News Update

The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has declared that the crime rate in the country is on the decline. Addressing State House reporters after meeting with President Bola Tinubu in company of the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, the IGP said the president charged them to continue to synergise in order to bring crime to the barest minimum.

 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued revised guidelines on the management of dormant accounts, unclaimed balances, and other financial assets in Nigerian banks and financial institutions. The new rules aim to identify dormant accounts and reunite them with their owners, establish standardized procedures for account management, and create a framework for reclaiming warehoused funds.

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has emphasized the need for the economic reforms being introduced to the country’s economy, stating that Nigeria can no longer rely on outdated belief systems and strategies. Tinubu, who spoke Friday when he received a delegation from an oil multinational, acknowledged ENI’s belief in the partnership aimed at investable development rather than exploitation.

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 Operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, have killed one of the kidnappers who abducted the mother of the famous Hausa singer, Dauda Kahutu Rarara, while a second kidnapper was reportedly also after a gun duel.

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. The ousted Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume has said that he stood by his statement criticizing the administration of President Bola Tinubu during an interview he granted last week and that he had no regret for what he said. He said he has accepted in good faith his removal by the National Working Committee, NWC, of the ruling party.

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 Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has accused senators of reducing themselves from elected representatives of the people to President Bola Tinubu’s puppets. He expressed fears for Nigeria’s democracy should what he described as the National Assembly’s active participation as enablers of the current administration’s anti-people posture continued.

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A widespread global information technology system outage on Friday caused chaos at airports worldwide, including Nigeria’s Murtala Muhammed International Airport, where flights from Lagos to the United States of America, Europe, and other international destinations were delayed and cancelled.

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. The joint committee of the House of Representatives investigating the arbitrary rise of cement price in the country has asked major producers in the industry to tender documents on cost production to justify the price of cement in the market. The committee resolved to visit production plants of the companies after going through their books to ascertain the cost of production with a view to determine a fair price of cement for all Nigerians.

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 A 40-year-old woman, Lydia Aji, has been arrested for killing her husband with an axe in Borno State. According to the state Police Public Relations Officer, Nahum Kenneth, the suspect had arguments with her deceased husband over the alleged theft of a goat by their 13-year-old daughter, Rachael.

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 Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have again intercepted another batch of seven containers bearing 1,229,400 bottles of codeine worth over N9,835,200,000 shipped from India at Onne ports in Rivers State. According to a statement signed by the NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on Friday, the latest seizure was made on Thursday.

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