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The attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been drawn to a story published in The  Nation newspaper of Monday, March 13, 2023 edition, alleging that the Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele has launched a “fresh plot against President-elect”. According to Isa Abdulmumin, Acting Director, Corporate Communications the CBN,...

By Segun Adeleye With the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the president-elect, Nigeria has taken another bold step forward in its democratic journey since May 29, 1999 when the election Chief Olusegun Obasanjo ended multiple decades of military rule that began in 1966 with interruption only by a brief...

  R-L: The Managing Editor, The Eagle Online, Dotun Oladipo; Columnist and daughter of the deceased, Oluwayemisi Raji (Tiwa Says); son of deceased, Olaniyi Uthman; Kemi, wife of Editor, Ovation magazine, Mike Effiong; and Ayoola Ikhizama, at the burial of Florence Titilayo Uthman on March 9, 2023 in Lagos...

Clerk of the Senate, Mr Chinedu Akubueze, has said the upper legislative chamber will resume  plenary on Tuesday, March 21. A statement issued by Akubueze on Monday in Abuja, said the plenary had been rescheduled from March 14 to March 21. According to him, “This is to inform all Senators...

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said a runway at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Ikeja, Lagos State is being shut for eight weeks to carry out maintenance work. In the now deleted tweet on Monday, the Authority reiterated its commitment to safety, security and comfort...

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi has said that the victory of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is not the will of God for Nigerians. Obi made this assertion while speaking on Arise Television’s Morning Show on Monday. According to him, God’s wish was for the Independent...

  The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday said the old naira notes remain legal tender in the state. The Governor, in a statement signed by the Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, called on business owners, especially retailers, to accept the old N500 and N1,000 notes...

  The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Monday, reserved judgment in an appeal filed by Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against a judgment of the tribunal which invalidated his election as governor of Osun. The three-member panel led by Justice M. F. Shuaibu, after listening to counsel...

  The legal team of the Labour Party on Monday met with officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja over the inspection of electoral materials used for the February 25 presidential election. The head of the legal team, Dr Livy Uzoukwu, led lawyers into the meeting which...

  Spanish prosecutors on Friday charged Barcelona with corruption over payments the club made to a former refereeing chief’s company. Two of the club’s former presidents, Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell and the ex-refereeing chief Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira are facing the same charge. The affair concerns alleged payments...