Washington — The Governor of the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has said the Federal Government was talking with China so it would also be importing some of its own requirements from Nigeria.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said yesterday that the Federal Government had uncovered 37,395 ghost workers on the payroll of the Federal Civil Service, which led to a loss of about N1 billion.

lagos—Hundreds of Arik Air passengers were yesterday stranded at the General Aviation Terminal, GAT, Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos following the grounding of its operations by unions over the airline’s N12.5 billion indebtedness to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN.

THE Acting General Officer, Commanding Division 7 of the Nigeria Army, Victor Ezugwu, escaped a Boko Haram ambush yesterday morning, a statement from the Army Headquarters, signed by Col Sani Usman, said.

WITH less than a year into his first four-year term in office, President Muhammadu Buhari is already being wooed and prodded to contest for a second term in 2019. Those championing this are some members of the national caucus of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and other interest groups within the party.