By Abimbola Ogunnaike Barely 24 hours after Supreme Court temporarily suspended Friday’s deadline to stop using old banknotes, which had led to a cash crisis across the length and breadth of the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has vowed to supply commercial banks with plenty of funds to address the new Naira note scarcity in Kogi State. Kogi CBN Branch Controller, Ahmed Sule, made the vow while speaking with a news agency in Lokoja, the state capital. According to Sule, the scarcity of the new Naira might have resulted in some commercial banks not opening for customers on Wednesday,…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike Ademola Lookman, has disclosed that has no regret representing Nigeria at the international level instead of England. Lookman plying his trade for Atalanta in Italy was born in Wandsworth, South West London, to Nigerian parents. The 25-year-old Atalanta winger represented England at the youth level and initially turned down calls from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to represent his fatherland. Lookman later agreed to switch allegiance with FIFA granting his request to play for the Super Eagles on February 10, 2022. The pacy forward said he is happy with the decision to represent the three-time African champions.…
The Federal Government Nigeria on Thursday, 9 February, 2023 ordered the closure of universities for students to participate in the 2023 general election. Nigeria’s National Universities Commission (NUC) gave the directive in a letter addressed to universities’ Vice Chancellors and Directors. NUC Deputy Executive Secretary, Administration, Chris Maiyaki, said the directive takes effect from Wednesday, 22 February, 2023. According to Maiyaki, the directive was based on a directive from Nigeria’s Education Minister, Adamu Adamu. “As Vice Chancellors of all Universities and Director/Chief Executive of Inter-University Centres are quite aware the 2023 General Elections have been scheduled to hold on Saturday…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Few hours after Sokoto State Deputy Governor, Manir Muhammed Dan Musa resigned from being a member of the Peoples Democratic Party in the State, 11 commissioners in state have also dumped the ruling party in the state for All Progressive Congress (APC) The latest development, thegazellenews.com gathered, followed an announcement by the state’s Deputy Governor, Dan Iya, to dump PDP for the national ruling party.. Reports of the defection of the commissioners hit the media a few hours before the presidential campaign rally of the ruling party is expected to take place. The APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The National Vice Chairman, North West of the ruling All progressives congress (APC) Mallam Salihu Moh. Lukman has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to abide by the Supreme Court order aimed at bringing an end to the current cash crisis in the country. Lukman in a press statement titled: “Cashless Economy and Presidential Cabal” noted that it is now left for President Buhari to abide by the Order of the Apex Court in the country. He assured that the cash swap policy would not achieve the goal of APC adversaries by either creating conditions that could mobilise electorates to vote…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Former spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, Frank Mba, assumes office as the new Commissioner of Police in Ogun State. Mba will be taking over from CP Lanre Bankole, who has been deployed to the Force Headquarters, Abuja. His deployment as the new CP in Ogun State was authorised by the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba. His letter of appointment was dated January 24, 2023, and signed by the Assistant Inspector-General of Police to the Police Service Commission (PSC), Hafiz Inuwa. Frank Mba studied law at the University of Lagos and was called to the Nigerian…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike As a result of Nigeria being ranked first in Africa in skin bleaching by the World Health Organisation(WHO), the National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has declared a State of Emergency on bleaching. The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, stated this while speaking on the rising menace of bleaching creams in Nigeria. According to NAFDAC boss, the problem has become a national emergency that calls for serious and urgent attention. She stated this while flagging off a media sensitization workshop on Dangers of Bleaching Creams and Regulatory Control organized by the Association…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike President Muhammadu Buhari has signed an Executive Order on the Facilitation and Management of Presidential Transitions. Buhari made this known in a statement via his verified Twitter handle on Thursday, 9 February, 2023. The President, who said it would enhance the seamless transition of power from one presidential administration to another, also revealed he has approved the establishment of a Presidential Transition Council, which would be chaired by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). “I have signed Executive Order No. 14 of 2023 on the Facilitation and Management of Presidential Transitions. The new Executive…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday, 8 February, 2023, arraigned one Ali Bello, a nephew of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court Abuja. Bello was docked alongside Abba Adauda, Yakubu Siyaka Adabenege, Iyada Sadat, Rashida Bello (at large) on 18 count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation and money laundering to the tune of N3,081,804,654.00 (Three Billion, Eighty One Million, Eight Hundred and Four Thousand, Six Hundred and Fifty Four Naira. Count one of the charge reads “That you, ALI BELLO, ABBA ADAUDU, YAKUBU SIYAKA ADABENEGE, IYADA SADAT, RASHIDA BELLO (at…
The Senator representing Delta North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Peter Nwaoboshi, who has been on the run months after the Court of Appeal Lagos Division convicted and sentenced him to 7 years imprisonment for money laundering, is finally in prison custody. The lawmaker who was intercepted by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, at a Hospital in Lagos on Monday, 6 February, 2023, was finally remanded in Ikoyi Custodial Centre today, Wednesday, 8 February, 2023, to commence his prison term. The Court of Appeal had in a judgement it delivered on July 1, 2022, sentenced…