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The Department of State Services (DSS) has described reports that its operatives invaded the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to arrest Godwin Emefiele, the CBN governor, as “fake news”. There were reports on Monday across social media platforms that the DSS stormed the CBN headquarters to arrest Emefiele over allegations of terrorism financing. […]

The federal government is set to pay the withheld salaries of lecturers under the Congress of University Academics (CONUA), a breakaway faction of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). This was contained in a letter dated January 13, and addressed to Niyi Sunmonu, national coordinator of CONUA. BACKGROUND In 2022, […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says Godwin Emefiele, its governor, has resumed duty after his annual vacation abroad. Confirming the development in a statement, Osita Nwanisobi, director, corporate communications, CBN, said Emefiele resumed on Monday. The CBN boss was said to have returned to the country ahead of the bank’s monetary […]

Peter Obi, the standard bearer of the Labour Party (LP), says if he is elected president, he will “destroy the structure” that has kept Nigerians in poverty. Obi said this on Monday while speaking at the Chatham House in the United Kingdom. The LP candidate also said his administration will fight the […]

Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), returned to Nigeria early Monday morning and is now back at his office in Abuja, TheCable understands. Emefiele, who went on leave before Christmas, has been in the news as it emerged that the Department of State Services (DSS) tried to arrest him in […]

The consumer price index (CPI), which measures the rate of change in prices of goods and services, eased to 21.34 percent in December 2022, down from 21.47 percent in the previous month. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said this on Monday in its latest consumer price index (CPI) report. On a […]

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Nigerians not to “hand over their future” to an inexperienced politician or Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He said this at the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG’s) presidential dialogue on the economy in Lagos on Monday. […]

Matthew Ahmed, a police inspector attached to the Ajah division of Lagos state, has testified in the trial of Drambi Vandi, the officer involved in the murder of Raheem Bolanle. Ahmed appeared before Ibironke Harrison, the presiding judge of a Lagos high court, on Monday. He was one of the three officers […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council has asked law enforcement agencies to arrest and prosecute Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for alleged corruption. The campaign council premised its request on an audio recording released by Michael Achimugu, a former aide to Abubakar, last week. In […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says Nnamdi Kanu, its leader, does not need anyone to stand surety for him before he is released. In a statement on Monday, Emma Powerful, IPOB spokesperson, said a court of competent jurisdiction has ordered the unconditional release of Kanu. Powerful was reacting to a recent […]