Funding by AfDB, France, Islamic Devp. Bank, BOI for young Nigerians ages 15-35 VP calls on African Governments, private sector to invest more in innovation, targeting job creation AfDB President commends VP’s dynamic leadership, says “you are an amazing leader in our nation, you are very focused, very...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has asked residents of the state, especially marketers, to collect and spend the old and new naira notes as both are still legal tenders in the country. “Per the judgment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and the latest circular of the Central Bank of...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Monday, reserved judgment in an appeal filed by Mr Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, against a judgment of the tribunal which invalidated his election as governor of Osun. The three-member panel led by Justice M. F. Shuaibu, after listening to counsel...
President Muhammadu Buhari has said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) does not need his directives before it complies with the Supreme Court ruling which extended the validity of the old N200, N500 and N1000 notes to December 31, 2023. Buhari broke silence on Monday over penultimate Friday’s decision of...
The governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasiru El-Rufai, has said that he did not loot Kaduna treasury to buy a house in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) just like some other governors did. He said he had one house in Unguwan Sarki when he became governor and that is the...
As NDLEA intercepts heroin, skunk in deep freezers, cooking gas cylinders at Lagos airport, Idiroko destroys 39.8 hectares of cannabis farms in Edo, Ondo A rehabilitated ex-fighter of the Boko Haram terror group, Alayi Madu and the traditional ruler of Kajola, a border community between Ondo and Edo state,...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, yesterday (Friday) paid visits to families of over 30 fishermen killed by Boko Haram insurgents on Wednesday at Mukdolo village in Ngala Local Government Area (LGA), some kilometers away from Dikwa. Zulum was in Dikwa town where the fishermen lived and from where they...
Charges Police, DSS to Investigate INEC Boss for alleged Electoral Offences Demands International Sanctions for Undermining Democracy The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has further reviewed the widely-condemned infractions, brazen violation of the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022 and criminal manipulation and alteration of election results by the Prof....
A huge crowd of supporters grounded human and vehicular movement in Ibadan on Wednesday, staging a walk in support of the Gubernatorial candidate of the People's Democratic Party, Governor Seyi Makinde. The crowd included Nigerian youths, Teachers, Civil Servants, Traders, Artisans, motor dealers among others. The enthusiastic supporters of Governor Seyi...
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers says he did not support the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi overtly at the Feb. 25 election because nobody discussed Igbo presidency with him. Publicity Secretary of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Dr Alex Ogbonnia stated on Friday in Enugu that Wike made...