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A federal capital territory (FCT) high court has compelled the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to go ahead with full implementation of the naira redesign. Delivering a ruling on Monday in the suit marked FCT/HC/CV/2234/2023, the court restrained the CBN from extending the deadline on the use of old naira notes. The CBN, President Muhammadu […]
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…launches employability benchmarking programme The Tertiary Education Trust Fund on Monday announced the commencement of the conduct of a National Employability Benchmarking Programme in Nigerian universities. The education agency noted that the programme was in collaboration with the International Finance Corporation and other local partners. The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, said the move […]
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An operations manager of a leading commercial bank in Abuja central area was on Monday arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Commission, for refusing to load the Automated Teller Machines of the bank despite having N29million of the new naira notes in the branch’s vaults. Before he was taken away for further questioning, […]
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A tanker discharging fuel at Optimal Petrol station in Ondo State has exploded. The tanker was razed and the filling station torched. An eyewitness, Emmanuel Solomon, told newsmen that it was the pressure that exploded and fire erupted. Residents around the area panicked and started packing out their belongings. But the prompt arrival of men […]
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As the death toll continues to rise from the devastating earthquake that has left over a thousand dead in Turkey and Syria, there are fears former Chelsea and Newcastle star Christian Atsu is among those trapped under the rubbles. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked areas of Turkey and Syria on Monday, causing devastation across the […]
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At least 2,300 people have been killed in the twin earthquakes that occurred along the Turkey and Syria border in the early hours of Monday. Al Jazeera reported Turkey’s Vice President Fuat Oktay as saying that the death toll in Turkey has risen to at least 1,541, leaving 9,733 others injured and 3,471 buildings destroyed. […]
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Suspected armed herders at the weekend launched another attack on some communities in Benue State killing six people and wounding three soldiers. The incident, according to locals occurred at a border between Tse-Abwa Mbapa council ward in Gwer West and Ikobi in Apa local government areas of the state. The attack on Ikobi community was […]
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Thirteen political parties out of the 18 political parties in Nigeria on Monday threatened to withdraw from participating in the 2023 general elections slated for February 25 and March 11, if the Central Bank of Nigeria extends the deadline of February 10 for naira swap. The parties have declared that they won’t be participating in […]
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The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has finally spoken over the controversial candidacy of the All Progressive Congress Yobe North Senatorial District. Lawan at his guest house in Maitama, Abuja, on Monday commended the judiciary for strengthening democracy, stating that the ruling showed that “democracy is at work.” In the early hours of Monday, the Supreme […]
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has met with the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The two met at the first Stakeholders’ meeting of the Democratic Republic of Congo-Nigeria Business Council held at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja at the weekend. At the meeting, Obasanjo, who is the Council Patron, “commended […]
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