Ahead of the implementation of a new policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), wherein customers will be restricted to specific daily and weekly cash withdrawals, there appears to be palpable fear among members and supporters of some of the major political parties in the country. According to the CBN policy, individuals will be … [Read more…]
The National Working Committee of the Labour Party has relieved its acting National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Abayomi Arabambi of his duties. It also dissolved the party’s Ogun State Executive Committee effective immediately. The decision was part of far reaching decisions taken during the NWC meeting holding in Abuja, on Friday. Arabambi had written a petition … [Read more…]
High Commissioner Catriona Laing said they welcomed Buhari’s commitment to secure the elections. The United Kingdom government has declared that it has no preferred presidential candidate amongst those contesting to replace President Muhammadu Buhari in next year’s election. Speaking with journalists, on Wednesday, in Abuja after a closed door meeting with members of the National … [Read more…]
The state government has sent a repeal of the Lagos State Electricity Law of 2018 to the State House of Assembly. Lagos State Government on Thursday announced that it was putting in place measures that would see it take away the regulation of the state’s electricity from the Nigerian Electricity Regulation Commission (NERC). To achieve … [Read more…]
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has faulted the 48-hour ultimatum by the Department of State Services (DSS) to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and oil marketers to end the lingering fuel scarcity in the country over security threats. DSS Spokesman, Peter Afunanya, on Thursday, stated that failure to make Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) … [Read more…]
On the 2nd of December, during a parley with members of the Senior Executive Course No. 44 (2022) of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, held at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja, The Nigerian President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), had in a statement, accused governors in different states of the … [Read more…]
Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has declared that security agencies are always under pressure to compromise elections in the country. He has, however, called on Nigerians to have implicit confidence in Nigerian military officers and men who will remain totally committed to being neutral and apolitical. Speaking with newsmen Thursday at … [Read more…]
… Ada Ogbu bears manifesto to Akwuke widows, assures competent representation The Enugu East APC senatorial candidate, Princess Ada Ogbu Nara Unataeze, took her consultation to the Building Materials Dealers Association, Enugu State. In a One-On-One discussion with the traders, she reeled out her mission statement to the Building Materials traders which is all inclusive. … [Read more…]
He said one trillion naira old notes now in CBN and other banks’ vaults. Governor of Nigeria’s central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, has disclosed that government will not be rigid in the implementation of the cashless policy in the country. Emefiele, who spoke with newsmen Thursday in Daura, Katsina state, after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari, said … [Read more…]
The noble and formidable group; Nigerian Union Of Mine Workers, Enugu Chapter today Endorsed the Candidacy of High Princess Ada Ogbu Nara Unataeze, the Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for Enugu East Senatorial Zone. Princess Ada Ogbu, Speaking during the Consultation and Interaction with the Executives of the Union, High Princess while soliciting … [Read more…]
The House of representatives has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to suspend the limits on weekly cash withdrawals by individuals and corporate entities. The lawmakers also summoned Godwin Emefiele, governor of te apex bank, to appear before it next Thursday over the new policy scheduled to take effect on January 9, 2023. The … [Read more…]
AHEAD of the 2023 general elections, no fewer than 953,803 Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, are yet to be collected in Lagos. And of the 6,630,661 PVCs received between 2011 and 2021, 5,676,858 have been distributed as of December 2, 2022, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Lagos State, Mr. Olusegun Agbaje, has said. Reeling out … [Read more…]