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Alhassan Doguwa The House of Representatives ad hoc Committee looking into the recall of old Naira notes has rejected the 10-day extension granted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Godwin Emefiele, governor of the CBN had on Sunday announced the extension of the deadline till 10 February from the …

Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) A woman in a viral video trying to extort money from unsuspecting public before giving them their permanent voters’ cards has come under attack. The trending video posted @ChidiOdinkalu shows where the woman, suspected to be an agent of a staff member of the Independent National …

Bola Tinubu Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says his team is working on a West Africa gas that will sell in Europe if elected president. The former Lagos State governor said this when he took his campaign to Benin City, Edo State, where he held …

PVCs The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced a further extension of the deadline for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards PVCs by one week. Accordingly, the new deadline is February 5. INEC earlier extended the deadline for the collection of PVCs but a National Commissioner with the electoral …

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has pleaded with the National Identification Management Commission (NIMC) and the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) to assist in the identification and recapturing of the fleeing inmates from the Kuje Correctional Service. Aregbesola made this plea while reacting to questions from State House correspondents on …

“Doing so will help reassure the public of the “robustness of our system and to strengthen our processes ahead of the General Election,” the INEC Chairman says. In preparation for the coming general elections, Nigeria’s electoral commission, INEC, has scheduled a mock accreditation of voters for 4 February. This is …

Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule has lost his beloved son, Alhaji Hassan Sule, to the cold hands of death. Hassan died on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2023, after a brief illness. Giving details on Friday, the governor’s chief press secretary, Ibrahim Addra, said; “His Excellency, …

Godwin Emefiele A lawyer, Joshua Alobo, has approached the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, praying the court to stop the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from implementing the January 31 deadline to phase out the old naira notes (N200, N500 and N1,000). Mr Alobo, in the suit marked: …

Bolanle Raheem Gbenga Raheem, husband of Bolanle Raheem, slain Lagos lawyer, has recalled the intimate moment he had with her before she was killed on December 25, 2022. Gbenga testified in the murder trial of Drambi Vandi, the police officer accused of killing his pregnant wife, Bolanle. On Thursday at …

Peter Obi The youth wing of the apex socio-political organisation for the Yoruba people, Afenifere and the Coalition for a Better and Brighter Nigeria group, on Wednesday intensified grassroots mobilisation to rally support for the victory of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. The National President of …