Objective Nigerian Stories…
Godwin Emefiele – If you’re a fan of the Arsenal Football Club who appear to be suffering bad fortunes in the Premier League this season, there is good news from the Central Bank of Nigeria. You can now improve your team’s score-line by attacking Livescores and sending ‘experts’ to take down its site. This quick-fix […]
CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, accuses the website of “illegal activity that undermines the economy”. The Central Bank of Nigeria has accused the Abokifx, a website that collates the black market exchange rates of naira, of carrying out an “illegal activity that undermines the economy”. The CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, said the publisher of platform, Oniwinde Adedotun, […]
Jonathan – The former President would deliver the keynote speech at the sixth anniversary ceremony of Gbaramatu Voice scheduled for August 10 in Lagos, the organisers have said. The anniversary lecture will have as its theme, ‘Dwindling State of Crude Oil Demand in the Global Market: The Way Forward.’ Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will grace the […]
Euro 2020 – Luis Enrique thought for a couple of seconds, looked straight back at the questioner, and gave the curtest of replies, writes AP. “No,” said the Spain coach, with the blankest of looks on his face, after being asked if he had seen a better team than his at the European Championship. An […]
Lagos House of Assembly has passed an amended version of the Criminal Justice Law in the state barring police from parading suspects before the media. The bill was passed yesterday at a sitting presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Wasiu Eshilokun-Sanni, on behalf of the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa. Section 9 (a) of the newly-passed bill […]
FG suspends Twitter – The federal government has announced the suspension of the operations of Twitter, the microblogging and social networking service, in Nigeria. Lai Mohammed, minister of information, announced the “indefinite” suspension in a statement issued on Friday by Segun Adeyemi, his spokesman. According to the statement, the minister cited “the persistent use of […]
India – Priyanka Jhala lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with her husband, daughter and two dogs. She moved to the United States from India in 2013, but her mother, siblings, cousins, aunts and uncles still live in Kolkata and New Delhi. Like so many of the more than 4 million people of Indian ancestry who now make […]
China – The debris from a Chinese rocket could hit Abuja this weekend. Experts say a piece of a rocket launched by China in late April is expected to re-enter the earth’s atmosphere between late Saturday and early Sunday, according to the American news platform, NBC. “It’s 10-stories tall and twice as heavy as a […]
Pastor Adeboye, who preached at the May 2021 edition of the church’s Holy Ghost service, urged everyone to thank God and say, ‘It is well even in the face of crises rather than ‘blame and question God’. The General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Friday night broke his […]
Lagos – The Lagos State Government says it has begun payment of compensations to the 16 traditional land-owning families