The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed commercial banks to pay the redesigned naira notes to customers over the counter. The CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, who gave the directives in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, lamented the difficulties Nigerians were going through to access the new notes. According to the statement, the directives…
A former military governor of Plateau state, Dan Suleiman is dead. He died on Wednesday at his residence in Wuse, Abuja, at the age of 80. His daughter, Aisha, confirmed that the dead of the retired airforce officer in a statement. She said his remains had been deposited at the morgue at the NAF Hospital,…
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), not to extend the deadline for naira swap after February 10. In a statement on Wednesday in Abuja by his campaign office, Atiku urged the CBN to immediately review the measures it has put in place for…
The Supreme Court has nullified the nomination of Emmanuel Bwacha as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba state. Delivering judgment on Wednesday, a five-member panel led by Kudirat Kekere-Ekun affirmed the verdict of the federal high court which held that the APC did not conduct any valid governorship primary in…
Kaduna state governor, Nasir el-Rufai,has said that the naira redesign policy is not part of the manifesto of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), but a personal decision. He also alleged that some “elements” in Aso Rock were working against the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu. Speaking on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television…
The senate has given a 48 hours ultimatum to the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy to account for N13.9billion collected from service wide votes from 2017 to 2021. The ultimatum was given on Tuesday when officials of the ministry appeared before the Senate Committee on Public Accounts. The ultimatum followed the failure of the…
