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By Halimah Olamide —As Apex Bank Wields Big Stick The Central Bank of Nigeria on Friday wielded the big stick by revoking the operational licenses of 4,183 bureau de change in the country. In a statement released by the bank Friday evening, the bank said affected operators failed to obey some of the regulations governing their business. “The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in exercise of the powers conferred on it under the Bank and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA) 2020, Act No. 5, and the Revised Operational Guidelines for Bureaux De Change 2015 (the Guidelines), has revoked the…
By Halimah Olamide A Yoruba actor Tolani Quadri Oyebamiji popularly called Sisi Quadri, has reportedly died. Another actress Biola Bayo announced the death of Sisi Quadri in her Instagram post on Friday. The cause of the death was not known as at press time. Biola Bayo wrote, “You Will be greatly missed. May your soul rest in peace. May God comfort all your loved ones.” NPO Reports was told that he was admitted into one hospital in Iwo, his hometown few days ago but died Friday afternoon. Sisi Quadri is known for his femine outlook and his trademark capacity for…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, will on Sunday, 3 March, receive the 2023 Silverbird ‘Man of the Year’ award. Prince Abiodun emerged the 2023 Silverbird Man of the Year award, beating four other nominees after a rigorous voting process. A statement signed by Jacob Akinyemi-Johnson, Chief Creative Officer/Chairman Editorial Board of Silverbird Group, said Governor Abiodun won over 70 percent of the votes sent in by Nigerians. He said: “We are once again congratulating you on your emergence as the Silverbird Man of the Year, 2023. “We make bold to inform you that you secured over 70% of…
By Femi Alabi The National Chairman of Labour Party, Barr. Julius Abure, has identified Nigeria’s problem as bad leadership, saying once the country gets it right, every other thing will be fixed Abure who was fielding questions from newsmen in Umuahia Abia State, after a critical meeting of the National Working Committee NWC members of LP, with Gov. Alex Otti, stated that the Labour party will sustain its push for a better Nigeria until it eventually gets the people’s mandate to provide quality leadership for the country. He decried the precarious situation of Nigeria following the removal of fuel…
By Femi Alabi The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it will open its online portal for political parties to upload the details of its nominated candidates for Edo governorship election on March 4. INEC in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun on Friday in Abuja said that the portal would open at 9a.m.,on Monday, March 4 and would be automatically shut down at 6p.m, on Sunday, March 24. Olumekun stated that following the Feb. 24 deadline for the conduct of primaries for the election , INEC had…
By Femi Alabi The President, Association of Psychiatrists of Nigeria (APN), Taiwo Obindo has expressed concern that the economic situation in the country is not favourable, particularly, to the common man, lamenting that the suffering could lead to suicidal thoughts. The Psychiatrist consultant in an interview in Lagos on Friday however advised Nigerians to speak out and always seek help, adding that things would get better eventually in the country. “The situation of things in the country is very disturbing. Virtually everyone is affected, even though some may seem to be comfortable, but the truth remained that the masses…
By Femi Alabi Minister of Works, David Umahi, Minister and Chairman of Senate Committee on Housing, Aminu Tambuwal on Thursday inspected the newly constructed BUA Cement’s fifth plant in Sokoto State. Umahi, who was in Sokoto to inspect the reconstruction of a 372 km dual road from Sokoto to Zaria in Kaduna State, urged BUA cement’s management to reduce the prices of cement in the market. He stated that President Bola Tinubu was deeply concerned with the escalating prices of commodities including cement. The Minister emphasised government’s commitment to stabilizing the Naira’s value and assured the public that…
By Femi Alabi Following the soaring prices of staple food in Nigeria, the Government of Ukraine has donated 25,000 tonnes of wheat as emergency food assistance to 1.3 million vulnerable, crisis-affected people in northeast of the country. The Senior Communications and Public Diplomacy Officer, British High Commission’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Atinuke Akande-Alegbe in a statement on Friday, said that the donation was made under the auspices of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP)response in northeast Nigeria. She stated that the contribution was part of Ukraine’s humanitarian “Grain from Ukraine” initiative launched by the country’s President,…
By Wole Soyinka I begin by pleading an obsessive problem – media language. As one who is routinely traumatized by encountering his own words reworked into imagined equivalents, duly enhanced and augmented even with the best and honest intentions, but which actually convey the exact opposite of intent, such an obsession is quite understandable. Fortunately, this preliminary is not personalized. I shall proceed, as gently as I can, and through purely fortuitous exemplars from our national media, to a straightforward proposition of just how a national psyche can be programmed, rewired, so to speak, into absorbing the freakish, the…
People are gathering in Moscow for the funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny later There is a heavy police presence in the city, with masked guards stationed around a perimeter fence The service will be held at 14:00 Moscow time (11:00 GMT) at a church on the outskirts of the capital The Russian opposition leader died in an Arctic prison – where he had been held on politically motivated charges Few details have been released on the cause of his death – officials say he collapsed after going for a walk His wife alleges he was killed on…