A 40-year-old Maiduguri firewood vendor named Babagana Umar has been paraded by the police in Borno State for reportedly giving three youngsters N10,000 in exchange for demolishing the Mafa Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp. The children, Malum Usman, a 16-year-old, Bulama Bukar,14-year-old and Rawa Usman11-year-old were paraded on Thursday. They …
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ECOWAS gets new Parliament
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday inaugurated the sixth Legislature of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament. Tinubu performed this duty as the current Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. The inauguration, which took place at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, was graced …
Read More »EFCC arrests 39 for internet fraud in Edo
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Benin Zonal Command, on Thursday, arrested 39 suspected internet fraudsters at different locations in the state. The commission disclosed this in a post shared on its Facebook page on Thursday. According to the Commission, the suspects were arrested following actionable intelligence on …
Read More »CBN removes N676.65 billion from circulation
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has removed N676.65 billion from circulation through the Open system Operation (OMO) operation at a 21 percent interest rate in an attempt to purify the financial system. There are two purposes for the auction. Its main goal is to control the liquidity of the …
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