Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has ordered the arrest of his predecessor, Adams Oshiomhole for allegedly mobilising thugs to vandalise banks and disrupt the peace of the State over the naira scarcity. Obaseki, in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, on Wednesday, said, “We …
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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has described the naira redesign by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, as the worst policy by President Muhammadu Buhari. Ortom said the naira redesign policy would sink Buhari’s image forever if he allowed it to remain. Urging Buhari’s government to review the policy …
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB on Wednesday announced the extension of its 2023 UTME registration exercise by one week. A statement issued by LAMB’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, said the development takes effect from Wednesday, February 15 to February 22nd. According to the statement: …
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Two Abuja-based legal practitioners have dragged President Muhammadu Buhari, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and five others before a Federal High Court in Abuja seeking enforcement of their fundamental rights against the newly introduced cashless policy. The two lawyers, Ayodele Ademiluyi and Aare Oladotun Hassan are praying the court …
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Ahead of the general elections, Young Progressives Party, YPP, in Plateau State has collapsed its structures into the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The YPP, subsequently said it will support PDP candidates at all levels in the upcoming general elections. Chairman of the PDP in Plateau state, Chris Hassan, received the …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said that all the National Assembly candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ekiti State are authentic and cannot be replaced. INEC made this known in a six-paragraph Affidavit of Facts released on February 13, 2023, in response to Suit Number HAD/12/2023, …
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The Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, ratified a resolution to procure electronic cargo tracking devices for port operations in the country. As the meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari, the cabinet members deliberated on the memo presented by the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu …
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Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, dismissed the bid by Nigerians in Diaspora to vote in the 2023 general elections from their respective countries of abode. The Judge held that there were no provisions in the laws of the country to support the …
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Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has reacted to the Wednesday protests which rocked the Udu areas of the State, resulting in the death of two persons and the burning of two commercial banks over naira notes scarcity. Newsextra24 reported that protesters were on a rampage destroying and vandalising commercial banks’ assets …
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The New Nigeria Peoples Party NNPP has said the future of Nigeria lies in the hands of the youths. NNPP gubernatorial candidate in Jigawa State, Malam Aminu Ibrahim Ringim stated this while addressing the party’s supporters at a rally in Babura local Government on Tuesday. He said for the whole …
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