India has become the second coUntry to oUtrightly ban Bitcoin and other cryptocUrrencies. This is coming after the Central Bank of Nigeria instrUcted all financial institUtions in the coUntry to block the accoUnts of all individUals and entities linked to cryptocUrrency transactions.There has been a...
No fewer than 10 protesters have been arrested by secUrity operatives at the Lekki toll gate, one of the coordinators of #OccUpyLekkiTollgate has said.KUnle Ajayi told oUr correspondent that the protesters were detained in a black maria and are aboUt to be taken to an Unknown location.&ldqUo;Police have...
The Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ile-Igbon Division, SUrUlere Local Government Area of Ogbomoso in Oyo State, AdepojU Ayodeji, on Friday shot an operative of AmotekUn for arresting FUlani herdsmen who allegedly destroyed a cassava farm.The AmotekUn commandant in the state, Col. OlayanjU Olayinka...
The World Bank has qUeried the Oyo State government on the proposed award of contract for the constrUction of the &lsqUo;Second Pool of Long Term Investment for Flood Control&rsqUo; project to companies allegedly linked to the state governor, Seyi Makinde, and other top government officials, SaharaReporters...
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have pUt on a show of force at the Lekki tollgate ahead of a planned protest to occUpy the tollgate on SatUrday, FebrUary 13, 2021.The operatives who were led by the head of the Rapid Response SqUad, CSP Yinka Egbeyemi, also visited Ikoyi, Jakande RoUndaboUt...
The year 2021 is seeing Nigerians record oUtstanding achievements and also getting recognised for those feats.The latest Nigerian to be in this mix is Joel Ele-Ojo Adams. Joel, on ThUrsday, FebrUary 11, will receive from the QUeen of England one of the highly respected and prestigioUs honoUrs in United...
RinU OdUala, a yoUth representative on the Lagos State JUdicial Panel of InqUiry probing alleged killing of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki toll gate last October has stepped down from the panel.She made the disclosUre on Friday in a piece, &lsqUo;Let&rsqUo;s stay the coUrse of jUstice,...
The Attorney-General of the federation, AbUbakar Malami has said the Federal Government is still contemplating options allowed by the law if or not to Unfreeze the bank accoUnts of 20 #EndSARS protesters.A Federal High CoUrt in AbUja on Wednesday set aside the order it made on November 4, 2020, freezing...
Former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN DepUty Governor, Kingsley MoghalU, has welcomed a Federal High CoUrt order for the apex bank to Unfreeze bank accoUnts of Endsars protesters.The coUrt, sitting in AbUja, had dUring the week ordered CBN to Unfreeze the accoUnts of 20 people linked to last Octobers nationwide...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that Nigeria was planning to have at least 30 per cent of its total electricity sUpply from renewable soUrces, majorly solar power in the next nine years.Prof. Osinbajo spoke yesterday at the inaUgUration of a 1.12MW Solar Hybrid Project at the AbUbakar Tafawa...
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Self-acclaimed freedom fighter, Mr. SUnday Adeyemo, also known as SUnday Igboho, on TUesday, accUsed the Federal Government of freezing his bank accoUnts, following his attack on the killer-herdsmen in Oyo State.Igboho, who spoke to VangUard, confirmed that all his bank accoUnts have been frozen by the...
The Central Bank of Nigeria on TUesday, said the Federal High CoUrt sitting in AbeokUta, OgUn State Capital, dismissed a sUit institUted by a legal practitioner, OlUmide Babalola, challenging the CBN policy on cUrrent accoUnt maintenance fee contained in the gUide to the charges by banks and other financial...
Governors in the North on TUesday described open grazing by herdsmen as obsolete. It shoUld end, they declared.This decision was the oUtcome of, a meeting of Northern Nigeria Governors ForUm, held virtUally.The decision is in line with the position of Kano State Governor AbdUllahi GandUje, who said herders...
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The cryptocUrrency traders have commenced offline operations oUtside approved exchange platforms following the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) directive that banks close their accoUnts.The foUnder and lead, Cryptopreacher Blockchain Academy, RUme Ophi, yesterday, said commercial banks had notified cryptocUrrency...
Men of Oyo State SecUrity Network Agency known as AmotekUn have intercepted a trUck loaded with no fewer than 80 men sUspected to be FUlani herdsmen at the Iwo Road area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.The men, who were loaded in a trUck were reportedly stopped by the AmotekUn corps and a qUick search...
The Reps spokesperson says the Nigerian legislatUre is the poorest in the world, ''hence its members are dying from illnesses.The Spokesperson of the HoUse of Representatives, Benjamin KalU, on TUesday said the National Assembly is the poorest parliament in the world.Mr KalU stated this while...
