Mixed reactions have trailed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) extension of the deadline for collection of old naira notes by 10 days. Some Nigerians who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos, commended the CBN for the extension, while others...
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Many Nigerians say the current hike in the prices of imported vehicles popularly known as “Tokunbo” have affected their desire to own cars. They said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday. They attributed the increase in Customs duties on imported...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Coalition of Civil Society Groups, (CCSG) on Sunday said that the new redesigned naira notes were symbols of a new Nigeria. The assertion was made in the popular Watt Market Calabar, by Mrs Lilian Cosmas, Head CCSG, South-South Zone. Mrs. Cosmas, who called...
The Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation has charged Nigerians to use the extension of deadline for collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to collect their cards. The organisation gave the charge in a statement by its Spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan in Abuja on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for a “slight extension” of the January 31 deadline old naira notes. Alhaji Atiku made the call in a video posted on Twitter on...
Residents and motorists in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its environ have continued to lament the hardship being experienced as scarcity of Premuim Motor Spirit (PMS), known as petrol worsened. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who monitored the filling stations on Friday reports that...
Olusegun Obasanjo, the former President of Nigeria, has advised the country’s leadership to deal with deep cultural and physiological problems to deepen democracy. Obasanjo gave the advice on Thursday during the 2023 Port Harcourt City International Conference in Port Harcourt. Obasanjo also commended the organisers of the conference for...
A chieftain of Labour Party (LP) Chief Mike Nwankwo says housing needs of Nigerians especially the civil servants will be given priority if Peter Obi wins the Feb.25 presidential election. Nwankwo, a Director, Administration in the Peter Obi/Datti Ahmed Presidential Campaign Council, made the disclosure in an interview with...
Growing up, there was this expression we took both as a joke and a rebuke for one exaggerating: no one who examines him or herself has ever failed. This maxim filled the mind while hearing or reading President Muhammadu Buhari score himself as excellent. Mr. President came away with...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The United States Government has threatened to impose visa restrictions on individuals found in acting of undermining the Nigerian 2023 general elections U.S. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken made the announcement in a statement released by the U.S Mission in Abuja on Wednesday. Blinken...
Sen. Bola Tinubu, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has expressed displeasure over the current fuel scarcity ravaging various parts of the country, barely four weeks to Feb. 25 general elections. Tinubu, while addressing thousands of APC members during his presidential campaign in Abeokuta, Ogun on...
Nigerian traders in Adamawa State have stopped business transactions with the old Naira notes of N1,000, N500 and N200 ahead of the official deadline of Jan. 31. Some of the traders confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Yola. They expressed difficulties in getting...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The First Lady, Federal Republic of Nigeria Dr. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has organised a Future Assured Cardiac Mission to intervene in attenuating the rampant cases of heart disease, which have burdened many Nigerians. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that The Mission, which engaged some of the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has cautioned Nigerians against the use of the drug — Weight Rapid Loss Capsule. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, gave the warning in an alert with No. 049/2022issued to newsmen on...
Some bank customers have decried scarcity of the redesigned N1,000, N500 and N200 notes in Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) and Other Financial Institutions (OFIs). This is coming barely nine days to the Jan. 31 deadline to stop the use of the old notes of the redesigned denominations as legal...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, charged the people of Jigawa to vote for responsive and responsible leadership in the 2023 general election. Mr Tunde Rahman, the Tinubu’s Media Officer, said this in a statement on Saturday in...
Music Artist, known as Mr Innocent Idibia and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have called on youths and politicians to shun violence before, during and after the general elections so that votes could count . They made the call on Friday in Abuja when the music artist led...
The Catholic Bishops of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province say for the desired change in the country, Nigerians must vote for leaders who will be true patriots and servants of the people. The bishops also advised the electorate to ensure that whoever would lead the country must be responsive to the...
The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and vote for the APC in the upcoming general elections in February. Tinubu made the call in Ilorin on Tuesday at the APC Presidential campaign rally held...
The Serving Overseer of Citadel Global Community Church (CGCC), Pastor Tunde Bakare, says he foresees a new Nigeria after the forthcoming general elections. Bakare, who doubles as the Convener, Save Nigeria Group (SNG), stated this during his State of the Nation address, which also doubled as his new year...