Daily Archives: Jan 24, 2023

CBN governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, says the total revenue collected as stamp duty in six years between  2016 and 2022 is N370,686 billion.

The House of Representatives has summoned bank operators and the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, on the scarcity of the new naira notes.

The Senate has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend the withdrawal date of the old naira notes from Jan. 31 to July 31.

 The Supreme Court on Tuesday, dismissed four appeals filled by the Ogun state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship legal battle.

Plateau’s Gov. Simon Lalong swore in 10 new Permanent Secretaries on Tuesday in Jos and warned them about indiscipline and disloyalty.

NDLEA arrested 509 suspected drug traffickers in Borno in 2022.

The Minister Of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, has described the Lekki Deep Seaport as one of the major legacies of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

Mr Victor Ekpenyong, an indigenous player in the oil and gas sector, has applauded the Federal Government for its recent rebound in oil production and return as largest oil producer in Africa.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday inaugurated the John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History in Lagos.

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development began a two-day training for 30 smallholder sugarcane farmers in Ilorin on Tuesday.

The National Human Rights Commission in Kaduna State, said it received 1,053 cases of human rights abuses in 2022.

 No fewer than one million members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will be mobilised to welcome party’s Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to Zamfara on Saturday, Jan. 28.

The Albino Foundation (TAF) has called on media practitioners to become reporters with focus on Persons With Disabilities (PWDs), ahead of the General Elections.

Less than seven days to the deadline of the redesigned naira by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), some Point-of-Sale (POS) operators in Bauchi have increased charge for transaction in the old bank notes.

The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has said that the party is not in alliance with the African Action Congress (AAC).

Scores of NNPP members in Yobe have abandoned the party for PDP, further complicating the party’s presidential ambition in the February poll.

At some point later today, January 24, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele is bound to be back in the news as the CBN’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) concludes its 289th meeting and offers its position on the future direction of the country’s macro-economic environment. Would the CBN adopt a further hawkish position and tighten rates or adopt an accommodative, wait-and-see position, this being the MPC meeting before Nigeria’s general elections? What are Nigeria’s takeaways

Rep. Yusuf Gagdi (APC- Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam) in Plateau has advised his constituents and all Plateau voters to vote candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the forthcoming general elections to attract more development.

A professional group, Omituntun Initiative in the Diaspora (OID), has urged the people of Oyo State to re-elect Gov. Seyi Makinde for sustainable socioeconomic and human resources development.

Sen. Sandy Onor, governorship candidate of the PDP, says the natural resources at Akamkpa will be harnessed for the greater good of the council area and the state if voted into office.

The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Ahmed Ammani, has carried out an assessment tour of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) offices in eight local government areas in Enugu State.

Some customers in Birnin Kebbi on Monday thronged banks to either deposit or receive money and expressed concern over limited access to new Naira notes.

The Zamfara Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday condemned an alleged attack on APC members, government’s vehicles and innocent persons by suspected thugs in Maguru village, Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of the state.

Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has restated his commitment to partner with faith-based organisations to improve education in the state.

By Ishaq ZakiThe Zamfara Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC),  has succeeded in arresting four suspected kidnappers for alleged attempt...