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Emefiele returns after vacation
Abuja, Jan. 12, 2023 – Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of Central Bank Governor, returned to the country on Wednesday after his vacation abroad. CBN sources confirmed that Emefiele returned to Nigeria on Wednesday and would be in the office today. The CBN governor has been out of the country for some weeks on annual vacation which was said to have ended on Tuesday. He has been embroiled in several controversies for sometimes now, the latest of which is allegation of terrorism financing brought against him by the EFCC. (GBN)
Woman dies on her wedding day
Trinidad and Tobago, Jan. 12, 2023 – A London woman, Nadia Joseph-Gosine, died on the morning of her wedding to her fiancé in Trinidad and Tobago. Nadia, 33, was said to have died on December 7, 2022. The cause of her death was attributed to a liver disease not known to her fiancé. She had travelled to Trinidad, where her partner of five years and fiancée Devon Gosine, 37, lives for their wedding. According to MyLondon, Nadia, from Beckton, East London, had spent a few weeks in the country with …
Katsina Police arrest 3 teenagers for kidnapping 6-yr-old girl
Katsina, Jan. 12, 2023 – Three teenagers, who kidnapped a six-year-old girl in Kano and demanded two million naira as ransom for her release, have been arrested by the Katsina State Police Command. SP Gambo Isah, the spokesperson for the Command, said this in Katsina on Wednesday evening. He gave the names of the three suspects, who were all 19 years old, as Abdulrazaq Ibrahim, Aliyu Salisu and Muhammed Ibrahim. Ibrahim resides in Kano, while the remaining two suspects are residents of Katsina State. The police said that the trio …
Ogun cargo airport ready by March – Commissioner
Abeokuta, Jan. 12, 2023 – The Ogun Commissioner for Finance, Dapo Okubadejo, says the state agro-cargo airport will be ready before the end of March. Okubadejo, who gave a breakdown of the state’s 2023 budget to journalists in Abeokuta on Wednesday, also said the state government had concluded plans to launch Ogun’s ultra-modern transport scheme during the year. The commissioner said the airport would provide both cargo and passenger services when it comes on stream. “It is not just an airport. The facility is an aerotropolis, an airport city. The …
2023 elections will hold as scheduled – INEC
Abuja, Jan.12, 2023 – Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the 2023 general elections will hold as scheduled. Yakubu re-affirmed the commitment of INEC to the election time-table while speaking at the presentation of the National Register of Voters to political parties in Abuja on Wednesday. “The Commission is not contemplating any adjustment to the election timetable, let alone the postponement of the general election. “Any report to the contrary is not the official position of the Commission. “The repeated assurance by …
APC Challenges Atiku on his health, corruption allegations
Abuja, Jan. 11, 2023 – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has challenged Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to come clean on his health status and speak about corruption allegations against him. Bayo Onanuga, the spokesman for the APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), threw the challenge in a statement issued on Wednesday. “It’s time for Atiku Abubakar, the 76-year-old presidential candidate of the PDP to come clean over two issues beclouding his campaign. “His health status and his scandalous confession of how he colluded with his …
20 passengers abducted at Edo train station -commissioner
Benin, Jan. 11, 2023 – The Edo State Government says the number of abducted passengers at the Tom Ikimi/Ekehen station in Igueben on Saturday were 20 and not 32 as widely reported. Chris Nehikhare, the Edo Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, said seven of the abductees had been rescued, leaving 13 victims still with the gunmen. Nehikhare said security agents, vigilance members and hunters were on the heels of the gunmen. He assured that all the victims would be rescued unhurt and without payment of ransom. (GBN)
Malaysia foresees lower crude palm oil prices
Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 11, 2023 – Malaysian analysts on Wednesday foresaw crude palm oil (CPO) prices to trend lower in 2023 on increased supply and slow demand. Malaysia’s leading securities and investment group, Affin Hwang Investment Bank, said in a note that CPO prices could be supported at 3,700 ringgit. That is about $846 to 4,000 ringgits ($914) per tonne in the short-term, given the seasonally low production period in major producing countries of Indonesia and Malaysia due to the monsoon season. However, for the full year of 2023, it …
INEC registers 93.5m voters for 2023 elections
Abuja, Jan. 11, 2023 – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) registered 93, 469,008 voters for the 2023 polls. A breakdown indicates men constitute 52.5 per cent, while women make up 47.5 per cent of the total figure. This in shown by the final list of registered voters released to political parties by the electoral body on Wednesday at the Commission’s Headquarters in Abuja. Lagos tops the list with 7,060,195 voters followed by Kano with 5,921,370. (GBN)
EU, NATO launch task force to protect critical infrastructure
Brussels, Jan. 11, 2023 – The European Union and NATO top officials on Wednesday announced the creation of a joint task force charged with offering better protection for the bloc’s critical infrastructure. “We have seen the sabotage of Nord Stream. That has shown that we need to be ready and that we need to confront this new type of threat,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in Brussels. In September, four leaks were discovered on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines following explosions in the Danish …