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The Supreme Court of Nigeria has restrained the Federal Government from implementing the February 10 Deadline for the old 200, 500 and 1000 naira notes to stop being legal tenders. Three northern states — Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara — had in a motion ex-parte filed on February 3rd, by their lawyer, AbdulHakeem Mustapha (SAN), prayed […]

  President Muhammadu Buhari Friday urged citizens to give him a seven-day window to resolve the currency crunch that has emanated from the implementation of the Central Bank policy to change high value Naira notes with newly designed ones.   The President said this while speaking to the Progressive Governors Forum who met with him […]

  The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has said there are “elements” in the Presidential Villa that are seeking the defeat of the ruling All Progressives Congress in this month’s poll.   “I believe that there are elements in the Villa that want us to lose the elections because they didn’t get their way,” […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Kano described ongoing infrastructure development across the country as ‘fantastic’, urging citizens to appreciate what they have as the situation in the country is not dire when compared with other countries.    The President spoke at a State Banquet in Kano to conclude his one-day official visit to the […]

According to a lawmaker, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, the new naira redesign policy is capable of frustrating the forthcoming 2023 general elections.   The House of Representatives Adhoc Committee on the redesign of three naira notes has rejected the 10 days extension granted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the swap of old N200, […]

  The Department of State Services (DSS) says it has intercepted some members of organised syndicates involved in the sale of the new redesigned naira notes.   According to a statement on Monday by DSS spokesman, Dr Peter Afunanya, the Service in the course of its operations, also established that some Commercial Bank officials are […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to February 5, 2023.    INEC earlier extended the deadline for the collection of PVCs but a  National Commissioner with the electoral umpire Festus Okoye said the time frame has been pushed forward by one week. He […]

The Osun State Governorship election petitions tribunal has nullified the election of Ademola Adeleke as Governor of the sta   In its ruling on Friday, the tribunal declared Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the validly elected governor of the state.   Delivering its judgement on Friday, the tribunal held that the governorship […]

  The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has threatened to issue a warrant of arrest on the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele and some bank directors over their collective refusal to honour an invite by the green chamber over the scarcity of three newly designed naira notes. […]

Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has narrated how his campaign team was attacked in Katsina State.   Obi’s team that has been on a state-to-state tour touched down in Katsina on Monday.     In  a statement issued on his behalf, Diran Onifade, Head of Media, Obi/Datti Presidential Campaign Council, said, […]

 Ahead of the February 25 presidential election, the Police Service Commission (PSC) says those police officers due for retirement must exit the service.   In a statement on Tuesday, PSC spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, said the commission will not extend the tenures of the retiring senior police officers.   According to him, all existing laws, the […]

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over “the failure to reverse the unlawful, unjust, and unreasonable increase in electricity tariff, and to probe the spending of public funds as ‘investments and bailouts’ to DisCos and GenCos since 2005.”   Joined in the suit as Respondents are […]