Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, yesterday, said the Abuja Light Rail Scheme would be inaugurated next month after attaining 97 per cent completion. He gave the assurance during an inspection tour of the renovation and rehabilitation works on the network from Metro Station to Airport Train Station. He expressed satisfaction with the rehabilitation […]
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The United Kingdom in December 2023 exported £185 million to Nigeria and imported £154 million, resulting in a negative trade balance of £30.8 million (N55.2bn), the federal government has disclosed. Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, said the federal government is committed to changing the trend in favour of Nigeria. She spoke […]
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have detained a 35-year-old lady, Chidinma Chinenye Agbazue. She was detained after being caught attempting to export 20 parcels of cannabis sativa weighing 10.70kgs concealed in African salad popularly called Abacha and dried vegetables to Doha, Qatar through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos […]
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THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has unveiled new minimum capital requirements for banks, pegging the minimum capital base for commercial banks with international authorization at N500 billion. A circular signed by the Director, Financial Policy and Regulation Department, Haruna Mustafa, to all commercial, merchant, and non-interest banks and promoters of proposed banks emphasized that […]
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King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre of Saudi Arabia has distributed food items as Ramadan relief materials to more than 2,000 households mostly People with Disabilities (PWDs) in eight local government areas of Kano State. The team leader of the foundation, Mr. Abdulrahman ibn Abdul Aziz Al-Zaben, told newsmen that the programme is aimed […]
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A Kano High Court sitting on Tuesday, sentenced a Chinese National, Frank Geng-Quangrong, 47, to death by hanging for stabbing his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani, 22, to death. Frank, who lives in Railway Quarters Kano, was convicted on one count charge of culpable homicide. Delivering judgment, Justice Sanusi Ado-Ma’aji, held that the prosecution had proven […]
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The Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Malam Jalal Ahmad Arabi, has commenced engagement with the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Nigeria to explore potential solutions to the serious shortage of Umrah Visas which results in many not performing Lessa Hajj. Fatima Usara the Commission Assistant Director of Public Affairs, said in […]
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The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit has exposed the alleged funding of terrorist activities in Nigeria by the Indigenous People of Biafra, bandits, and other terror groups through global crowdfunding and on sports betting platforms. The financial intelligence unit revealed how IPOB received funds through affiliates in 22 countries that have registered at least 27 entities […]
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Nigeria Contacts INTERPOL Over Fugitive Crypto-currency Chief The Federal Government, on Monday, contacted the International Criminal Police Organization and issued an arrest warrant for the apprehension of one of the detained executives of a global crypto-currency firm, Binance, Nadeem Anjarwalla, who escaped from lawful custody on Friday. It was also gathered from the Office of […]
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Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has hailed the office of the National Security Adviser and other security agencies over the safe release of the Kuriga schoolchildren in Kaduna State. Diplomat Nigeria reports that 287, were kidnapped on March 6 when the gunmen on motorcycles rode through their school, taking them away in an incident that sparked […]
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