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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed Deposit Money Banks (DMB) to stop including mutilated notes as part of their deposits with the apex bank. Ahmed Umar, director, currency operations department of CBN, in Abuja, said this in a circular issued over the weekend. According to the circular, the directive took […]

Nnaemeka Achebe, Obi of Onitsha, has denied reports that a phone call saved him from boarding the Kaduna-bound train attacked by gunmen on Monday night. TheCable had reported how gunmen attacked the train in the Kateri-Rijana area in Kaduna. According to the Kaduna state government, about 362 passengers boarded the train. The government said 26 persons […]

Enoch Adeboye, general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), says he doesn’t yet know if there will be elections in 2023. Speaking during a sermon on Sunday, the general overseer said God is yet to speak to him about the election. “As I am standing before you, I still […]

Nuru Khalid, chief Imam of Apo legislative quarters Juma’at mosque, has been suspended for “anti-government” preachings. According to BBC Hausa, the cleric was suspended in a statement released by Saidu Muhammed Dansadau, chairman of the mosque committee, on Friday. Khalid had, in his Jummat sermon, flayed the government for its inadequacy in dealing […]

Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra, has asked the federal government to handle the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), with speed so that he can be convicted or freed instead of being kept “in indefinite detention”. Soludo spoke at the peacebuilding and security dialogue held with stakeholders in […]

Seyi Makinde, Oyo governor, has asked the national and state assemblies to consider resource control and state policing in the ongoing efforts to amend the constitution. Makinde said Nigerians are demanding that their governors play the role of chief security officers, adding that the introduction of state police would help in tackling insecurity. […]

Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, has faulted the election of Iyiola Omisore as the national secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Soyinka described Omisore as “one of the prime suspects” in the murder of Bola Ige, a former attorney-general of the federation (AGF). In a statement released on Saturday, the Nobel […]

Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state, has declared his intention to run for president in 2023 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).  The governor made his intention official on Saturday at the Eagle Square in Abuja.  Bello, who is completing a second term as governor, highlighted the achievements of […]

Hafsat Abiola-Costello, daughter of the late MKO Abiola, is the director-general of the Yahaya Bello presidential campaign organisation. Bello, a presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), formally declared his intention to run for president on Saturday at Eagle Square, Abuja. Addressing the audience at the event, Abiola-Costello said her appointment […]