On Monday, both the Presidency and the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, finally bowed to pressure to end the two months Naira crisis in the country. The apex bank, a few hours after the presidency absolved itself of blame, directed commercial banks to henceforth accept the N200, N500 and N1000 old ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria has cleared the air on directing commercial banks to dispense and accept the deposit of old Naira notes amid the raging currency crisis. Dr Isa Abdulmumin, Acting Director of Corporate Communication CBN, in an exclusive chat with DAILY POST on Monday, clarified that ...

The website of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has crashed amid the commencement of a recruitment exercise. Checks by DAILY POST on Monday found that the agency’s website indicated ‘500 internal server errors. The agency’s recruitment application began on Sunday and was ...

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has called on residents, business owners, and especially retailers to accept the old N500 and N1,000 notes – in line with the Supreme Court judgement which ruled that the currency remains legal tender until December 31, 2023. ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Monday 13th March 2023 1. State governments, which sued the Federal Government on the naira redesign policy, have given the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of the Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Sunday 12th March 2023 1. The leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress has invited the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima; senators-elect and ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Saturday 11th March 2023 1. Indications have emerged that some state governments are planning to initiate contempt proceedings against the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, ...

The Presidential Transition Council has commenced preparations ahead of the transfer of power by President Muhammadu Buhari to his successor. The President-elect is Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, whose victory is being challenged by Labour Party’s Peter Obi and Peoples ...

The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has vowed to shut down broadcast stations whose activities can undermine peaceful co-existence. Its spokesman, Mr Ekanem Antia, stated in Abuja on Friday that NBC’s Director-General, Malam Balarabe Ilelah, gave the warning at a meeting with broadcast ...

The Department of State Services, DSS, has said there are plans to cause a total breakdown of law and order in the country. The secret police said the plot was designed for execution after the governorship and state assembly elections. In a statement released on Wednesday by Peter Afunanya, ...

By Godfrey Bivbere COMMUTERS and motorists plying the Mile 2 to Second Rainbow, along the Apapa–Oshodi expressway, have decried the activities of officers and men of the Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, and those of the Comptroller-General’s Customs Strike ...

By Esther Onyegbula, Lagos No fewer than seven persons have been confirmed dead, while others sustained injuries, in an accident involving a moving train and a Lagos State government Staff bus, at Shogunle area of Ikeja, Lagos, yesterday. One of the survivors of the accident, simply called ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of the Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Friday 10th March 2023 1. Lagos State Emergency Management Agency and the Nigerian Railway Corporation have blamed the driver of a Lagos State Government staff bus for a fatal train accident which ...

The federal Government has revoked the visa, residence and work permits of Chief Executive Officer of Seplat Energy, Mr Roger Brown. DAILY POST reports that this is contained in a statement made by the New Media Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad on his verified Twitter ...

Lagos State Governor, Babjide Sanwo-Olu, has declared a three-day mourning for those who died in the BRT train accident on Thursday morning. He also directed flags to fly at half-mast and civil servants to work half-day tomorrow (Friday). Recall that a BRT staff bus conveying workers of the ...

By Eniola Daniel • Residents allege masked men burn down market • Lagos police begin probe, promise to update Lagosians • Victims get N15 million  reprieve from Labour governorship candidate  A 65-year-old security guard was confirmed dead, while traders counted losses, yesterday, ...

By Esther Onyegbula Many have sustained an injury in an accident involving a moving train, a Lagos state Staff bus, on Thursday morning in the Shogunle area of Ikeja. It was learned that the blue staff bus was trying to cross while the train was closed by in motion. The magnet on the train ...

By Evelyn Usman, LAGOS Personnel of the 9 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, yesterday, recovered 1,671 Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, in an apartment in the Olodi-Apapa area of Lagos State. Three persons were subsequently arrested in the apartment, while the prime suspect was said to be on the ...

By Ifreke Inyang The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given reasons it postponed the governorship election by one week. The exercise, which was initially scheduled for this Saturday, will now take place on March 18. The National Commissioner & Chairman Information ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Thursday 9th March 2023 1. The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed governorship and State Assemblies elections earlier scheduled for Saturday to March 18. The commission took the ...

•Says electoral body learnt no lesson  •Fitch downgrades Nigeria’s short-term social stability, on Tinubu’s ‘weak’ mandate Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Chatham House, an independent policy institute based in London, has stated that from its analysis of the February 25 presidential election, it ...

By  Okechukwu Nnodim The scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, in Abuja and other northern states could persist till after Saturday’s gubernatorial elections in various states, oil marketers said on Tuesday. Petrol scarcity became severe on Monday in Abuja, Nasarawa, ...

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, ABUJA The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, on Tuesday, kicked against the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, it used for the presidential election. The Situation Room, which ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Wednesday 8th March 2023 1. The fresh move by some Deposit Money Banks to re-circulate old N500 and N1,000 notes suffered a setback on Tuesday as motorists, fuel stations, retailers, traders, and other ...

