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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced the resumption of its governor, Godwin Emefiele. The governor flew out of the country late last year amid reports that the Department of State Services (DSS) was plotting to arrest him for allegedly sponsoring terrorism. The apex bank, in a statement on Monday evening, said the governor was back with renewed vigour. “The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has resumed duty after his annual vacation abroad. Mr. Emefiele, who proceeded on leave in December 2022, resumed work today, Monday, January 16, 2023.” “The Governor resumed with renewed vigour to…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied reports that its operatives invaded the headquarters of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to arrest the governor of the apex bank, Godwin Emefiele, on Monday afternoon. In a terse statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of DSS, Peter Afunanya, he described the report of the invasion as fake news and misleading. “The attention of the Department of State Services (DSS) has been drawn to the false news making the round that its operatives invaded the Central Bank of Nigeria and arrested its Governor, today 16/1/23. This is fake news and…

Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, over corruption allegations. The campaign also issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the EFCC, the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC), and the Conduct of Conduct Bureau (CCB), to arrest the opposition leader. The spokesperson of the APC presidential campaign council, Festus Keyamo, in a petition dated 16 January, asked the anti-graft agencies to arrest the former vice president on offences of money laundering, breach of the Code…

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), on Monday, delivered a speech at Chatham House in London. The former Anambra governor spoke on ‘Nigeria’s 2023 Elections: A Vision for Policy Change and Institutional Reforms’. Datti Baba-Ahmed, his running mate; Pat Utomi, professor of political economy, and Julius Abure, LP chairperson, were also in attendance. Below are photos.

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, said 16 persons died and 83 sustained various degrees of injury in the truck accident involving PDP supporters in Plateau. The FRSC said that the truck was conveying 99 supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, when it crashed on Saturday evening at Jwak, Panyam District of Mangu Local Government Area of the state. Peter Longsan, the FRSC spokesman in Plateau, disclosed this in statement on Sunday in Jos. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the PDP supporters were returning from the party’s zonal rally held in Pankshin. ”It was a lone crash…

The police in Kwara have arrested 23-year-old Nigerian internet fraud suspect Awoleye Oluwatofunmi for allegedly duping an American national, Vonapolouis Moss, of US$ 1,000. Police commissioner Paul Odama said in Ilorin on Friday that the suspect presented himself to the victim as an American on TikTok, using the name Howard Adams, and defrauded her of $1,000. Mr Odama said the suspect later took a step further by luring the victim to fly into Nigeria on January 9, 2023, through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos. According to him, the victim flew into Ilorin the next day and was received…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), at the weekend busted another Tramadol cartel in Lagos with the seizure of millions of opioids pills and bottles worth over five billion naira (N5billion) from their warehouse in Amuwo Odofin area of the state and arrested two of the kingpins. It would be recalled that officers of the Agency on January 10, 2023, intercepted an imported consignment of Loud, a strong variant of cannabis, weighing 4, 878.72 kilograms along Awolowo road Ikoyi, Lagos. After a near fatal encounter with some suspected fake security agents escorting the drugs, the NDLEA operatives…

Youths have once again been urged to shun violence and vote wisely at the forthcoming 2023 general elections. This call was made by the President Igbo Youths Assembly Worldwide, Honorable CASMIR IREKAMBA when he featured at an interactive session program on Alpha Radio 106.5 FM titled POLITICAL HEAT, hosted by Emmanuel Asiegbunam (Mr E on the Mic) X-raying the topic "Can the Youth Make or Mar the 2023 General Elections?", Honorable Irekamba stressed that the youth have the power to make or mar the election and determine the winner by virtue of their population. Honorable Irekamba elucidated that the INEC…