Category: News
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PVC Collection: INEC Replies Tinubu
Vanguard News Ahead of this weekend’s general election, a total of 87,209,007 Permanent Voter Cards PVCs have been collected by Nigerians, according to the latest data released by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC. The data which was collated as of 5th February 2023 shows that uncollected PVCs stood at 6,259,229. Nigeria has a registered…
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Security Operatives Arrest Finland-based Pro-Biafra Agitator, Simon Ekpa
Finland based pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa has been arrested. Ekpa was arrested by the police in his residence in the Lahti area of the country, a Finnish paper Helsingin Sanomat reported Thursday. The separatist has repeatedly declared that there will be no elections in the South-East region of the country and insisted on the observance…
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2023 Election: Banks React To Purported Plan To Disrupt Financial Transactions
Financial institutions under the aegis of the Association of Corporate Affairs Managers of Banks (ACAMB), have denied purported plans to disrupts financial transactions for the general elections slated for Saturday, February 25, 2023. Following the polls, there have been some trending messages suggesting that commercial banks will close its services. But in a statement on…
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Old Naira Notes: Supreme Court Send Message To State Willing To Challenge FG’s Directive
Vanguard News The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, shut its door to more states seeking to be joined as interested parties in the suit challenging the decision of the Federal Government to ban the use of the old N200, N500 and N1000 banknotes as valid legal tenders. A seven-man panel of Justices of the apex court,…
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Naira Scarcity: Supreme Court Consolidates Suits By 10 States
Channels TV The Supreme Court on Wednesday consolidated the suits instituted by the 10 state governments against the Federal Government challenging the implementation of the naira redesign. At the last hearing on February 15, seven states joined the three initial states as co-plaintiffs, while Edo and Bayelsa states joined the Federal Government as co-defendants. Expectations…
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Naira Scarcity: Fed Govt, states close to settlement
The Nation Newspaper THE search for an out-of-court resolution of the suit instituted against the Federal Government by Governors Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna); Bello Matawalle (Zamfara) and Yahaya Bello (Kogi) over the implementation of naira policy continued yesterday. For the past 48 hours, both parties have been locked in talks with the Federal Government asking the…
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Naira Scarcity: LASU Staff Dies in Bank Queue
Punch Newspaper An employee of the Lagos State University, Ojo, Mr. Johnson Ademola, died Monday afternoon in a bank queue in the institution while trying to withdraw cash. Reports of Ademola’s demise had emerged online as some news outlets (not PUNCH) said the deceased was one of the deputy bursars of the institution. It was…
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DSS Steps Up Investigation To Arrest, Prosecute Emefiele
Daily Trust The Department of State Services (DSS) has stepped up investigations with a view to arrest and prosecute the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, over allegations of terrorism financing and fraud, Daily Trust reports. This is even as the military is said to be providing soldiers to protect the…
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How My Pregnant Wife Bled To Death Over Rejection of Old Naira Notes – Father of Three
A father of three, Bello Ali Baffa has narrated how his 32-year-old pregnant wife, Shema’u Sani Labaran, who was in labour, bled to death due to rejection of old naira note tendered to settle her medical bill at a Kano State government-owned hospital, Muhammadu Abdullahi Wase specialist hospital. Baffa, a 42-year-old man, said his pregnant…
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2023: Atiku Favourite To Win Presidential Election – New Poll by POLAF Reveals
A freshly conducted poll has revealed that Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is the favourite to win the presidential election scheduled to hold on February 25. According to the new poll conducted by POLAF, a not-for-profit organisation, the election will be Keenly contested among the top contenders. The results…