fate of acting gov, deputies uncertain PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu on Friday appointed Dr Olayemi Cardoso as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, replacing Folashodun Shonubi who has headed the bank in acting capacity since the President suspended Godwin Emefiele. The Special Adviser to the President, (Media & …

THE Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress and its candidate in the last governorship election in Enugu State, Uche Nnaji, seeking to nullify the emergence of Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party as winner of the election. The APC candidate polled 14,575 votes …

VISIT visa to the United Kingdom for less than six months will now cost £115 (about N111,878.28 ) as opposed to £15 (14,592.70) effective October 4, the UK Home Office has announced. Student visa fee has also been increased from £127 (N123,537.58) to £490 (N476,677.59); representing a 286 per cent …

THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on Friday, disclosed that it has discovered a syndicate that specialises in importing banned Crusader soaps containing mercury into the country. NAFDAC, which revealed that it evacuated three trailer-loads of imported Crusader medicated soap and mekako soap totaling 4,000 …

THE Chicago State University, CSU, on Thursday, said President Bola Tinubu attended the institution and graduated in 1979 with a bachelor’s degree in Business and Administration. In a statement published by CBS News (CBS Broadcasting Inc.), the institution said it was confident in the veracity and integrity of their records …

NOT many Nigerians saw it coming the way it did, otherwise they would have drawn a word of caution from the words of William Shakespeare in one of his classic works, McBeth where he said: “And be these juggling fiends no more believed, That palter with us in a double …

THE National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Benin has affirmed the election of Sen. Neda Imasuen of the Labour Party for Edo South seat of the National Assembly. The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, and his party, had through petition …

Human Rights/Pro- democracy Activist Calls For The Disbandment Of INEC Williams Adesoji, Reporting NOBEL laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has been described as an enemy of Nigerian masses because of his recent outburst in South Africa, at an event titled “The Lives of Wole Soyinka — A Dialogue” organized by Africa …

THE Edo Primary Health Care Development Agency says it has scheduled its “Outbreak Response Campaign” against the circulating variant polio virus from September 16 to September 19. Mrs Irene Uabor, the agency’s Health Education Officer, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Benin on Friday. Uabor said …

NIGERIA’s inflation has increased to 25.80 per cent in August from 24.08 per cent recorded in July. The National Bureau of Statistics disclosed this on Friday in its latest Consumer Price Index Report for August 2023. The August 2023 headline inflation rate shows an increase of 1.72 per cent compared …