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Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has called for a proper audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL).  Sanusi made this known while delivering his remarks at The Bank Directors Summit holding at the Congress Hall of the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja.  …

UFC star, Conor McGregor has laid out his plans as he works towards becoming Ireland’s next president.   McGregor pledged that he would physically fight the prime minister at their official anointing ceremony inside a new ‘purpose-built President’s Octagon’.   McGregor, 35, explained the logic behind his plan, saying: ‘If …

Minister of Communications, Innovations and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani has disclosed that laying fibre cables across Nigeria will cost $2bn.    Bosun who revealed this while appearing on a Channels Television program on Tuesday, December 5, also disclosed that the Fifth-Generation (5G) network, exists in Nigeria.   He also said …

  Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, December 4, asserting that he would eventually face trial as a war criminal for Israel’s ongoing offensive in the Gaza Strip.   Turkey, which supports a two-state solution to the decades-old conflict, has sharply criticized Israel over …

Former  Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Theophilus Danjuma (retd.) has narrated how a female petroleum minister almost made him have a change of mind in advocating for jobs to be given to women.   Speaking at the inauguration of the Goodwill Medical Centre  built and equipped by his Foundation …

Social media influencer and medical doctor, Harvey Olufunmilayo has slammed the Minister of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani over a plan by the FG to engage in Telemedicine. It all started after Dr. Bosun (pictured top right) posted a tweet asking Nigerian doctors based abroad what they …

A former Zimbabwean minister, Nyasha Chikwinya has called for the legalization of s3x work in the country.    The former Zanu PF cabinet minister who spoke at a meeting organized by the Economic Justice Women Project (EJWP), urged policymakers to prioritize the concerns of sex workers. She stated that sex …

The former head of the Bureau for Public Sector Reform, Joe Abah, has said that when one gets a ministerial appointment, the person automatically becomes a politician and must work to deliver the manifesto of the party that appointed him or her.   Abah shared this on his X handle …

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has issued an order for the arrest and prosecution of sea pirates who killed four personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) the Bakana River in the Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State a week ago.   Tunji-Ojo said the …

Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted that there will be no ceasefire in the war against Hamas until all of the hostages are returned. Discussing the war at a news conference from Tel Aviv on Saturday, Netanyahu said Israel ‘will not stop until we complete our mission’ and that …