BREAKING EFCC Intercepts N32.4M Allegedly Meant for Vote-buying in Lagos
The massive operation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to deter vote trading and other financial malfeasance ahead of Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections may have begun paying dividends with the interception in Lagos of the sum…
2023 Elections: INEC Gives Fresh Updates On Cash Crunch, Insecurity, Vote Buying, Other
Ahead of the 2023 general elections commencing on Saturday amid cash crunch, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has spoken on the outcome of its request for cash from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and measures against vote buying….
Elections Will Hold Nationwide Despite Cash Crunch, Protests, Says INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured that the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly polls will hold nationwide despite the cash crunch and protests in some parts of the country. Following the re-design of the N200, N500 and…
2023: SDP Cautions Youths Against Protests, Says They Want Interim Government
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) Presidential Candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo has warned that there is an agenda to postpone the 2023 general elections and install an interim government in Nigeria. Adebayo disclosed this in a statement posted on his verified…
El-Rufai Counters Buhari’s Directive On Naira Note, Accuses Malami Of Misguiding President
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive limiting the legal tender status of old notes to only N200, describing it as a total disregard of the Supreme Court on the matter. He noted that the…
Ibrahim Ajia Commiserates with IGP, NPF Over AIG Lawal Tanko Jimeta’s Death
The candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Asa/Ilorin-West Federal Constituency in the forthcoming General elections, retired superintendant of Police Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed Ajia has joined well meaning Nigerians to commiserate with the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba,…
Alleged N3bn Scam: Kogi Governor’s Nephew, Others To Remain In Prison Until…
Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has adjourned ruling on the bail application filed by Ali Bello, nephew of the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, and four others in a N3 billion money laundering trial…
BREAKING: Supreme Court Restrains CBN, FG From Implementing Old Naira Notes Swap Deadline
The implementation of the February 10 Deadline of the old 200, 500 and 1000 naira notes to stop being legal tender has been halted by the Supreme Court of Nigeria. This is as the Supreme Court restrained the Federal Government…
EFCC Arrests Abuja Bank Manager for Hoarding N29m New Naira Notes
An Operations Manager of a leading Commercial bank in Abuja Central Area was today, February 6, 2023, arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Commission, EFCC, for refusing to load the Automated Teller Machines, ATMs, of the bank despite…
Kaduna, Kogi, Zamfara Govts Drag FG To Supreme Court Over Naira Scarcity
The governments of Kaduna, Kogi, and Zamfara states have dragged the Federal government before the Supreme Court, seeking a restraining order to stop the full implementation of the naira redesign policy in view of its effects the on the residents…
