The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is almost 90 per cent ready for the conduct of the 2023 general election. Mr Auwal Mashi, the Kaduna INEC Administrative Secretary said this on Thursday at a stakeholders meeting in Mellinium Hope, Kaduna. Mashi said that the commission held a...
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Lagos lawyer, Mr Monday Ubani, on Thursday, said the Supreme Court still had a duty to decide on whether its original jurisdiction was properly invoked in deciding on the naira swap. Ubani told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that although the Supreme Court possessed original jurisdiction in matters...
Destitute in Kaduna who rely on begging for survival say they have been turned to ‘PoS Operators’ as a result of the prevailing cash-squeeze. Explaining their ‘newly- found’ status to a Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the beggars said most people now gave them old Naira...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called on Nigerians to shun all kinds of protests ahead of the 2023 general election. Prof. Ishaq Akintola, Executive Director, MURIC made the call in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja. Prof. Akintola said: “The Central Bank...
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to dismiss a suit filed by three state governments challenging the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). In a preliminary objection filed by the AGF through his lawyers – Mahmud Magaji...
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, APC presidential candidate, says the Supreme Court ruling on the implication of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) re-designed naira notes and cashless policy has saved Nigeria from political and economic shutdown. Tinubu in a statement issued by Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential...
Some Nigerians, on Wednesday, lauded the Supreme Court’s ruling which invalidated the Feb. 10 deadline imposed by the Central Bank of Nigeria for the old N200, N500 and N1000 notes to cease to be legal tenders. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the seven-member panel of the...
The National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE) has threatened to withdraw the services of its members nationwide, following attacks on some commercial bank premises. It also said that it would not stop the withdrawal until the attacks on its workers were addressed and security ensured....
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Governor Abdullahi Sule, of Nasarawa State, has stormed the Masaka branch of the Union Bank, where he directed banks in the state to make funds available to its customers. Gov Sule, gave the directive today when he stopped over while on his way to...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily stopped the withdrawal of old Naira Notes from Feb. 10 A seven-member panel led by Justice John Okoro, halted the move in a ruling in an exparte application brought by three northern states of Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara. The three states had specifically...
The National Security Adviser (NSA) to the President, retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, has assured Nigerians that the 2023 general elections would be conducted in an atmosphere devoid of rancor. Monguno gave the assurance during his meeting with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and leadership of security agencies in...
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Tuesday barricaded the main entrance gate to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) office complex in Benin to protest the scarcity of new naira notes in the country. The protesters chanted solidarity songs, calling on the bank to make the new...
Zenith Bank has closed some of its branches in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and some states of the country due to alleged attacks on its staff and network. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who monitored some of the bank’s branches in the FCT, and environs and other...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The African Democratic Congress (ADC) Presidential Candidate, Mr Dumebi Kachikwu, says the insufficient circulation of the new Naira notes posed great threats to the country’s peace. Mr. Kachikwu in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said it was disheartening to see Nigerians endure long...
The PDP Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has told the Federal Government not to allow Nigerians to be made scapegoats “in the ongoing battle of titans over the redesign of the naira’’. Atiku made the appeal in a statement by his media aides in Abuja on Tuesday. He said...
Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara states have instituted a suit against the Federal Government seeking a restraining order to stop the full implementation of the Naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). In a motion ex-parte filed before the Supreme Court, the three states are praying the...
Some concerned Nigerians on Monday took to major roads in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, protesting against the lingering scarcity of fuel and new naira notes. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protesters, who had earlier assembled at the main gate of the University of Ibadan, later...
The management of Techno Oil Ltd. has directed its outlets nationwide to make fuel sales to motorists round the clock, to mitigate the hardships facing Nigerians currently. The Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mr Tony Onyeama, made the announcement on Monday in Lagos while speaking on the efforts...
Prof. Micheal Ezenwa, a Clinical Psychologist at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, has advised Nigerians to see the current situation in Nigeria as a transition period that will be over in no distant time. Ezenwa is the immediate past president of Nigerian Psychological Association and Country Coordinator, International Consortium...
Director-General, Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Mr Sola Obadimu says the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) should have introduced N5,000 note rather than redesigning old notes. Mr. Obadimu, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on...