Shock and anger took over Ondo State on Monday as banks across the State refused to accept the old Naira notes from residents. The residents, most of whom are traders, had neatly arranged the money they made all through the…
Most Rev. Lucius Ugorji, President Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), on Sunday, urged the Federal Government to review the new cash policy to ease the hardships it has caused Nigerians. Ugorji made the appeal at the opening of the…
The Department of State Services, DSS, has invited a spokesperson of the Bola Tinubu/ Shettima Campaign Council, Femi Fani-Kayode over claims that the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar met with some Service Chiefs and was…
Effective Policing : President Muhammadu Buhari set to commission NPF’S operational assets, Crowd Control Equipments on Monday. Operational vehicles includes Toyota Hilux, Zahab Classic, Mikano Rich-6, Anti-Riot Water Cannons, Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs). Others are Toyota Land Cruiser Prados, Toyota…
The Unity Advocacy Group (UAG), a civil society organisation, has told All Progressives Party (APC) spokesman Chief Femi Fani-Kayode not to drag the military into politics. The group sent this warning in a statement signed by its Convener, Ifeanyi Aigbedion,…
The Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 5, Lawan Tanko Jimeta, is dead. He died on Sunday morning at the Benin Teaching Hospital, Edo State after a brief but yet-to-be-disclosed illness. He resumed his appointment as…
The death toll has exceeded 24,150 across southern Turkey and northwest Syria a day after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said authorities should have reacted faster to Monday’s huge earthquake. Recue efforts have continued to go on following the Turkey-Syria earthquake…
Residents and motorists in Owerri, the capital of Imo State, are experiencing difficulties due to the massive garbage heaps that have taken over major roads and streets in the State. It was observed that some of the major roads in…
A cross-section of Nigerians has reacted to the Supreme Court’s decision to temporarily halt the move by the Federal Government to ban the use of the old naira notes from February 10, 2023. It was had reported on Wednesday that…
Erdogan said on a visit to the disaster zone that operations were now working normally and promised no one would be left homeless. The death toll from earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria this week passed 15,000 on Thursday amid…
The gatherings were largely peaceful until the arrival of police officers who killed a protester and injured several others. Pockets of crowd gathered at different corners of the Sapon area on Tuesday, singing songs of displeasure as they besieged the…
Following the scarcity of fuel and naira notes that have disrupted the socio-economic activities of Nigeria, residents of Ondo State in Ore Local Government Area on Tuesday protested over the development. The resident who appeared visibly frustrated over the lingering…
The death toll from a 7.8 magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks rose to more than 5,000 on Tuesday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of collapsed buildings. Turkey’s Vice President Fuat Oktay said the total number of deaths…
A Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court has restrained the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, from extending the deadline for the use of the old naira notes. The court also ordered the CBN to fully implement the redesigned naira. Eleojo…
Nigeria’s currency crisis has taken a new twist as some commercial banks shut down their operations on Monday over possible mob attacks from frustrated customers. Also, financial experts disclosed that the ongoing crisis is self-inflicted. For the past weeks, Nigerians…
The journey from Akure, Ondo State capital to Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital used to be between 25 to 35 minutes, but the deplorable state of the highway has elongated the distance to over 1 hour 30 minutes. Gradually, the hopes…
The Kogi State High Court in Lokoja has ordered the arrest and remand of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, in prison. Justice Rukayat Ayoola ruled that Bawa should be picked up and remanded…
Banks in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, have pegged cash withdrawals across the counter at N20,000 for lucky customers. It was reports, however, that the frustration of customers surrounding the new currency swap continues without any feasible end to the chaotic…
Scores of youths and students in Ibadan, Oyo State have staged another protest against the lingering scarcity of naira notes and petroleum. The Monday morning protest took off from the front gate of the University of Ibadan on Monday. The…
Police operatives in Lagos State on Sunday dislodged a camp set up at Alausa by some Yoruba Nation agitators in preparation for a massive protest. According to the State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, some of the agitators were…