President Muhammadu Buhari says he will interrogate the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and other government agencies involved in the printing and distribution of new Naira notes in the country. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity in a statement, said the...
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By HARUNA AHMED, Sokoto – The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele has been asked to resign within 72 hours or face legal action. A group, known as the Concern Citizens of Sokoto State (CCSS) made the call in a letter dated Feb. 2, which...
Cancer, one of the deadliest diseases in the world, does not respect race, gender, class or age. It is a disease in which some of the body’s cells grow uncontrollably and spread to other parts of the body, according to medical experts. The World Health Organisation (WHO) say that...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday urged citizens to give him a seven-day window to resolve the currency crunch that has emanated from the implementation of the Central Bank policy to change high value Naira notes with newly designed ones. The President said this while...
Former Head of State, Retired Gen. Yakubu Gowon, says he is optimistic that the proposed National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Trust Fund Bill will soon receive presidential assent. Gowon, who is the founder of the NYSC scheme, said this on Friday in Abuja, when the Director-General of NYSC, Brig.-Gen....
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – Oyi State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has suspended his campaign activities until further notice over the lingering fuel scarcity and new naira-note crisis in the state. Governor Makinde, announced the suspension of his campaign activities at the flag off of the Omi-Adio-Ido Road on Friday....
Some Point of Sale (PoS) operators have alleged that bank officials sell cash (both old and new naira notes) to them depending on the amount withdrawn. Some of the operators who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday, said they paid exorbitant amounts to...
Some aggrieved residents of Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Friday trooped to major roads protesting over the hardship imposed on them by the new naira-notes and persistent fuel scarcity. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protesters, in their hundreds, blocked the Iwo Road Interchange, frontage of...
The apex socio-cultural organization in Kogi East Senatorial District, Uk’Omu Igala Organization, has set up a 13-man committee made up of eminent Igala and Bassa sons and daughters, to interact with candidates from the zone in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The committee, chaired by a former Minister of...
By BARBARA BALU, Port Harcourt – The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), has proposed six areas of possible collaboration with the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Chairman of NASENI’s Presidential Implementation Committee on Technology Transfer, Dr. Mohammed Dahiru, unveiled the proposal during the committee’s courtesy visit to...
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Prof. Lilian Salami has called on students to always embrace dialogue in resolving issues rather than taking to protests at the slightest provocation. Prof. Salami made that call in a statement she issued on Friday in Benin after a clash between some students...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema, says his regret as minister is the disdain with which Nigerians are being treated outside the shores of the country and upon siting their international passports. The Minister disclosed this in Abuja at the 22nd edition of the President Muhammadu Buhari Administration...
The FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), says the ongoing search and rescue for persons trapped in the debris of a collapsed three-storey building at 4th Avenue, Gwarimpa, have entered a second day. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the building, under construction, went down at about 11a.m....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Media and civil society stakeholders have announced the launch of the Alliance for Deepening Democracy (A4DD), a coalition of organizations from various sectors working collaboratively to engage critical aspects, stages and actors in the 2023 general elections in order to ensure that its outcome...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reassured of safety for members of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) during the 2023 General Election. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the INEC Chairman, said this when he received the Director -General, the NYSC, Brig.-Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed on a courtesy visit to his office...
Most Rev. Michael Ukpong was on Thursday formally installed as the third Bishop of Umuahia Catholic Diocese in Abia. The highly spiritual and solemn ritual, which took place at the Mater Dei Cathedral, Umuahia, was performed by the Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria, Archbishop Antonio Filipazzi. In an homily, Filipazzi...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Mamman Nami on his 55th birthday, praising him for making commendable efforts to raise government revenues, especially at this time of great need. The president’s congratulatory message was...
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria and her neighbours must place higher premium on the effective policing of borders to check criminal activities. The president stated this while playing host to Dr Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Customs Organization (WCO), on Thursday in Abuja. Mikuriya is in Nigeria for a...
Osun State office of INEC on Thursday in Osogbo dismissed media reports that its Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Mutiu Agboke, said there was over-voting during the July 16, 2022 governorship election in the state. Head of Department, Voter Education, Publicity and Inclusivity in the office, Mr Adewale Francis,...