A Civil Society Organisation has demanded the release of the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, from the Economic and Financial Crime Commission’s custody. Convener of the Coalition of Civil Society for Defence of Human Rights, Yusuf Maje, made this known at a ‘Free Emefiele Rally’ held in Abuja on…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has clarified that the old 200, 500, and 1000 naira notes would continue to be legal tender even after December 31, 2023. Recall that in October 2022, former CBN governor Godwin Emefiele had unveiled plans to redesign the N200, N500, and N1,000 notes, urging citizens to deposit their old…
The Vice Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra state Prof Charles Okechukwu Esimone, has approved the immediate suspension of Nwafor Osborne Ogbonnaya (Nwafor Ogbonnaya Nwesuzor) for six months over the allegations of presentation of a forged and fake degree result to the University. The six months suspension is to enable the university authority carryout…
The Federal Capital Territory Administration expressed due displeasure on the illegal conversion of the Cyprian Ekwensi Centre for Arts and Culture complex in Garki, Abuja, into a drinking joint by shop owners. The Mandate Secretary, Social Development Secretariat, FCTA, Mr Ibrahim Masari, expressed their displeasure and gave a stern warning during an emergency meeting with…
On Thursday, officers of the Australian Police force apprehended the woman suspected to be the mastermind of the mushroom meal mystery, that left three people dead and a local preacher fighting for his life. Erin Patterson’s arrest is the latest action in the developing story which took place in the small rural town of Leongatha,…
About five persons have been reportedly injured in an accident that occurred around the Redemption Camp area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway when a vehicle allegedly belonging to ADRON Homes and Properties somersaulted due to the unfortunate explosion of the vehicle’s tyre. An eyewitness identified simply as Quadri disclosed this to news correspondents. According to Quadri,…
300 shops were reportedly destroyed in a fire accident that razed the Ladipo plank market, Orile-Iganmu area of Lagos State on Wednesday. The spokesperson for the Lagos State Fire Service, Amodu Shakiru, confirmed this to the media in an exclusive interview. Sources at the scene of the fire accident gathered that the shops which were…
A good number of cocoa farmers at the Oluwa Forest Reserve in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State have reportedly called on the state Commissioner of Police, Asabi Abiodun, to rescue them from the alleged attacks by some suspected hoodlums. The farmers lamented that the attacks against them began after the state High Court…
Alhaji Yahaya Bello, the executive governor of Kogi state, on Wednesday received a delegation from the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, to offer condolences over the death of the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Dr Ado Ibrahim. This was contained in a statement issued late Wednesday night by the Chief press secretary to the governor, Onogwu…
Anambra State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Mrs Ify Obinabo has rescued about twenty girls between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five at a brothel in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of the State. The raid was done in collaboration with the police following a tip-off from a whistleblower. Two among the…
