Archive for month: February, 2024

President Bola Tinubu will visit Qatar in March for bilateral discussions as scheduled despite reported rejection by authorities of the Asian nation. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, who disclosed this on Saturday evening, February 24, said Tinubu will visit both Qatar and the United Arab Emirates,...

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Qatar has rejected a business and investment forum trip of President Bola Tinubu to the Arab country, Peoples Gatteze is reporting. The Embassy of the State of Qatar in Abuja, in a letter dated February 22, 2024, disclosed that the Qatari government would not be able to welcome Tinubu...

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released guidelines for the sale of foreign exchange (Forex) by Bureau De Change (BDC) operators within the country. The guidelines require that sellers of $10,000 and above to  BDCs will have to declare the  source of foreign exchange. CBN also said the minimum...

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The Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, says only about 5% of people in Nigeria have more than N500,000 in their bank accounts. The minister disclosed this in an interview with Channels Television on Friday, February 23, 2024. According to him, “There has been an...

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Police operatives in Nasarawa state have arrested two suspected armed r%bbers t£rrorizing parts of the Ekye Development Area in Doma LGA of the state. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Ramhan Nansel, in a statement on Friday, February 23, identified the suspects as Abdullahi Basso and Saidu Isah. He said the...

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The Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, says the federal government is working to minimise the level of economic hardship faced by Nigerians. Speaking in an interview with Channels Television on Friday, February 23, he said 15 million households will receive N25,000 for the next...

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A Lagos-based businessman, identified as Stephen Okafor, is currently on the run after allegedly b£@ting his wife to d£@th in Isolo area of the state. Okafor and Blessing Uche were married for 12 years but they were unable to have kids. It was gathered that this caused a lot...

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The Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Taoreed Lagbaja, says that corp£§s in mortuaries in some barracks of the Nigerian Army are decomposing over an ongoing power outage. The Army chief disclosed this when he visited the Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, in Abuja, to seek intervention in...

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Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 48 students of the Kwara State University, KWASU, and two others for offences bordering on internet fr@ud. The anti-graft agency in a statement said the suspects were arrested on Wednesday, February 21, 2024...

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Police operatives in Bauchi State have arrested two students of the Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa University (ATbU), over alleged criminal conspiracy, culpable h%micide, and association with an unlawful c¥ltist society. The suspects were arrested on February 18 alongside their accomplice, who’s a graduate of University of Jos. The command’s spokesman, Ahmed...

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