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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has urged Nigerians of Igbo ancestry who desire to participate in the general elections to vote for any candidate of their choice. IPOB made this assertion in a statement by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, on Wednesday. Powerful was reacting to a threat issued via an audio by an alleged monarch of a Lagos community …

The Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed the validity of the use of old 200, 500 and 1000 naira notes. The apex court maintained that the February 8 hearing which paused the implementation of the February 10 deadline ban on the use of old naira notes still subsists. The clarification from the court followed a complaint by Abdulhakeem Mustapha (SAN), lawyer …

Violent protests have erupted in some states of the federation over the scarcity of old and new Naira notes. Footages obtained from netizens on Wednesday morning captured aggrieved protesters wielding clubs, matchetes and other dangerous weapons in Edo, Delta and Oyo states respectively. The aggrieved protesters were seen invading banks and destroying other public properties in the aforesaid states. Palpable …

More Anti-corruption Civil Society Organisations CSOs have joined over 120 others to continue with the agitation for the removal of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa. The CEOs, however, said they had uncovered plans by the EFCC boss to hurriedly raise what they called questionable groups all in the name of CSOs to protest …

A Lagos High Court presided over by  Justice Olukayode Ogunjobi on Wednesday ordered convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike (a.k.a Evans), to refund 233,000 Euros he collected as ransom from his victim, Donatus Dunu. The judge also ordered the convict to pay N50 million to Dunu as general damages. Onwuamadike and his gang kidnapped Dunu, a pharmacist on Feb. 14, 2017, …

The two regions account for about 55 per cent of the 240 polling units listed in the data released by INEC. Nigeria’s North-east and South-east zones have the highest number of polling units (PUs) where the coming general elections will not hold with 67 and 64 units respectively. Both regions account for 54.59 per cent of the total 240 PUs …

President Muhammadu Buhari, in a bid not to disobey the Supreme Court but at the same time find solution to the suffering of the masses on whose back he rode to office, is seeking for ways to extend 60 days concession till April 10th, 2023 for all old naira notes. According to an exclusive report by an online newspaper, TheCable …

Three people died on Wednesday in Benin, Edo State after a protest at the entrance of the state branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria turned violent. Residents who were still in possession of the old notes had stormed the CBN office early in the morning to collect the form to enable them to deposit their money as directed by …

Access Bank building Benin city on fire Protesters gathering up in front of the bank chanting “give us our money” Protesters destroys Zenith Bank building in Benin City UBA bank building in Benin City destroyed by Protesters this morning Details Later

The Presidency has said that neither the Federal Government nor the Central Bank of Nigeria had taken a stand on the continued use of the old N200, N500 and N1,000 notes as legal tenders seeing that the case is still pending before the Supreme Court, which will hear it today (Wednesday). The Senior Special Assistant to the President on media …