Category: News
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Newly Appointed NYSC DG Asuumes Office, Unveils 5-point Agenda
The newly appointed director-general of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier-General YD Ahmed assumed office on Monday. Ahmed, took over from the acting director-general, Christy Uba, at a handover ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. Speaking on Monday during the ceremony, he promised to take the Scheme to greater heights. He said: “I assure…
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Old Naira Notes: Tinubu Reveals Most Affected Nigerians
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Sunday, said “our wives” selling garden eggs, carrots, roasted corn were most affected by the need to change to the new Naira notes. Tinubu said this when he took his campaign to Benin City, Edo State, where he held a town hall…
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Old Naira Notes: House of Reps Rejects 10-day Extension
The House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on new naira re-design and naira swap policy has rejected the 10-day extension granted by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for the exchange of old notes. The CBN had fixed January 31 as the deadline for the exchange of the old naira notes – N200, N500 and…
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PVC Collection: NANS Sends Message To FG
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has told the federal government to let higher institutions in the country go on break now for the students who registered last year to collect their permanent voter’s cards, PVCs.According to the association, the if the step is not taken, over four million students would be disenfranchised and…
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Old Naira Notes: CBN Extends Deadline (Updated)
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the Central Bank of Nigeria’s, CBN, request for the extension of the deadline for swapping old Naira notes to the redesigned ones. The new deadline is now February 10, 2023. A seven-day grace period, beginning on February 10 to February 17, 2023, has also been approved to enable Nigerians to…
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APC Able To Prove Forgery Case Against Adeleke, but… Tribunal
Osun Election Petition Tribunal has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate in the July 16 governorship election, Adegboyega Oyetola, were able to prove a case of forgery against Governor Ademola Adeleke. The tribunal, however, held that the forgery case was not enough to disqualify him from contesting the election, adding that…
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Old Naira Notes: President Buhari Sends Message To Nigerians
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that his administration will ensure that citizens are unharmed in their businesses and no disruption is caused to the entire supply chain arising from the currency swap due to end shortly. The President gave the assurance on Saturday while reacting to reports of long queues of people waiting for…
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New Naira Notes: Pressure Mounts On CBN To Extend Jan 31 Deadline
Daily Trust There has been an increased pressure on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend the January 31 dateline for phasing out old N1,000, N500 and N200 notes. Relevant stakeholders are also saying the deadline is not possible because the new notes are nowhere to be found. Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano…
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Redesigned Naira Notes: CBN Replies Tinubu
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed that the policy of the redesigned new naira notes was not targeted at any politician or political parties but in the interest of the nation. Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu had on Wednesday during his campaign rally in Abeokuta, Ogun alleged that…
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Protest in Osun over tribunal judgment nullifying Adeleke’s election as governor
Supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday stormed major streets in Osogbo to express dissatisfaction over the Election Petitions Tribunal Judgment that disqualified Governor Ademola Adeleke. The protesters were in their hundreds, carrying placards with different inscriptions and chanting anti-opposition songs with long queue of campaign vehicles across the streets. The inscription on…