Day: February 7, 2023

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, is fighting a battle of his life. The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, says prominent individuals in high places are at work to make the APC pay a price. DIRISU YAKUBU examines the issues at play For the first time in the nation’s recent

On Thursday, February 2, 2023, during a zoom interview on Channels TV, the National President, Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria, Mr Victor Olojo, was put on the spot over the current naira crisis. The Central Bank of Nigeria mandates banks to pay customers with the new naira. The banks complain of

The Katsina State Police Command has arrested and paraded 15 suspects for committing various crimes in Katsina State and its environs. The first category of the suspects were three suspected thieves led by one Mohamed Abdurrahman of Saulawa Quarters in Katsina. The suspects according to the Katsina Police Spokesman, SP Gambo Isah, specialised in breaking

A former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Imo State and member of its Board of Trustees, Dr. Alex Obi, is dead. The deceased, popularly known as IKemba Mbaise, was aged 68. A statement issued on Tuesday night by his family signed by his brother, Valentine Obi Snr and son, Alexander Obi Jnr respectively

One of Nigeria’s commercial banks, Zenith Bank, has shut down its operations in some of its branches in the Federal Capital Territory and some states in the country due to alleged attacks on its staff members and network, the News Agency of Nigeria reported. The PUNCH also observed that the hashtag, “ZenithBankshutdown” had begun to

The National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (North-West), Malam Salihu Lukman, on Tuesday, revealed some forces outside the APC were responsible for the failed attempt to foist the candidacy of former president Goodluck Jonathan and Governor of the Central Bank, Dr Godwin Emefiele, to prevent Asiwaju Bola Tinubu from clinching the presidential ticket.

As part of ongoing efforts at ensuring that commercial banks comply with the Central Bank of Nigeria’s directive on the distribution of the redesigned naira notes, operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission last week Friday, discovered the sum of N258 million stashed in the vault at the head office of

French literary star Michel Houellebecq is seeking a ban on a sexually explicit film awaiting release and featuring the writer, his lawyers said Tuesday. The global bestselling author also wants the trailer for the movie, “Kirac 27” by Dutch filmmaker Stefan Ruitenbeek, taken down, they said. The trailer, released in January, shows a shirtless Houellebecq

The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday commended the Independent National Electoral Commission for initiating processes to appeal the judgement of the Osun Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which annulled the victory of Senator Ademola Adeleke. The PDP in a statement by its caretaker chairman, Dr Akindele Adekunle, said the electoral umpire

The vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Datti Baba-Ahmed, has said Obi will tackle Nigeria’s fuel subsidy regime in the first 100 days if elected and redeploy the funds to key areas. Baba-Ahmed’s said this when he appeared on Channels Television’s election show The 2023 Verdict on Tuesday. “In the first 100 days, by the