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  The Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Kalu, on Wednesday said Nigerians are not ready for a president from the Igbo extraction ahead of the forthcoming election. Speaking on the 2023 general elections in a Channels Television programme, ‘The ...

  The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed the second peace accord ahead of Saturday’s poll. Other presidential candidates also signed in a ceremony witnessed by President Muhammadu Buhari. Former South African President, Thabo Mbeki; ...

  The distribution of electoral materials to the twenty local governments in Lagos State by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) started on Monday at the Central Bank of Nigeria. The distribution was done by the State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Wednesday cautioned voters against the use of mobile phones at the polling units during Saturday’s election, declaring that it is a criminal offence. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Ogun State, Niyi ...

  The Court of Appeal sitting in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, has affirmed Biodun Oyebanji as the winner of the governorship election held on June 18, 2022 in the state.   Delivering the judgment on Tuesday, a three-member panel of ...

  The British High Commissioner to Nigeria Catriona Laing has listed raising taxation among three things Nigeria’s next president should focus on. Laing was speaking on Tuesday when she was featured on Channels Television’s election programme The 2023 Verdict. “There ...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today, February 20, 2023 arraigned one Emmanuel Adedeji Esekhaegbe before Justice Mohammed Nasir Yunusa of the Federal High Court Kano on an eight count charge of impersonation and stealing. The defendant allegedly stole ...

  Operatives of Ekiti State Amotekun Corps have arrested a man, identified as Celestine, with fake new N1, 000 notes amounting to about N250, 000. Celestine, who claimed he is an Anambra State-born Lagos-based businessman, said he was travelling from ...

  As early as 6 am this morning, Nigerians have thronged various commercial banks in Delta State in search of Naira notes. The same thing also applied in many states according to sources. The situation has remained the same for ...

  The Nigerian Railway Corporation on Tuesday announced that rail services would be suspended ahead of Saturday’s elections, from February 25 to Monday, February 27. Spokesperson for the railway corporation, Mahmood Yakubu, made the announcement in a statement, saying the ...

  Former National Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress, Adams Oshiomhole has publicly tackled President Muhammadu Buhari over his government’s Naira redesign policy. The former Edo Governor made his outburst at Jattu market in Auchi Edo North, saying Buhari ...

  Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje has said the effect of the currency redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN and the attendant cash crunch problem on the people of Kano is like that of a virus similar to Covid. ...

  Gunmen on Tuesday night attacked a popular Radio Station, Wish FM 99.5 and the Atlantic Television Network in Ozuoba, in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, with explosive devices suspected to be dynamite as well as sporadic ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has convened a National security council meeting at the State House.   The meeting which has all security chiefs in attendance, comes barely two days before the general elections and is expected to review the current security ...

  The Federal High Court has declared a short break to enable its judges to vote in Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections. The break, according to a circular signed by the Chief Judge of the court, John Tsoho, would ...

  Kebbi State Police Command has arrested three persons in possession of fake new currency notes worth N17 million, reasonably suspected to be counterfeit.   Addressing newsmen at the headquarters, yesterday, the state’s Commissioner of police, Ahmed Magaji Kotangora, said ...

  Two hunters, whose names have not been ascertained, have discovered a bag full of Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, in a forest in Nnewi, Anambra State. This is coming just three days to the all-important general election in Nigeria. The ...

  Former Governor of Abia state and senator representing Abia North in the national assembly, Orji Uzor Kalu has said that he and his family are suffering over the Naira redesign and cashless policy, TGB reports. Appearing on a Channels ...

  An official of the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, slumped and died on Monday while on a queue at a branch of Wema Bank located inside the institution’s main campus in Ojo area of Lagos. The deceased, Johnson Adesola, ...

  The Lagos government has directed schools to observe the mid-term break for the 2022/2023 second-term academic session. Director General, Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA), Abiola Seriki-Ayeni disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. The directive followed the amended ...

  The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday evening removed a House of Representatives member, Micheal Enyong, as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for Akwa Ibom State. In his place, the court restored Mr Umo ...

  Unknown gunmen on Tuesday burnt an elderly woman to death at Amagu Ihube community in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State. The woman was burnt when the gunmen razed down several homes, including that of Emeka Okoronkwo, the ...

  The United Kingdom has said that its Visa Application Centres in Abuja and Lagos will be closed on Friday and next Monday, following the general election scheduled for February 25. The UK Visas and Immigration disclosed this via its ...

  Nigerian First Lady, Aisha Buhari has disowned the post on her Instagram and Facebook page alleging that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, ordered Deposit Money Banks to collect the old N500 and 1000 notes. Aisha, who blamed the ...

  Following reports that the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, raided the home of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and recovered N400billion, the commission on Sunday denied the reports. ...