Tunde Sabi’u denies working against Tinubu, threatens legal action
Sabi’u Tunde Yusuf, President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew, has denied working against Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Alwan Hassan, convener of North-South Progressive Alliance, had alleged on Channels Television on Monday that Yusuf was leveraging on his closeness with the president to ensure that Tinubu does not win the […]
Council of state asks CBN to recirculate old naira — or print more new notes
Members of the council of state have expressed support for the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The council however asked Godwin Emefiele, the CBN governor, to make new naira notes available or recirculate old notes to ease the suffering of Nigerians. The meeting, held on Friday at […]
Appeal court sacks Abacha’s son as Kano PDP governorship candidate
The court of appeal sitting in Kano has sacked Mohammed Abacha, son of Sani Abacha, the late head of state, as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. The PDP held parallel governorship primaries in the state, one producing Abacha while Sadiq Wali was elected in the second […]
‘It’s against university autonomy’ — ASUU, CONUA fault FG’s order shutting varsities
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA) have faulted the federal government’s directive on the closure of universities in the country. On Thursday, the National Universities Commission (NUC) ordered vice-chancellors to shut universities for three weeks to enable students to participate in the coming elections. […]
APC: Ayu’s ‘PDP has brought us shame’ comment a reality — not slip of tongue
The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council says a comment by Iyorchia Ayu, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is the reality and not a slip of the tongue. While speaking at a rally in Kano state on Thursday, Ayu said: “PDP has brought us shame”, but after a few […]
APC campaign council cancels presidential rally in Kano
The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council has canceled its rally billed for February 16 in Kano state. The cancellation was conveyed in a notice on Thursday by James Faleke, a house of representatives member and secretary of the council. “Good evening all. Please be informed that the next Kano Rally […]
Newspaper Headlines: Food traders slash prices of items over naira scarcity
Reports on the scarcity of the naira notes dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers ahead of the February 10 deadline for the phase-out of the old naira notes. Source: Top Stories
MC Oluomo-led committee: Our contract is with drivers — NOT transport unions, says INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the logistics contract for the distribution of election materials is with drivers and not transport unions. Speaking on Thursday in an interview on Channels Television, Festus Okoye, INEC spokesperson, said the commission only signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with transport unions. Over the past […]
NPC: Census will cover every part of Nigeria — including Sambisa forest
The National Population Commission (NPC) says it has captured everywhere in the country for the conduct of the census. Nasiru Kwarra, chairperson of the commission, said this on Thursday at the inauguration of the population and housing national census publicity committee in Abuja. The commission had fixed March 29 to April 2 […]
Turkey-Syria earthquake: Death toll surpasses WHO prediction of 20,000
At least 20,783 people have died from the earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria. In Turkey, the death toll has risen to at least 17,406 with 70,347 others reported injured while the total number of deaths in Syria has climbed to at least 3,377 with 5,245 injured persons. The World Health Organisation (WHO) […]