Government

Governor Godwin Emefiele of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said the apex bank has discovered that a significant portion of the dollars bought by the BDCs went into illegal arms deals. He said this, on Friday, while briefing journalists at the end of the September Monetary Policy Committee …

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, has called for a more united and peaceful Nigeria to ensure a prosperous nation. Kalu made the call when Chief Frank Umeh, a business mogul hosted him to a dinner on Thursday in Abuja. He urged Nigerians to always be patriotic, …

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has claimed that about 107 of its members have been arrested by security operatives in Ghana. Image maker of the outlawed group, Emma Powerful, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Thursday, noting that 30 of the victims have been summarily deported to Nigeria …

This government is so out of control. It is so bloated and infested with fraud, deceit, corruption, ineptitude, outrageous incompetence and abuse of power. Beware this abuse of power both by those we disagree with, as well as those we may agree with. SDM

  West Africa’s main regional bloc has imposed sanctions against the military government in Guinea and those slowing Mali’s post-coup transition – its toughest response yet to a run of military takeovers. The move on Thursday was agreed at an emergency summit of the Economic Community of West African States …

Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi has called former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, a liar, literally, for claiming that he was instrumental to the defection of three Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Fani-Kayode, a former chieftain of PDP formally joined the APC on Thurday …

The defection of former minister of Aviation, Femi – Fani Kayode to the All Progressives Congress, APC, is setting tongues wagging on social media. While the Nigerian political scene is littered with cross-carpeting by politicians, the decamping of FFK still struck many due to the past statements by the former …

Estranged wife to former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, Precious Chikwendu has dropped an heavy shade hours after he joined the All Progressive Congress Naija News reported that the former minister officially had dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling APC. Fani-Kayode, whose move to the APC did not …

The federal government has launched the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) mobile application to enhance the subscriber identity module (SIM) and national identification number (NIN) linkage. The federal government has also launched “tokenization” and “contactless enrolment” as innovative solutions to improve data privacy. The products were launched at the banquet …

Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Political Matters, Babafemi Ojudu, is unhappy after Femi Fani-Kayode joined the All Progressives Congress. This is as he described Thursday as the saddest in his political career. He posted the message on Facebook, hours after FFK met his boss at Aso Rock and …