Orji Kalu, Senate Chief Whip, stated that he and his family had been dealing with monetary shortages and that he recently could not afford to cook.
On Monday, Kalu revealed this in an interview with Channels Television's The 2023 Verdict.
In what seems to be a brewing war of power between the Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, and the President of the federal republic of Nigeria, the former has defied the latter's directives on the currency swap policy of the federal government.
The two had in the past enjoyed a cordial relationship that was special in many ways. But with President Buhari's insistence to curb vote buy through the currency swap, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has challenged the…
Mixed reactions have trailed the Central Bank of Nigeria's Press Release issued on Feb 17, 2023, as Nigerians presented 'pieces of evidence' of contrary releases from Banks.
PRESS RELEASE
The attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria has been drawn to some
fake and unauthorized messages quoting the CBN as having
authorized the Deposit Money Banks to collect the old N500 and
N1,000 Banknotes. For the avoidance of doubt, and in…
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Buhari asks the Central Bank of Nigeria to retain the old N200 currency in circulation until April 2023
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that the old N200 note be kept in circulation until April 10, 2023, when it would cease to be legal tender. He calls on Nigerians to surrender all old N1,000 and N500 notes to their banks.
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Governor Nyesom Wike has stated that All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu possesses the character and bravery necessary for Nigeria ahead of the presidential elections.
Wike, who met Tinubu at Government House in Port Harcourt immediately after the APC candidate's Rivers campaign rally on Wednesday, said he owes no one an apology for declaring his support for Tinubu's presidential candidacy.
The Rivers governor, on the other hand, ordered Tinubu not to promote more financing for the APC's Rivers governorship candidate, Tonye Cole, claiming he had no chance against Siminaliayi Fubura, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Wike expects to succeed him.
The governor acknowledged that Tinubu, the…
A youngster, Yusuf Alami, has disclosed why he stepped in front of the motorcade of the Labour Party's presidential candidate, Peter Obi, at the party's campaign event in Lagos State on Saturday.
In a popular social media photo, the adolescent is shown throwing his arms out wide in front of a Toyota Land Cruiser SUV, with Obi standing through the open roof of the car, smiling at the teenager.
When the adolescent was interviewed in another viral video that went popular on social media Saturday night, Alami said that he stepped in front of the caravan because he loved Obi.
Alami, who claims to be from Ibadan but now lives in Lagos, says Obi helps people and that he admires him.
He went on to say that if Obi wins the polls, he (…
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, said Monday during a meeting with political parties in Abuja that there are 240 polling units with no registered voters and where voting would not take place on the 25th of February and 11th of March.
Yakubu further stated that the country currently has a total of 176,606 polling units where the general election would be held.
Mahmood Yakubu said that voters assigned to new voting units would get text messages informing them of their new polling units before the general elections on February 25 and March 11, 2023.
The Chairman of the Electoral Commission stated that the commission has made it easier for voters to locate their polling locations before the…
The guidance was given by the commission in a brief message headed "Information for all eligible voters," which was issued on Sunday in Abuja.
This was crucial to the commission since it had transferred certain authorized voters from overcrowded polling units to less congested polling units within the same locality to enhance a stress-free voting experience on election day.
“INEC in exercise of its powers under Section 40(2) of the Electoral Act, 2022, has allotted voters from overcrowded polling units to less congested polling units within the same location to promote a more pleasant and stress free voting experience on election day."
“Please visit the INEC’s Voter Verification System on: …