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Immigration Service Seizes 6,216 Nigeria’s Voter, ID Cards From Foreigners
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has seized 6,216 voter cards and Nigeria’s national identity cards from foreigners in a clampdown across the country. The clampdown is one of the steps employed by the NIS to ensure that foreigners are not allowed to vote in the forthcoming election, even as it revealed that plans are underway to close the borders during...
Sterling Bank Denies Hoarding N258m New Notes
Sterling Bank has dismissed an allegation by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) that it “stashed N258 million new notes” in its vault. Recall that ICPC on Tuesday evening had stated that it discovered millions of new naira notes in the vault of Sterling Bank’s Abuja regional office. The anti-graft agency also said that both the bank’s regional...
Dismiss Suit Against FG On Old Naira Deadline, AGF Tells Supreme Court
The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss a suit filed by three northern state governments challenging the February 10 deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria to end the legal tender status of the old naira notes. The Federal Government argued that the Supreme Court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the suit in...
Ikpeazu Blows Hot Over Plans To Coronate Emir Of Aba
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has warned those nursing the intention of coronating one Sarki Shehu Bello 11 as the Emir of Aba Emirate Council to desist from such or face the full weight of the law. The Governor said there is no recourse to Government in this rumoured coronation. Governor Ikpeazu in a release signed by the Secretary to the...
Minister Extols Rep Onuigbo’s Climate Change Act, Says It’s FG’s Most Significant Climate Related Legislation
The Climate Change Act is sponsored by the member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency, and candidate of the APC for Abia Central Senatorial District, Rep. Sam Onuigbo, has been described as Nigeria’s most significant effort towards climate change mitigation and adaptation between 2015-2023. The Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi, stated this while briefing newsmen in Abuja, on Monday, February 6, 2023,...
2023: Obi Will Get More Votes From North Than South, Says Labour Party Chieftain
Ibrahim Abdulkarim, a chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), has said the northern part of the country will give more votes to Peter Obi, standard bearer of the party, than the southern region in the forthcoming elections. Abdulkarim said this on Wednesday on a Channels Television programme, “The 2023 Verdict”, Abdulkarim said Nigerians in the north would vote for the LP...
2023 Election: What We’ll Do If Hoodlums Snatch, Hijack BVAS – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has plans in place to curb the falsification of information in Bimodal Voter Registration Systems (BVAS) should the wrong persons get hold of it. The electoral umpire said the BVAS machine will be deactivated from the backend to become useless in the event that it falls into the hands of unauthorized persons. INEC...
2023 Elections: How We’ll Tackle Fuel, Cash Scarcities – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says that it has found solutions to some of the impediments capable of hampering the general elections expected to start with the presidential polls on February 25. The commission for the umpteenth time also assured Nigerians that the 2023 general elections will hold as scheduled. Chairman of INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, who gave the assurance...
IMF Advises CBN To Extend Date For Currency Swap
The Central Bank of Nigeria was advised by the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday to postpone the deadline of February 10 for replacing old naira notes with new ones. The IMF provided the advice in response to the difficulties Nigerians encountered nationwide during the banknote swap process. The IMF said in a statement, “In light of hardships caused by disruptions to trade and...
Supreme Court Calls Off CBN’s Feb. 10 Deadline Cash Swap
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has restrained the Federal Government from continuing with the full implementation of the demonetization policy. Three northern states, Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara, had, in a motion ex-parte filed on February 3rd, prayed the apex court to halt the Central Bank of Nigeria’s naira redesign policy. A 7-man panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice John...