The Nigeria Police Force have warned against the display of pets, especially dogs at polling units on election day. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi gave the warning in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He said going to polling units with dogs on election day runs ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria said that both old and new notes are now legal tender. The Acting Director of Corporate Communications CBN, Dr Isa Abdulmumin disclosed this on Tuesday. He affirmed that commercial banks have started issuing both the old and new notes to their customers. But ...

Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis, Dirisu Yakubu and Esther Blankson The Independent National Electoral Commission has asked the Presidential Election Petition Court to vary the orders that were granted to the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, ...

Solomon Odeniyi and Animasahun Salman A soldier, Lance Corporal Nwobodo Chinoso, on Sunday killed himself after shooting three persons dead at the accommodation centre of the Forward Operating Base in Rabah, Sokoto State.  PUNCH Metro gathered that the victims include the Commander of the ...

By Fortune Eromosele The federal government said yesterday that  over N869 billion was needed to conduct the 2023 population and housing census. The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba, who disclosed this at a high-level partner engagement in Abuja yesterdayj, ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Tuesday 7th March 2023 1. Deposit Money Banks in the country have begun partial compliance with the Supreme Court order approving the use of old N1,000, N500 and N200 notes as legal tender for 10 months. On ...

By  Gift Habib The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, has noted that the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections did not meet the expectations of Nigerians. Leonard, who stated this in an op-ed titled “The Elections of February 25” on Sunday, however, ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Monday 6th March 2023 1. The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Iyorchia Ayu, will on Monday (today) lead some governors elected on the platform of the party on a protest march to the ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Sunday 5th March 2023 1. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has banned all staff found negligent in the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections from participating in March ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has admitted that issues of logistics, election technology, behaviour of some election personnel at different levels, attitude of some party agents and supporters added to the extremely challenging environment in last week’s election. INEC ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Saturday 4th March 2023 1. The Court of Appeal in Abuja has granted permission to the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, to ...

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday vowed to end all forms of insecurity in the country before bowing out of office on May 29.The President, who spoke from his country home in Daura, Katsina State, while virtually inaugurating 700 Ashok Leyland’s Troop-Carrying Vehicles assembled in Lagos, said ...

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri. ABUJA—The Supreme Court, on Friday, nullified the ban on use of the old N200, N500 and N1000 banknotes as legal tenders. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a seven-member panel of Justices, held that the old banknotes should remain valid legal tenders until ...

The Federal Government declared on Thursday that 1,940,004 vulnerable Nigerians are currently receiving N5,000 cash gift each every month. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Farouq, stated this at a One-Day Stakeholders’ Retreat On ...

John Ofikhenua, Abuja Organisers of African Heritage Concert and Awards are set to confer an award on former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for being the first leader to concede power to an opposition government on the continent. Also to be honoured are: former President of Tanzania, the ...

By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief Investigations have revealed that Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) have started receiving old N500 and N1000 notes again. Vanguard investigations have indicated that the banks have been receiving the old N500 and N1000 notes since the beginning of this week. A ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers of Friday 3rdd March 2023 1. The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the just-concluded presidential election, Atiku Abubakar yesterday, said the journey to become Nigeria’s president almost cost his life. ...

By Dayo Johnson, Regional Editor, South-West, Henry Umoru, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Omeiza Ajayi, Ozioruva Aliu & Favour Ulebor, Abuja. AKURE   President-elect, Asíwájú Bola Tinubu, yesterday extended the olive branch to his co-contestants in the February 25 presidential elections. He ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Thursday 2nd March 2023 1. President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has extended an olive branch to his opponents, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, after the ...

By Nwafor Sunday President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has advised his fellow contenders not to resort to violence, noting that they should seek redress in court. Tinubu disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, minutes after he was declared winner of the 2023 presidential election. He ...

...As IPAC expresses confidence in Commission Omeiza Ajayi & Favour Ulebor, Abuja Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has expressed the readiness of the commission to review the 2023 general elections as demanded by some political parties “where ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Tuesday 28th February 2023 1. The Chairperson of the Commonwealth Observer Group and former President of South Africa, His Excellency Thabo Mbeki has urged aggrieved candidates to seek legal redress. He ...

By  Daud Olatunji Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has raised the alarm that danger is lurking around the country over the alleged compromise of the ongoing election process. Obasanjo appealed to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), to prevail on the Chairman of the ...

By  Amarachi Okeh The United States of America has announced that starting March 1, 2023, it will increase visitor visa validity from 24 months to 60 months for Nigerians who want to enter the United States temporarily for business and/or tourism. This was contained in a press statement by ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Monday 27th February 2023 1. Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, Presidential Candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), is leading with 270,000 votes in the 38 local government areas of Kano State so far ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Sunday 26th February 2023 1. The Presidential and National Assembly elections were held nationwide on Saturday but they were marred by violence in many parts of the country. The situation led to loss of ...