Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers of Sunday 12th February 2023 1. Suspected political thugs yesterday attacked supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi in Lagos State. About four persons were seriously injured during the incident. Some persons ...

Contrary to a misleading report, which misquoted the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, as attributing the current challenge in the distribution of the redesigned naira banknotes to a shortage of printing materials at the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting ...

Abubakar Malami, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has said that the introduction of naira redesign policy by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) reduced significantly the rate of kidnappings in the country. The AGF, in an interview with Radio Nigeria Kaduna, said there were ...

By  Dennis Naku A former Commissioner for Employment Generation and Economic Empowerment in Rivers State and spokesman for the Presidential Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, Dr Leloonu Nwibubasa, shares with DENNIS NAKU his views on the political developments in the ...

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja The Council of State presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, gave their support to the naira redesign policy but with a caveat that the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele, should make new Naira notes available or recirculate the ...

By Chika Onyesi Urgent action is required at a large scale for the effective development of Nigerian children to ensure they contribute to generate public good, says the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, NESG. The group explained that Nigerian children represent the greatest assets the country ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Saturday 11th February 2023 1. The Council of State yesterday backed the new currency redesign policy but advised the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to ensure the availability of naira notes to douse tension ...

By  Peter Dada The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria on Wednesday lamented the rate at which the country is losing its professional nurses and midwives to foreign countries. The council disclosed that over 14,000 nurses had left Nigeria for “greener pastures” in many countries across ...

By  Okechukwu Nnodim The Federal Government, on Thursday, commenced the deployment of security agencies to filling stations across the country to enforce the use of Point of Sale machines and the acceptance of bank transfers at the various outlets. It vowed to deal with oil marketers who ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Friday 10th February 2023 1. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday said it allocates new naira notes to banks on a daily basis. CBN Director, Consumer Protection, Mrs Rashidat Monguno said this in ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has attributed the scarcity of the new naira to the hoarding of the notes by Nigerians. CBN’s Director of Consumer Protection, Mrs Rashidat Mongunu, said this on Thursday while monitoring microfinance banks in Offa, Offa Local Government Area of Kwara. The ...

By  Sharon Osaji CLEEN Foundation has said only two states and the Federal Capital Territory are presently safe for the conduct of the forthcoming general elections in the country. The Executive Director, CLEEN Foundation, Gad Peter, on Wednesday in Abuja while presenting the ‘2023 Election ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Thursday 9th February 2023 1. The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have urged the Central Bank Of Nigeria, CBN, to extend the time limit for old Naira Notes. The advice of the international ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed commercial banks, other financial institutions(OFIs) under its regulation and payment service providers to search through their database in search of any transaction that could be tied to a wanted terrorist. The apex bank in a circular signed by the ...

Mike Ozekhome, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria says the naira redesign policy has affected the political elites and their vote-buying allies more. Ozekhome said the naira swap policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has not affected the masses like the political class. He spoke while ...

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has restrained the Federal Government from continuing with the full implementation of the demonetization policy. Three northern states, Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara, had, in a motion ex-parte filed on February 3rd, prayed the apex court to halt the Central Bank of ...

By  Okechukwu Nnodim The queues for Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, grew worse on Tuesday following an earlier directive to shut down filling stations by the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria. Although the directive was later withdrawn, it was observed that ...

By Soni Daniel,  Omeiza Ajayi &  John Alechenu, ABUJA The attacks and counter-attacks between the presidential candidate of ruling All progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and his rivals, especially Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over the fuel and new ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Wednesday 8th February 2023 1. With about 16 days to the general election, there are strong indications that the new naira notes scarcity may disrupt the exercise. The Chairman of the Independent National ...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has confirmed the discovery of N258million stashed in the head office of a bank in Abuja. The operation was part of efforts to get the institutions to comply with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) directive on the ...

Outgoing President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba on Tuesday, accused the Federal Government of pushing the working population to the wall with its money swap policy. He said the President and his economic team, comprising the Central Bank of Nigeria, should as a matter of urgency ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, Chairman of the Nigerian Governor’s Forum, Aminu Tambuwal behind closed. The meeting which was held at the State House Abuja came amid protests in many parts of the country over the ...

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, has ordered its members to suspend all operations nationwide. DAILY POST reports that this was contained in a statement signed by IPMAN Chairman, Mohammed Kuluwu on Tuesday. He blamed the situation on “the critical situation ...

With the lingering shortage of new notes showing no sign of abating, thus fuelling anger among Nigerians, some banks in the country have started taking measures to protect their employees and avert possible attacks by irate customers, findings by New Telegraph has shown. Specifically, an email ...

The Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, yesterday, said it had uncovered the planned launch of a multi-million naira media campaign, dubbed “Killer Punch” by campaign team of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, aimed at spreading lies about the Labour ...

By  Deborah Dan-Awoh The spate of migration among bankers in the country is giving stakeholders reasons to worry. DEBORAH DAN-AWOH writes on how japa has worsened the skilled manpower gap in the banking industry A former teller at Sterling Bank, Gift Akpan, left the shores of Nigeria for the ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Tuesday 7th February 2023 1. Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, his deputy, Benson Abounu, commissioners, aides and the 22 local government chairmen of the State were absent at the campaign rally of the ...

