BY GODWIN OBIThe President was reacting to reports of long queues of people waiting for hours to deposit old notes and get new ones. Buhari was reacting to reports of long queues of people waiting for hours to deposit old notes and get new ones, a situation which has triggeredContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Few days to the January 31 deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria for the phasing out of the old N1,000, N500 and N200 notes, bank customers across the country are complaining that they are yet to have access to the new notes with Automated TellerContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration And Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh OFR has paid a working visit to the Chief Executive Officer of ChannelsTV Mr John Momoh and highlighted the critical role the media plays in nation building. He noted the need for Media ownersContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered a cluster of cannabis syndicates operating in the Opuje forests in Edo State. In a statement on Saturday, the agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, said massive warehouses and tents storing over 317,417 kilograms (317.4 metric tons)Continue Reading
•Orders banks to load, issue new notes through ATMs before January 31 BY EFE MODESTUS As public anger over the scarcity of new naira notes persists, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Thursday stormed various banks’ Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) to ascertain their level of compliance with dispensing theContinue Reading
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BY GODWIN OBI The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has notified the public of two “substandard (contaminated)” cough syrups named AMBRONOL and DOK-1 Max containing “toxic” ingredients In a statement published Sunday on its website, the agency noted that the products were identified in Uzbekistan,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, says the electoral body has concluded a policy on diaspora voting. The Federal Government, in 2017, put the number of Nigerians in the diaspora at 17 million. However, many more citizens have since left forContinue Reading
Authorities search for victims The whereabouts of a good number of train passengers waiting to board a train from Irua Igueben railway station, Edo State, to Warri, Delta State, on Saturday, January 7, are still unknown. This comes following the latest attack and abduction of an unspecified number of trainContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA Dr Bashir Jamoh, OFR, says international collaboration to attain standardized digitalization is essential for Maritime Administrations across the world and all stakeholders in the maritime sector to effectively communicate in line with provisions of theContinue Reading