BREAKING: IMF asks FG, CBN to extend cash swap deadline
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for the extension of the February 10 deadline for cash swap. The International monetary body made the call few minutes after the Supreme…
Tinubu hails Govs over Supreme Court ruling on cash swap
The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has hailed Governors of the 36 States for standing on the side of the…
LeBron James Breaks NBA All-Time Points-Scoring Record
LeBron James finally eclipsed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the most prolific scorer in NBA history on Tuesday, breaking a 39-year record that many throughout basketball believed would never be beaten. The…
Biden Warns US Will Act On China After Balloon Downing
President Joe Biden vowed Tuesday he would not hesitate to defend US interests against China after he ordered the downing of a suspected surveillance balloon but, delivering his State of…
Four Girls Booked For Driving Young Man To Suicide
Four girls have been booked for abetment to suicide after the death of a 24-year-old Dilip Kumar, who had ended his life allegedly due to a rape threat by one…
Turkey-Syria earthquake: Death toll nears 10,000 as rescuers race against time
About 9,457 people have been confirmed dead from the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday. While the death toll in Turkey has risen to 6,957, Syria says about…
What We’ll Do If Hoodlums Snatch BVAS On Election Day – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday revealed the action to be taken if hoodlums snatch the Bimodal Voter Registration Systems (BVAS) on election day. According to the electoral…
JUST IN: INEC chairman briefs FEC on elections plans amid naira, petrol scarcity
Mahmood Yakub, chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is currently briefing the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. Also expected to brief the council is…
BREAKING: Supreme court restrains FG from effecting Feb 10 deadline on old naira notes
The supreme court has temporarily restrained the federal government from banning the use of the old naira notes from February 10, 2023. A seven-member panel of the apex court led…
Wike accuses Ayu of lying, plot to blackmail G-5 Governors
Governor Nyesom Wike has said Iyorchia Ayu, the Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP lied when he said some of his colleagues in the G-5 Governors’ Forum are reaching out…
Naira, fuel crises: TUC asks Buhari to end suffering of Nigerians
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to give a marching order to the Central Bank of Nigeria and the commercial banks to make the…
ICPC arrests bank managers over ‘stashed’ N258m new naira notes
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said its operatives have arrested Regional and Service managers of Sterling Bank over the sum N258m new naira notes discovered…
Oyebanji presents N130 million gratuity cheques to LG, school retirees
…Reiterates commitment to workers’ welfare Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji on Tuesday distributed gratuity Cheques of 130 million naira to another batch of retired Local Government workers and Primary…
2023: IGP orders posting, redeployment of DIGs, AIGs, CPs
Ahead of the forthcoming general elections, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the redeployment/posting of Deputy Inspectors-General of Police, DIGs, Assistant Inspectors-General of Police, AIGs, and…
Jonathan loses uncle
Former Nigeria’s President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, has lost his uncle, Elder Omieworio Afeni. Aged 87, Elder Afeni who died in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital at the weekend after a…