China is now considering a new escalation against the West by delivering weapons and ammunition to Russia in its war against Ukraine—crossing a red line that could spark a “new Cold War,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken revealed on taped Sunday Read more…
The leading contenders in Nigeria’s presidential election have made their last push for support, a week before the West African nation’s key election. As the campaign period neared its end, both the ruling party’s Bola Tinubu and the main opposition’s Read more…
The Indigenous People of Biafra said its intelligence unit, the M-Branch, has discovered plans by some miscreants in the South-East to invade banks in Abia State and some parts of the region. The pro-Biafran group said the criminal elements claiming to Read more…
The Vice-Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Datti Baba-Ahmed yesterday described as “treasonable” the comments of Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State on the Naira redesign policy following the nationwide broadcast of President Muhammadu Buhari on the issue.El-Rufai in a Read more…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered an additional sum of N900,000,000 for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said the sum was part of monies which some deposit money banks (DMBs) fraudulently withheld Read more…
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, has condemned the position of President Muhammadu Buhari on the naira redesign policy. He observed that the president has set a dangerous precedent by flouting the Supreme Court order of interim injunction halting the ban Read more…
China will present a plan aimed at peacefully resolving the conflict in Ukraine, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. Those calling for continued fighting “don’t care about the life and death of Ukrainians,” he also warned. “We Read more…
No one in Godgift Inemesit’s family of eight is sure when they will eat each day — except for her three kids, two of whom have malaria. She can’t pay for the drugs they need or feed the rest of Read more…
The Carter Center said Saturday that former President Jimmy Carter has entered home hospice care. The charity created by the 98-year-old former president said on Twitter that after a series of short hospital stays, Carter “decided to spend his remaining Read more…
The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on new naira re-design and naira swap policy on Thursday has met with President Muhammadu Buhari, with a message that a lot must be done to mitigate the suffering of Nigerians following the naira Read more…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has denied reports making the rounds that it has authorized deposit money banks to collect the old N500 and N1,000 banknotes. In a statement by CBN’s Director of Corporate Communications Osita Nwanisobi on Friday, Read more…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, says he has met with 15 bank executives and directed them to make the old 200 naira notes available from Thursday (today). He made this known after attending a meeting between Read more…