BREAKING: Senate Confirms Emefiele’s Appointment As CBN Gov.

Hamilton Nwosa
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Senate approves 14-year jail term for lecturers who sexually harass students

By Obinna Uballa The Senate has passed a new law prescribing up to 14 years imprisonment for lecturers and other educators found guilty of sexually harassing students in tertiary institutions. The bill, titled Sexual Harassment of Students (Prevention and Prohibition) Bill, 2025 (HB.1597), was presented for concurrence on Wednesday by the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele…

Irene: University of Ibadan 1983/84 M. Sc. Political Science class

By Bola Bolawole [email protected] 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 When I first ran into the news on 28 October, 2025 on the platform of the University of Ibadan Political Science alumni association, of the transition of one Professor Irene Pogoson, I immediately fired the question: “Is this not the same Irene that was in…

Mapped: Every Country’s GDP Growth Forecast for 2025

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The Senate has confirmed Godwin Emefiele as Governor of the Central Bank Of Nigeria.

The confirmation is coming after President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption administration ignored numerous corruption allegations leveled against him, most recently documented in an audio tape with the apex bank confirmed as authentic.

Emefiele was screened yesterday by the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions sequel to a request put forward by President Buhari asking the Senate to confirm Emefiele for a second term of five years.

More to come.

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