Nigeria’s Apex bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has again assured Nigerians that there is enough currency is circulation and warned against panic withdrawals. The Bank in a statement on Wednesday, reiterated that old and new naira notes remained legal tender. “For the avoidance of doubt, while reiterating that there are sufficient banknotes across…
Aviation unions in Nigeria have directed their workers to withdraw their services to all public and private Owerri flights (both inwards and outwards) with effect from midnight. The unions said the strike is indefinite until otherwise directed by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC). The unions are the…
Portugal defender Pepe on Tuesday made history by becoming the oldest goalscorer in the history of Champions League history scoring in Porto’s win over Royal Antwerp in Group H. At 40 years and 254 days old, the former Real Madrid player who scored his side’s second with a thumping 91st-minute finish, becoming the first player…
Manchester United Forward Marcus Rashford is expected to be in the squad for the Champions League trip to FC Copenhagen tonight. Rashford, who has struggled for form this season, missed the 1-0 win at Fulham after a knock in training. But he will travel for tonight’s game, looking to improve on his record of one…
Former Tottenham manager Nuno Espirito Santo has been sacked by his club Al-Ittihad following a run of poor results. Saudi Pro League champions Al-Ittihad have won six of 12 league games this season and suffered a 2-0 defeat by Air Force Club of Iraq in the Asian Champions League on Monday. Nuno took over at…
A man has been killed by a robot in South Korea after the robot failed to differentiate him from the boxes of food it was handling. The incident occurred when the man, a robotics company employee in his 40s, was inspecting the robot. The robotic arm, confusing the man for a box of vegetables, grabbed…
The President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Festus Osifo, has responded to comments by Imo state governor Hope Uzodinma that NLC President Joe Ajaero’s visit to Imo state was for political reasons Speaking on a television programme, said his colleague in the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, was in Imo State on November…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that over one hundred and thirty seven thousand polling agents have been registered for the November 11, 2023 governorship poll in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states. In a list of polling and collation agents released on Tuesday, INEC said at the close of the deadline for uploading…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today produced the former Governor of the Central Bank Godwin Emefiele in court for the hearing of his bail application Emefiele, who has been in the custody of Security agencies for over 149 days, was ordered by Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, to…
Nigeria has been included as one of the most dangerous countries for Christians in the world In a report by a non-partisan Christian organisation, International Christian Concern, extremists and militants have been killing Christians in the country and dispossessing them of their lands in the last 20 years. The Organisation’s 2023 report on Christian persecutors…
