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UPDATE: UK court finds Ekweremadu, wife guilty of Organ-trafficking

UPDATE: UK court finds Ekweremadu, wife guilty of Organ-trafficking

*Sentencing fixed for May 5 Former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, his wife Beatrice, 56, and Dr Obinna Obeta, 50, have been found guilty of an organ-trafficking plot, which saw them bring a…

Why Tinubu Should Not Be Sworn In – Baba-Ahmed

Why Tinubu Should Not Be Sworn In – Baba-Ahmed

President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chief Justices of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola have been urged not to hold the swearing-in of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on May 29. The Vice-Presidential candidate of the Labour Party…

CBN To Flood Banks With Old Naira Notes As NLC Begin Protest

CBN To Flood Banks With Old Naira Notes As NLC Begin Protest

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday instructed all Deposit Money Banks to immediately collect all old N200, N500 and N1000 notes deposited in its branches to ease the cash crunch across the country.…

2023 Poll: INEC bent on destroying democracy, Nigeria –Secondus

2023 Poll: INEC bent on destroying democracy, Nigeria –Secondus

Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, yesterday, accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of being on a mission to destroy democracy in Nigeria. Secondus, who expressed this view…

Labour Party wins Abia, as INEC declares Otti gov-elect

Labour Party wins Abia, as INEC declares Otti gov-elect

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday finally declared Dr Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP) Governor-elect of Abia State after the controversial Obingwa result was collated. The controversy emanating from the result of…

Cash scarcity to ease as banks collect old notes from CBN today

Cash scarcity to ease as banks collect old notes from CBN today

There are indications that the cash scarcity, which has disrupted economic activities across the country in recent months, will finally ease in the next few days as Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) will begin collecting old…

President-elect, Tinubu, travels out of the country for rest, Lesser Hajj

President-elect, Tinubu, travels out of the country for rest, Lesser Hajj

The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has travelled out of the country for rest and to perform the lesser hajj. This was revealed by his media aide, Tunde Rahman Rahman, in a statement he issued…

Naira Crunch: NLC plans nationwide strike next week

Naira Crunch: NLC plans nationwide strike next week

Following expiration of the seven days ultimatum issued to the Federal Government to address the cash and fuel scarcity crises in the country, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has directed its branches nationwide to begin…

FAAC: Federation revenue dips by N166.6bn

FAAC: Federation revenue dips by N166.6bn

…approves N722.7bn for sharing The federation’ gross statutory earnings in February 2023 fell by N166.598 billion, peaking at N487.106 billion against January statutory revenue of N653.704 billion, breakdown of Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) for…

We blocked 3.8m cyber-attacks during gov poll –FG

We blocked 3.8m cyber-attacks during gov poll –FG

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Ali Pantami, yesterday revealed that the government blocked over 3.8 million cyber-attacks from within and outside the country during Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections. In…