The Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation has accused the Central Bank of Nigeria, under the leadership of the former Governor, Godwin Emefiele, of re-circulating dirty and unfit banknotes valued at N29.77bn in violation of the apex bank’s own Clean Note Policy. The allegation is contained in the newly released Auditor-General’s Annual Report on […]

Lawmakers, religious leaders, United States Department officials, and witnesses were divided in their views as the United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa on Thursday held an open hearing on President Donald Trump’s redesignation of Nigeria as “Country of Particular Concern” over alleged Christian genocide. Following the redesignation, the President threatened that the US […]

In a dramatic proceeding that lasted for over seven hours, Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, sentenced the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to life imprisonment following his conviction on all seven counts of terrorism charges preferred against him by the Federal Government. But in a […]

The National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress, Rauf Aregbesola, has urged Nigerians to embrace the party, saying that when it forms government, it will end banditry and other violent crimes. Aregbesola stated this in Ilesa, Osun State, shortly after his ADC membership card was revalidated on Wednesday. This was contained in a statement signed […]

Olusegun Awolowo, a grandson of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, has died. The Awolowo family announced his passing on Thursday. He was 62. “With extremely heavy hearts, we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father and grandfather, Olusegun Awolowo,” the statement read. The family described him as “the world’s most phenomenal husband, father and […]