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President Buhari Approves 2023 Transition Council

In line with the country’s Transition Law, President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the composition of a Presidential Transition Council to facilitate and manage...

GTCO Bank bars customer’s account since 2020 after notifying bank, police, account was used for N586, 000 fraud

A customer of GTCO Bank in Ibadan, Oyo State, has cried foul over some fraudulent transactions allegedly perpetrated by some yet-to-be apprehended nefarious...

FG challenges Supreme Court’s ruling on Feb.10 deadline on old banknotes

"The case is not a dispute between the federation and the state governments, but merely an issue about CBN’s policy" -- Malami

Just in: Kogi Governor’s wife, Rashida, nephew, others face EFCC’s N3bn fraud charge

Rashida, wife of Kogi Gov.Yahaya Bello, her nephew, Ali Bello, and three others were on Wednesday arraigned in Abuja over alleged fraud of...

Game over for those trying to disrupt the 2023 general elections – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday warned those planning to snatch the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) to perish the thought...

FG to go after petrol scarcity profiteers, says Sylva

The Federal Government has threatened to sanction those profiting from the current petrol scarcity in the country. To this end, it has directed...

Just in: Petrol queues to ease off next week, NNPCL GCEO, Kyari says

Within the next one week, Nigerians will heave a sigh of relief on the artificial petrol scarcity across the country, the Group Chief...

Just in: Buhari in closed-door meeting with Emefiele, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, APC Governors’ chairmen, others

Worried by the lingering scarcity of the new naira notes, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday held with the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’...

Customers’ attacks: Access Bank, others to staff: Jettison bank’s dress code, wear casual clothing to work

In a bid to escape being attacked by enraged and frustrated members of the public amid current shortage of new naira notes, some...

Breaking: Naira notes scarcity: APC Governors el-Rufai, Matawalle, Bello sue Buhari, Malami

"Both the old and the new Naira notes are scarce, thereby affecting people especially the poor"

Pakistan’s former President Pervez Musharraf is dead – The General who opened up the news media and granted new licences for TV channels

Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has died in Dubai, aged 79, after a long illness, the army said on Sunday. Senior military chiefs...

NBC fines Arise TV, TVC N2m each over breach of National Broadcasting Code

For alleged infractions, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has imposed a fine of N2 million on Arise News and TVC. The two stations...

IGP orders full-scale crack down on new Naira notes violators

The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has charged officers and men to go all out to arrest and prosecute people involved in...

Cash crunch: Give me seven days to resolve it, Pres. Buhari urges Nigerians

Following request by APC governors, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday pleaded with Nigerians to give him maximum seven days to resolve the ongoing...

Gunmen desecrate temple of justice in Imo State, shoot dead sitting judge

Ceaseless gory violence and bloodletting sweeping Imo State and other parts of Southeast Nigeria took another turn for the worse as a judge...

Buhari’ll go down in history as Nigeria’s worst President — Femi Branch

Apparently frustrated by the biting economic conditions of the country amid scarcity of fuel and redesigned naira notes, actor Femi Branch, says President...