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  PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has approved an extension of the tenure of Kemi Nandap, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, through December 31, 2026. President Tinubu appointed her as Comptroller-General on March 1, 2024, to serve till August 31, 2025. A statement issued by the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said: “Under her leadership,…

The Central Bank of Nigeria has sanctioned nine Deposit Money Banks with fines totalling N1.35bn for failing to ensure cash availability via Automated Teller Machines during the festive season. Following spot checks that showed non-compliance with the apex bank’s cash distribution norms, each bank was fined N150 million. First Bank Plc, Fidelity Bank Plc, Keystone…

Police officers assigned to election security are also encouraged by the Force to prevent any unapproved people from entering or leaving the polling places. DIG Sylvester Abiodun Alabi, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Ondo State Gubernatorial Elections, made this accusation. According to Force spokesman Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Alabi “conducted a series of…

The House of Representatives member Alex Ikwechegh apologized on the floor of the legislative body for attacking a cab driver. Nigerians were outraged and condemned Ikwechegh after he was caught on camera attacking Stephen Abuwatseya, a Bolt driver. On the House of Representatives floor on Tuesday, the politician expressed sorrow for his action and expressed…

  The Central Bank of Nigeria was prevented from further disbursing monthly cash allocations to the Rivers State Government on Wednesday by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja. According to the sitting judge, Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s presentation of the 2024 budget to the four-member Rivers House of Assembly violated a constitutional…

Due to recent outages and disruptions in the electrical system, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, the Minister of Power, has called an urgent meeting of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) leadership. Up to eight distinct instances of grid disruptions have occurred this year alone, plunging the nation into darkness….