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CBN Dismisses Rumors of Old Naira Notes Phasing Out by 2024

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has debunked reports claiming that the old N200, N500, and N1,000 banknotes will cease as legal tender by December 31, 2024. In a statement released on... Read more »
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Rivers State Government Investors Sign $300m MOU On Waste-to-wealth Project

Rivers State Government has said that it will promote, strengthen and implement the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in waste management to maximise its economic potentials for the benefit of Rivers people.... Read more »
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APC Leaders in Anambra State Denounce Bianca Ojukwu’s Ministerial Appointment as Anti-Party

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State have condemned the appointment of Bianca Ojukwu as a minister-designate, calling it an anti-party action. They questioned the rationale behind President Bola... Read more »
Atiku Abubakar

Atiku Abubakar Calls for Urgent Public Awareness on Fuel Safety

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has urged Nigerian authorities to launch a comprehensive campaign educating citizens on the dangers of scooping fuel from fallen petroleum tankers. In a statement addressing the recent... Read more »
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House Rejects Controversial Sharia Law Amendment Bill

A bill seeking to make Sharia law not just a personal matter in the constitution has been rejected in the House of Representatives. The bill seeks to amend sections 24, 262 and... Read more »
Obasanjo Tinubu

Tinubu Came to Office Without a Plan – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has publicly criticized President Bola Tinubu, claiming he assumed office without a clear plan for governance. In a recent statement, Obasanjo expressed concerns about the current administration’s direction... Read more »
Binances Gambaryan

Binance Executive, Tigran Gambaryan Leaves Nigeria After Spending Eight Months In ‘Unlawful’ Detention

After eight months in detention, Binance Holdings Limited’s executive, Tigran Gambaryan, has left Nigeria to reunite with his family in the U.S. His wife, Yuki Gambaryan, disclosed this in a statement on... Read more »
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President Tinubu Mobilizes Military for Intensified Search Efforts After Helicopter Crash

President Bola Tinubu has directed an intensification of search and rescue for passengers of the ill-fated helicopter that crashed into the Atlantic near Bonny Finima on Thursday in Port-Harcourt. The helicopter, operated... Read more »
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Civil Society Pass Vote of No Confidence on Justice Simon Amobeda

Civil societies in Kano Have raised an alarm over what they described as unpatriotic attitude of Justice Simon Amobeda of the Federal High Court in Kano. The CSOs under the aegis of... Read more »

Governor Otti Failing In Campaign Promises, Abia Pensioners Lament

Pensioners in Abia State under the aegis of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), Abia Council, have accused the government of betraying their trust with regard to payment of pension arrears. Briefing... Read more »
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Cockpit windscreen of VP Shettima’s plane damaged at JFK Airport

Vice President Kashim Shettima’s trip to Samoa to represent Nigeria at the 2024 Commonwealth Heads Of Government Summit has been cancelled after a foreign object hit his plane during a stopover at... Read more »
Ondo State government

Ondo State Govt takes charge of electricity market after NERC transition deadline

Ondo State government has officially taken charge of its electricity market effective 22nd of October 2024 when oversight by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) came to an end. The transfer followed... Read more »
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Onyeze Celebrates Bianca Ojukwu’s Appointment as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

Sir Chidi Charles Onyeze (General) in a press statement signed by the DG Onyeze Humanitarian Foundation, Hon Mrs Uju Izuakor on Thursday, extends his heartfelt congratulations to Iyom Bianca Ojukwu on her... Read more »
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Gov Fubara Felicitates Dame Patience Jonathan At 59

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has felicitated with former Nigerian First Lady, Dame (Mrs) Patience Goodluck Jonathan on her 59th Birthday (on Friday, October 25, 2024). In a congratulatory message in... Read more »
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MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENT: Monday Diamond Foundation congratulates Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu

Following the appointment of Amb Mrs Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu (Iyom) as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,one of the most reputable NGOs in Nigeria known as... Read more »
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President Tinubu Slashes Convoy, Security Details For Ministers, Gov’t Officials

President Bola Tinubu has placed a limitation on Ministers, Ministers of State, and Heads of Federal Government Agencies, allowing them a maximum of three vehicles in their official convoys President Tinubu has... Read more »
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DHQ Says 140 Terrorists Neutralized, 135 Arrested In Two Months

The Defence Headquarters has said that troops of the Nigerian Military have neutralized 140 terrorists, arrested 135 others across all theatres of operations in the last one week.Director of the Defence Media... Read more »
Kadri Hamzat

Lagos could be submerged by rising water — Deputy Governor, Kadri Hamzat

Lagos State may face the risk of being submerged by rising sea levels if urgent measures are not taken, according to Obafemi Hamzat, the Deputy Governor of the state. Hamzat made this... Read more »
Federal Government

Federal Government Launches Committee to Modernize Nigerian Laws

The federal government on Thursday in Abuja inaugurated a committee of high powered law experts from various fields to review, update and consolidate archaic Nigerian laws within six months. The law review... Read more »
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WTO Director-General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Refutes Claims of World Bank and IMF Loan to Biafra Republic

In a recent statement, World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has firmly debunked claims made by Biafra agitator Simon Ekpa regarding a supposed agreement between the World Bank and the International... Read more »