The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has urged Nigerians to make themselves available for counting during the conduct of the 2023 National Population and Housing Census. The Director-General of NOA, Dr Garba Abari, made the call during the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on Sunday. NAN reports...
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A prominent Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Ahmed Raji, has called on Nigerians not to be hoodwinked by politicians to ”paint the judiciary in bad light”, so as to achieve their personal interests. Raji is the National President of the Oke-Ogun Development Consultative Forum (ODCF), the umbrella body...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The United States Government says it will impose visa sanctions and available actions on those who undermined the Gubernatorial and State Houses of Assembly elections held on March 18. The Public Affairs Department of the U.S. Embassy in Abuja disclosed this in a statement...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – NIgerian President-elect, Senator Bola Tinubu has congratulated the elected governors and assembly members for earning the mandate of the people in the March 18 Governorship and state assembly elections. Senator Tinubu in a statement on Tuesday, also called on the elected governors and assembly...
Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to release more banknotes to money deposit banks to ease hardship. The residents told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja that improvement had not been seen in terms...
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s compliance with the Supreme Court Order on old currency notes was a victory for Nigerians. Matawalle stated this in a statement issued by Malam Zailani Bappa, hisSpecial Adviser, Public Enlightenment, Media and Communications in Gusau on Monday....
The Bayelsa Government on Saturday called on the the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to respect the judgment of the Supreme Court and ease the hardships of citizens caused by the new Naira policy. The government also appealed for calm amidst the challenges faced by Nigerians following the Naira...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Department of State Services (DSS) has raised alarm over the unnecessary palpable political tension in parts of the country ahead of the March 18 Governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections. DSS spokesman, Dr Peter Afunanya, said in a statement on Wednesday in...
Some traders and marketers in Lagos have said they would accept the old denominated naira notes of N500 and N1,000, only when President Muhammadu Buhari gives the order. The people told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews that they were being careful and at the same...
Eight days after Nigeria held its presidential poll, the United States, has said that the exercise failed to meet the expectations of Nigerians. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the election after polling 8,794,726 votes, almost two million...
…Says he will run a fair, just govt BY EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised to hit the ground running from his first day in office in order to deliver on his campaign promises. Tinubu also reiterated his promise to run a fair and...
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja 11, has appealed to all stakeholders in the ongoing presidential election to maintain peace in their various areas. He particularly appealed to politicians and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be matured in their conducts in order for peace to...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A constitutional lawyer, Mr. Fidelis Onyebueke, has charged Nigerians to vote the country back to themselves by choosing a right candidate during the forthcoming elections. Reacting to the current crisis in the banking and petroleum industries in the country, Onyebueke noted that if a...
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara said he and his colleagues took the Federal Government to the Supreme Court over the new naira swap policy to save the country. The three state governors of Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara dragged the Federal Government to the Supreme Court seeking a restraining order...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called on Nigerians to shun all kinds of protests ahead of the 2023 general election. Prof. Ishaq Akintola, Executive Director, MURIC made the call in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja. Prof. Akintola said: “The Central Bank...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT), in line with its mandate, has rolled out some advisories in the first few weeks of the year 2023 as cyber threat actors continue to devise means of compromising their targets. The advisories are...
The National Security Adviser (NSA) to the President, retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, has assured Nigerians that the 2023 general elections would be conducted in an atmosphere devoid of rancor. Monguno gave the assurance during his meeting with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and leadership of security agencies in...
Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouk, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development says the ministry has so far impacted the lives of 15 million families through the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP). The minister was speaking on Tuesday during the 23rd edition of the President Muhammadu Buhari...
Zenith Bank has closed some of its branches in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and some states of the country due to alleged attacks on its staff and network. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who monitored some of the bank’s branches in the FCT, and environs and other...
The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja accused some opposition parties of legally hamstringing President Muhammadu Buhari from providing relief for Nigerians suffering agonies of cash crunch resulting from naira redesign. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed levelled the accusation at the 23rd edition of the President...