Police officers at the Akodo Police Station have recovered the body of an informant, Wale Kalejaiye, who went missing during an attack on police personnel in the Akodo area of Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State. According to reports, Kalejaiye last week Monday, led a team of police officers to the community to arrest some suspected hoodlums notorious…
Former Deputy-Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kingsley Moghalu has revealed that $500 million worth of Bitcoin has been traded in Nigeria within the last five years. Moghalu disclosed these figures while reacting to the recent CBN policy which directed all banks to close accounts that transact in cryptocurrency. He made this known during…
The Apex bank in Nigeria CBN has reacted to condemnations trailing the directive to Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) to desist from transacting in cryptocurrencies. In a statement on Sunday, Osita Nwanisobi, Acting Director, Corporate Communications, clarified that the CBN circular of February 5, 2021 did not place any new restrictions on cryptocurrencies. Sere below:-
Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi on Sunday said his position as Transport Minister won’t allow him to speak on the farmers-herders crisis in the country. It will be recalled that a former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has berated Amaechi and other APC leaders for being indifferent over the Fulanis’ travails in the…
Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to address the nation and declare that he is not in support of criminal activities of some herdsmen in parts of Nigeria. Soyinka made the call in an interview with BBC News Pidgin. He urged Buhari to state categorically that: “Yes, I (the president)…
Unknown Gunmen have kidnapped the Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) l of the Taraba State chapter, Peter Jediel. Jediel was kidnapped at his residence in Sunkani, the headquarters of Ardo-Kola Local Government Council. The younger brother of the NLC chairman, Boniface Stephen confirmed his abduction to Channels Tv. He stated that the gunmen…
Osun State Government has declared a 24-hour curfew in Irepodun and Orolu Local Government Areas of the State, following the community crisis that broke out between Ilobu and Erin-Osun communities on Saturday. GIOTV reports that two persons have been killed while several others have been injured in the wake of the crisis. Houses and some…
The Osun state police command has arrested a 19-year-old student of Oduduwa College, Ile-Ife for reportedly beating the school principal, Mr. Ademola Sanusi to coma on Friday, February 5. Though why the student attacked the principal with his “gang members” is unknown, it was however learned that teachers in the school fled the scene to avoid…
Lagos state government says it will soon phase out the commercial yellow buses because they are not conducive for a mega city. The yellow buses are popularly called “danfo” or “molue”. Speaking on Thursday during an online forum, Frederick Oladeinde, commissioner for transportation, said the yellow buses do not have a place in the…
21-year-old, Dr Thakgalo Thibela is South Africa’s youngest female Medical Doctor. She obtained her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery on 17 December 2020 from Wits University. She comes from Violet Bank, a village in small town of Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga. She attended Farel Primary School where she was smart enough and skipped grade 7…