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The ruling All progressive congress (APC) says it is not going back on the conduct of its nationwide congresses scheduled to hold on Saturday. The National Secretary of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the party, Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, faulted notions held in certain quarters that conducting the congresses would be an exercise in futility. Akpanudoedehe maintained that the …

The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed commercial banks to create mobile applications and alert systems to update customers of their foreign exchange movement. This follows the CBN’s ban on sales of forex to Bureau de Change operators and directive to deposit money banks to establish teller points to fulfill legitimate forex requests from customers. The new directive is contained …

A United States court has issued a warrant of arrest for a Deputy Commissioner of Police in Nigeria, Abba Kyari. According to a court document obtained by Peoples Gazette, Otis Wright of the United States District Court for the Central District of California ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation to track down Kyari and produce him in the United States for his …

A Deputy Commissioner of Police in Nigeria, Abba Kyari, has denied collecting money from Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi, to arrest and jail an estranged ‘co-conspirator,’ Chibuzo Vincent. Hushpuppi; Abba Kyari He also explained that Hushpuppi once saw some of his [Kyari’s] native clothes and caps on his [Kyari’s] social media page, expressed a liking for them and was connected to …

The National Identity Management Commission says it has exceeded the 60 million mark in the ongoing unique NIN enrolment exercise for the National Identity Database (NIDB).  The Commission announced this in a statement signed by the Head of Corporate Communications, Kayode Adegoke and made available on Thursday in Abuja, saying that the features couldn’t have been possible without the cooperation of all …

The administration of United States (US) President, Joe Biden, and his assistants have wrong knowledge and understanding of modern Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday. U.S. President Biden has expressed the belief that Russian President Vladimir Putin was “in real trouble, which makes him even more dangerous.’’ Biden also said that the Russian economy only has nuclear weapons and …

Chuks Okocha compares the leadership of the then President of the 8th Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki and the 9th Senate led by Senator Ahmad Lawan The manner the two arms of the National Assembly handled the electoral reforms bill has brought the lawmakers under serious criticism as a result of its decision to vote down the adoption of electronic …

Some Nigerians Wednesday urged the Federal Government to partner with Professor Archbishop Sam Zuga who has successfully raised his currency Zugacoin to the most expensive and popular coin in Africa. “Now that they have decided to go into Cryptocurrency, it would be very patriotic for them to officially involve the leader of Cryptocurrency in Africa who happens to be from …

Against the backdrop of insinuations that United States’ lawmakers are putting pressure on the President Joe Biden administration to halt the delivery of the remaining six Super Tucano Aircraft and subsequent sale of military hardware to Nigeria, security sources have said the Federal Government was not perturbed as all necessary agreement indices reached on government-to-government basis were adhered to. According …

The Registrar/Chief Executive, National Examinations Council (NECO), Professor Ibrahim Dantani Wushishi has promised to reposition NECO to become a credible and internationally acclaimed examination body. Prof. Wushishi made the promise on Monday while officially taking over the affairs of the Council from the Former Acting Registrar, Mr. Ebikibina John Ogborodi. He stated that “my desire is to make NECO surpass …