The Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has commended the ruling of the Supreme Court, extending the use of the old naira notes beyond the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) deadline of 10 February 2023. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Muyiwa Adekeye on Wednesday, El-Rufai, thanked “the justices for their…
Former general secretary of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), Joe Ajaero, has emerged president of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). Ajaero who takes over from Ayuba Wabba, won on consensus vote at the 13th NLC national delegates conference on Wednesday in Abuja. In his acceptance speech, the new NLC president promised to pursuing…
Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, has asked traders in the state to continue using the old naira notes for their transactions. At a meeting on Tuesday with the traders in Kaduna, the governor old the traders not to take their money to banks, saying that if Bola Tinubu is elected President he will review the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appealed the judgment which sacked Ademola Adeleke as governor of Osun state. Adeleke was sack by the Osun governorship election petition tribunal which gave judgment in favour of the former governor of the state, Gboyega Oyetola. In the judgment delivered on January 27, two out of the three-member…
The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has hailed the governors of the 36 states “for standing on the side of the Nigerian people over the Central Bank new naira and cashless policies that have subjected the masses to pains.” According to Asiwaju Tinubu, the governors, especially, those of the…
The Supreme Court has temporarily stopped moves by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to ban the use of the old naira notes by February 10, 2023. A seven-member panel led by Justice John Okoro halted the plan in a ruling in an exparte application brought by three northern states of Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara. The…
