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By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu On 13 January 1970, Olusegun Obasanjo, army colonel and General Officer Commanding (GOC) the Third Marine Commando Division of the Nigerian Army, arrived Amichi in the old Nnewi Division of what was then known as East Central State to accept the capitulation of Biafra from Phillip Effiong, interim leader of the […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s slashing of Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) of Merchant banks, means money for the real sector of the economy to create jobs. The CBN on Friday revised the CRR of Merchant banks to 10 percent from 32.5 percent, and this takes effect August 1, 2023. Haruna Mustafa, director, banking supervision […]

A young Nigerian Lady identified as Precious has revealed the horrifying ordeal of how she has been sexually abused by her biological father since the age of 10. The young lady made this disclosure while speaking with former Big Brother Naija housemate, Maria Chike, on her podcast titled ‘Healing with Maria.’ According to her, she […]

*Calls For More Investment In Education *Says N8,000 Palliative Not Enough To Cushion Effect Of Subsidy Removal *Says Nigeria’s 20 Million Out-Of-School Children Alarming Presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has said he hoped Nigerian leaders in the nearest future would be those with authentic academic certificates with recognition from […]

The Federal Government of Nigeria has come out to disclose that 80 out of the girls rescued from armed conflict areas in the country are now in tertiary institutions of learning and undergoing their studies. The Federal Government via its Ministry of Women Affairs also stated that the immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari Ratified the […]

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja has announced its 2023 Annual Court Vacation which is expected to last from Monday, 17th July – Friday, 8th September, 2023. This was made known through a notice signed by the Chief Judge, FCT-Abuja, Hon. Justice Husseini Baba Yusuf, dated 12th July, 2023 and addressed to […]

*Rolls Out Multiple Palliatives For Citizens Of Imo State. Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma has announced a N10,000 salary raise for civil servants in the state to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy. The governor made this known during a stakeholder meeting held at Rockview Hotel Owerri on Saturday. The multiple palliatives […]

His Lordship, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Tsoho, has donated buses to transport Conferees throughout the duration of the NBA-SLP 2023 Annual Conference in order to make the Conference pleasurable and comfortable. Additionally, the buses will transport Conferees to Bwari for a church service and a visit to Ladi Kwali Pottery […]

*Ask Court To Bar Obi From Rerun If Election Is Cancelled The legal team of President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima led by Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, has submitted its final written address against the petition of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, before the Presidential Election Petition Court. In […]

UEFA Fines Barcelona, Man United, Others for Breaking Fair Play Rule Barcelona and Manchester United have been fined by UEFA for breaches of Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations, the European soccer’s governing body said on Friday. Barcelona was fined 500,000 euros for wrongly reporting “profits on disposal of intangible assets” in 2022, while United was […]

New African Football League to start on Oct. 20   —-Infantino The kick-off of the new eight-club African Football League has been confirmed for Oct. 20 by FIFA president Gianni Infantino. He made the announcement at the General Assembly of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Abidjan on Thursday. The competition has been drastically scaled […]

Zambia Debt Restructuring to Save $7.7bn by 2026, IMF Says International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday said Zambia’s long-delayed external debt restructuring will save the southern African country 7.65 billion dollars by 2026. IMF made the statement in a report after it approved the latest pay-out from a 1.3 billion dollars rescue loan. In September, […]