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  The Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Sokoto State Command, appointed Mr. Bello Argungu as commandant on Friday. The command’s spokesperson, Hamza Illela, made a statement about this in Sokoto. Illela claimed that Argungu’s return to duty came ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to sort out the crisis caused by the scarcity of new naira notes in the next seven days. Buhari, on Friday, said he has seen reports about cash shortages and the effect on local ...

  Residents of Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state have put up roadblocks and set up bonfires to air their displeasure over the lingering fuel and currency scarcity in the country. Kemi Filani News gathered that the protesters started a ...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) naira redesign, according to the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), is untimely. In a statement released on Friday in Abuja, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity APC PCC, stated ...

  The Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) has been given a mandate by President Muhammadu Buhari to increase its Assets Under Management from its current level of N18 trillion to at least N100 trillion over the course of the next ...

  Insp. Sunday Akagu, the sixth witness for the prosecution, testified before the Lagos High Court in the trial of Darambi Vandi, the alleged murder suspect of a Lagos-based lawyer who was fatally shot on Christmas Day. In his testimony ...

  The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Area Command, seized $6 million in counterfeit US dollars as well as other prohibited items. During a press conference on Thursday in Seme, Lagos, the command’s Area Controller, Comptroller Dera Nnadi, informed the media ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) governor of Taraba, Chief David Kente, believes his party has a good chance of winning the state’s March 11 election. In response to a Supreme Court ruling that invalidated the nomination of Emmanuel Bwacha as ...

  Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara says the Nigerian Shippers Council will soon commence the construction of a new Vehicles’ Transit Park and an Inland Dry Port in Gusau. Matawalle disclosed this through his Special Adviser, Public Enlightenment, Media and Communications, ...

  Mr. Vincent Ezekwueme, an activist, has urged Nigerians to let the principles and patriotism of the presidential election of June 12, 1993 guide them in casting ballots in the general elections. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), ...

  The remains of the late Emir of Dutse, Nuhu Muhammadu Sanusi were laid to rest on Wednesday amid tears at a public cemetery in Dutse. The burial of the First Class Emir at a public cemetery was done in accordance to ...

  Gov. Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger has expressed sympathy to the state’s citizens regarding the ongoing difficulty obtaining the newly designed naira notes. Alhaji Ahmed Matane, Secretary to the State Government, made a statement to this effect on Thursday in Minna. ...

  In preparation for the 2023 elections, the 16 gubernatorial campaign directorates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau have been officially inaugurated by the party’s regional chairman, Chief Rufus Bature. On Thursday in Jos, Mr. Sylvanus Namang, the ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has today, directed commercial banks to begin over-the-counter payment of the new naira notes to customers. This was contained in a statement signed by the bank’s Director of Corporate Communications, Osita Nwanisobi. The apex ...

  Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers has withdrawn a permit earlier issued to the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which sanctioned the use of Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium for a campaign rally scheduled for February 11. ...

  The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, seeking to restore the nullification of the participation of Osun State’s former Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, and his Deputy, Benedict Alabi, in the July 16, 2022 ...

The Federal Government says it is unaware of anyone in the presidency working against the victory of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, in the February 25 presidential election.   The governor of Kaduna state, Nasir ...

A data analyst identified as Mukoso Medidem has stunned netizens with how she wisely handled a school teacher who flogged her boy. In a Facebook post, Mukoso said during a school run on Tuesday, January 31, her son reported to ...

An infant was abandoned at a Tel Aviv airport by his parents, who tried to board their flight to Belgium without him after they failed to purchase a ticket for the child, authorities said.   The unnamed parents, who both held ...

A customer at an Alabama gas station found a human penis in the parking lot, according to cops.   The dismembered body part was found shortly after 6 a.m. Monday, Jan. 30, at a gas station on Interstate 10 in Mobile, ...

An Abuja-based Twitter user, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, with the handle @SimisolaGold and Twitter name Simisola of Lala, has been arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission for offering to sell the new Naira notes.   Omoseyin is ...

A 19-year-old has been arrested and charged in Iowa for a charity scam after faking cancer to get donations. The Eldridge Police Department booked Madison Russo on a first-degree theft charge this week, which carries a maximum sentence of up to ...

  The federal government has stated that it supports the US visa ban on Nigerians who try to undermine the 2023 elections.   The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed expressed this during a speech at the 20th Edition ...

  Jerry Achirkpi, the father of 9-year-old Precious Korchima, who was allegedly beaten to death by her guardian in Enugu State, has demanded justice.   The suspect, Mrs Ujunwa Ugwuoke allegedly beat the minor, who was her house help, to ...

  15-year-old Adriana Davidson has been found dead in her school at Ann Arbour, Michigan, three days after she was declared missing by her parents.   Adriana was reported missing on Friday, January 27, after she didn’t return home from school and friends not seeing her.   ...