CBN raises interest rate to 27.5% despite hardship

CBN Governor Yemi Cardoso | File Image The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has on Tuesday November 26, 2024, raised the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) to 27.50 per cent from 27.25 per cent as part of efforts to combat surging inflation. This followed the meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank […]

Oil spills takeover Bayelsa community

Oil spill site in Ogboinbiri community in Southern Ijaw council of Bayelsa State EDEN seeks govt, Oando’s attention in oil-ravaged Ogboinbiri community By Valentine Amanze One of Nigeria’s human and environmental rights groups, EDEN, has raised alarm over the effects of the incessant oil spills in Ogboinbiri in Southern Ijaw council of Bayelsa State on […]

Edo to become best state in Nigeria under Okpebholo, says Tatua

Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State | File image A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mrs Ibifuro Thompson Tatua, on Tuesday described Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State as a man with a heart for the people. “I can attest to the general belief that Governor Monday Okpebholo is a listening governor, a […]

Woman raped by 51 men narrates experience in court

Gisele Pelicot | Getty Image Gisele Pelicot: My husband videod as the 51 men raped me For more than two months, Gisele Pelicot sat in a courtroom as video − shot by her husband − showing numerous men sexually abusing her played before the court. She was asleep throughout all these rapes. Pelicot did not […]