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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has stopped forex sales to Bureau De Change (BDC) operators in the country. Godwin Emefiele, governor of the apex bank, announced this at the end of the monetary policy committee’s meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. Emefiele said BDC operators have become a …

The Federal Government says it has so far distributed 300,000 hybrid cocoa seedlings to farmers in the four geopolitical zones where cocoa is produced through the Federal Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development. It also said some other agricultural inputs were also distributed to farmers, adding specifically that the seedlings were …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said Germany will repatriate to Nigeria in October over 7,000 artefacts plundered from Benin Kingdom by the European country. The Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Ambassador Gabriel Aduda, announced this at the inaugural Nigerian Cultural Show exhibiting the nation’s diverse cultural heritage, sites and …

Former Vice president and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar has visited Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. Our correspondent gathered that Atiku has started making plans in order to be given ticket to contest under PDP again. Newsextra24 reports that Atiku was accompanied …

Vladimir Putin boasts he can hit enemies with an ‘unpreventable strike’ just weeks after Russia fired warning shots in path of British warship Vladimir Putin boasted yesterday that Russia had the power to launch an ‘unpreventable strike’ against its enemies in a show of strength following the confrontation with Britain …

  The Permanent Secretary, State House, Tijjani Umar on Tuesday in Abuja warned staff that disclosing confidential information without authorisation will attract penalties under the public service rules. Newsextra24 learned that the Permanent Secretary stated this at the administration of Oath of Secrecy and Declaration of Secrecy to 42 staff …

The Federal Government has accused some Nigerians in the diaspora of financing the secessionist activities of separatist groups in the country and spreading fake news. This is as the government has condemned the activities of Nigerians in the diaspora who identify with these secessionist groups that are campaigning around the …

Soldiers on Tuesday prevented traders at the Timber and Building Materials markets in Orlu, Imo State, to open for the day’s business. Most of the traders in the two markets had on Monday refused to open their shops in solidarity with the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi …

The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced that Forex will only be supplied to banks as all sales to Bureau De Change operators (BDCs) have been discontinued. CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele made this revelation during a Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on Tuesday, July 27th. Emefiele disclosed that the apex …

The outcome of the just concluded governorship primaries of the three major political parties in Anambra State, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, All Progressive Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was riddled with crisis. The three parties, already plagued by in fighting which gave birth to various …