Emefiele files lawsuit against Akpabio over alleged defamation, demands N25bn and apology

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has accused the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, of making defamatory comments against him.  Recall that during a recent plenary that was televised, the Senate President said the federal government is at a loss over charges to bring against Emefiele, citing potential accusations […]

Hardship: Please shelve planned protest. We are aware of plans by some elements to use the protest to ferment crisis and widespread violence- DSS tells NLC

The Department of State Services (DSS) has been appealed to the Nigerian Labour Congress to shun its two-day planned protest scheduled for February 27 and 28 over the prevailing economic hardship as it has information that some elements were planning to use the protest to cause widespread violence. In a statement signed by its public […]

South African court rules extradition of alleged Nigerian ‘romance scammers’ to the US for trial

The Cape Town Magistrates Court has ruled that the alleged Nigerian members of the Black Axe syndicate are to be extradited to the U.S.  The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Regional Communications Manager, Western Cape, Eric Ntabazalila, in a statement on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, said Magistrate Ingrid Arntsen found that there was sufficient evidence to […]

Parents exhume corpse of daughter, 24, out of cemetery after they received a call to her cellphone from someone claiming ‘she was alive’ (video)

A Nicaraguan woman had to be buried for the second time after her family exhumed her body because they thought she was still alive. María López, 24, died on February 11 at New Dawn Hospital in the Caribbean coast town of Waspam and was buried February 12, according to local outlet SNC. On February 15, […]

Stop the arbitrary and ever-increasing customs duties. It is now negatively impacting businesses and the cost of items- Peter Obi tells FG

The Presidential candidate of the Labour party in the 2023 Presidential election, Peter Obi, has urged the Federal government to stop the ‘arbitrary and ever-increasing customs duties’’. In a statement published on social media, Obi stated that the increase in customs duties is now negatively impacting businesses and the cost of items. He also mentioned […]

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