Following the announcement made by the Central Bank Bank of Nigeria to redesign the N200, N500 and N1,000 notes, the United Bank for Africa Plc, has outlined a number of points to help guide its customers through the transition.
Tori Media had reported that the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, had...
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Ifeanyi Adeleke, the 3 year old son of Music star, Davido and his fiancee, Chioma Rowland has sadly died.
The tragic death occured on Monday, October 31. Ifeanyi died by drowning at his dad's Banana Island home. He was rushed Evercare Hospital in Lekki where he...
Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the preliminary number of registered voters in Nigeria is now 93 million.
Yakubu disclosed this at the third quarterly meeting with political parties on Wednesday October 26.
He revealed that 9,518,188 new voters have been added to the existing register of 84,004,084...
Russian president, Vladimir Putin has described former British Prime Minister Liz Truss as 'crazy' amid accusations that Western powers are engaged in 'nuclear blackmail of Russia'.
During a speech in Moscow, the Russian president said Truss must have been 'a bit out of it' and he claimed to have 'never said anything proactively about possible use...
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) on Thursday, October 27, heard how Chidinma transferred N5 million from Usifo Ataga’s account to another account.
Chidimma allegedly carried out the act on June 15, 2021, the day Utaga was murdered.
The ninth prosecution witness in the trial, DSP Olusegun...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Command, has secured the conviction and sentencing of twenty-two (22) internet fraudsters.
They were jailed by Justice Fatun Riman of the Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.
The convicts are: Sunday Uchenna Jude, Paschal Aniagor Tobechukwu,Prosper Nnachetam, David Ahams Chinyereugo,...
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state has said that Nigeria will break up if the All Progressive Congress (APC) wins the 2023 presidential election.
Obaseki who spoke during the swearing-in of members of the Edo state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign council management committee on Monday, October 25, said that 'nobody...
Waterfront residents of highbrow Ikoyi, Lekki and Victoria Island as well as coastal areas of Epe and Badagry have been alerted by the Lagos state government to be wary of back flow due to the high tide in Lagos Lagoon.
The advisory was issued by Lagos state Commissioner for Environment...
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) said its attention has been drawn to reports making the rounds in the media, of the arrest by the Nigerian Army, of two persons purported to be carrying out enrolment of persons in Niger Republic and being erroneously or spuriously referred to as...
The Federal Government has claimed that Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is a flight risk.
The FG made this known in legal documents as it filed seven grounds of appeal against the Court of Appeal judgment which discharged Kanu on October 13.
It asked the...
Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, convicted and sentenced a 29-year-old Chinese national, Gang Deng, to five years imprisonment for offences bordering on illegal mining and possession of minerals without lawful authority.
Gang was arrested along Tsaragi Road in Share,...
The Nigeria Startups Bill which is expected to protect youths in the innovative sector against harassment and other abuses, has been signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Minister ofCommunication and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami who addressed State House Correspondents on the Nigeria Startups Act 2022, said it was signed...
A Court of Appeal judgement which freed the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu has been appealed by the federal government at the Supreme Court.
In the appeal filed yesterday October 19, before the apex court by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), the federal government asked...
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has said that only 24, 000 actively licensed physicians are remaining in the country following a recent brain drain.
NMA President, Ojinmah Uche who disclosed this during a policy dialogue on Nigeria’s health sector brain drain and its implications for sustainable child and family health service delivery,...
A delegation of 121 Nigerians has departed for Rome, Italy, to offer intercessory prayers for the country.
Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, Yakubu Pam, the executive secretary of Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), said the trip was special and exceptional.
He added that the trip was bilateral, and not the regular...
Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Works and Housing, has announced the completion of the Second Niger Bridge.
He disclosed this on Wednesday, October 19, in Abuja at the unveiling of President Muhammadu Buhari’s scorecard series (2015-2023).
However, he said connecting roads to the bridge are still under construction.
Fashola said: "I can...
Controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has revealed what he discussed with the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, who visited him at his residence in Kaduna.
WITHIN NIGERIA had reported that Obi alongside his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed visited the Islamic cleric in his official residence on Monday.
The...
A human rights lawyer, Mr. Nnaemeka Ejiofor, has raised the alarm over what he termed as enforced disappearance of 24 persons that were arrested by security agents, following their alleged link with the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.
Ejiofor, who briefed newsmen in Abuja...
The Chinese government has opened police stations in Nigeria and in over 20 countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa in its effort to tackle the increasing criminal activities of its citizens abroad.
