Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged President Bola Tinubu to build a democracy that will reduce frictions after elections. Jonathan, who described the avalanche of litigation that follows elections in the country as embarrassing, also warned that democracy that is built on ethnicity and religion does not endure. The former President made this call while…
The former director of currency operations of the CBN Ahmed Umar has told the FCT high court sitting in Maitama that the former governor of the central bank Godwin Emefiele printed his design of the Naira. In his evidence in chief, he highlighted the features in the design approved by former president Muhammadu Buhari which…
The approval of former President Muhammadu Buhari for the re-design of Nigeria’s currency, the Naira, was on Tuesday tendered and admitted as exhibit before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Abuja. The approval dated October 6, 2022 from the State House and personally signed by the former President was conveyed to…
The military aircraft conveying Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima which went missing on Monday have been found. The military plane carrying the VP and nine others, including the former First Lady, Shanil Dzimbiri, failed to make a landing on Monday morning.The VP and the nine others were to attend the funeral of a prominent Malawian…
The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, June 12, as public holiday, to mark this year’s Democracy Day. Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, congratulated Nigerians on the celebration in a statement on Tuesday, as announced by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Dr. Aishetu Ndayako. Tunji-Ojo encouraged Nigerians to uphold the principles of democratic governance, emphasizing…
Guinness Nigeria has announced that Tolaram, a Singaporean firm, has signed an agreement to acquire United Kingdom enterprise, Diegeo’s 58.02 per cent shareholding in the company. Abidemi Ademola, the company’s secretary and legal director, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. The transaction is expected to be completed during Fiscal 2025, subject to obtaining the…
Four members of the armed wing of the Islamist Palestinian organisation Hamas, have been killed in an Israeli military operation in the West Bank. The army said on Tuesday that Israeli security forces had entered a town near Ramallah on Monday evening, to arrest a suspect following an attempted attack. When the troops approached the…
The Rivers State Ethnic Youth Leaders Coalition, RSEYLC, has blasted the 27 members of the State House of Assembly loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, for denying their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC. In a statement by its chairman, Legborsi Yamaabana in…
A special task force of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to commence a full-scale investigation into the alleged fraud case involving former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai. The Press Nigeria understands the task force held a long session on Monday, during which it considered the content of the Ad-Hoc Committee of…
Regional economic integration, food production and regional security are the main items that top the agenda at the meeting of the South-West Governors’ Forum held in Lagos on Monday. At the meeting held behind closed doors in Alausa, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the host, was unanimously elected to lead the Forum as chairman. Sanwo-Olu stepped into…
