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New Currency Saga: IGP Says Police Is Investigating Some Govs Over Inciting Utterances

– Usman Alkali, Inspector General of Police (IGP) For the utterances of some individuals including politicians and public office holders, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali, has said that the police is investigating to arrest whosoever might have incited citizens through utterances to cause riot over the currency redesign policy of the federal government. Briefing newsmen on Wednesday after a meeting of the National… []

No Deputy Bursar Dies In LASU- PRO

Contrary to the widely spread news that a particular man, Mr. Johnson Ademola Adeshola who many reported to be the Deputy Bursar at Lagos State University (LASU) slumped and diied while on queue to withdraw money in one of the commercial banks in Lagos. The deceased we gathered was not in anyway the Deputy Bursar of the University as reported by many news portals…. []

LASU Top Staff, Slumps, Dies Inside Bank While Queueing to Withdraw Money

– Mr Johnson Adesola Ademola A Deputy Bursar with the Lagos State University (LASU), Mr Johnson Adesola Ademola, popularly called Prof, reportedly slumped and died, yesterday afternoon, while queueing to withdraw money at a branch of an old generation bank. Metropolix Online learnt that the incident happened at bank in the university, where customers were being allowed to withdraw a maximum of N5,000. Eyewitnesses said… []

2023: Nigeria Is Not Prepared For The General Election – Falana

– Falana A senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has said there’s no guarantee that Nigeria is prepared for the general election. Falana stated this while appearing on Arise TV programme on Tuesday. The scarcity of naira notes following the redesign of he N200, N500, and N1000 notes, coupled with the scarcity of petrol, has led to protests in some parts of the country…. []

APC Govs, Bank CEOs In Last-Minute Rush To Clear Naira Mess

Barely six days to the general elections, governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress are making frantic efforts to resolve the lingering cash crisis that has thrown the entire country into turmoil. The governors on Sunday met with the party leadership at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja. Simultaneously, the chief executive officers of banks also met to proffer solutions to the… []

Naira Swap: El-Rufai, Abiodun, Sanwo-Olu, Others Drag Buhari To Supreme Court Again

– El-Rufai, Sanwo-Olu & Abiodun The Governors of Kaduna, Ogun, and Lagos alongside seven other states have approached the Supreme Court to abrogate the insistence of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Government on continuing the implementation of the cash swap policy against the existing court pronouncement. However, the suing governors have described Mr Buhari’s pronouncement as an “unconstitutional overreach and usurpation… []

IPOB Denies Alleged Attempt To Attack Banks In S’East

– IPOB members during one of their protests THE Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, yesterday, alleged that there is a secret plan by criminals to attack banks in South East hiding in the name of masses looking for the new currency, to blackmail them. The Biafra agitating group in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, entitled “There is a secret plan… []

2023: Pastor Chris Reveals Presidential Candidate To Vote For

– Pastor Chris Oyakhilome President of Loveworld Incorporated aka Christ Embassy Church, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has revealed the Presidential Candidate Nigerians should vote come February 25th presidential election. During his sermon, Pastor Chris as he’s fondly called characterized three presidential candidates and what they represent. He said: THE FIRST CANDIDATE He is not himself. He is under the influence of a devil. This devil was… []

LASAA launches 2023 mobile advert stickers for branded vehicles

– Prince Adedamola Docemo, Managing Director, LASAA Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA), the agency saddled with the mandate to regulate advertisement displays in Lagos State, has announced the release of its 2023 mobile advert stickers for branded vehicles in the state. Managing Director of LASAA, Prince Adedamola Docemo, in a statement in Ikeja yesterday, stated that the new and improved mobile advert e-sticker… []

The Address Homes Partners Lagos Govt on 3rd Real Estate Marketplace Confab, Exhibitions

– Bisi Onasanya, Founder CEO As part of its contribution to the growth of the real estate sector in Nigeria, luxury property development company, The Address Homes has thrown its weight behind the 3rd Real Estate Market Place Conference and Exhibition put together by the Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Authority, LASRERA. The event, which would be in the form of a Town Hall meeting… []

