Presiden t Muhammadu Buhari, has distance himself from the ongoing the cash crunch crisis facing the country following the Supreme Court Judgement allowing the N500 and N1000 old notes to circulate side by side with the new notes till December 3. The Presidency has clarified this in a statement said Buhari did not direct Abubakar Malami, the attorney general of the federation (AGF), and Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), not to obey the supreme court ruling on the naira redesign policy. Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President broke the…
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In the ongoing development over the reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System machines used during the presidential and National Assembly elections on 25 February will end on Monday. Also Read: IReV won’t fail during Guber Polls — INEC says The report, according to PUNCH said the Independent National Electoral Commission had postponed the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections scheduled to hold on March 11 to March 18 in order to be able to reconfigure the BVAS. Consequently, all activities pertaining to the polls were rescheduled, including inspection of sensitive materials at the Central Bank of Nigeria by…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has promised the Labour Party’s Legal Team that it will provide all the necessary documents for the party to prosecute its case. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave this assurance during a meeting with the legal team at the commission’s headquarters. Yakubu stated that INEC has nothing to hide and that all documents available at the commission’s headquarters would be provided immediately. He also revealed that they would be meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners to discuss how other documents at the state level could be made available to the legal team in…
The presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has warned Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State, to avoid speaking when intoxicated. In response to statement made by the governor while addressing his supporters in Port Harcourt, Atiku yesterday issued a warning in a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications, Phrank Shaibu. Also Read: Obi, Atiku and the BVAS Conundrum By Olusegun Adeniyi Atiku said :“Wike had, while addressing supporters at the Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State on Friday, stated that he was drinking a 40-year-old whiskey while he was watching members of…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, said he has no grudges with the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, regarding his declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as the winner of the 2023 presidential election. Obi stated this while speaking in an interwiew on Arise TV on Monday. He said: “I have no issues with Tinubu. He is somebody I have so much respect for as a brother and regard as a father. “I am only challenging the process through which INEC declared him as the President-elect. I have no issues with his declaration as the…
Arsenal powered five points clear at the top of the Premier League with a stylish 3-0 win at Fulham, while Casemiro was sent off in Manchester United’s 0-0 draw against struggling Southampton on Sunday. Mikel Arteta’s side had seen second-placed Manchester City close the gap with victory at Crystal Palace on Saturday. Also Read: After the Losing to Man City, Arsenal takes title fight to Villa The Gunners responded with the kind of composed display that has been the hallmark of their unexpected title charge. First-half goals from Gabriel Magalhaes, Gabriel Martinelli and Martin Odegaard – all set up by…
Although Nigerian sonorous singer, Temilade Openiyi fondly known as Tems did not win at the recently held 95th Oscars award for the collaboration she had on the song, “Lift Me Up” with superstar Barbadian singer, Rihanna; music producer, Ludwig Göransson; and Black Panther’s director, Ryan Coogler, she still shined bright like a diamond at the award night. The Academy Awards which is one of the most prestigious entertainment events had stars around the world dazzling in lovely outfits. However, some stars shined brighter than others with their glamorous outfits. Although the 2023 Oscars award has come and gone, it would be…
Chukwuma Soludo, Anambra governor, says the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed commercial banks to pay out old and new notes to customers. In a statement on Monday, Soludo said Godwin Emefiele, the CBN governor, confirmed the directive personally to him in a phone conversation, after meeting with the Bankers’ Committee over the weekend. Two weeks ago, the supreme court invalidated the naira redesign policy introduced by the CBN, citing a defective timing and implementation were defective. Commercial Banks have been ordered to resume collecting old and new N200, N500 and N1000 notes in line with the judgement of…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) yesterday vowed to continue to arrest and prosecute those involved in the creation and circulation of fake redesigned naira notes. Speaking in an interview with NAN in Abuja on Sunday, Ahmed Audi, NSCDC’s commandant-general, said the number of cases of fake naira notes circulation had become worrisome. Audi warned perpetrators to desist from the act, adding that the corps would not relent but continue to arrest and prosecute those involved in economic sabotage of the country. He said while interrogating most of the arrested suspects, it was deduced that the alleged fraudsters…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has modified the issues with the result viewing portal. The IReV portal was part of the technologies introduced by the commission to improve the transparency of the electoral process. The portal was, however, inactive for a long time, even after voting had ended in some polling units and as at the time of this report, not all results have been uploaded. Speaking on Sunday when he featured on Channels Television’s ‘Sunday Politics’, monitored by the Cable, Festus Okoye, INEC national commissioner, acknowledged that there were challenges with the portal on election day.…
Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has described as “false and malicious” reports that he was plotting against Bola Tinubu, the president-elect. He was said to be plotting with a “billionaire retired general” from the north and provided funds to Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivor, the governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Lagos state, to enable him defeat Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the incumbent. But in a statement issued on Monday, Isa Abdulmumin, CBN’s acting director of corporate communications, said Emefiele “does not take part in politics”. “The attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been drawn to…
Late Second Republic Senator, Franca Afegbua Nigeria’s first woman to be elected Senator, Franca Afegbua, has died at the age of 79. Her family confirms that the sad event occurred in the early hours of Sunday, March 12, 2023. Franca Afegbua was born in Okpella, in present-day Edo State. The beautician was elected in 1983 under the defunct National Party of Nigeria, NPN to represent the then Bendel North Senatorial District of old Bendel State in the Senate of the Second Republic. She had her tertiary education in Sofia, Bulgaria, and won an international hairstyling competition in 1977 before joining…