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Officials of the State Security Service, SSS, have seized the travelling documents of suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, shortly after he arrived Lagos from Niger, where he had gone to attend a meeting of governors of central banks in the West African sub-region. Shortly ...

Sanusi tells CNBC AFRICA “I have been told by my office that a letter was received. As you know, I flew in this morning to Niamey along with other Governors of West African Central Banks to meet with the President of Niger and President of Ghana. Fortunately, I came in ...

President Jonathan has picked the current Managing Director of Zenith Bank Godwin Emefiele to replace Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. His name has been forwarded to the Senate for confirmation. Bayo Adelabu, the current Executive Director at First Bank as Deputy Governor ...

The mega $19 billion deal between Facebook and Whatsapp has left the people talking about its worthiness. Though, Facebook founder CEO Mark Zuckerberg has explained as to why his company has agreed to pay a whopping $19bn to acquire the messaging service WhatsApp. It may seem a pure business deal ...

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has been suspended by President Goodluck Jonathan. Here is a statement the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati just released: Having taken special notice of reports of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria and other investigating ...

  Governor Fashola has signed the No Smoking in Public Places Bill into law. It means it is now illegal to lit your cigarettes in public places e.g public toilets, museums, nurseries, any facility used for the care of children etc. According to the law, people who smoke in public ...

Sahara Reporters�reported few days ago that the First lady was secretely flown abroad due to her failing health but Sunday evening, Mrs. Jonathan left the Villa to pay a condolence visit to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Sen. Bala Mohammed, over the death of his brother. Mohammed seized ...

The first son of Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State, Chinedum, on Saturday escaped assassination when an unknown gunman shot at his car, as he was about to be conveyed out of the venue of a reception organised by Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency in honour of his father in Umuahia. But ...

Monday, February 24th, has been fixed by The Lagos State University (LASU) Senate in a memo dated 14th February the resumption date for the school shut down three weeks ago following students unrest. It has been directed that the university be re-opened to allow final year students across all departments ...

While other artistes are busy making music, D’Banj is busy making other moves, bigger ones in my opinion. The ONE ambassador was seen with President Jonathan and the richest man in Africa Aliko Dangote at the State house today, 11th February 2014. D’Banj was a guest at the States House ...

Channels�TV reports four ministers resigned including aviation minister Stella Oduah. It’s been a while since many have clamoured for her�dismissal�due to the controversies surrounding her reign as minister.

Strong indications have emerged that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASSU, may consider going back on strike following the federal government inability to honour the agreement it reached with the government during the last ASUU strike. This development is coming few months after the union suspended its six-month-old strike ...

The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, over the weekend, launched new Biafra motorcycle plate number in Enugu. MASSOB leader, Chief Raph Uwazurike, who performed the official launching in Nsukka called on Ndigbo to see the new Biafra plate number as their identity and as ...

Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has donated the sum of N100m to rehabilitate roads�in Nnamdi Azikiwe University. The Governor made this donation on Friday when he visited the school and also donated a 50KVA�electricity generator�and four buses to ease transportation stress. He also promised to reward all�first class�graduates from the ...

In furtherance of efforts to continually strengthen his administration on all fronts, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has approved the following appointments to fill existing vacancies: 1.������Gen. Martin Luther Agwai����� Chairman of SURE-P 2.����Mrs. Tanwa Olusi�������������������-��������Deputy Chairman of SURE-P 3.����Mrs. Fidelia Njeze������������������-��������Special Adviser (NEPAD) 4.����Senator Suleiman M. Ajadi���-��������Special Adviser (NASS) 5.�����Mr. ...

PM news reports The Family Court 1 in Yaba Magistracy has jailed two women for trafficking and using children to beg for alms in Victoria Island area of Lagos. The women, Amarachi Eke from Imo State and Chioma Eze from Awka in Anambra State, were arraigned at the court on ...

President of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has been arrested by the men of the Department of State Security, DSS for making inciting comments on the 2015 election. The former Niger Delta militant was arrested this morning, less than 24 hours after Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, called on ...

A �57-year old man, Denis Amayo, has threatened to commit suicide on Valentine’s Day (14 February) should Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State fail to pay his eight-month pension arrears. Amayo who addressed journalists in Benin said he served the state meritoriously for 35 years in the Ministry of Agriculture ...

The Baptist High School, Iwo, Osun State was in a state of chaos and confusion yesterday Tuesday Feb 4th as some students of the school came into the school premises wearing their religious apparels such as Hijab, choir robes, white garments, fetish veils and Orunmila attires, ditching the approved uniform ...

First Lady Patience Jonathan’s NGO� The A. Aruera Foundation, paid the� medical bills of 800 children to undergo heart related surgeries in India. While receiving the last batch of the children from India, Dame Jonathan expressed her gratitude to God for the safe return of each child, noting that since ...