New naira notes:  CBN, EFCC enforce cash circulation compliance in Gombe

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNew naira notes:  CBN, EFCC enforce cash circulation compliance in Gombe

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 7, 2023

To ensure proper circulation of the new naira notes, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)  in collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission  (EFCC) visited some commercial banks in Gombe metropolis to monitor compliance with the circulation of the new naira notes in the State. Mr. Yusuf Philip-Yila, Director of, the Development Finance Department, CBN Directorate Headquarters, led the team, and also had in his team, personnel of the EFCC who were expected to...

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Anambra APGA Senatorial Candidate Declares Support For Peter Obi

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAnambra APGA Senatorial Candidate Declares Support For Peter Obi

PilotnewsFebruary 7, 2023

The Senatorial Candidate for Anambra Central Senatorial District in 2023 general election, under the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Honourable Dozie Nwankwo, said he is supporting the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, to actualize his quest to become the next President of Nigeria. Going back memory lane, he explained it was Peter Obi with Late Dora Akunyili that prevailed on him to join the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) years after...

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2023: DG NILDS charges security agencies to arrest, and prosecute violators of the electoral act

NewsNigeriaPolitics2023: DG NILDS charges security agencies to arrest, and prosecute violators of the electoral act

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 7, 2023

….Journalists tasked on credible election reports by German foundation Ahead of the 2023 general elections the Director General (DG)  of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman has called on law enforcement agencies to arrest and prosecute offenders of the 2022 Electoral Act. The DG said that in Abuja on Monday while addressing participants at a training workshop for the National Assembly press Corps organized by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS)...

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Census: FG Awards Over N85bn Contract To Zinox Technologies

BusinessNewsNigeriaCensus: FG Awards Over N85bn Contract To Zinox Technologies

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 7, 2023

National Population Commission (NPC) an agency of the Federal Government has signed a landmark deal with Nigeria’s leading integrated technology brand, Zinox, for the supply of tech components and other accessories for the 2023 national census project. The contract, worth over N85bn, was recently awarded to Zinox after ratification by the Federal Executive Council (FEC).Zinox, which has already commenced supply of the first batch of about 100,000 units of the Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) devices...

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Court halts PDP’s move to suspend, expel Gov. Wike

NewsNigeriaPoliticsCourt halts PDP’s move to suspend, expel Gov. Wike

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 7, 2023

Justice J. K Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to stop any untoward action aimed at suspending or expelling Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State from the party. The order was made upon an ex parte motion filed by Wike against the entire hierarchy of the PDP. Respondents in the motion marked FHC/ABJ/CS/139/2023, dated and filed on February 2, are the PDP, its National...

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Old naira notes: court bars CBN, Buhari from extending deadline

BusinessLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaOld naira notes: court bars CBN, Buhari from extending deadline

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 7, 2023

…As political party chairmen secure order barring a move to shift cash policy An Abuja Federal  High Court has restrained  President Muhammadu Buhari, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Governor of the CBN, Godwin Emefiele, and twenty-seven listed commercial banks from suspending, stopping, extending, or interfering with the currency redesign terminal date of February 10th or issue any directive contrary to the February 10 date. In a Motion by five out of the eighteen...

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NYSC Certificate Forgery: Enugu PDP Denies Allegation Against Guber Candidate

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNYSC Certificate Forgery: Enugu PDP Denies Allegation Against Guber Candidate

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 7, 2023

The allegation of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate forgery leveled against the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic  Party (PDP) in Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah has been denied by the party’s campaign council in the state. While describing the allegation as the conjecture of an indolent opposition and the last kick of a dying horse, the campaign council stated that the opposition party in Enugu State has since come to terms with the...

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Naira Redesign: three Northern States drag FG to S/Court

National SecurityNewsNigeriaNaira Redesign: three Northern States drag FG to S/Court

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 7, 2023

Considering the hardship posed to citizens in Nigeria regarding the naira redesign, three States in the Northern part of the country, Kaduna, Kogi, and Zamfara, have instituted a suit against the Federal Government at the Supreme Court, seeking a restraining order to stop the full implementation of the policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria  (CBN). According to the report the suit was filed on behalf of the plaintiffs by their lawyer, Abdul Hakeem Mustapha...

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Naira scarcity: POS operators in heavy profits, device means to source cash

BusinessMoneyNewsNigeriaNaira scarcity: POS operators in heavy profits, device means to source cash

PilotnewsFebruary 7, 2023

As both the new and old naira notes remain scarce around the country, operators of Point of Sale, popularly known as POS have become the new lords in Anambra State. This is because, while many people queue endlessly before bank Automated Teller Machines (ATM), and even fight themselves, even with no hope of getting cash, POS operators disburse cash to their customers effortlessly, so long as they agree to their charges. Before the redesigning of...

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President Buhari Inaugurates Agricultural Machinery, Equipment Development Institute

National DevelopmentNewsNigeriaPresident Buhari Inaugurates Agricultural Machinery, Equipment Development Institute

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 7, 2023

As part of efforts to make Nigeria, the West-Africa’s hub for the development of agro-allied industries, machines, and technologies, President Muhammadu Buhari has flagged off operations of the Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Development Institute (AMEDI) Lafia, Nasarawa state. The president commended the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) Prof. Mohammed Sani Haruna and his Management team for completing the project after the foundation laying ceremony in August...

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