THE Nigerian Bar Association on Friday announced plans to appoint nine additional judges to the Federal High Court apart from the 15 earlier approved as it published the list of the 60 lawyers who indicated interest. The NBA also called on members of the Bar and the public to submit …

The Director-General of the Labour Party Kaduna State Governorship Campaign Council, Tsahiru Bako, on Saturday, said only God can stop the party’s governorship candidate, Jonathan Asake, from winning the March 11 governorship election in the state. According to the DG, Asake is on a divine project, noting that the LP …

THE country home of Dr Nnaemeka Obiaraeri, the Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State House of Assembly candidate of the Labour Party, was in the early hours of Saturday attacked by unknown gunmen. His house, cars, and those of his father and uncles were burnt and destroyed by the …

Mock accreditation conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission is currently ongoing in the Federal Capital Territory. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu said the commission had taken delivery of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System machines for the election which had been tested to ensure its functionality, hence the need …

ISLAMIC cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, tells ALEXANDER OKERE why the plan by the Central Bank of Nigeria to curb kidnapping in the country through the redesign of the N200, N500, and N1,000 notes will not be effective With less than four months to the end of the regime of the President, …

Nnamdi Kanu’s Self-proclaimed Disciple, Simon Ekpa Threatens To Attack Banks In South-East Over Scarcity Of New Naira Notes   February 3, 2023   Ekpa issued the threat in a memo titled “Memo to Nigeria Banks Operating in Biafra Territory” where he gave all commercial banks in the region till February …

Police arrest two suspects for allegedly possessing and selling counterfeit N1000 notes   Police Operatives serving in Igbo-Eze South Division of Enugu State Command, on Thursday, February 2, have arrested one Joseph Chinenye aged 39 and Onyeka Kenneth Ezeja aged 29, both male and respectively of Iheakpu-Awka in Igbo-Eze South …

A 46-year-old man identified as Hassan Azeez has been arrested by men of the Ogun state Police Command, for allegedly pouring petrol on his wife and setting her ablaze, NEWSEXTRA24 reports.   A statement released by SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson of the state police command, says the suspect was arrested …

Kaduna State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Felix Hassan Hyat, has called on all eligible voters to collect their Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs). He made the call on Friday via a statement issued by Abraham Alberah Catoh, publicity secretary of the party. While noting that the extension of …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has expressed concern over difficulty experienced by Nigerians in getting the new naira notes. The VP on Friday in Abuja met with some players in the FinTech space to explore possible ways of mitigating the hardship. Osinbajo urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and …