News as it breaks
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has confirmed the evacuation of banknotes from its vaults to commercial banks across the country as part of a coordinated effort to ease the circulation of banknotes of various denominations. The CBN has also directed all commercial banks to open for operation on Saturdays…
These are obviously not the best of times for the embattled former Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice and daughter, Sonia. Just yesterday, (Thursday) a United Kingdom court found him and wife guilty of organ trafficking. The couple were found guilty alongside a medical doctor, Dr. Obinna Obeta. They…
African Development Bank (AfDB) said it invested about US$ 5.2 billion in supporting and strengthening water and sanitation resilience for almost 97 million Africans in 10 years. A statement issued on AfDB’s website said the bank, since 2015, had invested an average of US$ 900 million yearly to support water…
Nigerian singer Simisola Kosoko, also known as Simi has stated that the 300 billion naira used for the elections should have been used to fix hospitals and schools. Simi made this known on her Twitter page on Monday while also stating her displeasure over the elections conducted by the Independent…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has approached the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, praying it to set aside the judgement that ordered it to allow electorates with Temporary Voter Cards, TVC, to vote in the Governorship and National Assembly elections billed for Saturday. In the legal process…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has admonished politicians against do-or-die politics ahead of the governorship and House of Assembly elections on Saturday. The former Nigerian President gave the admonition Thursday at Sampou community in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State shortly after paying a condolence visit to Governor Douye Diri…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said the reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voter Registration Systems (BVAS) would be completed by Tuesday in preparation for the March 18 governorship and state assembly elections. The National Commissioner of INEC, Festus Okoye disclosed this in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics on…
Two persons have been confirmed dead, while others sustained injury in an accident involving a train and a Lagos State BRT staff bus, Thursday morning, in Shogunle area of Ikeja. The two casualties, Vanguard gathered, were staff of the state government. It was learned that the blue staff bus was…
A front line aspirant at the APC Presidential Primary that produced Sen. Bola Tinubu as the party’s flag bearer, Tein Jack-Rich, has congratulated the president-elect and his running mate, Sen. Kashim Shettima, over their victory at the polls. Jack-Rich, an oil mogul and philanthropist, in a congratulatory said Tinubu’s victory…
Consequently, the CBN opened a portal for people with the old N500 and N1,000 notes to register how much they want to deposit and to get a reference code to confirm there registration.
