Herdsmen Attack Rivers Community, Kill Two
Suspected killer herdsmen have allegedly invaded Agbeta II Tuabon Community in Ebubu Clan, Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State and reportedly killed two persons. The killers had attacked the community last Sunday and killed two men and injured some other persons. It was gathered that since March that the community farmlands have been invaded repeatedly and that the intruders allegedly...
Court Remands Pastor For Murder Of Member’s Son
An Ondo State Chief Magistrates Court sitting in Akure, the state capital has remanded a pastor, identified as Samuel Alade-Emin, over his alleged involvement in the death of the son of one of his church members. It was gathered that the deceased had been declared missing for seven days after which he was found in the pastor’s custody at Alagbado...
CBN Gov Explains Features Of The New Naira Notes
The Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele has explained the features of the redesigned notes. Emefiele told State House Correspondents that it was in line with global best practices, noting that it was mandatory for the naira to be redesigned and re-issued every five to eight years. According to him, it is regrettable that the naira has not been redesigned...
2023 Presidency: APC Does Not Need Logistics Support From Wike – Gov. Umahi
The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) does not need logistics support but votes from Rivers State. Umahi stated this during the inauguration of the Akpabu-Itu-Omudiogha-Egbeda road in Emohua LGA in Rivers State on Tuesday. On Monday, Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike promised to give the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP),...
Court Sacks Labour Party State Assembly Candidates In Rivers
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, on Tuesday, nullified the nomination of four House of Assembly candidates of the Labour Party in Rivers State. The presiding Judge, Justice Turaki Mohammed in his judgment agreed with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that the Labour Party did not comply with the Electoral Act act while conducting four of the State...
CBN Increases Interest Rate To 16.5%
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria voted Tuesday to increase the benchmark interest rate by 100 basis points to 16.5 per cent, the highest since 2001. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this while reading the communique of the last MPC meeting of the year on Tuesday, November 22, 2022. The MPC said the tightening would curb...
Buhari Set To Unveil Redesigned Naira Notes On Wednesday – Says Emefiele
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has announced that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will on Wednesday unveil the newly designed naira notes. Emefiele disclosed this in Abuja during the Monetary Policy Committee monthly meeting on Tuesday. The newly designed naira notes to be unveiled are N1,000, N500 and N200 notes. According to the governor, the...
Nigeria’s Survival Lies With Non-Oil Sector – Says NEPC
The Nigeria Export Promotion Council says the nation’s economic survival lies with non-oil products. NEPC Trade Promotion Advisor, Bello Noma, stated this when he led his colleagues on a sensitisation visit to the News Agency of Nigeria in Jos on Monday. Noma said that the oil, “which is the nation’s main export would one day dry up leaving the country with...
Ekiti Assembly Elects First Female Speaker
Barely after six days in office, the Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Gboyega Aribisogan was on Monday impeached from office and suspended indefinitely by 17 lawmakers for blocking the passage of the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Bill. Aribisogan was immediately replaced by the Assembly Chief Whip, Rt. Hon. Olubunmi Adelugba from Emure Constituency who was unanimously elected...
Gov Wike Receives Kwankwaso In Port Harcourt
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, on Sunday, received Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), in Port Harcourt, the State capital. The former Kano State governor is in Rivers State to inaugurate the Mgbutanwo Internal Roads in the Emohua Local Government Area on Monday (today). Governor Wike had in the last few months, invited several...
