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JUST IN: NLC threatens to embark on nationwide strike August 2
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to embark on nationwide strike action from August 2 if the federal government...
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CBN orders banks to unfreeze accounts of Nairabet, abokiFX, 438 others
Fresh information reaching THE WITNESS indicates that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has asked Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) to...
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Why we arrested soldier preaching on social media – Army
The Nigerian army on Tuesday said that one of its soldiers identified as Musa Adamu, who is currently on detention, was...
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JUST IN: Crisis looms as Nigerian doctors begin indefinite strike
Fresh crisis looms in the nation's health sector as the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has asked its members...
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JUST IN: CBN increases interest rate to 18.75%
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Tuesday, raised the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) or interest rate from 18.5 percent...
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BREAKING: DSS arrests Ikoyi prison official after brawl over custody of Emefiele
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a top official of Ikoyi Prisons on the premises of Federal High...
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JUST IN: DSS rearrests Emefiele after face-off with prison officials
Operatives of the Department of State services (DSS) have rearrested Godwin Emefiele, the suspended governor of the Central Bank of...
Read moreDrama in court as prison officials, DSS operatives fight over custody of Emefiele
It is a dramatic scene within the premises of Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, as operatives of the Department...
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JUST IN: Ex-gov Sule Lamido, son discharged of money laundering charges
The Appeal Court has ruled on an appeal of no case submission by Sule Lamido, former governor of Jigawa State,...
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DSS planning to rearrest Emefiele despite being granted bail by court – Lawyer
Mr. Joseph Daudu, SAN, counsel to suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria governor (CBN) Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has...
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