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The National Judicial Council (NJC) says it has set up seven committees to probe petitions written against judicial officers. In a statement on Friday, Soji Oye, NJC’s director of information, said the decision was reached during meetings held on Wednesday and Thursday. According to Oye, the council considered reports from various investigation […]

The police service commission (PSC) has approved the appointment of Frank Mba and Bala Ciroma as deputy inspectors-general of police (DIG). According to a statement signed by Ikechukwu Ani, police spokesperson, the decisions were made at the commission’s 21st plenary meeting presided over by Solomon Arase, its chairman. He said Ciroma will […]

Recently, a video appeared on the Nigerian social media space showing a large cash trove purported to have been found inside the home of Godwin Emefiele, the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). In the 26-second silent video, two men were seen counting large amounts of cash – of dollar […]

President Bola Tinubu has just finished a meeting with Niger Delta activist, Asari Dokubo, at the presidential villa, Abuja. Dokubo has been one of Tinubu’s staunchest supporters and backed the then All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate in the run-up to the 2023 elections. Dokubo has also backed some of the president’s […]

The Osun police command has arrested one Kehinde Adesogba Adekusibe, a 28-year-old man, for “inciting ethnic violence” on Twitter. On May 18, Adekusibe, via his Twitter handle @GideonAdekusibe, called for violence against the Igbo ethnic group. “Let’s kill all the Igbos. Let’s flush them out of Yoruba lands. I hate these people […]

Gudaji Kazaure, a former member of the house of representatives, has called on President Bola Tinubu to investigate 12 persons in order to “recover Nigeria’s stolen money”. Speaking on Brekete Family program on Thursday, the former lawmaker said the payment of fuel subsidy was a “fraud”, adding that most of the money was […]

JP Morgan, an American multinational financial services firm, says the naira is expected to appreciate, and trade at about N600 to the dollar in the coming months. The financial institution made the projection in a statement on Thursday. On Wednesday, the Central Bank of Nigeria announced the unification of all segments of […]

Abdulaziz Yari, senator representing Zamfara west, says he was betrayed during the election that produced Godswill Akpabio as president of the senate. Yari, who vied for the office of senate president, polled 46 votes, while Akpabio secured 63 votes to win the election.  The former governor had gone against the dictates of […]

 The national economic council (NEC) has set up a committee to review recommendations by the National Salaries and Wages Commission to cushion the impact of the removal of the petrol subsidy. On Thursday, the NEC at its first meeting presided over by Vice President Kashim Shettima, said the committee should review the N702 […]