Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said when effectively operated, a cashless policy in Nigeria can help stem the surge of illicit election financing by making it possible to track funds. He disclosed this on Monday at the Presidential Villa when ...
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the attack on President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Kano State by miscreants allegedly sponsored by the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The national publicity secretary ...
Read More »Fuel Scarcity, New Naira Policy Meant To Sabotage 2023 Polls – Tinubu
Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday, raised the alarm that the current fuel scarcity experienced nationwide and the redesigned Naira notes introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), were plans ...
Read More »New Naira Notes: NASS Fumes As CBN Insists On January 31 Deadline
Against expectation, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said the January 31, 2023 deadline for the higher denominations of old banknotes to cease to function as legal tender remains sacrosanct. Many had expected the CBN to extend the deadline ...
Read More »33 Days To Polls, INEC, ICPC, EFCC Strategise Against Vote-buying
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it is collaborating with the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Matters Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to check vote-buying in the forthcoming general elections. Describing vote-buying ...
Read More »NDLEA Nabs Blind Grandpa, Leper For Drug Trafficking
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a blind 67-year-old grandpa, Aliyu Adebiyi, and a leper, Haruna Abdullahi, for drug trafficking. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, said Adebiyi was caught ...
Read More »Go After Fuel Saboteurs, Group Tasks DSS, NSCDC
An anti-sabotage organisation under the aegis of The Natives, has tasked security agencies, especially the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defencee Corps (NSCDC) to fish out oil marketers and other saboteurs responsible for fuel ...
Read More »NDLEA Intercepts Cocaine, Skunk Consignments Concealed In Herbal Tea
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, AIIA, Enugu and the Tincan seaport in Lagos have intercepted 126.95 kilograms of cocaine and skunk concealed in herbal tea packs and imported vehicles by drug cartels from ...
Read More »Gunmen Kidnap Corps Member, Five Others In Enugu
Gunmen yesterday kidnapped at least six persons including a corps member at Ikem community in the Isi-Uzo local government area of Enugu State. The local government had come under attack recently following the recent invasion by suspected Fulani militia at ...
Read More »Obi Promises To End Economic Wastages, Insecurity
In continuation of his presidential campaign, candidate of the labour Party (LP) Mr Peter Obi has promised that his administration would stop at nothing in ensuring that all forms of economic wastage are curtailed and lost monies are recovered if ...
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