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  • States, police clamp down on traders rejecting old notes

    By Ifunanya | February 13, 2023 | Comments Off on States, police clamp down on traders rejecting old notes

    State governments and the police commands have begun clamping down on traders and supermarkets accused of rejecting the old naira notes. Findings by The on Sunday indicated that the authorities in Kano, Sokoto, Katsina, Bayels, […]

  • I’m not Miracle Governor by mistake – Diri boasts

    By Ifunanya | February 13, 2023 | Comments Off on I’m not Miracle Governor by mistake – Diri boasts

    Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri said his emergence as governor was not a mistake but a divine arrangement. Speaking on Sunday during the third anniversary thanksgiving service of his administration at the Ecumenical Centre in […]

  • Why we took Innoson Motors to court – CEO Petronella, Tabansi

    By Ifunanya | February 13, 2023 | Comments Off on Why we took Innoson Motors to court – CEO Petronella, Tabansi

    Chief Executive Officer of oil servicing firm, Petronella Nigeria Ltd, Mr Charles Tabansi, has clarified a recent court suit instituted by his company against indigenous car manufacturing company, Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM). Tabansi who spoke […]

  • Defilement: Probe begins as father dies fighting suspect

    By Ifunanya | February 13, 2023 | Comments Off on Defilement: Probe begins as father dies fighting suspect

    The Lagos State Police Command has launched a manhunt for the driver of Luyol Secondary School, Iju, Jacob Fatokin, for allegedly killing a father who accused him of sexually molesting his daughter in the state. […]

  • Adedibu’s mansion loses shine, followers relive Ibadan strongman’s ‘amala’ politics

    By Ifunanya | February 13, 2023 | Comments Off on Adedibu’s mansion loses shine, followers relive Ibadan strongman’s ‘amala’ politics

    The late Chief Lamidi Adedibu was a popular stalwart who dominated Oyo State and its capital city, Ibadan, as a master political kingmaker among many other things. GABRIEL OSHOKHA, who visited his Molete residence, writes […]

  • Singapore maintains 2023 GDP growth forecast

    By Ifunanya | February 13, 2023 | Comments Off on Singapore maintains 2023 GDP growth forecast

    Singapore said Monday it will stick to its economic growth forecast for 2023 despite the slowdown last year, encouraged by China’s rapid reopening after years of crushing zero-Covid policies. The city-state’s economic performance is often […]

  • Gov Diri loses father

    By Ifunanya | February 13, 2023 | Comments Off on Gov Diri loses father

    Pa Abraham Diri, the father of the Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, is dead. Media Talk Africa, gathered that the octogenarian died on Sunday. A statement signed and sent to Media Talk Africa by […]

  • CBN should announce use of old, new naira – Tinubu

    By Ifunanya | February 13, 2023 | Comments Off on CBN should announce use of old, new naira – Tinubu

    Bola Tinubu, the presidential flag bearer of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the forthcoming election has appealed to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to allow the old naira notes to remain in […]

  • Bayelsa police command beef up security in banks, ATM point

    By Ifunanya | February 13, 2023 | Comments Off on Bayelsa police command beef up security in banks, ATM point

    The Police Command in Bayelsa have beefed up security in Banks and Automated Teller Machines, ATMs, points in the state to forestall any breach of the peace. The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP […]

  • Police rescue kidnapped person in Kebbi

    By Ifunanya | February 13, 2023 | Comments Off on Police rescue kidnapped person in Kebbi

    Police command in Zamfara says it has succeeded in the rescue of one Abdulrahman Abubakar, who was kidnapped in Kebbi state after spending three days in captivity. The command’s Spokesperson, SP Muhammad Shehu made the […]

  • Lifestyle changes may cause surge in breast cancer – Oncologists

    By Ifunanya | February 13, 2023 | Comments Off on Lifestyle changes may cause surge in breast cancer – Oncologists

    Preventing breast cancer. Image credit: Global News Cancer care experts have said that lifestyle changes in Nigeria and other low and middle-income countries could be one of the major factors fuelling the increasing incidence of […]

  • Nigerians ignore Supreme Court order, reject old naira notes

    By Ifunanya | February 13, 2023 | Comments Off on Nigerians ignore Supreme Court order, reject old naira notes

    Many business operators in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have started rejecting the old naira notes in spite of Supreme Court order temporarily halting the ban on their use. The News Agency of Nigeria reports […]

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