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President Buhari has appealed to Nigerians to exercise patience as appropriate measures were being taken to ease the hardship occasioned by the naira redesign policy. He said despite the initial hardship in the implementation of the policy, there would be light at the end of the tunnel. The President also called for support for the […]

The founder of Living Faith Church also known as Winners’ Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has urged worshippers to vote wisely in the Saturday presidential election. The renowned bishop said he is for the peace and stability of Nigeria. Speaking during a sermon on Sunday at the Winners Chapel, the cleric also said Nigeria is not […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is to send bulk SMS to voters that has been migrated to new polling units as well as those who transferred their voting rights to new polling units for ease of identifying their polling units during the general elections. The Commission in a statement signed by the Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, […]

The Presidency said the forthcoming 2023 general elections will hold, regardless of the controversies surrounding the naira swap policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. President Buhari’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu stated this in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday. Shehu said there are no plans by President Buhari to extend his government […]

A Mozambican pastor, Francisco Barajah, has died after fasting for 40 days, in an attempt to copy Jesus Christ who is recorded in the Bible to have fasted for 40 days. Barajah was the founder of the Santa Trindade Evangelical Church in the central province of Manica. He reportedly died on Wednesday while being treated […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria has released emergency telephone numbers where Nigerians could report Point of Sales agents selling new naira notes or charging above N200 for withdrawal of amounts up to N10,000. The Director, CBN Governor’s Department, Mr Joseph Omayuku, made this known during a briefing with journalists in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital on […]

Valentine’s Day, also called Saint Valentine’s Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14. It originated as a Christian feast day honouring a martyr named Valentine. Through later folk traditions, it has become a significant cultural and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world. The eighth-century Gelasian Sacramentary recorded the celebration of the Feast of Saint […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has declared that the old N200, N500 and N1000 have ceased being legal tender since February 10, 2023. CBN had originally fixed January 31 as deadline for old notes to be in circulation but extended it in response to pressure from Nigerians. However, before the February 10 deadline, Kogi, […]

A British security guard at the UK’s embassy in Germany who pleaded guilty to spying was snared in an elaborate sting after sending sensitive material to Russia, prosecutors said Monday. David Ballantyne Smith, 58, has admitted to eight charges and London’s Old Bailey criminal court is now considering arguments ahead of his sentencing on Friday. […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said elections will not hold in 240 polling units. The chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at a meeting with political parties on Monday. INEC said the 240 polling units without registered voters spread across 28 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The INEC […]

President Buhari has said all campaign promises he made to Nigerians in 2015 have been fulfilled. He revealed this on Saturday while speaking at the seventh convocation of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Buhari, represented by the Minister of State for Education, Goodluck Nanah Opiah, disclosed he had delivered in the areas of economy, […]

The presiding pastor of the Abuja chapter of the House on the Rock, Pastor Uche Aigbe, mounted the pulpit bearing an AK 47 rifle on Sunday.  The incident which caused a stir in the church auditorium happened during the second service, which frequently has a high number of the congregation who attends from different parts of […]

Rescuers pulled a seven-month-old baby and a teenage girl from the rubble on Sunday, nearly a week after an earthquake devastated Turkey and Syria and killed more than 30,000 people. UN relief chief Martin Griffiths said he expected the death toll to at least double after he arrived in southern Turkey on Saturday to assess […]

The Council of State has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to print more redesigned naira notes or allow the new and old banknotes to circulate concurrently to ease the tension caused by the scarcity of cash. The Council approved the naira redesign policy of the CBN but faulted […]