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To tackle food inflation in Nigeria, the Federal Government has hinted at plans to establish a National Commodity Board. In tackling price volatility, the board will be given the mandate to assess and regulate food prices as well as maintain a strategic food reserve for stabilizing prices of crucial grains and other food items. Vice President Kashim Shettima disclosed these ... Read More »

The immediate past Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr. Boss Mustapha, on Tuesday, appeared as a witness in the ongoing trial of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, before an Abuja High Court sitting at Maitama. Mustapha, who mounted the box and testified as the fourth prosecution witness, PW-4, revealed ... Read More »

President Bola Tinubu has conferred the national honour of Member of the Order of the Niger (MON) on all Super Eagles team members in appreciation of their performance at the just concluded CAF 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). In further recognition of their achievement, the federal government, represented by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has granted ... Read More »

The Labour Party (LP) is grappling with a fresh crisis sparked by Mrs. Oluchi Oparah, the national treasurer, who demanded accountability from Julius Abure, the national chairman, regarding the party’s finances. The finances amount to over N3.5 billion, derived from form sales and other fundraising activities for the 2023 general elections. Oparah made these assertions during a news briefing in ... Read More »

A member of the Senate from 1999 to 2007, Senator Ifeanyi Araraume, has expressed shock over the death of the Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings PLC, Mr Herbert Wigwe, describing his sudden exit as a monumenral loss to Nigeria’s banking industry. Wigwe, together with his wife, Chizoba, son, Chizi, friend, Bamofin Abimbola Ogunbanjo [a former Chair of NGX] ... Read More »

A former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has shared his last conversation with the late Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Herbert Wigwe. Chidoka shared his memories with the late Wigwe in a post via his official X handle on Sunday. The former minister said he requested to be part of this particular trip to the USA with Wigwe, who ... Read More »

“If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing.” This line of thinking is the guiding light for Primate Elijah Babatunde Ayodele as the founder and leader of the INRI ... Read More »

Following recent leakage of some secret memos at the Presidency, The allocated funds were intended for the inauguration of a 37-member Tripartite Committee responsible for discussing the New National Minimum Wage. The Presidency has since requested an investigation into the civil service framework in order to eliminate individuals it refers to as “moles” who are loyal to the main opposition, ... Read More »

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday declared Margaret Dumbiri Emefiele, wife of embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele wanted. Also declared wanted by the anti-graft agency were Eric Ocheme Odoh (m), Jonathan Omoile (m) and Anita Joy Omoile (f) for alleged for allegedly conniving with the immediate past CBN governor to convert ... Read More »

Troops of 93 Battalion, 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Jalingo, Taraba State, have apprehended a suspected female while trying to pick ransom for a kidnapped victim in Taraba. In a statement issued by Acting Assistant Director, 6 Brigade Army Public Relations, Lt. Olubodunde Oni, the female kidnapper named Janet Igohia was arrested after picking up N1.5 million. Oni said ... Read More »