Buhari Says Federal Lawmaker, Other High-profile financiers behind Kanu, Igboho

High-profile sponsors are behind the secessionist activities of Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho, President Muhammadu Buhari said this morning. According to him, one of those found to be financing the agitators is a federal lawmaker.  The President said those sponsoring violence and making hate speeches to instigate disorder would be arrested and prosecuted. President Buhari spoke in his Independence Day …

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How Geye Solidarity Group Honoured Late Ajoke Adegeye

Geye Solidarity Group, an umbrella body for all the organizations founded by late Hon. Risiqat Ajoke Adegeye, has celebrated the life and times of the astute politician and philanthropist.  The celebration program was led by Engr Seyi Ipinlaye, a political godson to the deceased. The event started with a prayer offertory in honour of the deceased on Sunday, 26 September, …

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Our economy needs to be salvaged, Speaker Obasa confesses

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. (Dr) Mudashiru Obasa, on Thursday re-emphasised the need for Nigeria to think in the direction of true federalism saying it is one of the major solutions to the county’s many challenges. Obasa made the call at the 13th annual Hijrah Lecture 1443 A.H (2021) organised by the House with …

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37 Crypto Exchanges Shut Down

New regulation for crypto exchanges in South Korea is now effective, forcing 37 exchanges to shut down abruptly.  The Act on Reporting and Using Specified Financial Transaction Information requires crypto exchanges to obtain Information Security Management System (ISMS) certification and submit a report to the country’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) by midnight on September 24.  The new requirements force exchanges …

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Actress Halima Abubakar Honoured in Ghana

Nigeria’s veteran actress, Halima Abubakar, has received a special recognition award in Ghana.  Halima was among the outstanding global entertainers honoured at the Ghana Arts and Entertainment Awards last week. The event was held at Milky Hotel, Accra, Ghana.  The award organizers disclosed that for many years, they had been monitoring Halima’s consistent positive impact on the society, a feat …

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All You Need to know about CBN’s newly introduced eNaira

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has told financial institutions in the country that eNaira is not a subtle scheme to take away bank customers. It said the plan is to grant access to more financially excluded people. The regulator said this in details published on the website of the country’s digital currency which went live on Monday ahead of its launch …

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Tax Fraud: FIRS Chiefs lose bid to stop trial

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday rejected the request to stop the trial of two officials of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) charged with falsification of tax documents. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, held that the no-case submission made by the defendants – Mohammed Adami and Okoro Eunice Udokanmma has no merit. Adami and Udokanmma are, …

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CNN discovers location of ‘Radio Biafra’ in London

The Cable Network News (CNN) has discovered the location of Radio Biafra, a network of internet-based amateur radio stations broadcasting the agenda of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. CNN said Radio Biafra is tucked away down a quiet, leafy street in Peckham, southeast London, the registered address of the group. CNN described the place as a suburban spot, saying …

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2,000 Nigerians barred from flying abroad for dodging COVID-19 test

For dodging the Coronavirus Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test at the country’s international airports, the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 has barred over 2,000 Nigerians and foreigners from flying abroad and into the country for a year. Mukhtar Muhammad, the Presidential Steering Committee’s (PSC) National Incident Manager (NIM), revealed this at the PSC’s Monday briefing in Abuja. Muhammad stated that …

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Did Buhari cause Anthony Joshua’s defeat? —Azuka Onwuka

Nigerians take defeat badly. It was not surprising that many Nigerians blamed the heavyweight boxing match defeat Anthony Joshua suffered over the weekend to Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine on Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), President of Nigeria. The argument was that in January 2020 when Anthony Joshua presented his championship belts to Buhari, he unconsciously attracted some ill luck to …

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