Alhaji Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara, has urged the Federal Government to respect the Supreme Court judgment and allow Nigerians to use the old Naira notes concurrently with the redesigned notes. Shinkafi, who made the appeal while addressing newsmen in Gusau on...
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Seven state governments controlled by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have withdrawn the suit they filled against the federal government over the conduct and subsequent collation and announcement of the Feb. 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections. The Notice of Discontinuance signed by their lawyer, Mr. Mike Ozekhome SAN...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has hailed the decision of the Supreme Court, which invalidated the deadline for the currency policy introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), extending it to Dec.31 , 2023. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr...
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes remain in circulation till December 31, 2023. The apex court also nullified the Federal Government’s naira redesign policy, declaring it as an affront to the 1999 Constitution. Justice Emmanuel Agim, who read the lead judgement, held...
. Six States of the Federation have dragged the Federal Government before the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of the last February 25, 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections. The plaintiffs in the originating summons marked: SC/CV/354/2023, are specifically asking for an order of the apex court “directing a wholistic...
Ahmad Lawan, President of the Senate, says he owe his re-election into the National Assembly to the support of the people of Yobe-North. Lawan said this when he received a congratulatory card from the Senate Press Corps on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that the people of Yobe North...
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...
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 leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has appealed to Abia governorship aspirant, Uche Ogah, to collapse his political structure and work for Ikechi Emenike. Mr Friday Nwosu, the party’s National Welfare Secretary, in its National Working Committee (NWC), made the appeal while speaking with newsmen at the...
The Federal Government (FG) said it would obey the ruling of the Supreme Court suspending the February 10 deadline for the validity of the old naira notes. The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, made this known in an interview with Arise News on Thursday. Malami said...
Lagos lawyer, Mr Monday Ubani, on Thursday, said the Supreme Court still had a duty to decide on whether its original jurisdiction was properly invoked in deciding on the naira swap. Ubani told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that although the Supreme Court possessed original jurisdiction in matters...
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...
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to dismiss a suit filed by three state governments challenging the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). In a preliminary objection filed by the AGF through his lawyers – Mahmud Magaji...
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, APC presidential candidate, says the Supreme Court ruling on the implication of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) re-designed naira notes and cashless policy has saved Nigeria from political and economic shutdown. Tinubu in a statement issued by Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Richard Ogunwole, on Wednesday, advised Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to abide by the Supreme Court’s temporary order halting the move by the Federal Government to ban the use of old naira notes from Feb. 10. Ogunwole, who gave the advice in...
Some Nigerians, on Wednesday, lauded the Supreme Court’s ruling which invalidated the Feb. 10 deadline imposed by the Central Bank of Nigeria for the old N200, N500 and N1000 notes to cease to be legal tenders. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the seven-member panel of the...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily stopped the withdrawal of old Naira Notes from Feb. 10 A seven-member panel led by Justice John Okoro, halted the move in a ruling in an exparte application brought by three northern states of Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara. The three states had specifically...
A Constitutional Lawyer, Dr Kayode Ajulo, says the Supreme Court judgment which restored Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, as the Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Yobe North Senatorial district is valid and sound. The legal practitioner made this known while reacting to the judgment in a...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Political Elders, Edo North Senatorial District, Edo, have urged the party members to work together in unity for the success of the party in the 2023 general elections. The party elders gave the advice in a statement by Tunde Akogun, Sen. Yisa Braimoh, Sen....