Nigeria Customs Service Area 2 Command, Onne Seaport in Rivers State, has generated N242,090,629,309.29 in the 2022 fiscal year. The Comptroller, Auwal Muhammad, disclosed this on Thursday in Onne, during his official handing over to the newly deployed Comptroller, Baba...
Five dismissed Memphis police officers were on Friday, January 27, charged with second-degree murder in the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop. Ex-Officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr....
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has completed the distribution of materials for the 2023 general election. INEC noted that airlifting and delivery of sensitive materials to states of the federation has begun, adding that accreditation of national...
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun has described the judgement of the Election Petition Tribunal which sacked him as "a miscarriage of justice." Adeleke vowed to challenge the ruling at the Court of Appeal, insisting he remains the rightful winner of...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it would conduct a mock accreditation of registered voters across the 436 polling units in the country on Saturday, February 4, 2023. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at a meeting...
The Election Petition Tribunal presided over by Justice Tertse Kume has sacked Senator Ademola Adeleke as Osun State Governor. In a split judgement of 2:1, the tribunal ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw the Certificate of Return...
Operators of Commercial Banks in the country have countered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over claims that the commercial banks have enough naira notes in their kitty but hoarding them. The banks countered the CBN when their officials appeared...
The Kaduna State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) to construct a 48-kilometre ring road in Kaduna Western bypass. Governor Nasir El-Rufai said after the signing of the agreement on Thursday...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that 89.3% of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) delivered to Lagos State have been collected. Of the 940,200 PVCs delivered to Lagos from the recent voter registration exercise, 839,720 PVCs have been collected...
First Bank of Nigeria Limited and Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) say their branches across the country will be open on Saturday and Sunday to receive old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes. First Bank and GTBank made this known via a...