The Kwara State Government has approved the release of N120 million as bail- out funds to four Tertiary Institutions in the state. A statement from the Press Secretary, Ministry of Tertiary Education, Mrs Mansurat Amuda-Kannike, said that the institutions are Colleges of Education in Ilorin, Oro and Lafiagi as well as the College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies, Ilorin. Amuda-kannike said that the state Commissioner for Tertiary Education Dr Alabi Afees-Abolore, disclosed that the approval was an intervention to aid the smooth running of the institutions. ”We will recall that several similar interventions of this nature have been witnessed…
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The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has directed Deposit Money Banks to collect old N500, and N1,000 notes from customers with reference code generated from its website. Multiple bank sources told Vanguard that the branches received a directive from the head office some hours ago that they should collect the old notes from their customers who have enrolled and generated reference code from the CBN website. A top CBN official confirmed the directive: “Yes we have directed them to collect the old N500 and N1,000 from customers.” Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari directed that the old N500 and N1,000 notes…
Afrobeats songstress, Tiwa Savage is set to make her acting debut as the lead cast in a new movie. The singing sensation will also be making her directing debut in the movie titled: ‘Water and Garri’. The title coincidentally happens to be the same with Tiwa’s second EP, which houses five tracks and was released in August 20, 2021. Also Read: Burma Boy, Tem, Rema to Headline at NBA All-Star Game 2023 In the movie, while in the city of Cape Coast in Ghana, the Number 1 African Bad Gyal plays the role of a fashion designer with a budding…
The Jigawa State Government has said the old naira notes remain legal tender in the state pending the judgment of the Supreme Court. The state Commissioner for Information, Youths Sports and Culture Bala Ibrahim Mamsa stated this in a statement issued to media organizations on Thursday. Also Read: Naira Redesign: Buhari Disobey Supreme Court order – Ozekhome According to him “Jigawa State is among the states before the Supreme Court of Nigeria the CBN and the court have issued an order “…restraining the CBN from suspending or determining or ending on the 10th of February, 2023 the time frame within…
Fighting erupted in some areas on the popular Lagos-Ikorodu expressway in Lagos State over the scarcity of the new naira notes and the hardship the policy has thrown Nigerians. On Friday morning, it was gathered that suspected louts in Mile 12, Ketu and Ojota areas on the expressway, took to the road attacking commuters and creating chaos. A driver, attached to one of the cab-hailing firms operating in the state who does not want his name mentioned over fears of harassment, said he had to turn into one of the streets due to the chaos. Tweeps, who shared details of…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, has said it is wrong for the President Muhammadu Buhari , to disobey the Supreme Court order on the old naira notes. The apex court had in an interim order restrained the Federal Government from suspending the acceptance of the old naira notes. But in a statement on Friday, Ozekhome described the order by the President as a ‘dicta, more in the form of a military Decree’. The statement partly read, “Buhari, in his broadcast on Thursday, February 16, 2023, unilaterally varied the apex court’s extant order of maintenance of status quo, by…
A new opinion poll conducted by the Nigerian Human Rights Community has indicated that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will win the February 25, poll. The group, consisting of 134 organisations, at a press conference addressed by its Secretary General, Taiwo Adeleye, in Lagos yesterday, projected that Tinubu would win based on the analysis of the preferences of 19,365 persons that its researchers surveyed in January. Also Read: Tinubu will be Blessing to Nigerians as President — Mustapha Abdullahi, TAG Convener It said, “The Nigerian Human Rights Community poll revealed that the presidential…
The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, made a state-wide broadcast Thursday night on the naira redesign, titled, Let us stand up strongly for democracy, peace and national unity. See the full text below; My dear people of Kaduna State, 1. With just about 100 days before leaving office, and elections just round the corner, it was my intention to host another media chat to interact with the people of our state in the next few days. While I still hope to do so, I feel the need to address you all today due to the unprecedentedly cruel situation…
Arsenal have no time to lick their wounds after losing top spot in the Premier League to Manchester City as the Gunners aim to snap a four-game winless streak at Aston Villa on Saturday. City must end Nottingham Forest’s five-month unbeaten run at the City Ground in the league if they are to maintain their momentum toward a fifth title in six seasons.Liverpool’s trip to Newcastle could have big implications on who finishes in the top four come the end of the season, while there is a huge relegation six-pointer at the bottom as Leeds visit Everton. AFP Sport looks…
The Deputy Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, APC-PCC, United Kingdom Chapter, Dr. Mustapha Abdullahi has said the emergence of the APC, Presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the winner of the forthcoming presidential poll will be a blessing to all Nigerians looking at his antecedents. Mr. Abdullahi, who is also the Convener, of The Asiwaju Group, TAG, made the disclosure, yesterday while addressing the newsmen at the Presidential Campaign rally held in Imo state. He applauded the Party to have fielded Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the party flag bearer which he hopes will deliver the party…
The National Basketball Association (NBA) yesterday announced that three Nigerian superstars, Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and record producer Burna Boy, 2023 Grammy Award-winning singer and Oscar-nominated singer and producer Tems and rapper and singer Rema, will headline the NBA All-Star Game 2023 halftime show with an Afrobeats-themed performance. A statement issued by the NBA further revealed that after the performance, the NBA family will honour LeBron James for becoming the league’s all-time scoring leader. The 72nd NBA All-Star Game will tip off at 8:30 p.m. ET (3:30 a.m. CAT) at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City and air on beIN…
Obaseki Calls for Oshiomhole’s arrest over Edo violenc Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state has ordered the arrest of his predecessor, Adams Oshiomhole, over his alleged role in a protest that led to the destruction of banks and the death of about three persons in the state. In a statement by the state Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare on Wednesday, Obaseki alleged that Oshimohole mobilised thugs to vandalise banks and disrupt the peace of the state over the naira scarcity. The statement reads partly, “We have been around the city all day, speaking with the protesters, and we…