The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has arrested the officials of the Abuja head office of Sterling Bank over “N258 million” new notes “stashed” in the bank’s vault. In a statement on Tuesday, the commission said the regional and service managers of the bank were arrested on Friday. The…
Some gun-wielding men, suspected to be cultists on Tuesday morning shot and killed a lecturer with Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra state. A source identified the victim as Dr Anthony Eze, a lecturer with the faculty of education in the university. According to the source, the lecturer was just driving out of his residence at…
A former Senator, Shehu Sani who is a critic of this government has adopted a CHILD. The former lawmaker, shared the news on social media, saying the newborn was abandoned by the road side before he was handed over to the Social Welfare Department and then handed over to an Orphanage home. He says he…
Erstwhile Speaker of the House Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has said the North should succeed President Muhammadu Buhari and rule Nigeria for another four years. Dogara said ruling Nigeria for another four years after Buhari would ensure equity and justice for the North. He explained that the North would have equalled the South by ruling Nigeria…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, has given a reason Nigerians should sack him if elected president in the upcoming presidential election. Obi said Nigerians should sack him and his running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, if they take the country in the wrong direction. Speaking at the Support Group Conveners Conference in…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily stopped the withdrawal of old naira notes from February 10. Three governors—Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna, Yahaya Bello of Kogi, and Bello Matawalle of Zamfara—had filed an ex parte motion before the Supreme Court petition for a temporary restraining order to stop President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime and the Central Bank…
FG Approves Use Of Hijab For Female Students The Federal Government has approved the use of Hijab for female Muslim students. This was contained in a circular signed by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Andrew David Adejo. The circular, was sent to all Principals of all the 112 Federal Unity Colleges and Federal…
Beggars in Jigawa State have cried out over the decline in almsgiving as a result of the scarcity of the new naira notes. Some of the beggars expressed their concern while speaking with Daily Post in Dutse, the State capital. Malam Sani, one of the beggars along Kiyawa road in Dutse, said before the new…
The Federal Government of Nigeria on Tuesday accused some opposition parties of legally restricting President Muhammadu Buhari from giving relief to Nigerians suffering agonies of cash crunch resulting from the naira redesign. Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, made the remark at the 23rd edition of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration scorecard series (2015-2023)…
A Turkey-based Nigerian, Emmanuel Olaitan Johnson, has recounted how he survived the earthquake that killed more than 2,700 people in Turkey on Monday. Johnson, who spoke with BBC Pidgin, explained that he sensed danger when he noticed the crack in his building wall. Recounting his ordeal, Jonhson said he was dressed only in pants, picked up his…
