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Here are the top 5 stories that drove conversation today:

The ripple effects of Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu’s letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, alleging $25 billion contract scam involving the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru, has continued.

Suggestions have come from several parties with some vested interest, to President Buhari. Shehu Sani adviced President Buhari to step down as Minister of Petroleum, while the opposition party, PDP, warned Buhari against covering up the alleged scam.

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However, President Buhari had other matters to attend to, one of which was appointing a new Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Buhari’s spokesperson revealed that the new appointee was Mrs Aishah Ahmad, who will be replacing the former Deputy Governor that resigned earlier in the year. Here are the details on the new presidential appointment.

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The Nigerian Senate has adopted the report of its Joint Committee on Appropriation and Finance on the implementation of the 2017 Appropriation Act.

However, they set some conditions for the federal government.

Here are the newly adopted recommendations of the committee.

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The Bayelsa state government announced what was suspected to be a Monkeypox outbreak in the state today.

At least 11 people have already been infected with the virus and currently quarantined, while about 49 others who have come in contact with the infected are being tracked down.

The state government has, however, said there is no cause for alarm, and that Nigerians should avoid eating Bush meat and dead animals.

To know more about this new viral outbreak, read our roundup of important facts about Monkeypox, here.

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YNaija has published a new series to give you a peek into the lives of people affected by the flooding in Benue state, their present realities, and how they’re trying to survive.

You can see the world through the eyes of these victims, here.