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HILLARY ESSIEN

Hillary Essien is a reporter with Peoples Gazette focusing on special reports and critical national news. She is a lawyer with 2 years of writing and reporting. Prior to working with The Gazette, Hillary served as an administrative assistant at a non-profit organisation focused on food security for children of low income households.She is on Twitter @Hillary_essien
February 13, 2021

NBA, Atiku condemn clampdown on #OccupyLekkiTollGate protesters

Every citizen’s right to protest peacefully was enshrined in the Nigerian Constitution, Mr. Abubakar said.

Olumide Akpata and Atiku Abubakar
February 12, 2021

IG Adamu queries police officers for condemning his tenure extension

The decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to extend the tenure of the police chief has faced widespread harsh criticisms.

Mohammed Adamu
February 12, 2021

NBA sues Buhari over sectional extension of IG Adamu’s tenure

Mohammed Adamu’s tenure was extended on February 4.

Mohammed Adamu
February 12, 2021

Nigeria to increase borrowing limit in new debt management plan

According to the statement, the debt strategy is to account for 2020 to the end of 2023.

CBN Godwin Emefiele (credit: Bloomberg)
February 11, 2021

Former Lagos governor, Lateef Jakande, is dead

Mr. Jakande, born July 23, 1929, started as a journalist in 1949 with the Daily Service before joining the Nigerian Tribune in 1953.

Lateef Jakande
February 11, 2021
Femi Falana
February 6, 2021

Atiku condemns crypto ban, demands immediate reversal from CBN

Nigerians slammed CBN for implementing archaic policies that stifle economic growth in a country of about 200 million.

Atiku Abubakar
February 5, 2021

CBN bans Nigerians from buying, selling bitcoin, other cryptos

In 2020, crypto marketplace Paxful reported that Nigeria had the world’s second-largest Bitcoin by trading volume.

CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele. [CREDIT: Bloomberg]
February 5, 2021

Okonjo-Iweala now only candidate as Korean minister withdraws from WTO race

Yoo Myung-hee’s withdrawal has all but guaranteed the former Nigerian finance minister’s victory for the top job at the multilateral institution.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Credit: Twitter)
February 5, 2021

Bandits abduct PUNCH reporter, two others in Abuja

“They went to our neighbour’s house and also abducted her two sons,” Mrs. Nnodim explained.

Bandits used to illustrate the story