Dr. Olayemi Cardoso has assumed office as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. A statement by the Director of Corporate Communication of the apex Bank, Dr. Isa Abdulmumin, disclosed this in a statement today, Friday. He added that Dr. Cardoso would occupy the office in acting capacity pending the confirmation of his nomination…
New Jersey Democratic Senator Robert Menendez has been indicted for allegedly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes, according to the Justice Department. Prosecutors say Mr Menendez and his wife, Nadine, accepted gold bars and cash from three New Jersey businessmen. The senator and his wife accepted the money to “benefit the government of…
Nigeria has qualified for the 2024 International Handball Federation (IHF) Women’s Youth World Championship taking place in China. The team defeated Morocco 28-14 in the quarterfinal of the ongoing Africa Women’s Youth Handball Championship taking place in Monastir, Tunisia. The Nigeria’s U-18 women’s handball team took the quarterfinal match against Morocco with determination, knowing that…
A United States District Judge, Nancy Maldonado, has agreed to stay an order directing Chicago State University to make available the academic documents of President Bola Tinubu, to the legal team of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The hearing came up late Thursday night after the president’s lawyers filed an emergency motion seeking a delay…
The Lagos State Police Command on Friday confirmed that its men deployed teargas at Lekki Phase 1 on September 21, to disperse a crowd at the toll gate. This was revealed on the official page of the Lagos State Police Command’s handle, signed by the Command Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin. Recall that reports…
… Condoles with family Osun State Government, on Thursday, described the death of a promising young Nigerian artiste, IleriOluwa Oladimeji popularly known as Mohbad, as very unfortunate especially the circumstances surrounding his demise. The state government in a condolence message signed by the state commissioner for Youth Affairs ,Hon Moshood Olagunju on behalf of Governor…
The wife of Osun State Governor, Chief (Mrs) Titilola Adeleke, who is currently in New York city with other wives of Nigerian Governors at the maiden edition of Nigeria Economic And Trade Summit has called on the Federal Government to take an urgent look into the incessant rate at which Nigerian youths are seeking for…
Displeased with the United States Magistrate Court’s order directing Chicago State University to release his academic records to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, President Bola Tinubu has filed an application with the District Court to halt the order’s implementation. The magistrate court had on Tuesday given Chicago University 48 hours to…
Osun State Government has told an Ibadan-based lawyer, Mr. Mutalubi Adebayo, SAN, to drop his threat to drag Governor Ademola Adeleke and the government before court over unpaid allowances of judges working in the state, urging the legal practitioner to avoid “interloping activism”. Adebayo on Thursday gave Adeleke a 10-day ultimatum to pay arrears of…
The Lagos State Police Command have exhumed the body of the singer Ilerioluwa Aloba widely known as Mohbad. The police said an autopsy would follow after the exhumation was accomplished. Mohbad’s death last Tuesday had raised concerns, as an accusing finger was pointed at the Marlian Record Label’s owner Afeez Fashola professionally known as Naira…
