BY GODWIN OBI Justice Eneojo Eneche of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, has stopped the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), President Muhammadu Buhari and 27 commercial banks from suspending or interfering with the currency redesign terminal date of February 10, or issue any directive contrary to the saidContinue Reading
NIMASA Deep Blue Project officials BY GODWIN OBI A total of 7 distressed workers have been saved by the prompt response of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) following a distress call to the Director General, Dr. Bashir Jamoh OFR. The call, which came in at about 11.30Continue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS Prof. Ayobami Salami, the Ekiti State Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) has said that the commission won’t disappoint Nigerians in the 2023 general election. Salami stated this when he spoke with Newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday shorly after monitoring the mock accreditation forContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Large consignments of illicit drugs especially cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and ephedrine billed for Europe through various disingenuous modes of concealment have been intercepted at the BY Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, sayingContinue Reading
. BY GODWIN OBI Tragedy struck at Balogun Market yesterday, when fire gutted the topmost part of a three-story building on number 74, Martins Street, by Lagos State Development and Property Corporation, LSDPC Building, Lagos Island. and destroyed goods worth millions of naira in the process. According to an eyewitness,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept the nominations of candidates of the Labour Party (LP) in 24 states of the Federation. The court ordered that the electoralContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, Katsina State Chapter has Commended Kanwan Katsina District Head of Ketare, Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara for the Peace Ambassador award conferred on him by the Katsina Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service. The Awardee is the Grand Patron of the association.Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has clarified the position of the apex bank chief, Godwin Emefiele, that old N200, N500 and N1,000 will be accepted after the February 10, 2023 fresh deadline. Speaking with newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday, the Director of the Corporate Communications DepartmentContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi has condemned the reported stoning of President Muhammadu Buhari’s convoy in Kano State. Obi and his party regard the action as “barbaric and un-Nigerian” and condemn it in the strongest terms. In a statement on Tuesday, the Head of MediaContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI In the aftermath of judgement by the Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, a former official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, has provided clarifications on the discrepancy related to the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS). The tribunal ruling on Friday nullified the electionContinue Reading