archiveJune 2021

 The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 45 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the country as of June 10. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Friday. It noted that 10 states had zero cases reported, which were: Akwa Ibom, Ekiti, FCT, Imo, Kano, Ogun,...

The Yoruba pan socio-political group, Afenifere, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of mocking the people of South-East extraction in his chat with the media on Thursday. The Secretary-General of the group, Chief Sola Ebiseni, in a statement on Thursday,  frowned at the President's remarks on the Indigenous People of Biafra...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) plans to launch a digital currency before December. The Director, Information Technology, CBN, Ms. Rakiya Mohammed, disclosed this on Thursday during a virtual media briefing at the end of a Bankers Committee meeting that also held virtually that the digital currency would be accessible...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has denied planning to nationalise Unity Bank Plc as alleged by an online news medium. Reacting to the report, the Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, CBN, Osita Nwanisobi, described it as, “fake news” and should be discarded in its entirety. He said: “The report...

    The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO), a non-governmental organisation, has called on Nigerians to reenact the spirit of patriotism, selflessness and love for the country that June 12, 1993 election represents. The Chairman of CLO, Anambra, Mr Vincent Ezekwueme, made the call on Friday in Enugu while speaking with...

Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation Americas (NIDOA), USA Chapter, has written to President Muhammadu Buhari on some issues affecting the country and suggested the way forward. In the letter, jointly signed by its President, Dr Eromonsele Idahosa and other officials of the association, NIDOA expressed concerns over the security situation in...

The Chairman House Committee on Youth Development, Mr Yemi Adaramodu, has given assurance that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme would not be scrapped. Adaramodu gave the assurance at the unveiling of nine books on NYSC and a maiden NYSC film to commemorate the 48th anniversary of the scheme...

United States government has condemned the Twitter ban by the Federal Government Nigerian and the threat to prosecute users of the microblogging platform. In a statement on Thursday signed by the spokesperson of the State Department, Ned Price, the US called on the Nigerian government to respect its citizens’ right...

Igbo women under the auspices of Credible Igbo Women Initiative (CIWI) an arm of the Credibility Group, has called on the Federal Government to stop the killings and bloodletting going on in the country, especially in the South East. The body stated this in a communique it issued and read...

 The police in Imo have arrested a 40-year-old man, Uzoamaka Ugoanyanwu, said to be a notorious native doctor who allegedly prepares charms for members of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB and members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN). The Commissioner of Police in Imo Mr Abutu Yaro, confirmed the...