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Group applauds ex-CNS Gambo for transforming Nigerian Navy

2 years ago764 min

Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo, the former chief of the naval staff, has received praise from a group called Prayer and Support for the Nigerian Armed Forces and other Security Agencies for his tenacity in forging a robust, responsive, and forward-thinking naval force capable of defending the country’s maritime environment. It stated that under Gambo’s leadership, the Nigerian Navy accomplished several laudable milestones in 29 months, including recapitalization and strengthening collaborative efforts with domestic...

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Business & Economy

CBN orders banks to collect social media handles from customers

2 years ago854 min

The Central Bank of Nigeria has ordered financial institutions to collect client information such as social media handles, email addresses, phone numbers, residential addresses, and more. This is done in an effort to further strengthen the identification process inside the banking system and is a component of its new client due diligence rules. This information was provided by the top bank in its recently published regulation, “Central Bank of Nigeria (Customer Due Diligence) Regulations, 2023.”...

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Why we want Umahi arrested, prosecuted — Groups

2 years ago1059 min

David Umahi, the immediate past governor of Ebonyi State and the Senator representing Ebonyi South Zone, is accused of fabricating the BVAS report of the Independent National Electoral Commission. More than 30 civil society organisations and human rights groups have asked for Umahi’s arrest and prosecution for the alleged forgery. Umahi was just elected to his current position. As they emerged from their news conference on Friday in Abuja, civil society organisations (CSOs) bemoaned the...

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Emefiele: Tinubu breaks silence, reveals main reason CBN gov was fired

2 years ago822 min

The suspension and subsequent incarceration of Godwin Emefiele, the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, have finally been addressed by President Bola Tinubu. Emefiele was suspended by Tinubu on June 9 to allow for an investigation into the accusations made against the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Emefiele was subsequently detained in Lagos State and sent there by the Department of State Services, where he is currently being questioned. During...

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Sport

FIFA choses United States to host expanded Club World Cup in 2025

2 years ago5093 min

In a significant development, FIFA has chosen the United States to host the expanded Club World Cup in 2025. The tournament, which will feature 32 clubs, will take place in the United States, the world football governing body announced on Friday. FIFA announced in December 2022 that it intended to increase the number of participating teams in the men’s Club World Cup from seven to 32. At the time, Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA, announced...

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Education

NYSC expels five corps members in Sokoto

2 years ago822 min

Five members of the National Youth Service Corps from the 2022 Batch B stream 2 will receive various punishments, according to Mr. Usman Yakubu-Yaro, the state coordinator for Sokoto. One member will repeat the state’s service year. This information was provided by Yakubu-Yaro to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Sokoto, when corps members were picking up their Certificates of National Service. According to him, the affected corps members had received sanctions for...

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Security & Defence

Ogalla assumes role of Chief of Naval Staff, vows to combat oil theft

2 years ago793 min

Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, the newly appointed Chief of Naval Staff, has taken office and pledged to take decisive action against oil thieves undermining the country’s economy. Speaking at the handing-over ceremony on Friday in Abuja, Ogalla said the nation’s economy and maritime security are at risk from piracy and other criminal activity. “We constantly face serious threats,” he said, citing theft of crude oil, the prevalence of illegal refineries, illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing,...

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Security & Defence

Boko Haram kills eight youths in Borno

2 years ago743 min

On Thursday, several young people from four different communities in the Mafa and Jere Local Government Areas of Borno State were murdered by individuals believed to be affiliated with the Boko Haram terrorist group. Five of the young people who were reportedly out in the bush gathering firewood were found in Tamsu-Ngamdu, two were found in Baram-Karuwa, and one was found in Shuwari. One of the youths was found dead in Muna, which is located...

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News Security & Defence

Lagbaja, new COAS, promises to lead disciplined army.

2 years ago693 min

Major General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, the new chief of army staff, has stated that he is prepared to lead an army that will be motivated by professionalism and discipline. Lagbaja said this while addressing a sizable group of senior military officers and heads of various departments within the army on Friday during the handover ceremony at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja. He continued by saying that under his predecessor, the Army had experienced previously unheard-of...

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Breaking: VP Shettima, Govs Meet Bill Gates and Dangote at Aso Rock

2 years ago773 min

Today, June 22, the vice president of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima, and members of the Nigerian Governors Forum met privately at the State House in Abuja with Bill Gates, co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Aliko Dangote, chairman of the Dangote Foundation. According to information obtained by Politics Nigeria, the meeting, which was a part of Gates’ engagements in Nigeria and the Niger Republic, started around 11:43 a.m. The agenda for the...

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