Leke Baiyewu, Egole Anozie, Tope Omogbolagun Deborah Tolu-Kolawole, Solomon Odeniyi, Abiodun Sanusi, Segun Adewole, Uthman Salami, Nathaniel Shaibu, Daud Olatunji, Uthman Abubakar, Chima Azubuike, Godwin Isenyo, Peter Dada and Abiodun Nejo As the fuel and currency scarcity slowly paralysed ...

A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole has claimed that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, deceived President Muhammadu Buhari with the redesign of the Naira notes. Oshiomhole, speaking on Channels Television’s ‘The 2023 Verdict’ aired on Sunday, ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Monday 6th February 2023 1. The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, has thrown his weight behind the new naira currency, whilst making an appeal to commercial banks to speed up ...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Sunday expressed his regret for not signing a warrant for the arrest of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele. Gbajabiamila also said that the House would have no option but to reconvene before this month’s ...

By  Peace Akinyode The much anticipated 65th edition of Grammys Award is taking place on Sunday and music lovers all around the world are full of expectations. Already, several celebrities have arrived Los Angeles for Grammys pre-parties in preparation for music’s biggest night. While the ...

CHUKWUDI AKASIKE, TUNDE AJAJA, OLUWAFEMI MORGAN, GODFREY GEORGE, DEBORAH TOLU-KOLAWOLE, ABIODUN SANUSI, DANIEL AYANTOYE, UTHMAN ABUBAKAR, ADEMOLA ADEGBITE, TUNDE OYEKOLA, NATHANIEL SHAIBU and DENNIS NAKU   As the lingering scarcity of both old and new naira notes continues to cripple ...

By Joe Chukindi As both the new and the old naira notes remain scarce around the country, operators of Point of Sale, popularly known as POS have become the new lords. DAILY POST reports that with the situation, many people queue endlessly before bank Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), and ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Sunday 5th February 2023 1. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) did not fail during the last Osun State governorship election. ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is fully ready to hold this year’s general election, its chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said.Yakubu spoke following the successful conduct of its nationwide mock accreditation yesterday.The mock accreditation exercise was meant to test the ...

*Governors demand concurrent use of new and old notes till year end, postponement of February 10 deadline for currency swap Eleven governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) met with President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday at the State House, Abuja, over the lingering ...

By  Godfrey George Only 23 per cent of Nigerians say they trust the Independent National Electoral Commission “somewhat” or “a lot,” while more than three-fourths (78 per cent) express “just a little” or no trust at all in the election-management body, a joint report by NOI Polls, Afrobarometer, ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Saturday 4th February 2023 1. Amidst the current crisis trailing the naira redesign and distribution, President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said he would need one week to take a major decision. A statement ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked Nigerians to give him seven days to resolve the crisis caused by the scarcity of new naira notes. The president said he has seen reports about cash shortages and the effect on local businesses and ordinary people. He said the remaining seven days of the 10-day ...

The Lagos State Parks Management Committee led by Tinubu’s Loyalist And Lagos Parks Committee Chairman, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo has written to the electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission to allow his members to distribute sensitive electoral materials ...

By  Leke Baiyewu An Assistant Inspector-General of Police and Head of the National Central Bureau, INTERPOL Nigeria, Garba Umar, on Thursday, disclosed why the Federal Government has failed to extradite a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, over corruption allegations ...

The Federal Government, on Thursday, confirmed it airlifted 1,531 stranded Nigerians from Ukraine. Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, in a major escalation of the war which began February 2014. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama said the government has helped thousands ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Friday 3rd February 2023 1. Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has dared the Aso Rock “cabals” he believes are opposed to the Presidential ambition of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed commercial banks to start paying the new naira notes to customers over-the-counter in the banking halls. The development was confirmed in a statement on Thursday by the bank’s Director of Corporate Communications, Osita Nwanisobi. The apex bank assured ...

The Chairman of the Southern Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Ondo State Governor, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, yesterday faulted the current practice of fixing salaries and allowances of public officials by the federal government to reflect uniformity across the nation. Akeredolu, who said the ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Thursday 2nd February 2023 1. The Supreme Court has nullified the nomination of Emmanuel Bwacha as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State. A five-member panel led ...

IT is both appalling and shameful to hear so soon that some commercial banks are already aiding and abetting the hoarding and illegal sales of the newly redesigned Naira notes. What a country we belong! According to media reports, the Department of State Services, DSS, over the weekend arrested ...

By Omeiza Ajayi & John Alechenu, ABUJA FOLLOWING the continued scarcity of fuel across the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, raised the alarm that the development could hamper election day logistics. While the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary of Latest Nigeria News from Nigerian Newspapers of Wednesday 1st February 2023 1. Nigerians with old notes can still deposit them at commercial banks even after the February 10 deadline, this is according to the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele. ...