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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has linked the growing activities of bandits and kidnappers to the unemployment situation in the country.Obasanjo spoke during his address at the 9th International Trade Exhibition & Conference on Agrofood, Plastics, Printing, and Packaging which was held in Lagos on Tuesday.The trade fair was jointly organised by FairTrade Messe and the Organisation for Technology Ad...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed deposit money banks in the country to expedite action to increase their capital base from the current 25 billion naira. CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso stated this during the apex bank’s 294th meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Tuesday in Abuja, when the MPC hiked the interest rate by 22.75% to 24.75%.The apex bank chief said the MPC exa...

President Bola Tinubu has declared that individuals involved in despicable crimes such as kidnapping must be treated as terrorists.The President made the declaration on Tuesday at a Ramadan dinner with members of the Federal judiciary led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola.Reiterating the government’s resolve to defeat banditry, the President said those who resort to ki...

The military has released 230 suspected Boko Haram terrorists made up of two hundred and nineteen males and eleven females after profiling them....

The Nigerian Army says soldiers killed in the Okuama community in Delta State are to be buried on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at the National Cemetery, Abuja.This was revealed in a statement posted on the Nigerian Army’s X handle on Tuesday, adding that the burial will be held by 3pm.President Bola Tinubu is billed to be the Special Guest of Honour at the event.At least 17 military p...

An All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant for the Ondo governorship election, PAUL AKINTELURE is dead....

The Federal Government said it has activated all operations including contacting Interpol to ensure the re-arrest of a Binance executive, NADEEM ANJARWALLA who escaped from custody....

The Federal Government says Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, AHMAD GUMI has been invited by security agencies for questioning over some comments he made on the activities of bandits....

The Federal Government has insisted no ransom was paid for the release of the abducted Kuriga children in Kaduna State....

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the institutionalisation of a 10 per cent youth quota in all government appointments and an equitable young women representation....