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The Presidency Friday said there was no truth to the claim that President Muhammadu Buhari was working towards the truncation of democracy through the installation of an interim government. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said this in a statement titled “Stop the Joke about Interim Government, Elections Will Hold.” While Governor Umar Ganduje of Kano State had alleged that the naira redesign policy of President Buhari was aimed at truncating Nigeria’s democracy, his counterpart in Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, claimed the scarcity of naira notes was a part of the plots…

The United Nations office in Nigeria has outlined a number of concerns in the build-up to Nigeria’s general elections on 25 February and 11 March. Nigeria will hold presidential and federal legislative elections on 25 February while state elections will be held on 11 March. UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, shared the global body’s concerns in an exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES. “We are concerned about elections being postponed due to violence,” he said, speaking about the major concern of the global organisation. It is not just violence in the North-east, Mr Schmale pointed out, it…

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, the apex bank said the apex is only reissuing and recirculating the old N200 banknotes which is expected to circulate as legal tender up to April 10, 2023, in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive. The CBN advised the public to disregard any message and/or information not formally released by the bank on this subject. It also advised media practitioners…

Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) has joined the debate, saying the rejection of the old notes is contrary to the Supreme Court’s stand. Onigbanjo stated this when he appeared on TVC Business Show, adding that petrol stations, banks and others who reject the old notes could be prosecuted. The Senior Advocate decried the lingering naira scarcity in the land and the high charges by Point-of-Sales operators that have fostered untold hardship on Nigerians. He noted that people who are hungry and have their means of livelihood eroded cannot care about any macro-economic policy or…

A retired High Court Judge in Kogi State, Justice Alaba Omalaye Ajileye has faulted the process of appointment of judicial officers in Nigeria. Justice Ajileye who x-rayed the judiciary Wednesday in Lokoja during a valedictory court session in his honour said the process of appointing judicial officers in Nigeria is shrouded in secrecy and clandestineness. Citing evils associated with appointments, Justice Ajileye said there is no transparency in the process of appointing judicial officers. ” Another evil is that recommendations of Honourable Judges and Honourable Justices don’t count. The act of calling for recommendations looks to me like a ritual,…

NATIONAL BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE CHALLENGES OF THE CURRENCY SWAP AND STATE OF THE NATION, ON 16th FEBRUARY, 2023 My Dear Compatriots, ​I have found it necessary to address you today, on the state of the nation and to render account on the efforts of our administration to sustain and strengthen our economy, enhance the fight against corruption and sustain our gains in the fight against terrorism and insecurity which has, undoubtedly, been impacted by several internal and external factors. 2.​Particularly, I am addressing you, as your democratically elected President, to…

Zamfara government, on Tuesday, asked Non Governmental Organisations operating in the state ( NGOs) to pack their belongings and leave the state immediately. In a statement signed by the state commissioner of Security and Home Affairs DIG rtd Ibrahim Mamman Tsafe the state government said it has observed with utmost dismay, the recent high influx of Non-Governmental Organisations into the state. The government said the NGOs are carrying out illegal activities that contravene the existing laws of government. “Majority of these illegal NGOs have not registered with the state in line with the laid down rules and regulations of government”…

A new Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, has assumed duty at the Lagos State Police Command, taking over from Abiodun Alabi, who was promoted to an Assistant Inspector-General of Police, in charge of Zone 2 with headquarters in Lagos. Confirming the development via a statement on his Twitter handle late Tuesday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said Owohunwa who hails from Kabba, Kogi State, joined the police force as a Cadet Officer (Course 19/1996) on August 15, 1996, after graduating with a Second Class (Upper Division) from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. According to Hundeyin, the…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released emergency telephone numbers to the public to officially report erring Point of Sales (POS) agents selling new naira notes and those selling charging exorbitantly for withdrawal. The Director, CBN Governor’s Department, Mr Joseph Omayuku, made this known during a briefing with journalists in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital on Tuesday. While warning syndicates engaging in illegal practices to desist forthwith, Omayuku advised members of the public to report erring PoS agents by reaching out to the CBN contact centre on 07002255226; Telephone Ext: 711025 – 7; contactcbn@cbn.gov.ng and its social media handles. The…

The police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. The police in Anambra State, South-east Nigeria, said they have rescued 15 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who were abducted by gunmen in the state. The police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Mr Ikenga said the corps members had concluded their three weeks orientation programme at the NYSC Orientation camp in Imo State and were en route to Lagos State before their vehicle was intercepted on Tuesday at a junction in Ihiala, a community…