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Emefiele, CBN governor Share on FacebookShare On WhatsappShare On Twitter Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) Godwin Emefiele on Tuesday appeared before the ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives on the cashless policy and deadline for the replacement of old currency notes. Emefiele, who was supposed to appear before …

Ecobank and Honeywell The Supreme Court on Friday ordered Honeywell and its sister firms, Anchorage Leisures Ltd and Siloam Global Ltd, to pay Ecobank N5.5bn as debt owed the bank. The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by Honeywell Flour Mills Limited challenging the judgement of the Court of Appeal in …

Nkechi Onwukwe Mrs Nkechi Onwukwe, the only female director at the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has died. The Minister, Sadiya Umar Farouq expressed shock at her sudden demise when she paid a condolence visit to the family in Kado, Abuja at the weekend. Farouq who …

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, …