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Barely two weeks after the announcement of plans by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to redesign some naira notes, about N52 billion cash has been deposited. There were indications that the deposit sum may increase in the next few days because it is suspected that about N3 trillion cash was in circulation at the […]

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrashid Bawa, has reacted to the judgement which sent him to prison. Daily Trust had reported how an Abuja high court sitting in Maitama convicted Bawa for contempt of court. The court had ordered the EFCC to return to a defendant, a former Director of Operations […]

A Deputy Superintendent of Police, Olusegun Bamidele, on Tuesday, told a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square that Chidinma Ojukwu, the alleged killer of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, and her foster father, Onoh Ojukwu, did not tell the police the truth on the incident. Bamidele, who is […]

Security and the economy took centre stage on Sunday as the presidential candidates of the Labour Party, Peter Obi; the New Nigerian Peoples Party, Musa Kwankwaso and Kola Abiola of Peoples Redemption Party squared up at the Arise tv Presidential Town Hall Series on Security and Economy, in Abuja. However, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party,  […]

Counsel for the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Femi Falana, has called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to pay the unions lecturers their full salaries. In a statement on Sunday, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria asked Buhari to ignore the advice of the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, and pay […]

Members of the National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities will on Monday hold a crucial meeting to decide on whether to go on a fresh strike or not. The decision to convene the emergency NEC meeting, which is to be held at the ASUU National Secretariat on the University of Abuja […]

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, on Friday, increased the number of his newly appointed special assistants on political units to 200, 000. Governor Nyesom Wike had on Thursday inaugurated the first batch of the 100,000 special assistants. Inaugurating the last batch of the 100,000 appointees at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Omagwa in Ikwerre Local […]

The United Kingdom in travel advisory to its citizens on Friday warned that terrorists are planning to attack the United States. It advised its citizens in the US to be vigilant and avoid public gatherings. According to the UK, the terrorists might target places where foreigners gather or crowded areas as well as transportation channels. The Nation had […]

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrier, Emirates, has suspended its flights to Nigeria indefinitely, citing its trapped funds in Nigeria. It also said it was yet to get its allocation from the $260m released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to clear part of the blocked funds belonging to foreign airlines. Daily Trust reports […]

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has restated his plan to sell all Nigeria’s refineries to businessmen if elected in 2023. Atiku stated this during a special interview with the Voice of America (VOA Hausa) during his visit to Washington DC, America. He said, “My position on this is […]

Every hour, almost 100 children under the age of five die in Nigeria due to malnutrition, the United Nations Children’s Fund has said. The Chief Nutritionist for UNICEF, Nemat Hajeebhoy, said this on Thursday in Abuja during a media executive roundtable meeting organised by the National Council of Nutrition in collaboration with the Office of […]

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has rated Peter Obi, Labour Party Presidential Candidate, as a man who has the capacity to deliver. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor said this when Obi visited flood victims in the state. Ortom’s comment comes days after his Oyo counterpart, Seyi Makinde, endorsed Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the […]

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has faulted the move to redesign the naira, claiming it has no economic basis and purely political plan. He said this while inaugurating the Edo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Women Campaign Council at the Presidential Campaign Secretariat in Benin City, the Edo State capital, on Wednesday. “They say we […]

Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi said the Federal Government has not shown compassion to the plight of flood victims across Nigeria. “We want a Nigeria that we will show patriotism by caring for the people on everything. Look at the flooding that has happened all over Nigeria. As far as I am concerned, the […]