The presidency says its position on the deadline for old naira notes will be made known today. The governments of Zamfara, Kaduna, and Kogi had asked the supreme court to stop the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from ending the timeframe within which the old N200, N500, and N1000 notes would cease to be […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has declared that the old N200, N500 and N1000 have ceased being legal tender since February 10, 2023. CBN had originally fixed January 31 as deadline for old notes to be in circulation but extended it in response to pressure from Nigerians. However, before the February 10 […]
The former minister of aviation Femi Fani-Kayode has opened up about his experience at the Department of State Service, DSS, where he was grilled for almost six hours upon an investigation of a tweet on an alleged coup. Fani-Kayode, director of new media in the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, reported at […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says almost three months after the travel advisories by foreign embassies, residents of Abuja have been going about their businesses without any threat. The United Kingdom, the United States, and some countries had, last year, warned their citizens in Nigeria against traveling to Abuja citing imminent […]
Pastor Uche Aigbe of House on the Rock, Abuja, is currently being detained by the Federal Capital Territory Police Command. A source told Daily Trust that the pastor arrived at the Guzape office of the anti-car theft of FCT police command on Monday morning in the company of the policeman whom he collected […]
A life-long bachelor mayor in the Philippines is giving single staff extra pay on Tuesday for Valentine’s Day, to show gratitude for the extra hours they work and show that “someone loves them”. Lonely hearts at General Luna town hall in Quezon province will receive three times their normal daily wage if they have […]
The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council has announced the cancellation of the rally of its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in Port Harcourt. The presidential campaign planned early this week would no longer hold, the PDP PCC Chairman in Rivers State, Senator Lee Maeba disclosed, citing insecurity. Senator Maeba stated,” The expected victory of […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele at the Presidential Villa Abuja. Emefiele is meeting privately with Buhari for the third time since the cash crunch started in the country. He however did not speak to journalists as he left the Presidential Villa. […]
An All Progressive Congress Chieftain, Femi Fani-Kayode has been invited by the Department of State Services, DSS, over his allegations of an attempted coup allegedly being planned. This was announced in a statement on Monday morning by Fani-Kayode. Fan-Kayode said he would honour the invitation because he had nothing to fear, adding that he […]
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta and Vice-Presidential Candidate of PDP, on Sunday visited and condoled with the families of police officers killed by gunmen in Anambra. The deceased officers were Inspectors Lucky Aleh, Celestine Nwadiokwu and Jude Obuh, who were attached to Explosives Ordinances Disposal Unit at the Government House, Asaba. They were […]
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