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The Central Bank of Nigeria has extended the phase-out date for old cheque books from January 1 to March 31. The banking regulator said this became imperative due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. It disclosed this in a circular to all Deposit Money Banks, accredited cheque printers/personalisers and Nigeria Interbank Settlement System on Friday titled ‘Re: Circular on ...
Investigation
January, 2021
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22 January
Femi Adesina explains why the pigeons didn’t fly
Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has explained why pigeons released by Buhari didn’t fly initially during the Armed Forces Remembrance Day. White pigeons released by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Armed Forces Remembrance Day ceremony last Friday refused to fly despite several attempts by Buhari. Many Nigerians on social media described the incident ...
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22 January
Petrol station, shops razed in Nnewi gas explosion
Dispensing meters of a petrol station, tanker and shops were gutted by fire on Friday following a gas explosion along Nnewi-Nnobi Road, Nnewi, Anambra state. The fire incident, which occurred around 8am, was said to have also razed a motorcycle, generator, deep freezers and other items along the road. Although no life was lost, there was pandemonium in the area ...
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22 January
Oyo gov, Makinde warns Igboho
Tension is palpable in the Igangan axis of Oyo State. We learnt Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho had issued ultimatum to the Fulani Settlers. But the chief security of the State has said such would not stand. Igboho had last week visited Fulani settlement in Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government Area where he gave them a ...
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22 January
Katsina village in disarray, as Gunmen abduct village head, injure brother
Gunmen suspected to be bandits, early Friday morning, abducted the village head of Raddah community in Charanchi Local Government Area of Katsina State, Alhaji Kabir Umar. They also injured Umar’s younger brother identified as Aminu on the thigh. He’s currently receiving treatment in a hospital in Katsina. Residents revealed that the gunmen stormed the community in large numbers around 2am ...
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22 January
Viral video exposes 4 police inspectors extorting 70k, arrested !
The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested four police officers who allegedly harassed and extorted N70,000 from a 16-year-old student on Wednesday at NGAB Junction, Isheri Area of Lagos State. The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, stated this in a statement signed on Friday by the Command’s spokesman, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi. “The pictures of ...
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22 January
James Bond stuntman Remy Julienne dies of COVID-19
One of the world’s leading stuntmen, Remy Julienne, who worked on six James Bond films as well as the 1969 classic “The Italian Job”, has died from COVID-19 aged 90, friends and family said on Friday. A veteran of more than 1,400 films and TV commercials as an actor or stunt coordinator, Julienne had been in intensive care in a ...
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22 January
(Opinion) :Herd of responses to Akeredolu’s ultimatum to herdsmen
–Bayo Onanuga Nigerians are hugely sentimental, never facing issues but chasing shadows. And we have shown it again in the responses from Aso Rock and other herd of responses to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s ultimatum to herdsmen to vacate Ondo Forest Reserves. To begin with, the Forest reserve is not meant for human habitation. It is meant to preserve trees, figs, ...
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22 January
Nigeria’s telephone subscribers now 208 million – NCC
The number of active telephone subscribers across the country has risen to 208 million, the Nigerian Communications Commission said on Thursday. It also stated that third generation (3G) and fourth generation (4G) base transceiver stations deployment in Nigeria had increased from 30,000 to 53,460. The commission further revealed that fibre optic transmission cables expanded from 47,000km to 54,725km in the ...
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22 January
7 Placentas under Church altar: Man jailed for inability to substantiate
The Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, on Thursday sentenced a pastor, John Abiodun, to two years’ imprisonment for false allegation against a church founder. Abiodun was arrested in 2019 for lying against the founder of Promiseland Prophetic Ministry, Akure, Pastor Gbenga Akinbiyi, that seven placentas were planted on the church’s altar. The church is located ...
