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PRESIDENT BUHARI UNVEILS NEW NAIRA NOTES 1A-C; L-R; CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefile and President Muhammadu Buhari, as President Unveil new Naira Notes and presides over FEC Meeting at the State House Abuja. PHOTO; SUNDAY AGHAEZE. NOV 23RD 2022 A report monitored on TheCable , says President Muhammadu Buhari is considering …

The Supreme Court has begun sitting in the case on the controversial Naira swap policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The court had on February 8, 2023 fixed February 15, 2023 for hearing of the case brought by three States Governments. The States Governments were those of Kaduna, Kogi …

Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned ruling on the bail application filed by Ali Bello, nephew of the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, and four others in a N3 billion money laundering trial to Monday, February 20, 2023. At the resumed proceedings on …

In a dramatic move, the Central Bank of Nigeria’s governor, Godwin Emefiele, has insisted that the old naira notes has seized to be legal tender. This contradicts the ruling of Nigeria’s Supreme Court which gave an interim injuntion for the currency to be on hold pending when it will pass …

The North East and South East geopolitical zones have emerged as the regions with the highest number of polling units where elections would not be held in the forthcoming presidential and national assembly elections as well as the governorship and state assembly polls. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) released …

Adamu Adamu Nigeria’s federal government has ordered the closure of all polytechnics in the country ahead of the general election scheduled to begin on February 25. Adamu Adamu, minister of education gave the directive days day after the National Universities Commission (NUC) ordered the closure of all universities until after …

Ali Bello, the nephew of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello The trial of Ali Bello, a nephew to Kogi State Governor on 18-count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation and money laundering of N3.081bn will resume at the Federal High Court Abuja on Monday. Ali is being tried by the Economic …

Peter Obi The Obi-Datti Campaign, under the Labour Party, on Sunday blamed the absence of its Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, at the presidential debate on aircraft’s technical challenges. Mr Diran Onifade, Head of Media, Obi-Datti Campaign Council, said this in a statement while explaining Obi’s absence at the presidential …

Peter Obi The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has denied receiving N2 billion from Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), describing the claim as illogical. Recall that a certain petition making the rounds on social media claimed that Obi gave N2 billion to churches through CAN to …

Bola Tinubu The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council (PCC) says Bola Tinubu, its presidential candidate, is not marrying a second wife. The party disowned a viral video clip suggesting that Tinubu was planning to marry a new wife. The video went viral on Saturday alleging that the former …