The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has asked Nigerians to embrace the electronic currency, eNaira, as it is a legal tender representing the naira. Mohammed Musa, a Deputy Director in the apex bank, stated this on Thursday in Kaduna at a sensitisation campaign of traders on the use of the electronic currency. He said the electronic…
Twenty-seven members of the River House of Assembly elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers are said to be loyal to the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. They were said to have taken the decision to join the…
Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) and governor of Ekiti state, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has announced the implementation of autonomy for state legislature and judiciary, with effect from May. The governor disclosed this while addressing State House correspondents on Monday. According to him, the decision was reached during a meeting attended by federal lawmakers,…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has confirmed that one of its fighter jets has crashed in Zamfara state. There was reports of the crash on Sunday, but the NAF, had in a statement by its spokesman Edward Gabkwet, denied the reports of the crash. However in a statement on Monday, Gabkwet confirmed the incident, disclosing…
Victoria Chintex, the women leader of the Labour Party (LP) in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna state, has been killed by unknown gunmen. In a statement on Tuesday, Edward Buju, Publicity Secretary of the LP in Southern Kaduna Senatorial Zone, said the incident occurred on Monday, when the gunmen invaded her resident in Kaura…
Sa’id Alkali, Minister of Transportation, says the transport sector is a strong enabler for the nation’s economic growth. Alkali stated this in a key note address at the Management Retreat of the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT) on Tuesday in Kaduna. He said the transport sector is crucial to Nigeria’s economic growth, stressing that …