Don’t Be Carried Away By Rallies -Okotie Warns

-Rev Chris Okotie Interim government campaigner, Rev Chris Okotie has warned Nigerians not to get carried away by the crowds they see at political rallies. In his latest bulletin released from his media office in Lagos,by his media adviser, Ladi Ayodeji, Okotie said the presence of the mixed multitude at campaign rallies is no indication that a presidential candidate enjoys the support of the people…. []

Buhari Charged To Court Over ‘Missing’ Ecological Funds

– President Mohammodu Buhari The trillions ecological funds spent by the Federal Governments has led to President Muhammadu Buhari being charged to court. The lawsuit was filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP to probe the spending of trillions of ecological funds by governments at all levels — federal, state and local governments from 2001 to date, and to ensure the prosecution of… []

N11bn Additional Budget: Senate Takes Up Defence Minister, Bashir Magashi

-Nigeria Senate in session On the insertion of N11 billion in the proposed 2023 budget of the Defence Ministry, the Senate on Thursday took up the Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (retd.. The Senate Committee on Defence uncovered the gap in the N11bn in the 2023 budget of the Ministry during defence of the entire proposal of the minister. The N11bn extra as… []

“Ndigbo should not allow him get away with this” – Igbo elders tackle Soludo over comments on Peter Obi

-Peter Obi, Gov.Charles Soludo Following Anambra State governor, Charles Soludo verbal attacks on the presidential ambition of the Labour Party standard-bearer, Mr. Peter Obi, top Igbo Elders yesterday, took Soludo to the cleaners, urging him to shut up and stop embarrassing himself and Ndigbo through his utterances. Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, Prof ABC Nwosu, Achike Udenwa, Chekwas Okorie, and Prof Fabian Osuji, yesterday, expressed shock at… []

Obasanjo Places Curse On Whosoever Attempt To Relegate His Eldest Child, Iyabo

At an event commemorating the 2022 World Diabetics Day, organized by the Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation (OOF) at the Main Auditorium of Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun state capital on Tuesday, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has sworn that woe betides anyone who attempts to relegate his eldest child, Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello. He said, “Then, I vowed that whatever I can do for girl-child education, I… []

Trump’s Daughter, Tiffany Marries Nigerian-Lebanese Fiancé, Michael Boulos

Daughter of Donald Trump, former American President, Tiffany Trump on Saturday married her Nigerian-bred lover Michael Boulos. Recall Tiffany made her engagement known to her 24-year-old lover on 19th January 2021, which was her father’s final full day in office, and she planned to wed in Greece this summer. At the wedding held at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, Donald Trump and his wife, Melania… []

Update On Female DSS Officer Who Jumped Into Lagos Lagoon

-Adetutu Adedokun The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has given a situation report, regarding the female officer of the Department of State Service (DSS), Adetutu Adedokun, who jumped into Lagos Lagoon. It was earlier reported that the Lagos State Emergency Agency (LASEMA) announced that a young lady suspected to be in her late 30s jumped into the Lagos Lagoon within the Third Mainland Bridge corridor…. []

Security Forces Kill Notorious Bandit Commander, Dogo Maikasuwa

Notorious bandits’ commander, Dogo Maikasuwa, have been killed by security forces just as another bandit died from gunshot wounds, while others escaped with varying degrees of injuries following a gun duel with soldiers, in Gengere-Kaso Forest around Chikun and Kajuru boundary. A statement signed by Kaduna state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, said: “After an era of terrorizing citizens and… []

Minister Orders Probe Of N200 Audit NDDC Contracts

– Obong Umana Okon Umana, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs The South-South Reawakening Group (SSRG) has urged the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Obong umana Okon Umana to as a matter of national emergency ensure the quick inauguration of a substantive NDDC board already screened and approved by the Senate in order for the board to hit the ground running. The Minister has ordered for… []

Naira Redesign: “There Is No Going Back On The Plan Despite Criticisms” – Buhari

– President Buhari While speaking in London on Wednesday, President Muhammadu Buhari said he does not understand the reasons for complaints by Nigerians over the plan to redesign Naira notes. However,, Buhari confirmed that there is no going back on the plan despite criticisms. He said: “With this change of currency, I think there will be issues with a lot of money but time is… []