This was contained in an investigative statement titled, ‘110 Overseas Chinese Transnational Policing Gone Wild.’
It was...
Presidential candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, counterpart, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, were at each other’s jugular, yesterday, over alleged divisive politics and threat to national harmony.
Tinubu fired a salvo at Atiku Abubakar, saying the PDP flagbearer belongs to...
The Appeal Court in Abuja has discharged and acquitted Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, of terrorism charges.
Kanu approached the Appeal Court seeking to quash the terrorism charges brought against him by the Federal Government.
The leader of the secessionist group had faulted the order of...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said there are 95 million registered voters for 2023 election.
INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, who spoke at an event organised by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) at the NED Headquarters, Washington DC, United States of...
The National Executive Council, NEC, meeting of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, is expected to hold today, during which the union will deliberate on recent developments in the face-off between it and the federal government.
Sources told Vanguard that the NEC meeting would be preceded by congresses in...
The Nigerian Army, yesterday, flagged off the reunion and Pulling Out Parade of 11 Major Generals attached to the Ordnance Corps, from the Force, with a sanitation exercise under the Ojuelegba bridge in Lagos.
Consequently, Military personnel in their full camouflage went about cleaning the environment in collaboration with the...
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has said that the full digitisation of Nigerian passport processes would be completed by December.
Aregbesola disclosed this when he featured on the News program in Abuja.
He said that full digitisation would completely eliminate any form of contact between passport applicants and immigration officers.
According to...
Hollywood actor, Sylvester Stallone and hus wife, Jennifer Flavin’s divorce has been officially dismissed two weeks after they decided to reconcile.
Page Six reported on Friday October 7, that the couple's lawyers filed a notice for voluntary dismissal in Palm Beach County, Fla.
Since the paperwork was filed on Friday morning, online...
Mike Ozekhome (SAN), one of the lawyers to Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has written President Muhammadu Buhari, seeking ‘political solution’ to Nnamdi Kanu’s travails.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Kanu has been the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Abuja...
The Ethiopian government has reportedly placed a ban on visa on arrival for Nigerians.
Stakeholders said the ban which took effect on Tuesday October 4, would create some hiccups in travel to Ethiopia.
Daily Trust reported that the management of Ethiopian Airlines, the national airline of Ethiopia, had informed travel partners of...
Presidential candidate of The Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi has dismissed claims that the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, is a terrorist group.
Obi, who made this assertion while in an interview with Channels Television, stated that IPOB members live around him and do not constitute a threat to the...
violation of the advertising laws and loss of revenue, seeks 30bn penalty
The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria is suing Meta Platforms Incorporated (owners of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp platforms) and its agent AT3 Resources Limited] for violation of the advertising laws and loss of revenue.
The suit was filed at the...
The Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency has released a photo of the billionaire drug baron who used his Lagos mansion to store 13 million tramadol pills.
In a statement shared by the agency's spokesperson Femi Babafemi, it was disclosed that the drug had a street value of N8.8billion.
The drug baron identified as Ugochukwu...
The Nigerian government disclosed that the Second Niger Bridge is to be operational by Christmas.
They stated that the first phase of the bridge’s construction is 95% complete, which is a 1.6km route.
This was disclosed by the acting controller of works in Anambra, Mr. Seyi Martins in Awka on Monday.
What he said:
He noted that media...
Nigeria's electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has spoken about the highly anticipated 2023 elections,
The INEC on Thursday assured that it will monitor compliance with the limits on campaign spending by political parties under the Electoral Act.
This is as the commission said it will monitor compliance to...
Anambra State Government has banned the activities of transport unions and also sacked touts from motor parks in the state.
In a statement released by the state Commissioner for Information, Mr Paul Nwosu on Thursday September 29, it was stated that only government-accredited agents are entitled to now collect tolls at...
Enugu Catholic Diocese has lifted the ban which stopped all priests and Catholic faithfuls from attending the Adoration Ministry, Enugu led by the controversial priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka.
Recall that Bishop of the Diocese, Most. Rev. Callistus Onaga had on June 18, 2022 pronounced the indefinite ban in a letter he personally...
The Federal Government on Wednesday declared Monday, October 3, 2022, as a public holiday to mark the nation’s 62nd Independence anniversary celebration.
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated all Nigerians on this year’s celebration.
Aregbesola in a statement signed by...
The dollar hit N735 in the parallel market on Wednesday as political campaign activities began in the country.
