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Manir Muhammad Dan Iya, deputy governor of Sokoto, has denied resigning from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a viral letter circulating online on Thursday, the Sokoto deputy governor allegedly wrote to his ward chairperson that he has resigned from the PDP. But Aminu Abdullahi Abubakar, the Director of Press …

Abubakar Malami, the Attorney-General of the Federation has challenged the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to suspend the scheduled deadline for the use of the old N200, N500 and N1000 Naira notes. Malami, in a preliminary objection he has filed on behalf of the Federal Government, a copy of which …

Gunmen who abducted Prof Gertrude Njar, the Cross River State Commissioner of Women Affairs, have demanded N150 million for her release, after eight days captivity. Agba Jalingo, publisher of Cross Rivers Watch, disclosed this in an update on his official Facebook page. The commissioner was abducted within the Mayne Avenue-Atamunu …

The properties of the companies were also forfeited to the Nigerian Government. The Senator representing Delta North in the National Assembly, Peter Nwaoboshi, who has been on the run for months after the Court of Appeal (Lagos Division) convicted and sentenced him to seven years imprisonment for money laundering, is …

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers Rivers governor, Nyesom Wike on Tuesday doled out a total sum of N70 million to families of three police officers killed in an attack at the Rumuokoro flyover bridge, in Port Harcourt the state capital. A police officer who was also injured in the incident …

Sanwo-Olu addressing the media The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday announced the rolling out of relief packages for Lagosians to cushion the effect of CBN’s currency swap and fuel shortage that is biting hard on the people. The governor, in a press conference in Marina announced 50 percent …

Ali Bello, a nephew of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the remanded one Ali Bello, a nephew of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello after he was arraigned on 18- count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation and money laundering to the tune …

  The Rivers State government headed by Governor Nyesom Wike has vowed to join a suit at the Supreme Court which is seeking a permanent halt of the February 10 deadline given by the Central Bank of Nigeria for the use of old naira notes. Wike said this on Wednesday …

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, has assured Nigerians that the 2023 elections would hold as scheduled after a meeting with the Federal Executive Council, FEC, at the Council Chamber in Abuja. The meeting was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. Yakubu attended the weekly …

The implication of this ruling is that the old N200, N500 and N1000 notes remains valid after the February 10 deadline given by the CBN. Emefiele_Old-Money CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele. The Supreme Court of Nigeria has restrained the Federal Government from implementing the February 10 Deadline of the old 200, …