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The silence of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on the trillions of naira it mopped from the financial system continues to cast doubt on the possibility of achieving sufficient naira circulation in the near […]

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has debunked allegations that its governor, Godwin Emefiele, was plotting against the president-elect, Bola Tinubu. According to a report (not in The Guardian) Emefiele resolved to work against Tinubu, because […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN on Monday evening finally heeded calls to direct commercial banks to start dispensing and receiving old naira notes as legal tender across the country in line with recent Supreme […]

The US Air Force on Friday unveiled a new color scheme for Air Force One, discarding the palette chosen by Donald Trump for the presidential aircraft. President Joe Biden is sticking with a classic blue-and-white […]

ecently, on a YouTube channel, I said something terrible, but I don’t know what it was. The main subject of discussion—my reporting on the power of online gurus—was not intrinsically offensive. It might have been […]

United States Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized after tripping at a Washington D.C. hotel on Wednesday night. McConnell, 81, was having dinner at the hotel when he took a tumble, his spokesperson […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the transfer of the former Director of ICT has nothing to do with glitches experienced with the uploading of the Feb. 25 national election results. The Chief Press […]

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has reacted to Thursday’s fatal crash between BRT and train in Ikeja area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. Two people were confirmed dead and many injured when a BRT crashed with […]

A train has collided with a Lagos State Government staff bus in the Shogunle area of Oshodi in Lagos. The incident took place on Thursday morning. Eyewitness said the bus was attempting to cross the […]

With barely 48 hours to the conduct of the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections, the Court of Appeal, yesterday, refused to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from reconfiguring the Bimodal Voter […]

Dear Professor Attahiru Jega, It is a joy to address this year’s International Women’s Day open letter to you in this election year for Nigeria. As your junior colleague, I have watched you build and […]

It is no more news that ethnic rivalries between Lagosians of Igbo descent and aboriginal Lagosians, have become the reality of life. The rivalries, no doubt, have since Nigeria adopted a democratic system of government […]

Days after announcing his decision to challenge outcome of the February 25 elections, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, led stalwarts and members of the party in a protest march […]

The Lagos State Government has responded to the alleged plans to exhume the corpse of Whitney Adeniran, a 12-year-old student of Chrisland Schools, Lagos, who died during an inter-house sports, in February. The government said […]

Nigerians’ aversion to voting during elections is well documented, but the challenge saw a new low last weekend when citizens went out to elect federal lawmakers and the president in an exercise that was keenly […]

The lingering struggle for cash has caused a sharp decline in business activities leading to steep reduction in output, with new orders and employment scaling down. The February Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) data released by […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will punish its officials, whether ad-hoc or collation personnel, who may have been involved in disrupting the conduct of the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly […]

The thunderclap of stories showing Fox News’ role in pushing 2020 election fraud conspiracies and aiding Donald Trump’s campaign has intensified calls among Democrats to black out the network. The revelations, made public as part […]