First Bank, GTCO open Saturday, Sunday to collect old naira notes

First Bank of Nigeria Limited and Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) say their branches across the country will be open on Saturday and Sunday to receive old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes. First Bank and GTBank made this known via a notice to their customers on Friday. “This is to notify the general public that all […]

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BREAKING: Tribunal Declares Oyetola As Winner of Osun Governorship Election

The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo has declared candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) , Governor Gboyega  Oyetola   as the duly elected governor of the state. On July 17, the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC)  declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Adeleke as the winner of keenyl contested election But […]

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Ikonne, Abia PDP governorship candidate is dead

This was announced in a statement by his son, Dr Uche Ikonne, on Wednesday. The statement read, “I regret to announce the death of my dear father, Prof Eleazar Uchenna Ikonne, who died at the National Hospital Abuja today January 25, 2023 at 4 am after a brief illness “He was recovering after taking proper […]

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In Valuejet, passengers comfort is priority number one – Captain Majekodunmi

Captain Dapo Majekodunmi is the Managing Director of Valuejet, a start-up Nigerian airline. In this interview, he said the aim of the airline is to ensure that passengers get the best for their airfare through flawless and efficient service the carrier has set to offer. As a budding airline, what are those things that stand […]

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Osinbajo presides over FEC meeting

*Buhari attends AU meeting in Dakar In the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari, the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is currently presiding over this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting. The meeting which began at 10:00am is being held at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Present are the Secretary to Government of the Federation, […]

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Emefiele, CBN and Our Future By Reuben Abati

At some point later today, January 24, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, is bound to be back in the news as the CBN’s monetary policy committee (MPC) concludes its 289th meeting and offers its position on the future direction of the country’s macro-economic environment. Would the CBN adopt a further […]

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Fuel Scarcity: Buhari raises panel to tackle fuel distribution

  President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the constitution of a 14-man steering committee on petroleum products supply and distribution management. The steering committee will be chaired by Mr Buhari and the Minister of State for Petroleum Resource Timipre Sylva as the alternate chairman. Mr Sylva, in a statement by his media aide, Horatius Egua, said […]

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Gunmen kidnap WHO’s medical official in Mali

Mahamadou Diawara, a World Health Organisation (WHO) medical official leading efforts to provide health care to remote communities facing insecurity risks and violence, has been abducted by armed men in conflict-torn Mali. On Monday, Mr Diawara was taken from his car in the town of Menaka, located in an eastern region where militant groups linked […]

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Katsina declares work-free days to welcome Buhari

The Katsina State Government has declared Thursday 26, and Friday 27 January 2023 as work-free days to welcome President Muhammadu Buhari to the state.   The government said it declared the two-day public holidays to enable state, local government councils, and local education authorities’ workers to come out en masse to receive the president. This […]

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Burglars ransack MRA office in Lagos steal equipment worth millions

The Lagos office of a civil society group was “burgled and ransacked,” with equipment worth millions of Naira stolen, an official has said. Idowu Adewale, the communication officer of the Media Rights Agenda, in a statement on Monday said the incident happened over the weekend. “Media Rights Agenda (MRA) announced today that its office in […]

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