Sanwo-Olu, Lagos PDP sympathise with Funke Akindele on mother’s death

LifestyleNewsNigeriaSanwo-Olu, Lagos PDP sympathise with Funke Akindele on mother’s death

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 7, 2023

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has sympathised with the deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Lagos, Funke Akindele, over the death of her mother, Dr Adebanjo-Akindele. Sanwo-Olu commiserated with the Akindeles in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, on Tuesday. The governor’s condolence message read partly, “On behalf of my family and the good people of Lagos State, I hereby express my heartfelt condolences to the...

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Fire Destroys IDPs Camp, Renders Many Homeless

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFire Destroys IDPs Camp, Renders Many Homeless

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 7, 2023

An inferno that occurred around 11:00 am on Monday at Muna Garage Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Maiduguri, Borno State destroyed food items and other valuables in the thatched houses. The situation had rendered many inhabitants homeless, according to reports. One of the IDPs, Modu Zarami explained that the exact cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, though colossal damage was recorded in the inferno. “Nobody can say how the fire started,...

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2023: Yoruba council of elders, YCE  declares support for Tinubu

NewsNigeriaPolitics2023: Yoruba council of elders, YCE  declares support for Tinubu

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 7, 2023

With less than one month to the 2023 presidential election, a regional body in Nigeria, the  Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) has declared support for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in the forthcoming general elections. The group has stated that it is convinced that the track record of the former Governor of Lagos State, his detribalized disposition, his resourceful capacity for good management and his love for humanity...

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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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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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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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