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The new strategy of the Central Bank of Nigeria to meet all legal demand for foreign exchange has led Money Deposit Banks to contend with expending all the dollars in their possession. A check in Abuja showed that the banks had cleared all backlog of demands for foreign currencies for basic travel allowance, school fees and medicals. A source in the United Bank for Africa said that UBA had so much dollars that the bank’s marketers had been asked to encourage customers to request for foreign currencies. The source said that the bank wanted to avoid a situation where it was forced to return excess Forex to the CBN. It explained that doing so would force the CBN to reduce the quantity of Forex it sold to banks. Another source from First Bank said following the CBN intervention, the bank had succeeded in clearing all pending requests for Forex as far back as September 2016. Also, a source in Guaranty Trust Bank commended the decision of the CBN to...

The Kano state Government under the leadership of Hon. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has reiterates commitment to tackle the Murder of Christians in Kano state. The laws has been set up through the selected Islamic Scholars KHADIMUL ISLAM who are to monitor and put an end to the ignorant killings in the name of Allah, said Ganduje. When the gods became weaker and blinded, the followers tend to rise up and fight for the gods, because the gods are week mortals. But Ganduje said that, our God “Allah” is not a weak nor blind god as others may said, our God “Allah” can fight for himself and fight for his followers, so no one should fight in the name of Allah again. KHADIMUL ISLAM, remain the joint forces to scuttle the ignorant killing of lives and destruction of properties in Kano state, and to educate Kano populace from taking laws in to their hands. No place that asked Muslims to kill anyone when mocked or make blasphemy to Prophet Mohammed (SAW) in the ...

Barely one week after a lady, Stephanie Otobo, claimed she was in a sexual relationship with the overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Johnson Suleman, another lady has also said she was in a similar sexual relationship with the cleric. The lady, who identified herself as Queen Esther, said she began a sexual relationship with Mr. Suleman (popularly known as Apostle Suleman) in 2013 before a “catastrophic break-up” a year later. “I was an usher in his branch church, but I had a sexual relationship with him as he lured me into it in order to solve my spiritual problem and limitations to success in career and marriage, but after the sex he didn’t solve the problems for me, instead he started making proposal for us to marry,” Ms. Esther told PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday. “I dated Apostle Suleman while I was a member in his church, he was my pastor, spiritual director and mentor aside being a boyfriend, from August 2013 to 2014 April.” Ms. Esther’s claims came t...

A Nigerian Air Force personnel with Facebook name, Lieut Kal has killed himself and his classmate/girlfriend, Oladipupo Solape a.k.a Shomzy Shomzy in Markudi Benue state.  According to their classmates, he killed her out of jealousy.  In series of Facebook posts Kal shared before he killed his girlfriend and himself, he described yesterday as his last day as an airman and even wished himself 'RIP'. It is believed that his last post which is '4:36' was the time he killed the young girl.  Most of his Facebook post shows that he may have been obsessed with the girl as he tags her on all his post and has even declared that he could kill for her. Shomzy however stopped tagging him in her Facebook posts since January, 2017 indicating that they may have broken up.  Read some Facebook posts by Lieut Kal before he killed Shomzy , others by her friends and also see more photos of her below... ...

A personnel of the Nigerian Air Force has allegedly shot one of his colleagues and his purported girlfriend, Oladipupo Solape, dead in a fit of rage and jealousy.The killer Lieut Kalu PUNCH

Here are likely aides to be affected, according to PUNCH: 1. Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari 2. Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal 3. Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele 4. And some ministers who have been adjudged as under-performing. 5. Former Governor of Lagos State and current Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, would be relief of one of his portfolios. 6. Osinbajo to get greater role and more task 7. Ministerial vacancies for Kogi and Gombe states would be filled, while there would also be an exchange of portfolios. A source within the administration, who is privy to the details of the planned changes, said the country would soon witness greater synergy between the President and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. Source:  Abia Facts Newspaper

Yesterday, gist arena reported about a man, Emmanuel Ogah, who killed his mother at their home in Adeleye Aparadija in Itele Ota road in Ogun state on Friday March 10th(Read here ). The police have arrested him and preliminary investigations show that he is a trained medical doctor who just finished his Youth service. Emmanuel stabbed his 62-year-old mother, Janet Ogah, to death. He says he stabbed her because she was always insulting him and that he felt victimized. The deceased was a food vendor.