On Wednesday, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, announced the floating of the country’s currency, Naira. Since then, several people have asked the meaning and implication of the new policy. Here are eight implications of the new regime as copied from a forum called Naijahottestgist, which we felt our readers can draw something from. 1)…
A street in Lagos has been named after popular Benue State-born musician, Innocent Idibia, otherwise known as 2Face. The singer made the announcement on Friday to his fans via his Instagram account. He also shared a photograph of him standing in front of the street sign post that reads ‘Innocent Idibia Street.’ 2Face thanked Haven…
No fewer than 18 persons were reportedly killed by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents on Thursday night in Kuda-Kaya village of Madagali, Adamawa State. A local police authority was said to have disclosed this information on Friday to Xinhua. It was said that the incident took place precisely around 10pm on Thursday. Xinhua…
A taxi driver based in the Ajegunle area of Lagos State, Iseuru Ekpe, has been dragged before an Apapa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly beating up a policeman. Ekpe was arraigned on Friday for an alleged unlawful assault. According to the prosecutor, Inspector Tony Elibeh, the accused committed the offence on June 13…
A student who claimed to be a pastor has been sentenced to three years imprisonment by an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court in Osun. The convict, Akintunde Olatunde, 28, was said to have committed the said crime on June 10 at about 5:00 p.m., in Omobolanle area of Osogbo. According to the prosecutor, Inspector Fagboyinbo Abiodun, Olatunde,…
As you read this piece, the once united Femi and The Gang on radio, has been shredded into pieces. This is because some ex-members of the group have launched an attack on their former leader, Femi Obong-Daniels. The bone of contention is nothing but money. It was alleged that Femi used money meant for the…
One lecturer at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, that people are taking about presently in Africa is Prof. (Mrs) Olagunju Funke Iyabo. The beautiful lady, who was born in 1971, is in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences. She had her BSc, MSc and PhD in…
**Caretaker C’ttee Takes Over Guild **Ibinabo, Emeka Ike Removed **No, They Cannot Remove Ibinabo—BoT Chairman Just when many thought the crisis rocking the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, was almost getting over, the latest development seems to show otherwise. On Thursday, June 9, 2016, a meeting of Chairmen of state chapters of the guild led…
On Thursday, June 16, 2016, the National Economic Council, NEC, meeting was held in Abuja and was presided over by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. The meeting took place at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja and was attended by state governors and the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Below…
President Muhammadu Buhari was earlier slated to return to Nigeria from his overseas’ vacation on Thursday (yesterday), but they were shocked to learn that that would no longer be possible. Instead, the country’s number one citizen would now return to Nigeria from London on Sunday, June 19, 2016, and hopefully resume work the next day.…