By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has debunked a misleading report misquoting the Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, as attributing the current challenge in the distribution of the newly redesigned naira banknotes to a shortage of printing materials at the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting...
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Chief Frank Nweke Jr., the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Enugu, has urged the electorates to vote for Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, on Feb. 25 and cast other votes for APGA candidates. Nweke made the call while addressing the 48th...
The Amalgamated Union of Northern Traders, on Saturday in Sokoto lauded the directives given by Gov. Bello Mutawalle of Zamfara state, for security men to arrest anybody who rejects the old naira notes during transaction. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Mutawalle was among the Governors...
Residents of Enugu on Saturday started rejecting the old naira notes for transactions, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. NAN investigation shows that many residents who are still holding the old naira notes are finding it difficult to spend them. Mr George Nweze, a resident of Awkunanaw...
A prosecution witness, Insp. Abdullahi Mikail, has narrated before the Chief Magistrates’ Court, GRA Zaria, Kaduna State, how the dismissed Zazzau palace guard allegedly lured a lady seeking support from Zazzau Emir into alleged adultery. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that five men, including a dismissed palace...
Youths and women in Katsina State have pledged to deliver two million votes to the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in the presidential poll billed to hold on Feb 25. Malam Ahmed Adamu, Special Assistant to the Presidential Candidate on Youth and Strategy,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government of Nigeria has commiserated with the Turkish authority over the recent earthquake that has left over 22,000 persons dead and many others injured. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, paid a condolence visit...
Gov Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has sworn in four newly-appointed High Court judges and nine Special Advisers, to beef up the administration of Justice and other affairs of his administration. This is contained in a statement in Gusau on Saturday by the Press Secretary to the Governor, Alhaji Jamilu...
Niger Government has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Government over the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the Supreme Court. A statement by Justice Nasara Danmallam, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, in Niger in Minna on Saturday, said the case with...
The Abiodun Essiet Initiative for Girls, a non-governmental organisation, has called for an end to violence against women in politics to protect the country’s democracy. Mrs Abiodun Essiet, the executive director of the organisation, said this at a town-hall meeting organised for various stakeholders at the Kwali Area Council...
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has declared that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remains the only answer to the Nigeria’s challenges. Tambuwal, who made the declaration at the PDP’s campaign rally in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto on Saturday, said the party’s Presidential Candidate Atiku Abubakar, was...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – No fewer than three police officers have been killed by unknown gunmen on Friday in Ihiala, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Saturday. DSP Ikenga stated...
In making appointments in any university, the Governing Council of such a university must be aware of the existence of internal and external stakeholders. This is the reason the Councils of Universities are made up of external and internal members in the first place. This also explains why when...
Chief Ifeanyi Odii, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),on Friday promised to industrialise Ebonyi if elected in the March 11 governorship election. Odii made the promise while speaking at a rally in Amachi community in Abakaliki Local Government Area of the state. The PDP candidate said only...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) governorship candidate in Enugu, Frank Nweke Jnr., has debunked reports making the rounds in some section of the media that he had endorsed APC Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu,for the 2023 election. Mr. Nweke, who stated this in a...
Mr Timpre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, says Federal Government has taken bold actions to stop the ongoing petrol crises across the country, while assuring massive distribution of the product.. Sylva, gave the assurance after his tour of some selected petroleum dispensing outlets in Lagos on Friday...
The Leadership of the National Assembly has again stressed the need for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to allow the old and new Naira notes to be used concurrently to cushion the hardship being experienced by citizens. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, made this position known when...
Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha has been declared winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Taraba governorship primaries rerun. Retired Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, Chairman of the electoral committee announced the results in Jalingo on Friday. Buratai said that Bwacha scored 778 votes to emerge winner, while Sen. Yusuf Yusuf came second...
The European Union has pledged to support Nigeria in recovering its stolen assets in foreign countries, tackle corruption, curb illicit financial flows, and enhance credible elections in the country. Ms Samuela Isopi, Head of the EU delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, disclosed this on Friday, in Abuja at the...
The Coalition of Anti-Corruption Organisations has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to overhaul the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over alleged consistent disobedience of court orders. Mr Olufemi Lawson, Convener of the coalition comprising about 50 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), and Chairman, Centre for Public Accountability, made the...