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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has stated that the 2023 elections would hold without bags of money at the polling units, adding that the same would be witnessed during Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly polls. INEC also stated that it has concluded plans to conduct credible elections in Rivers State, urging all candidates and […]

Governor Nyesom Wike has again dispelled speculations that he is gearing to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Wike at the 114th Quarterly General Meeting of the Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers in Port Harcourt, on Monday, said he remains an unrepentant member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) despite being impressed by APC”s […]

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has disclosed that his intimate relationship with National Assembly members when he was Nigeria’s vice-president, stopped former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s third-term bid. He said the relationship enabled him and some NASS members to stop Obasanjo’s third-term agenda, he said, he was eager to re-ignite with […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured that the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly polls will hold nationwide despite the cash crunch and protests in some parts of the country. Following the re-design of the N200, N500 and N1,000 by the Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigerians have been experiencing difficulty having access to the […]

No fewer than 18 nurses from Nigeria residents in Texas, the United States have been charged to court for obtaining educational credentials through fraudulent means.  The Texas Board of Nursing has filed formal charges against 23 nurses practicing in the US over certificates forgery. In a statement on its website, the Board published names of […]

Ahead of the general elections, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has urged Nigerians to be on  guard and not succumb to an attempt by the ruling All Progressives Congress to deceive them again. In a statement on Sunday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications,  Phrank Shaibu, Atiku described as […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Friday threw depositors into confusion as it gave conflicting orders on the deposit of old N1,000 and N500 notes. The conflicting orders emanated from media reports based on anonymous briefings by senior officials of the bank, a memo that the bank reportedly gave to commercial banks, and an official […]

Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the wife of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has said she begged the wife of her husband’s running mate, Hajia Nana Shettima, for N2 million on Wednesday. Oluremi revealed this to tackle the belief of many who thought the former Lagos governor and his family was rich and […]

President Buhari on Thursday departed Abuja for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to participate in the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU). The President will participate in three High Level meetings on peace and security, climate change and the political situation in some West African countries. The Nigerian leader will deliver remarks […]

A pregnant woman in Kano, Shema’u Sani Labaran, has allegedly died in the Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital over alleged negligence from doctors as a result of the new naira policy crisis. The late woman’s husband, Malam Bello Fancy, said her death was as a result of delay in transfer made to the bank and that […]

The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday described the current scarcity of naira notes as part of an alleged plot to disrupt the forthcoming general elections to ensure an interim government takes over. The governor made the allegation in a state broadcast. He alleged that the development was meant to ensure that the presidential […]

Ten days to the February 25 presidential and National Assembly election, cash for the mobilisation of ad-hoc staff for the polls is yet to be made available to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Daily Trust reports yesterday.  Nigerians have been battling with the scarcity of naira notes following the redesign of N200, N500 and […]

Nigerians are currently on the streets protesting the inability to get cash from banks and automated teller machines (ATMs). From Kwara to Oyo, Edo, Ondo, Delta, aggrieved citizens have been venting their anger over rejection of old naira notes and inability to access new naira. In Edo, at least four persons were killed during protests […]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said its February 8 order barring the Federal Government and its agencies from enforcing the February 10 deadline for the use of old N200, N500 and N1,000 notes still stands. This clarification became necessary following a complaint by the Counsel to Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara states, Mr Abdulhakeem Mustapha, that […]

An Ikeja sexual offences and domestic violence court on Tuesday sentenced a 51-year-old cleric, Nduka Anyanwu, to life imprisonment for defiling and impregnating two sisters. Justice Abiola Soladoye convicted the Lagos-based pastor of impregnating a 13-year-old and a 17-year-old, both of whom have been delivered of babies. Soladoye held that evidence of prosecution witnesses were […]

Rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has lambasted the Central Bank of Nigeria for allegedly flouting the interim injunction of the Supreme Court suspending the implementation of the February 10 deadline on the use of the old banknotes. CBN had moved the deadline earlier set for the expiration of the legal tender […]

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has been released by the Department of State Services (DSS). The secret service also asked Fani-Kayode to report back to its facility on Wednesday. Earlier on Monday, the secret service invited the Director of Special Projects and New Media of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for questioning and grilled him […]

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has confirmed the arrest of the presiding pastor, House on the Rock, Abuja Chapter, Uche Aigbe, for wielding an AK47 rifle while addressing the congregation. The command also confirmed the arrest of the church’s Chief Security Officer and Inspector Musa Audu, for releasing his gun to Aigbe. The FCT […]