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Fleeing Binance executive arrested in Kenya, faces extraction to Nigeria this week

Kenyan police authorities have reportedly apprehended Mr. Nadeem Anjarwalla, an executive associated with the cryptocurrency platform, Binance, who fled Nigeria recently. The International...

Tinubu opens African Counter-Terrorism Summit in Abuja on April 22

President Bola Tinubu will open the African Counter-Terrorism Summit on Monday, April 22, in Abuja. The high-level summit, organised by Nigeria in collaboration...

Breaking: Nigerian chess master Tunde Onakoya breaks world record for longest chess marathon

The Nigerian chess master, Tunde Onakoya, has set a new Guinness World Record for the longest marathon chess on Saturday. The chess master...

Update: Nigeria Immigration Service has put former Gov. Yahaya Bello on the watchlist

More woes for the former Kogi State Governor, Mr. Yahaya Bello, as the Nigerian Immigration Service put him on its watchlist on Thursday....

Tinubu directs overhaul of nation’s tiers of education system

President Bola Tinubu has approved the comprehensive overhaul of Nigeria’s educational system from primary to tertiary level, with the aim of improving learning...

EFCC operatives allegedly barricade ex-Kogi Gov. Yahaya Bello’s Abuja residence

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have allegedly barricaded the house of the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Mr....

Cubana Chief Priest arraigned in Lagos, gets N10m bail after pleading not guilty

Businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, was on Wednesday arraigned before Justice Kehinde Ogundare of a Federal High...

Pres. Tinubu launches National Single Window project, to generate annual $2.7bln revenue

“This initiative will link our ports, government agencies and key stakeholders, creating a seamless and efficient system that will facilitate trade like never...

FG has rescued over 1,000 abductees without ransom payment — NSA Ribadu

The National Security Adviser, retired AIG Nuhu Ribadu, says the Federal Government has successfully rescued more than 1,000 kidnapped people without paying ransoms....

Breaking: FG kicks start disbursement of N200bln palliative business loans

President Bola Tinubu administration’s promise to give the needed fillip to entrepreneurial ventures and ease of doing business in the country became a...

Senate President to Police I-G: Rid Police Force of corrupt officers

“As we honour the good officers, let us weed out the bad ones because a chain is as strong as its weakest link”...

Invasion of Oyo Govt Secretariat: Police parade 21 suspected Yoruba Nation agitators in Ibadan

The police in Ibadan paraded no fewer than 21 suspected Yoruba Nation agitators on Monday, including a female and two elderly men in...

Breaking: Emefiele gets N50m bail

A former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, was on Friday in Lagos granted bail in the sum of N50 million. Emefiele,...

EFCC to clampdown on schools, hotels, supermarkets, others dollarizing transactions

….vows to put in jail anyone found to be dollarizing the economy Mr. Ola Olukoyede, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes...

Breaking: Nigeria to get oil-backed $1bln Afreximbank loan in May

Nigeria is set to receive $1.05 billion from a syndicated loan backed by oil by the end of May to help revive its...

Breaking: Court remands Binance executive in Kuje prison

A Federal High Court in Abuja has remanded Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, in Kuje Correctional Centre, pending the outcome of his bail application....