A legal practitioner, Femi Adedeji, has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria to provide proof of its claim that the new naira notes were mopped up by politicians or face litigation. In a letter titled, “Request for information on disbursement of new naira notes to commercial banks” and dated February …

LESS than one week to the presidential and National Assembly elections, the G-5 governors led by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State have failed to adopt a presidential candidate, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. Wike, Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, and their counterparts from Abia, Enugu and Oyo states; Governors Okezie Ikpeazu, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi …

NIGERIA’s high fertility rate is associated with increased insecurity, banditry, underemployment, and maternal and infant mortality in the country, experts have said. Nigeria’s fertility rate, which is said to be 5.3 births per woman, is one of the highest in the world. The fertility rate is the number of children …

SOME Deposit Money Banks on Saturday opened their branches to customers for the purpose of collecting old N500 and N1,000 notes for deposit into their accounts. This was contrary to the claim by the Central Bank of Nigeria that it did not instruct the banks to continue to collect the …

THE Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo, has directed his men to abstain from human rights violations while going about their duties. This is as he warned them against taking laws into their hands in any given circumstance, adding that such an act could bring disrepute to the …

MINISTER of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has said the All Progressives Congress will win the February 25 presidential election, because it is the most popular party in Nigeria. Keyamo, also a spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, stated this when he appeared at the …

HELICOPTER-borne United States troops working with Syrian Kurdish-led forces on Saturday captured an Islamic State provincial official in Syria, the US military said. The IS official, identified as Batar, was “involved in planning attacks on… detention centers and manufacturing improvised explosive devices,” the US military’s Central Command said.Neither civilians nor …

Condoles families of currency swap protests. AS campaigns of various political parties across the country turn the corner to the last mile of the runway to the February 25, 2023 presidential and parliamentary elections, Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has sent high praise and tonic …

WITH China’s dropping of its “zero-COVID” policy, makeshift quarantine centres and testing booths are being repurposed as mini-libraries, information points or even housing. Since Beijing suddenly abandoned its hardline virus control measures in December after almost three years, cities across China have been left with tens of thousands of the …

A former President of the Senate, Pius Anyim, said he was at no time part of the G5 governors. He also affirmed his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party. The former lawmaker disclosed this late Friday in a statement he signed and made available to journalists in Abuja. The G5 …