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. —All old notes to be deposited in banks by Feb.17 President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the request by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for the extension of the deadline for swapping old Naira notes to the redesigned ones to February 10. The CBN has before now given a January 31 deadline for the exchange of old naira notes …

Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has accused his arch-rival and presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his party of cloning the websites of two newspapers to spread fake news in the Hausa language against his own aspiration. Tinubu made the allegation on Sunday in a statement …

The Central Bank of Nigeria has extended the deadline for the swapping of old naira notes with the redesigned ones till February 10, 2023. The CBN stated this in a release on Sunday. The apex bank said it added “a 10-day extension of the deadline from January 31, 2023, to February 10, 2023, to allow for the collection of more …

A day after the public release of video showing the horrific police beating of Tyre Nichols, the Memphis police department announced it is permanently deactivating the unit that five of the involved officers belonged to. The SCORPION unit, launched in 2021, was tasked with tackling rising crime in the city, but has been heavily criticized in the aftermath of the …

US, UK, France and Germany have condemned in the strongest terms the Syrian regime’s repeated use of chemical weapons, demanding that the Assad regime immediately comply with its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and relevant UN Security Council resolutions.  Syria, they demanded must fully declare and destroy its chemical weapons program and allow the deployment of OPCW staff …

…As govt urges compliance with preventive protocols Edo State has confirmed eight more cases of Lassa fever, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 115. The Edo State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akoria Obehi, who disclosed this to journalists in Benin City, said the state also recorded one more death from the disease, raising the fatality …

*Converts premises to campus of Edo University, Uzairue Edo State government has taken full control of the Federal Government Technical College, Uhenisi, in Uhunmwonde Local Government Area, after the institution was handed over to the state by the Federal Government, the State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki disclosed at the weekend. Obaseki added that the college has been converted to a …

Kindly share this story: Some major roads in Osogbo and Ilesa were on Saturday blocked by protesters, said to be displeased with the decision of the Election Petition Tribunal that sacked Senator Ademola Adeleke as governor. The protesters, who prevented vehicular movement along Osogbo/Ikirun road, also blocked Gbongan/Osogbo road to traffic and beat up many commercial motorcyclists that were operating …

Kindly share this story: Director-General of FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Alhaji Abbas Idriss, has condemned the attack on the fire service men and vehicles that responded to a fire call at Enya filling (gas) station, Halli Brothers, Wuse Zone 1 Abuja on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the filling station went in flames at about …

•On character, competence, capacity he has no contest With her appearances at the ObiDatti movement campaigns marked by trendy dance moves and crowd-moving eloquence, no one needs to be told that Aisha Yesufu means business in her quest for good governance. . As a civil rights activist, Yesufu’s support for any government, according to her, is usually based on competence …