Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has warned those rejecting old naira notes to desist or face prosecution. He said the rejection of old N200, N500 and N1,000 notes is contrary to the position of the Supreme Court. The governor made this known in a statement signed by the Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso…
The Supreme Court has said its February 8 order barring the Federal Government and its agencies from enforcing the February 10 deadline for the use of old 200, 500 and 1000 naira notes still subsist. The court made the clarification on Wednesday following complaint by lawyer to Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara states, Abdulhakeem Mustapha (SAN)…
Special Assistant, Public Communication to Atiku Abubakar, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate, Mr. Phrank Shaibu, has asked Femi Fani-Kayode, Director of Special Projects and New media of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, to apologise to his principal. In a series of tweets on Saturday, Fani-Kayode had said he learnt that Atiku had a secret…
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, on Wednesday, stated that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, is not fit to head the apex bank. According to Akeredolu, the CBN governor ought to have been booted from office when he showed interest in contesting for the presidential ticket of the All…
Over 120 anti-corruption civil society organisations have called for the removal of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, for what they termed his alleged politicisation of the agency, disobedience to court orders and infringement on human rights of Nigerians. The CSOs, in a petition on Tuesday, demanded that the EFCC…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday joined nine states as parties in the suit filed by Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara challenging the naira swap deadline. This is as the Governors Nasir El-Rufai and Yahaya Bello of Kaduna and Kogi respectively attended the court proceedings. The Justice John Okoro-led nine-member panel joined the Attorneys General of Katsina…
Some yet-to-be-identified persons have blocked the ever-busy Eleyele junction in the Ibadan North-West Local Government Area of Oyo State to protest the scarcity of fuel and new naira notes. Recall a similar protest rocked the city on Friday, February 3, where some hoodlums within the popular Araromi Spare parts, Gate, took advantage of the protest…
Kaduna State Governor, Ahmad Nasir El-Rufai and his Kogi State counterpart, Yahaya Bello have stormed the Supreme Court to monitor proceedings in a suit by their states against the Federal Government on Cashless Policy Regime. The two governors arrived the court room around 8:30am in company of their followers and top government functionaries. The Federal…
A senior secondary school one student of Ijapo High School in Akure, the Ondo State capital, Gbenga Ezekiel, has entered the Guinness World Records for the most skips in one minute on one leg. Ezekiel recorded 265 skips in his attempt, beating the previous record of 262 skips, which was held by Bangladesh’s Rasel Islam.…
All Progressives Congress vice presidential candidate Kashim Shettima says northerners should ditch Atiku Abubakar for his opposition to the enactment of Sharia rule across the region. Addressing party faithful at an APC local government conference in Abuja on Friday (February 10), Mr Shettima urged the northern voters to reject Mr Abubakar at the February 25…
