Month: January 2023
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APC expels Buhari’s ex-aide, Ita Enang, over anti-party activities
The All Progressives Congress has expelled a former aide to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita Enang, over anti-party activities. The party revealed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday. The APC youths in Akwa Ibom State had earlier demanded the suspension of Senator Ita Enang, with a retired…
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Internet fraudster defrauds four women of $30,000, repents on victim’s depression
Christopher Maxwell, a 34-year-old Nigerian, has joined Social Catfish, an American company preventing online scams through reverse search technology, after scamming four women of $30,000. Maxwell said that the misery his last victim suffered made him rethink his fraudulent activities. In an interview with Daily Mail, Australia Maxwell revealed the methods he used to get thousands of…
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Buhari appoints ex-IGP Aranse PSC chairman, seeks Senate confirmation
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the name of a former Inspector General Police, Dr Solomon Arase, to the Senate for confirmation as chairman of the Police Service Commission. Buhari’s request is contained in a letter read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Tuesday. The President stated…
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CBN increases lending interest rate to 17.5%
The Central Bank of Nigeria has raised its benchmark lending rate to 17.5 per cent ostensibly to contain the inflationary pressure in the country. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, announced this Tuesday after the apex bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting that began Monday. Speaking at the end of the two-day meeting in Abuja, Emefiele…
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Jan 31 deadline for old naira notes remains unchanged – Emefiele
The Central Bank of Nigeria insists the deadline for the validity of the old 200, 500 and 1,000 naira notes remains January 31. CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele said this after the bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. In October last year, Emefiele announced the naira redesign policy which entails the issuance…
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Banks customers lament limited access to new Naira in Kebbi
Banks’ customers in Birnin Kebbi, who thronged commercial banks to either deposit or withdraw money, were held up in long queues as many from different towns and villages to beat up deadline set by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) experienced difficulties. Daily investigation in Birnin Kebbi, the state capital show that customers in their large numbers were…
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APC condemns attack on members, govt vehicles by suspected thugs
The Zamfara Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday condemned an alleged attack on APC members, government vehicles and innocent persons by suspected thugs in Maguru village, Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau by the State APC Publicity Secretary, Malam Yusuf Idris. Idris described…
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Naja’atu Mohammed lied, she was sacked for incompetence and being a mole – Jega
PRESS STATEMENT The Asiwaju/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council received with amusement the hasty “resignation” of Hajiya Naja’atu Mohammed from her position as Director of Civil Society Organisations just before she was sacked for incompetence, quarrelsomeness and after being uncovered to be a mole planted in our winning campaign in order to leak sensitive information to our…
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APC chairman, 25 others arrested over recent killings in Ebonyi
No fewer than 26 suspects have been arrested over the recent killings and arson in Ekoli Edda Community, in the Afikpo South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Among those arrested were the state Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Stanley Okoro-Emegha and a former chairman of the Afikpo South LGA and Federal House of Representatives candidate…
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CBN excludes Abuja, Lagos PoS operators from cash swap programme
The Central Bank of Nigeria has excluded mobile money/Point of Sales agents in Abuja and Lagos from its newly launched cash swap programme. The Punch reports the development ahead of the January 31 deadline for the phasing out of the old N1,000, N500 and N200 notes. It reports a Frequently Asked Questions document released to…