Foremost digital services company, Globacom, on Wednesday, February 1, 2023 presented another set of prizes to winners in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State in the on-going Festival of Joy promo. The venue of the presentation ceremony, Conoil Gloworld, Onitsha Bridgehead was filled to the brim with family members …
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BREAKING: Many Trapped As Shopping Plaza Collapses In Abuja
A three-storey building under construction in the Gwarimpa area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has collapsed with workers trapped, THE WITNESS reports. Witnesses told THE WITNESS correspondent that the building, a shopping mall, which was under construction opposite 7th Avenue Junction, Gwarimpa, collapsed at about 10:18 am on Thursday. …
Read More »BREAKING! CBN Orders All Banks To Start Paying New Notes Over The Counter
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed commercial banks to start paying the redesigned naira notes to customers over the counter. In a statement on Thursday, Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor, said the new directive was to alleviate the challenges that Nigerians are experiencing with getting access to the new …
Read More »New Naira Scarcity: Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina Border Residents Trade In CFA
Residents of border communities in states including Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Adamawa and Kwara have opted for the CFA franc following the scarcity of the new naira notes across the country. The residents, including traders and commercial drivers, are also rejecting the old naira notes, insisting that customers who do not …
Read More »Election Materials Destroyed In Anambra INEC Attack
Barely three weeks to the general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC said it’s in Idemili South Local Government Area Anambra state was on Tuesday morning attacked and set ablaze by unknown gunmen. Among the items lost to the inferno are 729 ballot boxes, 243 voting cubicles, 256 election …
Read More »Court Grants Kanu’s Request For Medical Care
The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, the permission to apply for an order of mandamus to compel the Department of State Service to allow him to have unfettered access to medical care. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/ 2341/2022, …
Read More »Wike Frustrated, Lacks Integrity Nwibubasa
The Peoples Democratic Party Campaign Council in Rivers State has taken a swipe at the state governor, Nyesom Wike, over the cancellation of the approval granted for the party’s presidential campaign in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The spokesman for the PDP PCC in the state, Dr Leloonu Nwibubasa, who stated this …
Read More »NNPC Pumps 67 Million Litres Of Petrol In Abuja
The queues for Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, cleared suddenly in most parts of Abuja, Niger, Nasarawa and other states on Wednesday, following the release of about 67 million litres of PMS by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to marketers. Virtually all the major filling stations that used to …
Read More »Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina Border Residents Trade In CFA
Residents of border communities in states including Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Adamawa and Kwara have opted for the CFA franc following the scarcity of the new naira notes across the country. The residents, including traders and commercial drivers, are also rejecting the old naira notes, insisting that customers who do not …
Read More »Real Madrid Reveals Squad To Face Valencia
Real Madrid manager, Carlo Ancelotti has named his team’s squad for their La Liga clash against Valencia on Thursday night. Ancelotti named 21 players to tackle Valencia at the Santiago Bernabeu in a post via Real Madrid’s official website. Real Madrid head to the game following a 0-0 draw against …
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