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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seised N20bn stashed in 103 bank accounts belonging to Afam Ukatu, chairman of Mallinson group of companies. Speaking with TheCable on Thursday, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, said a Post No Debit order was made by the court on all his accounts in August 2022. […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Daewoo Group, a South Korean conglomerate, for the rehabilitation of the Kaduna refinery. According to a statement by Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, the agreement was signed on the sidelines of the […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Wednesday, announced that it redesigned some new naira notes. Speaking on the development, Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor, said the circulation of the new designs begins on December 15, 2022.  According to Emefiele, the new notes include N200, N500, and N1000. The CBN governor said […]

Adewale Adenaike, chairman of phase 3, Trademore Estate, federal capital territory (FCT), has narrated how officers of the Department of State Services (DSS) and some American soldiers arrested a suspected terrorist in his community. Adenaike said the security operatives closed down the estate gates on Monday to stop vehicular movements. The community […]

The Labour Party (LP) has released an updated list of its presidential campaign council for the 2023 elections. On October 12, the LP had released a campaign council list, which was later retracted after concerns were raised, while the party later said the list had “errors and omissions”. Hours after the list […]

Olusegun Mimiko, former governor of Ondo, says he was not consulted before he was appointed as the leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign council committee in the state.  The PDP had recently appointed Mimiko to lead the presidential campaign in Ondo, with Roland Omowa and Eyitayo Jegede as chairman and […]

Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, says oil revenue shortfall and petrol subsidy deductions are challenging the full implementation of the 2022 budget. Ahmed said this on Wednesday when she appeared at the house of representatives committee on finance to present the performance of the 2022 budget. She said […]

The federal government says it will not be “stampeded” over the recent travel advisory by the United States (US) warning of possible terror attacks in Nigeria. In an update to a recent travel advisory, the US had authorised the evacuation of “non-emergency” employees and their family members in Nigeria “due to the heightened […]