Some residents of Abuja and environs have lamented the scarcity of the new naira notes. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has restored the old 200, 500 and 1000 naira notes to remain as legal tender until Dec. 31. Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who monitored the availability of the new […]
The Labour Party (LP) on Tuesday raised the alarm over an action taken by a self-acclaimed factional chairman of the party, Lamidi Apapa, asking the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to dismiss all cases by his party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi against the victory of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the […]
Police operatives in Delta State have intercepted and engaged a gang of four suspected kidnappers in a gun battle at the ECN junction of Agbarho/Ughelli Road, rescuing two victims. The command’s Public Relations Officer Bright Edafe, yesterday in a statement said the suspects escaped into the bush with bullet wounds. “On 24/04/2023 at 2 […]
Popular American singer, R. Kelly has been moved to a prison in North Carolina where he will serve his prison sentence. The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed Kelly, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly – was moved on Wednesday of last week from the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago to the Federal Correctional […]
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote is close to buying French Ligue 2 club, Valenciennes According to a French media outlet, Entreprendre, the business mogul, who is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dangote Group is ready to acquire 60% ownership of the club. The Dangote Group is the largest industrial conglomerate in Africa. The […]
A para-military group in Sudan, Rapid Support Force (RSF) has agreed to a 72-hour cease-fire plea from the United States and asked Sudan’s military to do the same. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Sudan’s military head, and Mohamed Dagalo, RSF leader, have been involved in a violent power struggle that has claimed hundreds of lives since […]
Forty- seven bodies have been dug out of their graves by Kenyan police in Malindi, a coastal town in the southeastern part of the country. 15 members of the Good News International Church were rescued from shallow graves in the Shakahola forest last week. Kenya Broadcasting Station (KBC) said that 58 graves have so […]
With the war in Sudan and Nigerians in the war-torn country crying out for help, Air Peace Airline has expressed willingness to evacuate the stranded Nigerians free of charge. The airline noted that Nigerian students and others stranded in the war-racked nation need our help. Allen Onyema the Chairman of Air Peace stated that […]
Power generation to the national grid dipped below the 4,000 megawatts mark over the weekend leaving customers across the country with limited electricity supply. Checks on data provided by the National System Operator, NSO, an independent arm of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, showed that only 18 of the 25 power plants in […]
In preparation for the inauguration of the president-elect on May 29, Bola Ahmed Tinubu is expected to return to Nigeria today. The Director of Media and Publicity, Bayo Onanuga made this known on his Twitter handle on Monday, that the President-elect has been on vacation in France. The president-elect had jetted out of […]
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