The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has denied rumours of a plan to withdraw newly redesigned banknotes from circulation.In a statement issued by the Acting Director of Corporate Communications, Dr Isa AbdulMumim, the CBN dismissed the speculations as baseless and aimed at creating unnecessary panic among the public.“We wish to
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Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, has vowed to reclaim his alleged stolen mandate in court.Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting in Awka, the former Anambra State governor reiterated his commitment to exploring every legal option to ensure that he reclaims his mandate. “Earlier, I interacted with the Anambra State
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Monday, said it would begin the release of results of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Board (UTME) on Tuesday, May 2, 2023.The Board, in its minutes of emergency management meeting held over the weekend in Abuja, said the delay in releasing the UTME
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Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has promised to investigate allegations of a cancer-causing chemical found in Indomie noodles.This comes after health officials in Malaysia and Taiwan said they had detected ethylene oxide, a compound, in Indomie’s “special chicken” flavour noodles.Ethylene oxide is a colourless,
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Interpol has summoned Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hudu Yunusa-Ari over his alleged improper conduct in the state’s April 14 supplementary elections.A letter dated April 27, 2023, from the Interpol said Mr. Yunusa Ari should report to the National Central Bureau in Abuja for interrogation.The letter duly signed by Garba Umar,
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Not less than N3 billion is lost annually in Nigeria by onion sellers due to poor processing.The president of National Onion Producers Processors Marketers Association of Nigeria, Isah Aliyu Maitasamu, said the country is losing about N3billion worth of onion a year, equivalent to about 40 percent of the total
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Seventeen years after the first outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), otherwise known as Bird Flu in Nigeria, the federal government yesterday announced its position to stick to the "No Vaccination" policy against the diseases.The policy was first adopted in 2006 following the outbreak of the diseases as one
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Governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, has said he will withdraw his petition against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the state governor-elect, Siminalaye Fubara, from the Election Petitions Tribunal.Abe, who made the announcement yesterday when he addressed SDP stakeholders
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In a bid to stem internet scams, popularly called ‘yahoo yahoo’, operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have busted a syndicate of organised cyber criminals and arrested no fewer than 19 undergraduate students.This followed the raiding of the Akwa Ibom State
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Governors of the South East and other Igbo leaders yesterday rallied behind elder statesman, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, as he assumed office as the new president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide.The governors, led by the host and governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and his Anambra State counterpart, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, participated
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