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  • New notes: CBN threatens sanctions against POS agents charging above N200

    By Ifunanya | February 15, 2023 | Comments Off on New notes: CBN threatens sanctions against POS agents charging above N200

    The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned that Point of Sale (PoS) operators who charge above N200 for the cash swap programme will be arrested and jailed if caught. The Director, […]

  • Ekiti LP dismisses South-West members’ defection to APC

    By Ifunanya | February 14, 2023 | Comments Off on Ekiti LP dismisses South-West members’ defection to APC

    The Labour Party in Ekiti State on Tuesday dismissed the purported collapse of the structures of the party in the South West to the All Progressives Congress. LP State Chairman, Odunayo Okunade, said the said […]

  • Ondo court sentences two to death for killing couple

    By Ifunanya | February 14, 2023 | Comments Off on Ondo court sentences two to death for killing couple

    The Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, on Tuesday sentenced two persons, Ayuba Idris and Tasur Abubakar, to death by hanging for killing a couple. The convicts were arrested by the […]

  • Man sent to prison for defiling three daughters, assaulting wife

    By Ifunanya | February 14, 2023 | Comments Off on Man sent to prison for defiling three daughters, assaulting wife

    A 35-year-old man, Femi Afolabi, has been remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre by an Ikeja Magistrate Court for allegedly defiling his three daughters, all under 10, and assaulting their mother. The Magistrate, Ms. Ejiro Kubeinje, […]

  • Avoid local politics – NYSC DG charges corps members

    By Ifunanya | February 14, 2023 | Comments Off on Avoid local politics – NYSC DG charges corps members

    Members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, have been advised to settle down and contribute meaningfully to the development of their host communities. The Director General of NYSC, Brig. Gen. Yusha’u Dogara Ahmed gave […]

  • Court disbands Ebubeagu security outfit

    By Ifunanya | February 14, 2023 | Comments Off on Court disbands Ebubeagu security outfit

    The Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki has disbanded the South-East security outfit, Ebubeagu, in Ebonyi State. The court gave the order on Tuesday. The disbandment was attributed to human rights abuses, extortions, illegal arrests […]

  • Mum of seven gives birth to quintuplets in Poland

    By Ifunanya | February 14, 2023 | Comments Off on Mum of seven gives birth to quintuplets in Poland

    Polish-British parents of seven welcomed five new babies just in time for Valentine’s Day, with the mother saying Tuesday that she felt “better than expected” after the rare pregnancy. Dominika Clarke, already a mum to […]

  • UI VC calls for liberation of underprivileged

    By Ifunanya | February 14, 2023 | Comments Off on UI VC calls for liberation of underprivileged

    University of Ibadan front gate The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Kayode Adebowale, has stressed the need for well-to-do Nigerians to ponder on what they can do differently as a way of liberating […]

  • NUC upgrades Sa’adatu Rimi COE to university

    By Ifunanya | February 14, 2023 | Comments Off on NUC upgrades Sa’adatu Rimi COE to university

    The National University Commission, NUC, has upgraded the Sa’adatu Rimi College of Education, COE, Kano to a university of education. The NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, while presenting the operational license to the Kano […]

  • New naira: Ganduje threatens to revoke banks licences

    By Ifunanya | February 14, 2023 | Comments Off on New naira: Ganduje threatens to revoke banks licences

    The Kano State government on Tuesday warned that it would not hesitate to revoke the operational licences of major business owners or take action on anyone who refuses to accept the old Naira notes as […]

  • Ganduje to sanction banks, business owners refusing to accept old Naira notes

    By Ifunanya | February 14, 2023 | Comments Off on Ganduje to sanction banks, business owners refusing to accept old Naira notes

    Kano State Government has warned that it will not hesitate to revoke the operational licences of major business owners who refuse to accept the old naira notes as a means of transaction in the state. […]

  • Corrupt persons sponsoring anti-Bawa protests, EFCC raises alarm

    By Ifunanya | February 14, 2023 | Comments Off on Corrupt persons sponsoring anti-Bawa protests, EFCC raises alarm

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, raised the alarm about the activities of an amorphous group of so-called Civil Society Organizations who have recently embarked on a campaign of street protests, calling […]

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