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The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has reduced the maximum over-the-counter (OTC) cash withdrawal per week for individuals to N100,000 and N500,000 for corporate organisations. The apex bank also limited individual Point of Service (POS) to N20,000 per day. This information was contained in a circular by the CBN and addressed to all […]
The Peoples Democratic Party has disclosed why Atiku Abubakar the presidential candidate of the party wants to sell Nigeria’s refineries if elected as president come 2023. PDP Presidential Campaign Council spokesman Kola Ologbondiyan, said Atiku opted to sell Nigeria’s refineries because the money would fund useful ventures in the country. Ologbondiythe said the […]
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has unveiled his eagerly-awaited manifesto. The 72-page manifesto, titled ‘It’s POssible: Our Pact with Nigerians’, was released on Sunday. The manifesto listed seven priority areas that Obi’s administration would concentrate on if elected president. Here are some of the highlights of the manifesto. […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria has hit back at the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar over his recent comment on the performance of the Buhari Administration. Atiku, had, during his campaign in Akure, said the Buhari government has not done anything for Nigerians in its eight years in […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra has alleged that the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, is blackmailing it and its security arm, the Eastern Security Network. According to IPOB, Monguno’s claim that security agents dislodged camps belonging to the ESN and arrested some of its commanders was a ruse. The IPOB’s Director of Media […]
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba has ordered the deployment of armed personnel to safeguard the Abuja-Kaduna rail services. In a statement on Sunday by the force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi said the operatives would be drawn from the police mobile force, K-9, force intelligence bureau, explosive ordinance unit and railway police command. […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has slammed state governors over what he described as their unfair treatment of the administration at the local government level across the country. The President spoke after delivering his speech at an event hosted for members of the Senior Executive Course 44 (2022) of the National Institute for Policy and […]
Following the move by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to redesign some Naira notes, the presidency has revealed how the development is affecting some billionaires who may have stashed the currency in their various houses. President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief spokesman, Femi Adesina in an article on Friday, narrated how a customer stormed […]
A High Court in Minna, Niger State has issued a warrant of arrest for General Faruk Yahaya, Chief of Army Staff for contempt. Justice Halima Abdulmalik, who presided over the case, said the order followed notice brought before the court in pursuant of order 42 rule 10 of the Niger State High Court […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, says it has two billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, in stock. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Adeyemi Adetunji, Executive Vice President, Downstream, NNPC Limited. Adetunji said the stock of over two billion litres is equivalent to over 30 days of sufficiency. […]