THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has blamed the country’s low revenue from non-oil export on stumpy loans to that sector.

lagos—A witness, Chukwuemeka Onuoha, a fashion designer, yesterday, told a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos how his company, Extreme Vertevex Limited was used to siphon about N546.8million from the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, for a contract that was not awarded to him.

Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, yesterday, told the Senate that the bank will not go back on restrictions placed on Bureaux de Change (BDCs) as he described them as waging a relentless war on the Naira. He said that the activities of operators of BDCs were mainly responsible for the dwindling value of the Naira as they embark on rent seeking speculation of the local currency. H

UGHELLI— GOVERNMENT College Ughelli, GCU, has suspended, indefinitely, three of its students for alleged involvement in homosexual activities.

ivil Society Alliance for Good Governance, ASAGG, a rights group, has called on the Supreme Court to make the votes of the people of Osisioma Ngwa, Isiala Ngwa and Obingwa Local Government Areas of Abia State count in who governs the state.

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, yesterday, regretted that the current tension in the Niger Delta was created by the immediate past Peoples Democratic Party, PDP-led administration through the empowerment of people he described as “wrong guys who showed capacity for violence.”

Hat-trick hero Chisom Chikatara, midfielder Usman Mohammed and defender Orji Kalu have pushed for starting shirts with Nigeria’s Super Eagles at the CHAN on the strength of their displays against Niger, officials have disclose

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, yesterday, reaffirmed his commitment to remain resolute to serve and justify the trust reposed in him, assuring that he would continue to work tirelessly to deliver good governance for the collective good of all Lagosians.

Following the recent killing of about 20,000 birds in Plateau State as a result of a fresh outbreak of Avian Influenza, the Head of Avian Influenza Control Office, Dr. Ayuba Haruna, has appealed to poultry farmers to cooperate with government to curb the spread.

The Chief of Army Staff, Major General Yusuf Buratai, yesterday, appeared before a Special Investigative Panel that was constituted by the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, to probe circumstances that led to the bloody clash between the Nigerian Army and the Shiite Muslim sect.

The tension ignited by the summary dismissal, weekend, of over 3,000 civil servants by Imo State Government has continued to grow unabated in the state.

The Federal Government has confirmed 212 suspected cases of Lassa Fever in 64 Local government areas across 17 states in the country, even as it warned against a conspiracy of silence among the states of the federation.

IT became official, January 5, 2016, that the last Nigerian Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA operator standing, Visafone, has finally succumbed to the terrible distress in that genre of telecommunications operation and allowed itself to be swallowed by a GSM counterpart, MTN Nigeria.

Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State will today formally dissolve his executive cabinet.

The peace meeting convened by Akwa Ibom State Government to resolve the longstanding feud between Ikot-Akpan Udo, Ikot-Abasi and Amazaba communities, Eastern Obolo Local Government Areas of Akwa Ibom State, yesterday, ended in a deadlock.