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Traders, banks and residents in Lagos still refusing to accept the old N500 and N1000 notes as legal tender will have to watch their backs. This is because the State Governor Babajide SanwoOlu has vowed to sanction any individual or business that fails to accept the old notes as means of buying and selling in […]
…Charges Members To Vote Bukunmi Akeju The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State has charged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to look into the controversies rocking the Social Democratic Party, SDP’s candidate, Duro Clement Dolapo, for Akoko Southwest Constituency II in the House of Assembly election. The party made the call in a […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has given the Federal Government a seven-day ultimatum to address the present cash and petrol scarcity, or face a nationwide strike. NLC President, Joe Ajero, gave the ultimatum, following the central working committee meeting on Monday. He lamented the hardships being endured by Nigerian workers, as a result of the […]
The controversy rocking the circulation and acceptability of the old N200, N500 and N1000 notes by the public and commercial banks across the country has finally been put to rest. This is so, because the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has officially come to terms with the Supreme Court ruling, over the validity period of […]
Pope Francis says priests under the Catholic Church may soon be permitted to engage in sexual activity, as the institution is revisiting the concept of celibacy. Francis, who disclosed this in an interview in Argentina media site InfoBae, said there is no conflict for a priest to be married. He noted that in the Western […]
Former Vice-Chancellor of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State, Professor Adekunle Oloyede, has approached the State High Court, to set aside his conviction by an Ondo Chief Magistrate Court, sitting in Akure. Prof. Oloyede is challenging what he described as “wrongly been adjudged guilty” by the Chief Magistrate Court. In a judgment delivered on 25th January […]
..Says Ordering of Army Not In His Purview Nigeria’s international award winning actor, movie producer cum human rights activist, Yomi Fabiyi, has given kudos to Governor Babajide SanwoOlu, for his statesmanship during the #Endsars protest in October 2020 in Lagos. Contrary to the viral accusation that Governor SanwoOlu ordered the Army to shoot at unarmed […]
Two Chinese, Chen Guo Yao and Jin Jiaoni, as well as their company, Longshen Construction International Limited, have been arraigned before a Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, South-West, Nigeria, for allegedly stealing the sum of £250,000; 60,000 Euros and RMB 280,000. The foreigners and their company, on one hand, were arraigned by the Nigeria […]
Justice Mohammed Jibril of the Upper Area Court of Nasarawa State, sitting in Maraba, Gurku, has ordered the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Force CID, Area 10, Garki and two Managing Directors of commercial banks, to appear before it or face committal proceedings. The affected banks are the Standard Chartered Bank Plc and Access Bank Plc. […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has postponed Saturday’s March 11, Governorship and State Assemblies’ elections to March 18, 2023. This postponement is coming just three days to the initial date March 11 scheduled for the state elections. According to a statement signed by INEC’s National Commissioner & Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Barr. […]
