Yemi Cardoso, the recently appointed governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, must deal with the country’s lack of foreign currency and the double-digit interest rate that harms enterprises. According to SAMI OLATUNJI, he also faces the Herculean job of controlling the rising inflation rate. Market participants were ecstatic to hear that Yemi Cardoso had been nominated to be the new governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Cardoso is not just one of them;...
The Rivers State 43Command said its men arrested three suspects in connection with the alleged killing and organ harvesting of a man identified as Progress in Ogbaraye community, Abua/Odual Local Government Area of the state. This came barely two weeks after three persons, including two pastors, were arrested by a vigilante group codename OSPAC in Port Harcourt over the death of a 24-year-old physically challenged man. They were apprehended for allegedly killing the physically challenged...
Tragedy stuck in Okanla community in Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun State on Sunday as some men bearing arms stormed the palace of Olokanla of Okanla, killed an admission seeker, Ibrahim Qudus, before setting the building ablaze. Uncle to the deceased, Jimoh Qadri said the assailants were led by a man identified simply as Naim, who was the only one among the attackers that did not cover his face during the incident. Qadri, who...
Prior to the election on November 11, Timipre Sylva, the candidate for governor of Bayelsa State on the ticket of the All Progressives Congress, and Douye Diri, the current governor and a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, spat insults on Sunday over charges of surveillance and violence. In a statement sent by his Special Adviser for Media and Publicity, Julius Bokoru, Sylva alleged that Diri had hired spies to track his whereabouts. The second-term...
Olawale Rasheed, the governor of Osun State’s spokesperson, stated on Sunday that Governor Ademola Adeleke and a few of his staff had nearly avoided an airplane disaster. Rasheed claimed that the governor was being transported in a plane that may have had its engine tampered with. An airplane carrying Adeleke and some of its advisers reportedly came dangerously close to crashing on September 5 as it tried to take off from Lagos for a trip...
Nigerians can now register for their National Identification Numbers online from the convenience of their homes using a smartphone thanks to a self-service solution made available by the National Identity Management Commission. In Abuja on Saturday, the Commission and the Ministry of Interior celebrated the 5th Identity Day, at which time the platform was unveiled. Abisoye Coker-Odusote, the Commission’s acting director general and chief executive officer, emphasized the importance of identity in the nation at...
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre has accused the administration of President Tinubu of taking a cavalier attitude regarding the steadily increasing debt profile of the country. “the figure represents an increase of 75.29%, or N37.53tn, compared to N49.85tn recorded at the end of March 2023,” said the Executive Director of CISLAC, Auwal Ibrahim Musa (Rafsanjani), in a statement issued on Saturday. He voiced his concerns over Nigeria’s startling increase in debt, which has ballooned...
The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal had already fired certain House of Representatives members and directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to hold new elections in impacted seats. The Labour Party, Nigeria’s second opposition party, which won the House of Representatives and Senate, has suffered a huge defeat after the tribunal fired their members and declared their prior election triumph null and void. This article by TheNigwrian News outlines the LP’s House of Representatives...
The Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu, will leave Abuja on Sunday to travel to New York, United States, to take part in the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly. While there, he will focus on enhancing Nigeria’s economic connections and recruiting Foreign Direct Investments to the country. Ajuri Ngelale, who serves as Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, made this information public on Friday when he addressed State House Correspondents on the President’s...
In order to restructure the livestock business and find long-term solutions to the nation’s recurrent conflicts between herders and farmers, President Bola Tinubu has given his approval for the creation of a Presidential Committee. Following the submission of a report from the National Conference on Livestock Reforms and Mitigation of Associated Conflicts in Nigeria, the President announced the formation of the Committee on Thursday in Abuja. Dr. Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, a former executive governor of...
