6th May 2024 Billionaire, Arthur Eze, has urged Nigerians to support President Bola Tinubu while praising his inclusive approach to governance. He made the remarks in a video widely shared on social media, which showed him donating N20m to a church. Eze said, “Tinubu has no boundary. If you go to Abuja, you will see […]
6th May 2024 Chadians vote for a president on Monday in an election purportedly aimed at ending military rule but dismissed by opponents of junta leader, Mahamat Idriss Deby, as a fix following violent repression. Voters will choose whether to extend decades of Deby family rule in one of the world’s poorest countries, a crucial
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French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal greets Chinese leader Xi Jinping upon his arrival at Orly airport, south of Paris on May 5, 2024. When Xi Jinping arrived in Italy for a state visit in 2019, he was given a lavish welcome, with private tours of Roman landmarks and a dinner serenaded by opera singer Andrea
5th May 2024 Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said that the pressure mounted by the political crisis in the state has been weathered sufficiently, giving way for his administration to provide focused leadership and governance to the people. Fubara made the assertion when he hosted on a courtesy visit, members of the House of
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The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission says it will begin the process of blocking loan apps that harass their customers. Many Nigerians have complained about the harassment they are subjected to by these loan sharks However, the commission’s acting chairman, Adamu Abdullahi, said the agency has begun to address the issue. ”It would soon
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has disassociated itself from a circulating report in the media alleging the release of a list of 58 ex-governors, under investigation for corruption, to the tune of N2.18 trillion. In a press statement on Sunday, the EFCC clarified that it has not issued any such list nor discussed the
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has placed international schools charging tuition in dollars and other foreign currencies under surveillance as part of measures to reduce the pressure on the naira. The Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Dele Oyewale confirmed the development to one of our correspondents on Thursday and said the agency would clamp
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US President Joe Biden took pointed digs at election rival Donald Trump Friday as he awarded the country’s top civilian honour to Democratic allies, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Al Gore. Biden said the veteran Pelosi had “defended democracy” during the January 6, 2021, assault on the US capitol by a
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The Chief Executive Officer of one of the leading cryptocurrency platforms in Nigeria, NoOnes, Ray Youssef, has revealed that peer-to-peer popularly known as P2P is probably like $500bn business in Nigeria alone. Youssef said this in an interview with Techpoint Africa on the heels of an imminent ban on cryptocurrency in the country. Speaking on
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Former Kaduna senator and social critic, Sen. Shehu Sani, says Nigeria should not only be a giant of Africa in population, but in all sectors of the economy. Sani, who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th National Assembly and served as the Chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, told the News Agency of
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