The Director of the Centre for the Promotion Of Private Enterprise, CPPE, Dr Muda Yusuf, said Nigeria’s economy had lost an estimated N20 trillion to the Naira crisis. In a statement on Sunday, CPPE called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, …
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Amotekun Nabs Suspected Robbers, Kidnappers, Rapist In Ondo
Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, otherwise known as Amotekun, have apprehended a suspected robber for stealing motorcycles in the state. The suspect, Olamide Wasiu, 35, who was paraded at the Amotekun office on Monday, was said to have stolen over 100 motorcycles within three months in Ondo …
Read More »Ibadan-Based Radio Presenter Dies While Trekking To Work
The scarcity of the naira notes, currently affecting a majority of Nigerians negatively took another dimension at the weekend when an Ibadan-based radio presenter died on his way to the station. The radio presenter popularly known as Baba Bintin died on his way to Fresh FM on Saturday. The deceased …
Read More »NDLEA Website Crashes Amid Recruitment Exercise
The website of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has crashed amid the commencement of a recruitment exercise. Checks by Newsextra24 on Monday found that the agency’s website indicated ‘500 internal server errors. The agency’s recruitment application began on Sunday and was expected to last for two weeks. However, for hours …
Read More »Tinubu’s Victory Not God’s Will – Peter Obi
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi has said the victory of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu is not the will of God. Obi said God’s wish was for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct a credible, free and fair election. Featuring on Arise Television’s Morning …
Read More »Fire Razed Down Popular Foodstuffs Market In Kano
An early morning fire has razed down some parts of a popular foodstuffs market, known as singer in Kano State. An eyewitness told us that the fire started late in the night and continue to destroy shops and warehouses, on Monday. He said the fire could not be quenched until …
Read More »I Didn’t Contest To Make Tinubu President – Peter Obi To Keyamo
The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi on Monday rubbished claims that he helped the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu, win the just-concluded presidential election. Obi said he contested the presidential election to win and not to help Tinubu’s emergence. He was reacting to a remark by the Minister of Labour …
Read More »NSCDC Expresses Readiness To Arrest, Prosecute People With Fake Money
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has expressed its determination to continue to arrest and prosecute those producing and circulating fake redesigned Naira notes in the country. Ahmed Audi, the Commandant-General of the corps, lamented that the number of those involved in the circulation of the fake money …
Read More »NYSC Warns Against Unauthorised Use Of Corps Uniforms, Logo, Others
The management of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has said that it is compelled to bring to the notice of the general public the dangers of unauthorized use of NYSC uniform, logo, lyrics, literature and other intellectual materials associated with the Scheme. The Scheme said it is greatly disturbed …
Read More »Naira Redesign Has Damaged Your Credentials, Respect Supreme Court – ACF To Buhari
The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, says the naira redesign has damaged the credentials of President Muhammadu Buhari as a democrat. The forum said the scarcity caused by the naira redesign might lead to a breakdown of law and order in Nigeria. In a statement on Sunday, the forum’s Secretary-General, Murtala …
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