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Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, on Sunday faulted the recent endorsement of the naira redesign by President Muhammadu Buhari, saying the policy may be declared illegal in court. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on October 26 said it will redesign the N200, N500, and N1,000 notes to take control of the currency in circulation. […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says the 2023 general elections should be a turning point for Nigeria, warning that voting candidates based on emotions will be destructive. “If Nigeria is ready to get it right, the 2023 elections should be a turning point. We should not go for emotion that will destroy us,” Obasanjo said, according […]

Following his release from prison, Aminu Mohammed, a final year student of the Federal University, Dutse, has apologised to the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, for “hurting” her. Back in June, Mohammed had tweeted that Mrs Buhari was feeding ‘fat’ on poor people’s money. The 500-level student was subsequently arrested by security operatives and arraigned before […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Monday 12 December 2022 to Sunday 22 January 2023, February 18 for the collection of permanent voters cards (PVCs). National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC Festus Okoye, announced this in a statement on Friday night. He said INEC held a retreat in […]

First Lady Aisha Buhari has withdrawn the defamation case against Aminu Mohammed, the student of Federal University, Dutse, who was arrested for allegedly defaming her. Prosecution counsel, Fidelis Ogbobe, told the Federal Capital Territory High Court on Friday that the president’s wife withdrew the case due to the intervention of well-meaning Nigerians. The first lady […]

The naira, on Friday, appreciated further against the dollar at the parallel market to trade at N740 per dollar. The figure represents an appreciation of N35 or 4.5 percent from the N775 it traded last week. Currency traders known as Bureaux De Change operators (BDCs), who spoke to TheCable in Ikeja and Victoria Island area of […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says God has been so patient with Nigeria. He spoke Thursday in Abuja at the public presentation of a book titled, ‘The LetterMan: Inside the ‘Secret’ Letters of former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo’, by Premium Times’ Editor-in-Chief, Musikilu Mojeed. “I believe that God is in Nigeria, because God loves us so […]

When an elderly man suddenly realised that he was missing more than $20,000 in cash just withdrawn from a Swiss bank, he assumed he had been robbed. Instead, a couple found the wad of notes, stuffed into an envelope and dropped in the street, and went to his home to return the cash in full, […]

A Federal High Court in Akwa Ibom State has sentenced the governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) Bassey Albert to 42 years in prison for fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had in 2019 arraigned Albert on a six-count charge of allegedly taking possession of six vehicles worth N204 million when […]

A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole says the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar is a “serial betrayer” and the “weakest” of all the frontline candidates so far. Oshiomhole, a deputy director general of the Presidential Campaign Council of Bola Tinubu and his running mate, […]

Aminu Adamu, the student of the Federal University, Dutse, who was arrested after criticising First Lady Aisha Buhari, on Twitter, has been remanded at Suleja Prison  in Niger State. Back in June, the student had tweeted, “Su mama Anchi Kudin Talakawa an koshi”, meaning “Mama has fed fat on poor people’s money”. Months after, security […]

The Federal Government has begun the implementation of its 14-day paternity leave for serving male officers whose spouse delivers a baby. Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HCSoF), Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, who announced this in a circular, said the leave took effect from November 25, 2022. The HCSoF said the leave is in line […]

The women leader of the Labour Party in the Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Mrs Victoria Chimtex, has been assassinated by unknown gunmen. She was said to have been killed on Monday night by the gunmen who invaded her residence at about 8 pm and shot at her. The victim’s husband was also […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday warned Nigerians that if the Federal Government kept withholding their pay, a new crisis in the country’s universities would transcend break out. It urged interested parties and well-meaning Nigerians to pressure the Federal Government into paying its members’ withheld eight-month salaries across the nation. The University of […]

The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina on Sunday said Nigerians should leave the country if they believe it is good for them. Adesina, who said this on a Channels Television programme, claimed that the average Nigerian has always wanted to leave the country, adding that people should not […]

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Bwari has ordered that a factional leader of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Edozie Njoku and one other be remanded in prison over their alleged complicity in the forgery of a judgment of the Supreme Court. Justice Mohammed Magudu, in a ruling on Monday, ordered […]

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola says Nigerians, especially the political class are the most litigious people on earth putting the judiciary under a lot of pressure. Justice Ariwoola made the assertion on Monday in Abuja at the special session of the Supreme Court held to mark the begining of the 2022/2023 […]