Banking & FinanceBusinessNewsNigeriaPoliticsFG permits commercial banks to issue debit cards that double as national identity card

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 26, 2023

…approves the deployment of an automated system for NIN-SIM linkage The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, has partnered with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to allow commercial banks to print and issue debit cards that also serves as national identity card. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, disclosed this on Wednesday. Pantami said that the Federal Executive Council, FEC, approved a memo from the NIMC to that effect during Wednesday’s...

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LifestyleNewsNigeriaOndo schoolboy becomes Guinness World Record holder for skipping

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 26, 2023

Philip Solomon, a 17-year-old student of Oyemekun Grammar School in Akure, Ondo State, has been declared a Guinness World Record holder for ‘most skips in 30 seconds on one foot.’ According to a statement on Guinness World Record’s website, Solomon set a record of 153 skips in 30 seconds on one foot on January 24, 2023, in Akure. The previous holder of the record title was Rasel Islam from Bangladesh. He skipped 145 times in...

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Chimamanda Adichie writes preface for Pope Francis’s new book, Hands Off Africa

LifestyleNewsNigeriaChimamanda Adichie writes preface for Pope Francis’s new book, Hands Off Africa

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 25, 2023

Award-winning Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Adichie was featured in Pope Francis’s new book, ‘Hands Off Africa’. The Vatican Publishing House announced the release of the book, which condemns the continuing exploitation of Africa by Western powers, on Monday. Adichie wrote the preface of the book. “Hands Off Africa” is a compilation of Pope Francis’s speeches during his visits to the conflict-ridden regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan in January/February 2023. The book...

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Kwara State Governor, AbdulRazaq elected the new chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum

NewsNigeriaPoliticsKwara State Governor, AbdulRazaq elected the new chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 25, 2023

AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the governor of Kwara State has emerged as the new chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF. Governor Oyo Seyi Makinde of Oyo State was chosen as vice-chairman of the forum. This was contained in a communique signed by Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the governor of Sokoto State, at the end of the 7th emergency meeting of the state governors held on Tuesday night in Abuja. “On the leadership of the forum, the governor...

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Tina Turner, the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll is dead

EntertainmentLifestyleNewsWorld NewsTina Turner, the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll is dead

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 25, 2023

Swiss Singer, Tina Turner, widely acclaimed as the ‘Queen of Rock’n’Roll’, has died at the age of 83. Her death was announced in a statement on her official Facebook page but offered no details about the cause. The statement reads: “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tina Turner. With her music and her boundless passion for life, she enchanted millions of fans around the world and inspired the stars of...

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Seun Kuti regains freedom after seven days in police custody

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSeun Kuti regains freedom after seven days in police custody

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 24, 2023

Nigerian musician Seun Kuti has been released on bail after being arrested and incarcerated for a week. The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, gave an order for the Lagos State Commissioner of Police to arrest the singer after a viral video showed him at the Third Mainland Bridge, in Lagos, shouting at, and hitting a police officer. Following the reactions that trailed the video, Kuti said that the policeman “tried to kill me and...

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Nigeria launches Africa’s biggest oil refinery

BusinessNewsNigeriaOil & GasNigeria launches Africa’s biggest oil refinery

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 24, 2023

Africa’s biggest oil refinery and the world’s biggest single-train facility has been launched in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, amid expectations that Nigeria will cease importing refined petroleum products once the company starts operation. The refinery built by Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the President of Dangote Group and Africa’s richest man, was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, May 22, 2023. The inauguration of the Dangote refinery was attended by many dignitaries in and outside Nigeria, including...

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Group applaud Buhari for the Second Niger Bridge project

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGroup applaud Buhari for the Second Niger Bridge project

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 24, 2023

South East/Igbo APC Progressives Roundtable, SIAPRO, has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for the construction of the Second Niger Bridge, which was commissioned on Tuesday. SIAPRO, in a statement jointly signed by its Director General, Dr Uche Diala; National Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Molokwu; and the National Publicity Secretary, Mr Charles Kaye Okoye, described the Bridge as the “biggest and most significant singular infrastructural project in the Eastern region since after the civil war.” The group recalled...

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President Buhari commissions Second Niger Bridge, seven other ‘legacy’ projects

National DevelopmentNewsNigeriaTransportationPresident Buhari commissions Second Niger Bridge, seven other ‘legacy’ projects

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 24, 2023

…Second Niger Bridge is named after Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, commissioned eight projects completed by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing across the country. The projects which consist of three major bridges, three federal secretariats, a road and a new headquarters are part of the current “administration’s determination to upgrade and expand the nation’s stock of infrastructure”, according to Femi Adesina, the special adviser to the President on media and publicity. The federal...

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Tension as S’Court decides Shettima’s eligibility to contest for vice presidency on Friday

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTension as S’Court decides Shettima’s eligibility to contest for vice presidency on Friday

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 24, 2023

Uncertainty over Bola Tinubu’s inauguration on Monday, May 29 looms as the Supreme Court has fixed Friday, May 26 to deliver its judgment in a suit seeking the nullification of the President-elect and the Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima’s candidature in the 2023 presidential election. The suit was filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on July 28, 2022. The party challenged the validity of the Tinubu/Shettima ticket for the February 25, 2023, presidential election because...

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