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  The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has urged Nigerians of Igbo ancestry who desire to participate in the general elections to vote for any candidate of their choice. IPOB made this assertion in a statement by its spokesperson, Emma ...

  Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday defended his administration’s currency redesign policy, which is causing hardship for millions of Nigerians. Mr Buhri admitted the difficulties the policy is causing but also listed what he said are the successes achieved so ...

  The Delta State Police Command has taken into custody persons described as “unguided youths/miscreants” following the unrest over naira scarcity. Scores of youths on Wednesday, in opposition to the non-availability of new naira notes, burned banks and vehicles. Some ...

  The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has disclosed that out of the banknotes held outside the banking sector, N2.1 trillion had been successfully retrieved since the beginning of the naira redesign policy introduced by the Central Bank of ...

  With a few days to the February 25 presidential election, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has ruled out any last-minute deal or truce between the G5 and the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. ...

  Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has ordered the arrest of his predecessor, Adams Oshiomhole, over his alleged role in a protest that led to the destruction of banks and the death of no fewer than three people in ...

  The United Kingdom has issued another travel advice to its citizens in Nigeria, the second in four months. In the information updated on Wednesday, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, FCDO, warned against areas where there are banks and ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari, again, met with the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja yesterday.   The meeting, reportedly held at the Residence inside the Villa, before the ...

  The Kano State Fire Service on Wednesday said it rescued a newborn baby thrown inside a latrine by an alleged mentally challenged mother, (name withheld) at Sabon Titi quarters, Gidan Kankara in Kano. This is contained in a statement ...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested Chidozie Kingsley Nwachi for allegedly defrauding an American, Nicole Kierulff Sayers, after false marriage. Nwachi was nabbed in Abuja on Wednesday after Sayers alleged that the suspect lured her into ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari is considering directing the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to allow only the old N200 remain legal tender until April 10, 2023, in order to improve currency circulation in the country and ease pains experienced by ...

  At least three people were feared dead and several others injured in protests over the scarcity of the new naira notes in Benin City, Edo State, on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses told journalists the angry protesters blocked major roads including the ...

  South Africa declared a national disaster on Monday as floods hit seven of its nine provinces, damaging roads and bridges and leaving at least seven people dead. Heavy rains have hit large parts of the country, and the deluge ...

  The Kano State Police Command has arrested two men, parading themselves as journalists, for allegedly defrauding a rice trader of N33,000. The 30-year-old suspects, Mujahid Kabir and Abba Imam, were alleged to have, on February 2, 2023, generated a ...

  Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) across the country yesterday started rejecting the old naira notes despite the Supreme Court order extending the deadline till tomorrow, February 15 when an action would most likely be taken. Daily Trust findings across several ...

  A gunman who killed at least three people and wounded five on a US university campus shot himself dead Monday after a massive police manhunt. Thousands of students at Michigan State University were ordered to shelter in place after ...

  The Rivers State Police Command on Monday said an investigation had commenced to track down the suspects who killed a mother of two, Chigbewejim Steward, in Abarikpo community, in the Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State. Punch ...

  A former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode has recounted his ordeal with the Department of State Services (DSS), describing it as “tough”. The chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was questioned by the agency over his claims that ...

  The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has arrested the officials of the Abuja head office of Sterling Bank over “N258 million” new notes “stashed” in the bank’s vault. In a statement on Tuesday, ...

  Latest epidemiological report by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has shown that there have been 216 confirmed cases of diphtheria in the country, with 40 deaths recorded as of the fifth week of this year. ...

  As the currency redesign policy continues to generate confusion across the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria has vowed to clamp down on Point of Sale owners, who have turned themselves to payment agents, to take advantage of members ...

  A romance novelist who was arrested after leading police on a 24-mile chase through a Wyoming national park last month has gone missing after being released from jail. Faleena Hopkins, 52, was arrested on January 27 after a police ...

  A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Monday conceded that he was wrong by failing to clarify things with relevant authorities before making his controversial statement. The Director of Special Projects and New Media for the All Progressives ...

  Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of the Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday sentenced a 20-year-old man, Nojeem Badmos, to death by hanging for armed robbery. Badmos was arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy to commit robbery and armed robbery, ...

  The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Monday met with the Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Gani Adams, in Lagos. Obi was also at the Computer village, Ikeja area of Lagos State for his presidential campaign. ...