President Muhammadu Buhari has again assured that the war against terrorists and kidnappings unleashing mayhem on Nigerians will soon be over. In a message on Sunday, marking the end of the Ramadan fasting, Buhari said final victory is within sight, stressing that Boko Haram and its offshoots are now fading. The president, in the message…
The senator representing Kogi west, Smart Adeyemi, has disclosed that he is proposing a bill to prohibit the nomination of same faith presidential ticket. If passed into law, a presidential candidate would not be able to choose a running mate who shares the same religious affiliation after the 2023 elections. Speaking on Sunday at a…
The Kaduna Refining and Petrochemicals Company (KRPC) says the refinery will become operational by the end of 2024. Managing director of KRPC, Mustafa Sugungun, disclosed this on Monday when members of the senate ad hoc committee on petroleum downstream led by Ifeanyi Ubah, paid an oversight visit to the refinery. Sugungun said the 110,000-barrel-per-day refinery…
A former group managing director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu, has filed a suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for alleged refusal to release his $9.8 million after a court judgment acquitted him of fraud charges. TheCable reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced the extension of the deadline for the exchange of old naira notes to February 10, 2023. The CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, announced the extension in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. There had been mounting pressure from Nigerians for the extension of the deadline, which was…
President Bola Tinubu has directed all political appointees seeking to contest elective offices in the 2027 elections to resign before March 31. The directive was issued on Tuesday in a statement by Head of Information and Public Relations, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), Dewan Goshit. The statement said the president’s…
