Banks will still accept old notes after deadline – Emefiele tells Reps
Nigerians with old notes can still deposit them at commercial banks even after the February 10 deadline, this is according to the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele stated this on Tuesday while appearing before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee. It would be recalled that the lawmakers had accused Emefiele of breaching section […]
Nigeria becomes first African country to receive Starlink service
Starlink, a satellite internet service owned by Elon Musk, is now available for customers in Nigeria. The development is coming weeks after preorder sales were announced. The company had said customers interested could preorder the starter kits at the price of $600 for the hardware and $43 per month for subscriptions to its services. In a post on […]
CBN boss appears before Reps committee after threat of Arrest
Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, on Tuesday finally appeared before the House of Representatives Committee, investigating the Naira swap exercise. The Committee and delegation of the CBN are currently meeting at the National Assembly. The meeting commenced around 12:05 pm after over one-hour behind closed doors. It would be recalled […]
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Good day! below are summary of News stories across Nigeria and Abroad: 1. Nigeria has fallen four places from 154 out of 180 countries and territories in the latest ranking of the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index released by Transparency International on Tuesday. Although the country maintained its previous score of 24 out of 100 points […]
Passengers Thrilled As NRC Resumes Kaduna-Abuja Train Services
The management of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has resumed train services on the Kaduna-Abuja route, four days after it suspended operations on the route. The first train departed from the Kaduna-based Rigasa train station to Abuja at exactly 7 am on Tuesday morning with a few passengers. NRC on Friday suspended operations on the […]
FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC NEKEDE: MANAGEMENT INVESTIGATING STUDENT INVOLVED IN A SHOW OF SHAME ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
This is to inform the general public that the Management of Federal Polytechnic Nekede has begun full investigations into the identity of the student who gloated on Tiktok about how she graduated with the help of God and her private organ. It is even most blasphemous and antithetical that the said student peddled the name […]
Gov Diri says PDP ‘II not allow Nigeria go down the drain as Saraki describes Sokoto as political hub
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto Bayelsa state governor Duoye Diri has said that the People’s Democratic Party, PDP will do everything possible and legitimate to ensure Nigeria do not go down the drain. He said PDP was already building towards salvaging the country from current pathetic situation , stressing that ” Nigeria needs to be recovered […]
JAMB: No Email, No registration
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced that provision of email addresses is now compulsory for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination registration beginning from Tuesday, January 31, 2023. The admissions board made this known in a statement released on Monday by its Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, adding that no candidate […]
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Good day! below are summary of News stories across Nigeria and Abroad: 1. A Federal High Court in Abuja has on Monday dismissed the suit by a former presidential candidate of Hope Democratic Party, Chief Ambrose Owuru, against the election of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), in the 2019 presidential election. The suit seeking […]
Buhari appoints Yusha’u Ahmed as NYSC new DG
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Yusha’u Ahmed, a brigadier-general, as the director-general of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Ahmed is expected to assume office as the NYSC DG on Monday. Eddy Megwa, the NYSC spokesperson, confirmed the development to TheCable on Sunday. In November 2022, Christy Uba, director of information and communications […]