Category: News
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As a Governor I Don’t Have New Naira Notes – PDP Governor Laments
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has lamented the unavailability of new naira notes in the state, saying even as the state helmsman, he did not have in his possession, the redesigned naira notes. The governor then urged the Central Bank of Nigeria to sanction commercial banks found to be hoarding money. Adeleke spoke in…
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Election Break: 8 Varsity Students Reportedly Burnt To Death While Travelling Back Home
No fewer than eight students of Madonna University in Rivers state have reportedly been burnt to death in a fatal road accident. The depressive incident, according to report was said to have occurred along the Trans-Saharan road in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state, on Saturday while the students were travelling to Taraba state. It is understood that…
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Ahead of Supreme Court Judgement, APC Chairman, 3 Governors Meet Malami
Vanguard News Ahead of Wednesday’s hearing by the Supreme Court of the case between the Federal Government and three Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, regarding the Naira swap policy, APC, National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has met with the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. The barely…
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ADC Endorses Peter Obi
The African Democratic Congress, ADC has endorsed the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, for the February 25 presidential election According to The Tribune, the endorsement follows the formation of a coalition which aims to propel the duo to the highest office in the land. The coalition, which is…
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PVC: 4.175 Million Voters Disenfranchised in 10 States
Vanguard News NO fewer than 4,175,006 registered voters in 10 states will not vote in the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections. Reason: They were not able to collect their Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, before the February 5 deadline to do so. ended on The INEC has…
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Naira: Row over APC NWC meeting with govs
Vanguard News The controversy generated by the currency redesign policy of the Muhammadu Buhari administration further deepened, yesterday, as some members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and National Working Committee, NWC, disowned today’s meeting. Sunday Vanguard had reported that the party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, had, last Friday, scheduled a meeting between state governors…
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Labour Party’s Governorship, Senatorial, House of Reps Candidates Dump Peter Obi For Tinubu (Video)
With a few days left to the general election, some members of the Labour Party (LP) in the north-west zone have endorsed Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra, is the standard bearer of the LP. Addressing a press conference on Sunday, Bashir Ishaq, speaking…
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Naira Scarcity: Outcome of APC Chairman’s Meeting With APC Governors Revealed
The All Progressives Congress APC, has requested the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN to comply with the interim order of the Supreme Court which asked parties to maintain the status quo with regards to the Naira redesign policy of the apex bank. This was the outcome of a meeting between state…
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EFCC Reacts To Purported Invasion of Tinubu’s Residence
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reacted to reports suggesting that the anti-graft agency recently invaded the home of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The EFCC, in a statement on Sunday and signed by its spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren on Sunday afternoon, rebutted the claims and…
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10 States Ask Supreme Court To Set Aside Buhari’s Ban On Old N500, N1,000 Notes
Ten states have asked the Supreme Court to set aside the pronouncement of President Muhammadu Buhari banning old N500 and N1,000 notes. The governors, in Suit No SC/CV/162/2023, filed on Friday by their counsel, A.J. Owonikoko (SAN), want the apex court to declare the President’s directives in his Thursday’s broadcast as unconstitutional. The plaintiffs in…