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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar says one of the three naira notes about to be redesigned should have the image of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Atiku, in a string of tweets on Saturday, also saluted the 85-year-old elder statesman and African Union’s mediator for […]

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered an interim forfeiture of 40 landed properties belonging to the embattled former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who is currently in custody in the United Kingdom. Justice Inyang Ekwo made the order following an ex-parte motion filed and moved by Ibrahim Buba on behalf of the […]

Nigerians have been warned by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) against use of some Toyota Lexus vehicles over “faulty programming”.  The alert was issued in a statement released on Friday, November 4, by Bisi Kazeem, FRSC’s public education officer.  The agency said the warning became necessary after Toyota’s recalled 14,799 “defective” Lexus vehicles. It was also noted that some Lexus […]

The Federal Government has revealed that Jigawa State is worst hit in terms of the number of deaths recorded during the devastating floods across the country. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouk, made the revelation while featuring in the Ministerial Media Briefing organised by the Presidential Communications […]

A woman of Nigerian descent, Amanda Azubuike, has been promoted from Lieutenant Colonel to Brigadier General of the United States Army at a military base in Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA. Born in London, United Kingdom, to Nigerian parents, Azubuike joined the US Army in 1994 and became an aviator after passing the Army Aviation Officer […]

There is no plan to print the proposed new naira notes outside Nigeria, a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Board member has said. “All the new currency notes are printed in Nigeria by the Nigeria Security, Printing and Minting Company (NSPMC), so I do not envisage printing outside the country,” the Board member told The Nation in […]

President Muhammadu Buhari left for London, United Kingdom on Monday for medical check up. The disclosure was made by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, via a tweet on his verified personal handle @FemiAdesina earlier yesterday. Chief Adesina, who also issued a press statement on the medical trip, said the […]

The Federal Government on Monday said the security situation on ground is not that dire to warrant the travel advisories, issued by the United States and United Kingdom governments as well as other foreign missions, warning their citizens to avoid travelling to Nigeria, particularly Abuja, because of a potential terror attack in the city. The […]

A 30-year-old man, Ernest Lacour has been arrested and charged with deliberately spreading the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Oklahoma City, USA.   According to reports, Lacour who was diagnosed with the virus in 2019 has allegedly infected no fewer than three women with HIV in Oklahoma City. MSN said one of the victims who […]

The World Bank Group has hinted on why food and energy crises persisted in Nigeria and other emerging economies in recent months. In its latest commodity markets outlook released at the weekend, the apex global bank said the shrinking value of the naira and currencies of most developing economies was driving up food and fuel […]