Author Archive for: Oyevic

In a bid to enhance water resource management and improve dam safety nationwide, the Federal Government has put forward a request for a $500m loan from the World Bank. The loan is aimed at tackling water security challenges in the country and bolstering agricultural productivity under the Sustainable Power...

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has allowed next-of-kin, legal representatives, or beneficial owners to claim unclaimed balances in dormant accounts. The CBN clarified this in a report released over the weekend. It stated that next-of-kin can now claim unclaimed funds by submitting applications to financial institutions. These applications...

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The Minister of Education Tahir Mamman has advised students in Nigerian universities to remain on campus during the planned nationwide protests. A statement by the National Universities Commission (NUC) on Monday said the advice was to avoid risking their lives. The statement was signed by the acting Executive Secretary...

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Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has kicked against the nationwide protests planned for August 1 over the hardship in the country. Igboho in a statement issued late last night, said: “I, Chief Sunday Igboho, am issuing this press release in response to the...

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The International Police Organisation (INTERPOL), on Monday, revealed that “hundreds of thousands of dollars” are being laundered out of Nigeria to other African countries and across the world every hour. The organisation also said money laundering across Africa and the entire world has assumed a monstrous dimension, adding that...

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Senate President Godswill Akpabio has accused the candidates who lost out in the 2023 presidential election of sponsoring the planned nationwide protest. Mr Akpabio spoke on Monday at the State House, Abuja, after he witnessed President Bola Tinubu’s signing of the new minimum wage bill into law. Atiku Abubakar...

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A man has asked Nigerians a pertinent question after being advised to get a padlock for the bag he’d be carrying to NYSC camp. The man has been advised to get a padlock for the bag he is carrying to NYSC camp and he asked if graduates st£Als?

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President TInubu’s aide, O’tega Ogra, was under fir£ for using the official Twitter (x) handle of the president to share his opinion piece on the #EndBadGovernance protest. The media aide to the president has used the official handle of the president to share his personal opinion on #EndBadGobernance protest...

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The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has directed police top brass to protect intending participants of the planned #EndBadGovernance protest slated for August 1 to 10, 2024. This was contained in a letter by the IGP to the request of human rights lawyer Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa. Adegboruwa, a...

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The Federal Government on Monday said it has started to distribute an additional 10 trucks of 50kg rice to each state to be sold at designated centres at N40,000 This is as the Federal Executive Council, FEC, has insisted that there is no need for the protest as most...

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