UK-based Nigerian falls asleep at wheel after almost 3 days of driving, kills man
A Nigerian-British taxi driver, Kolawole Erunkulu has been jailed for six years after falling asleep at the wheel and causing a crash that killed a 59-year-old man in Surrey, England.
Breaking: CBN directs banks to pay redesign naira notes over-the-counter
“The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has observed, with grave concern, the activities of persons who sell the newly redesigned banknotes and those who flagrantly abuse the legal tender by hurling wads of Naira notes in the air and stamping on the currency at social functions.
CBN directs banks to pay redesigned naira notes over-the-counter
“The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has observed, with grave concern, the activities of persons who sell the newly redesigned banknotes and those who flagrantly abuse the legal tender by hurling wads of Naira notes in the air and stamping on the currency at social functions.
El-Rufai: Elements in Aso Villa want APC to lose elections
Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State said yesterday that some elements in the Presidency were working assiduously to ensure the failure of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in ths month’s presidential elections.
Naira Redesign: Hardship, anger as old, new notes remain elusive
Contrary to expectations, commercial and daily life activities across Nigeria came under new pressures, as scarcity of Naira notes worsened amidst equally worsening petrol supply crises, despite the extension of the deadline for acceptance of the old Naira notes as legal tender.
2023: We don’t have any preferred candidate — US Envoy
By Fortune Eromosele, Abuja The United States has said that it has no preferred candidate in the 2023 general elections, saying that the it has no plans to favour any candidate but seeks to support a free, fair and credible elections. The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, stated this during a one-day […]
Naira redesign: Don’t succumb to blackmail, Atiku urges Buhari, CBN
The Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has while praising the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, for the ten days extension for the new currency swap, urged the bank not to consider requests for further extensions.
Elections logistics in danger with fuel scarcity — INEC
FOLLOWING the continued scarcity of fuel across the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, raised the alarm that the development could hamper election day logistics.
We’re in talks, I may work with Peter Obi, Kwankwaso – Atiku
“Each party has its internal crisis, we are still talking with them. Most are neither in PDP nor in other parties and definitely that will not make us lose the election because we are okay with the election preparations for now.”
Old Naira: No Nigerian’ll lose money, Feb 10 deadline stands — Emefiele
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, has assured that no Nigerian will lose money under the Naira redesign project, adding that the project is in the overall interest of Nigerians and the economy.
CBN ‘ll continue to redeem old Naira notes after deadline, Emefiele tells Reps
… says law will be obeyed By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr Godwin Emefiele, has assured that the value of old Naira notes of 200, 500 and 1,000 will still be redeemed even after they have ceased to be legal tender by February 10 deadline. He said the redemption […]
