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The Central Bank of Nigeria CBN said the paper currency will soon be out of circulation, thereby urging market men and women to sign into the e-Naira. This was stated by the CBN Controller of Delta State Branch on Friday, Mr. Godwin Okafor, at the popular Ogbogonogo market during the CBN market sensitisation […]
Hundreds of residents of the Abuja Municipal Area Council have shut down the office of Malam Mohammed Bello, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and the FCT Administration Secretariat over the inauguration of the newly elected council chairmen and councilors. On Thursday, the administration announced the suspension of the inauguration, citing the ruling […]
The Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos was temporarily shut down in the early hours of Thursday after a dead body was found at the international wing of the airport’s Runway 18R. The identity of the dead man is yet to be ascertained as of press time, and could not be established whether […]
There is uncertainty over the delegates’ lists of political parties, including the All Progressives Congress and the People’s Democratic Party, following the delay by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in signing the amendment version of the Electoral Act. Chieftains of the major political parties, who spoke on Thursday, said the President’s […]
Deadly shrine of Gunmen has been burst into by the Imo State Police Command, on Thursday. The police also arrested seven suspects and recovered a live python they used to fortify themselves before the attacks. The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Micheal Abattam, who confirmed this to newsmen in Owerri, said “the […]
An online petition started by one Ronke Onadeko to ban Okada in Lagos that preceded governor Sanwo-Olu’s directive on Wednesday banning the operations of commercial motorcycle riders in six Local Governments and nine Local Government Development Areas in the state has garnered over 1,510 signatures. Governor Sanwo-Olu’s directive followed the gruesome killing of […]
The Kyiv suburb of Irpin was largely destroyed by fierce urban fighting in the first few weeks of the war in Ukraine. Now that Russian troops have been forced out, local authorities have invited in Ukrainian architects to reimagine how the urban areas might be rebuilt. When Ukrainian forces took back Irpin from […]
The Christian Association of Nigeria says it will go ahead with its nationwide protests against the lynching of Deborah Samuel Yakubu, a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, who was stoned to death and burnt for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Muhammad. This is despite a ban on religious protests by Kaduna […]
The backbone of a major cartel distributing drugs in Delta and adjourning states was broken on Sunday 15th May following the arrest of a wanted 59-year-old drug baroness, Bridget Oghenekevwe Emeka, a.k.a Mama, by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at her palatial mansion where she cooks and distributes […]
The Nigerian Army has stormed the shrine of the Eastern Security Network, in Orlu, Imo State, gunning down some of the ESN members and destroying the shrine. Reports have it that the army suffered two casualties during the operation conducted in two different operations. Since 2021 Orlu has been under unrest when the […]
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