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Mr Aregbesola said the mass migration is having a huge impact on the functions of his ministry. Over 300 Nigerians have renounced their citizenship in the last 16 years, with over half of them renouncing last year, an official said Thursday. “Down to those Nigerians who renounce their citizenship, so far we have registered a total of 309,” said Shuaib …

As the deadline for the cessation of old notes closes in, many business owners and customers across Lagos have started rejecting the old notes for the fear of being caught up by the CBN directive possession of the notes. This is coming after the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, insisted that i January 31 deadline remains sacrosanct for old notes. Speaking during …

• Gbajabiamila threatens Emefiele with arrest over non-appearance• We’re bound by CBN’s guidelines, banks tell Reps• NLC charges CBN to extend deadline• Don approaches court to restrain CBN, Emefiele on deadline• CBN unfazed, unveils Domestic Cash Scheme• Buhari’s visit hampers business activities, naira swap in Katsina• Bank workers counts bulk cash manually as machines breakdown• Scarcity of new notes threatens …

The March 11 governorship election in Kaduna State, north-west Nigeria, may be the keenest in recent times. Kaduna is among the 28 states where governorship elections will hold on that date. According to the figures INEC released recently, the state has about 4.3 million registered voters. The state is strategic because it is considered the political capital of the North. It …

Former president, Chief  Olusegun Obasanjo has said no leader can create a new Nigeria overnight stressing that ascension to political offices does not empower incumbents to destroy the policies and programmes of their predecessors. He spoke, yesterday, at the International Conference on ‘Deepening Democratic Culture and Institutions for Sustainable Development and Security in Nigeria’ in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Obasanjo …

Commercial banks in Nigeria have extended their workdays to weekends for customers to deposit their old naira notes. The action is to help customers meet the Tuesday, January 31 deadline set for the collection of old naira notes by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele. With Emefiele and the CBN unwilling to extend the deadline, many fear …

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has said the repeated attacks on Nigerian correctional centres could be linked to climate change and ‘global crisis.’ Mr Aregbesola said this at the 64th session of the State House Ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, on Thursday. At the event, the minister was asked what …

Governor Ademola Adeleke-led administration in Osun State came to a hurting halt on Friday as the Osun Election Petitions Tribunal sacked him from office. His stay in office lasted a mere 62 days! Ademola Adeleke While annulling the July 16 Osun governorship poll results, the tribunal held that the Independent National Electoral Commission did not comply with the provisions of the …

The Federal Government has stated that the Nigeria-Niger Republic rail project would boost trade and other socioeconomic interactions between both countries. A statement by the Director, Press and Public Relations of the Ministry of Transportation, Henshaw Ogubike, said the minister in charge of the ministry, Mu’azu Sambo, stated this in Abuja at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on …

The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, on Friday, faulted the judgment of the Osun State Election Petitions tribunal which sacked Governor Ademola Adeleke, describing it as a “black market purchased judgment”. CUPP, in a statement by its Co-National Spokesperson, Mr Mark Adebayo said: “We are not perturbed because justice will eventually be done on this case. The same way …