According to Bureau De Change operators in Lagos and Abuja, dollar price had increased from N718 – N720 to N728-N735 in the last one week.
A BDC operator at Amuwo-Odofin in Lagos, Bala...
The Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF) said it has detected a total of 1,618 workers whose letters of employment were either fake or illegal in the Federal Civil Service.
Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, revealed this on...
The Kogi State Government has sealed The New Jerusalem Deliverance Ministry, Okene for allegedly defrauding members by selling “bulletproof water” and running an unapproved medical facility.
Recall that Pastor of the church, Peter Adeiza, was arrested by security agents for selling ‘bullet proof water.’
Adeiza, music-artist-turned-Pastor is said to have been operating...
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu's legal team, has made a case for his release.
They demanded his immediate unconditional release from custody of the Department of State Services to enable him access medical personnel of his choice.
Kanu’s lead counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, made the demand...
A 21-year-old man identified simply as Chukwudi has killed his mother and father in Nnewi, Anambra state.
The suspect said to be an undergraduate of a university in Anambra, is the only son of the couple, Mr. and Mrs Micheal Ulor, from Nsukka, Enugu State.
The already decomposing corpses were found with machete...
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced a pastor, Ayodeji Ibrahim Oluokun, to two years in prison.
The assistant pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), City of David Parish, Victoria Island, was jailed on Tuesday, September 21, 2022.
Oluokun’s...
Suspected internet fraudsters hacked into the server of an old generation bank and stole a whopping sum of N523,337,100,00 from a customer's account.
The Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU) Ikoyi, Lagos, SP Eyitayo Johnson, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, September 21, 2022.
The...
Last week, Peter Obi – former governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate – finally made his much-anticipated appearance on CNN. It was, all things considered, an impressive outing.
By this I mean not just that Obi held his own – which he did – but, even more critically, that...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it would conduct a supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for 67 candidates on Saturday, September 24,2022.
JAMB’s Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin said the supplementary exam was fixed for the candidates after reviewing the entire exercise.
The statement released...
Investigations have revealed that under the President Muhammadu Buhari government, a 32-page passport costs N10,750 to process at the northern parts of Nigeria, while the same passport costs N25,000 to process at the southern hemisphere.
See a few samples from four states, two from each half apiece involving Adamawa, Sokoto,...
Nigeria’s serial internet fraudster facing trial in the United States of America, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi, has written to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), complimenting American authorities for arresting him and bringing him to justice for his crimes.
The internet fraudster who will soon be sentenced by...
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, says the union is willing to end its seven-month-old strike.
Osodeke disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja, at a National Town Hall Meeting on Tertiary Education tagged: ‘The Locked Gates of our Citadels -A National Emergency.’
Recall that...
GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike on Thursday ended the denial of women inheritance prevalent among cultures and traditions in Rivers state as he signed into law three new bills passed by the State House of Assembly.
Wike at the Government House, Port Harcourt, signed into law, the Rivers State Prohibition of the...
The Nigerian government and the French Development Agency (AFD) have signed a grant agreement of €25 million for the Northern Corridor Project jointly funded by the European Union and the AFD. The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, and the AFD Country Director in Nigeria, Xavier Muron,...
The Federal Government has released suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra arrested by officers of the Nigerian Army since February 27, 2020, at the Imo River community in Abia State.
The victims, Sunday Nwafor, 59; Uzonwanne Ejiofor, 48; and Wilfred Dike, 36, were held at 14 Brigade Nigerian...
THE Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, on Wednesday, said that the Old Port Harcourt Refinery would become functional by December this year.
The Minister disclosed this when he briefed State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council FEC, meeting presided over by President...
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has asked for total financial autonomy and removal from the annual national budgetary allocation.
JAMB registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede made the call while appearing before the House of Representatives Committee on Finance on the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) on Wednesday September 14.
Oloyede who revealed...
Angola and Libya have overtaken Nigeria as the biggest crude oil producers in the African continent.
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) disclosed this in its Oil Market Report for September 2022 releases on Tuesday September 13 in Lagos.
The report revealed that Nigeria’s crude oil production for August...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has, on Tuesday, reserved judgement on the appeal filed by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
Mazi Kanu had filed an appeal to quash the terrorism and treasonable felony charge proffered against him by the Federal...
In a move designed to further tighten the noose around examination cheats and their collaborators, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has resolved that, henceforth, no candidate would be allowed to sit for the board’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) if they are not verified biometrically.
The decision, which...
