlenecks’

    The Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, MOMAN, on Friday said queues at filling stations were as a result of exceptionally high demand and bottlenecks in the fuel distribution chain. Clement Isong, the Chief Executive […]

  • Banditry: Operation Safe Haven gets new Commander

    By Ifunanya | January 21, 2023 | Comments Off on Banditry: Operation Safe Haven gets new Commander

    Maj.-Gen.  Abdulsalami Ibrahim on Friday assumed office as the new Commander of the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven, OPSH. Mr Ibrahim replaced Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali who was deployed as Theatre Commander, North-East Joint Task […]

  • Fuel scarcity: Sylva allays fears, says Buhari never approved any increase in pump price

    By Ifunanya | January 21, 2023 | Comments Off on Fuel scarcity: Sylva allays fears, says Buhari never approved any increase in pump price

    The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva says the Federal Government has not approved any increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise called petrol. In a statement, on […]

  • New naira notes: Governors set up committee to work with CBN

    By Ifunanya | January 21, 2023 | Comments Off on New naira notes: Governors set up committee to work with CBN

    The Nigerian Governor’s Forum (NGF) has set up a six-member committee to engage the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to address anomalies in the country’s monetary management and financial system. The forum disclosed this in […]

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