Nigeria and India to partner on eradication of fake passports
The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has expressed the readiness of the Nigerian government to cooperate with India to eradicate the use of fake Nigerian passports to travel to India. Aregbesola gave this assurance in his office at the weekend while receiving the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Gangadharan Balasubramanian on a courtesy […]
Fuel marketers plan shutdown on Monday over 195 pump price enforcement
Independent marketers of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, are getting set to shut down operations beginning from Monday once the government starts the enforcement of N195/litre pump price. It was gathered on Saturday that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria, […]
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Good day! below are News stories across Nigeria and Abroad: 1. A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced to death by hanging, two former members of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad for extra-judicial killing. Five members of the SARS team, ASP Samuel Chigbu, Shedrack Ibibo, Magus Awuri, Ogoligo, and Olisa Emeka […]
Police Nabs Bank Manager Sabotaging Withdrawal Of New Naira Notes
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has arrested the manager of a bank in Osogbo, the Osun capital, over ATMs loaded with naira notes that were blocked from dispensing. In a statement, Azuka Ogugua, spokesperson of the anti-graft agency, said the cash bundles were loaded into the ATMs while […]
New Naira: No Extension On Naira Swap Deadline – Emefiele
The Governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele on Friday insisted that the apex bank will not extend the deadline for swapping old naira notes with the newly redesigned ones. He made this known during a special briefing at the CBN office in Lagos, saying that the CBN and other stakeholders are already looking addressing […]
Court orders INEC to Accept LP candidates in 24 states
Ahead of the forthcoming elections, a Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to accept the nomination of candidates of the Labour Party in 24 states either manually or through its electronic nomination portal. Delivering judgment in the suits brought before him by the party, Justice Inyang Ekwo held that […]
Remains of Tambuwal’s aide, Aisha Maina laid to rest as condolences pour in
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto Condolences have continued to pour in as the remains of Aisha Maina, Special Adviser to governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal on Female Education was on Wednesday laid to rest. Late Maina who’s funeral prayer was performed at the Kalambaina housing estate quarters died at the Usmanu Danfodiyo Teaching Hospital
2023: Sokoto APC women wing unveils campaign materials,vows to mobilise support for party
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto IN less than a month to the 2023 general elections , the Women wing of the All Progressives Congress in Sokoto state on Wednesday, stepped up campaigns with the unveiling of assorted campaign materials to further boost the party’s chances of victory. Spare heading the development were APC top notch members […]
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Good day! Below are summary of News story across Nigeria and Abroad: 1. The Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has directed deposit money banks (DMBs) to commence the payment of the redesigned Naira notes over the counter, subject to a maximum daily payout limit of N20,000. While admitting the difficulties Nigerians have faced in trying to […]
Man loses pregnant wife to scarcity of new naira
A pregnant woman in Kasuwan Magani, Kajuru LGA, Kaduna state who was due for delivery died because all efforts by her husband to withdraw money from the bank failed. Narrating the ordeal, James Auta, said he went with his wife to the hospital on Monday where the doctor asked him to deposit money before he […]