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  The Nigerian economy has continued to show resilience in the face of weak global outlook as the country’s Gross Domestic Product grew by 3.11 per cent in the first quarter of 2022. The National Bureau of Statistics stated this on Monday in its GDP Report. The figure shows the ...

Veteran Nigerian musician, Innocent Idibia, better known as 2Face, on Sunday, May 22 paid a visit to his colleague, Sound Sultan’s graveside in New Jersey, United States of America. Sharing the video on his Instagram page on Monday morning, 2Face wrote that he went to pay his respect to Sound ...

  Telecommunication subscribers are expressing their displeasure over the new Federal Government directive to impose a tax on telephone calls in the nation to fund free health care for the vulnerable. According to the National Health Insurance Authority Bill 2021 signed by the President, Muhammadu Buhari weeks back notes that ...

  The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has postponed indefinitely, the screening of its presidential aspirants earlier slated for Monday, May 23. Although the no reason was given for the alteration of its timetable, the ruling party has been consistent in violating its own timetable and schedule of activities for ...

  Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has described the continuous sit-at-home in the Southeast over the detention of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), as senseless and useless. Speaking in an interview with some editors, Umahi also said the agitation by the pro-Biafra group ...

  Gunmen have beheaded a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon Okechukwu Okoye. Until his death, Okoye represented Aguata Constituency II where the Governor of Anambra, Charles Soludo, hails from. The lawmaker’s severed head was found at Nnobi in the Idemmili South Local Government Area of the ...

  The General Overseer of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor William Kumuyi, has insisted that the Church will go ahead with its planned crusade despite “security challenges” allegedly facing the state. Naija News reports that the Indigenous People of Biafra had on Thursday asked Kumuyi not to hold crusade ...

  The central Bank of Nigeria on Saturday said it has no plan to withdraw the Naira from circulation and replace it with the digital currency, the eNaira. The reaction is in connection to some media reports (not THE WHISTLER) that the apex bank will soon withdraw the Naira from ...

  A notorious drug baron, identified as ‘O Lord Have Mercy’, has been nabbed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), POLITICS NIGERIA reports. Femi Babafemi, Director of Media, NDLEA, made this disclosure on Saturday morning, with a promise to provide comprehensive details on Sunday. NDLEA “Busted. Not even ...

Fidelity Bank partners Edo State and GIZ to host CBN RT200 FX Exports Roundtable and Sensitisation Workshop   Leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc, has announced plans to host an exports roundtable and policy sensitisation workshop for businesses in Benin-City, Edo State capital in partnership with the Edo State Investment Promotion Office ...