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BREAKING: CBN Limits Cash Withdrawals To N100,000 Weekly

…to limit POS withdrawals to N20,000 daily The Central Bank Of Nigeria has imposed fresh cash withdrawal limits on individuals and organisations, which takes effect from January 9, 2023. According to a new memo to banks issued on Tuesday and signed by the Director of Banking Supervision, Haruna .B. Mustafa, individuals will only be able […]

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2023: Bola Tinubu Reacts As Northern Politicians Support Atiku Abubakar

The endorsement of Atiku Abubakar by northern Christian-Muslim politicians led by Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, a former speaker of the House of Representatives, has been mocked by Bola Tinubu, Peter Obi, and other candidates for president. Under the direction of Mr. Babachir Lawal, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, several members of

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2023: Yusuf Baba-Ahmed Reveals Only North-Central State Yet To Declare Support For Peter Obi

The Vice Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed has dispelled rumours that the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi does not have the support of northerners. Speaking during a Channels TV interview appearance on Sunday,  Baba-Ahmed submitted that contrary to what political opponents want Nigerians to believe, the northerners have accepted Obi and are eager to

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Turji Was Angered Because We Paid N10.6m Out Of N20m For Him Not To Attack Us – Zamfara Resident

More details of how some residents of Zamfara State has been labouring to survive under the huge N20 million levy which was imposed on them by the notorious bandit, Turji, has emerged. In a recent revelation by residents of Moriki community which is located 33km along Kaura Namoda -Shinkafi road, Turji imposed N20 million levy on

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Some First Class Graduates Can Not Speak Good English – VC

The Vice Chancellor of Godfrey Okoye University (GOUNI), Enugu, Prof. Christian Anieke, has said that speaking and writing English are a major challenge for many Nigerian graduates, adding that even some First Class graduates could not handle the language well. Anieke spoke when officials of the National Universities Commission (NUC) visited the university on Friday.

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JUST IN: Aisha Buhari Bows To Pressure, Withdraws Case Against Aminu Mohammed

THe first lady, Aisha Buhari, has withdrawn case against a final year student of the Federal University, Dutse, Aminu Mohammed. Withdrawing the case against the accused on Friday, the prosecution counsel Fidelis Ogbobe said the first lady as the mother of the nation decided to withdraw the case, following the intervention of well-meaning Nigerians. He

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Angry Nigerians Storm Crypto Firm Office In Lagos, Beats Staff As Executives Disappear

According to reports, angry consumers stormed the AAX Nigeria headquarters demanding their money while beaten-up staff watched helplessly AAX s a crypto corporation located in Hong Kong but has offices worldwide, including Nigeria Atom Asset Exchange (AAX) a global fintech company, on Saturday, November 12, 2022, announced it would be suspending crypto withdrawals over massive

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Important CBN Policies That Will Affect Nigerians From January As Emefiele’s Tenure Winds Down 2023

Next year, Nigeria will mark another milestone in its democratic journey, all things being equal. The country will transit from one civilian rule to another, marking 22 years that civilians have held power since 1999. Alongside the political changes that would herald 2023 will come economic policies and programmes shaping the country’s economy. Whoever succeeds

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JUST IN: FG Arrests IPOB’s Key Commanders

The NSA revealed that some of IPOB’s key commanders, including Improvised Explosive Device (IED) experts, had been arrested and major camps destroyed. The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major Babagana Monguno, has said that authorities are recording gains in the southeast, as the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB’s) Eastern Security Network (ESN) no longer hold

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Prof. Florence Banku Obi: Two Years Of Blazing Trail As UNICAL VC, By Onigah Joseph

In her effort to set a template for the measurement of a good leader, former American First Lady, Rosalynn Cater once observed that, “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” Prof. Florence Banku Obi’s emergence as the

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Nigeria To Unveil Africa’s First Humanoid Robot “Omeife”

Nigeria is to officially unveil the first humaniod in Africa named Omeife. The unveiling will take  place on  Friday 2nd December 2022 in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. The 6-foot-tall multilingual human-like robot was built by Nigerian technology company based in Abuja, Uniccon group. Uniccon Group is one of Nigeria’s fastest growing technology startups that offers eclectic,

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World Igbo Congress Launches Scathing Attack On “Shameful” Soludo

A Houston-based sociopolitical organization, the World Igbo Congress (WIC) on Thursday berated Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State for his “fooling suggestion” that the southeast geopolitical zone must begin negotiating with political front-liners in Nigeria. In a statement by its Public Relations Officer (PRO), Basil Onwukwe, sent to THETALK.NG, the group insinuated that Governor Soludo

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Our Kidnappers Asked Us To Undress And Once You Are Naked, They Will Ask You To Go Into A Room – Victim

Insecurity has been one of the major threats Nigerians are facing nowadays. Even though the Buhari-led administration has been putting everything in place to make sure that normalcy returns to every region of the country, some bad people in Nigeria are still causing havocs in some region of the country. The South-West is plagued by

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FG Alert Nigerians On Ongoing WhatsApp Scam

The Federal Government has alerted Nigerans about a scheme some fraudulent folks are routing through WhatsApp. The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) warned WhatsApp users to be careful while using the application following an alleged data breach by the company. Mrs Hadiza Umar, Head, Corporate Affairs and External Relations of the agency gave the

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Police: How Aminu Adamu Was Arrested – Fresh Details Emerged

Fresh details have emerged on how Mr Aminu Adamu, a student of the Federal University, Dutse, was arrested for trolling the wife of the Nigerian President, Aisha Buhari, on Twitter. In the allegedly offending tweet, Mr Adamu, who is a final year student studying Environmental Management, posted a rotund picture of the first lady with

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‘It Is A Crime To Transact In Cask In Excess Of 5m Naira As An Individual’ – EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, while replying a Nigerian revealed the limit of amount of cash transaction an individual or a corporate body can carryout. It happened that the Anti Graft agency made a post on their verified Facebook Page to assure Nigerians of their readiness to ensure that the country is free from

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Suspected ‘Yahoo’ Boy Kills Girlfriend For Refusing To Give Him Crime Proceeds

A suspected Yahoo boy by the name Obeta John, has been apprehended by the Ogun State police for allegedly murdering his girlfriend Idowu Buhari, for refusing to release the funds paid into her account from one of his fraudulent deals. The state police command Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the situation in a statement on

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IPOB: Release Nnamdi Kanu Unconditionally – Bianca Ojukwu To President Buhari

A renewed call has gone to the Federal Government to unconditionally release the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, from prison. The wife of the late Biafran leader, Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu, who made the call in Owerri, weekend, at the 11th Memorial Lecture of Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu, reasoned that “there cannot

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What Is Wrong In Saying The First Lady Added Weight While The Masses Are Suffering?”— Iyobosa Uwagiaren Asks

Iyobosa Uwagiaren, editor of Thisday and Nation’s Capital, has spoken concerning the alleged disappearance of Aminu Muhammad after his viral tweet regarding the first lady. Speaking on AIT News, Iyobosa questioned what could be wrong with such action. Addressing the topic, Iyobosa said, “I saw her picture yesterday and believed that she had added weight.”

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