The 16-year-old marriage of Asiya Ganduje, the daughter of Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and her husband has been dissolved by an Upper Shariah Court sitting in Kano on Thursday, January 2. Giotv reports that Asiya had approached the court seeking for the dissolution of her marriage with her husband, Inuwa Uba on the…
The Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) has made new assurances to the Nigerian public. The association assured Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) will be sufficiently available across the country in the next few days. Its Executive Secretary, Mr. Clement Isong, told The Nation: “So, I am hopeful that within the next few days, the…
The Lagos State Police Command has declared an Ogboni leader, Tajudeen Olanrewaju Bakare wanted. A statement on Thursday by Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin linked Bakare to the deadly clash in Surulere. Supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) clashed during the visit of PDP governorship candidate Abdulazeez Adeniran a.k.a….
Many are trapped in a four-storey building that collapsed along 7th avenue junction in the Gwarimpa area of Abuja on Thursday morning, February 2, 2023. Details of the incident are sketchy at the time of this report but sources said some dead bodies have been recovered. The cause of the collapse has not yet been…
There’s an ongoing protest in Lagos over the scarcity of new Naira notes in the country. Those who embarked on the protest were seen holding up banners in which they called out alleged saboteurs in the Central Bank of Nigeria. They also repeatedly chanted that all they want is new Naira notes. Watch the video…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have kidnapped the Commissioner for Women Affairs in Cross River State, Gertrude Nnanjar Njar, in Calabar. An eyewitness, Samuel Okon, told the News Agency of Nigeria that she was forcefully taken out of her official car by masked young men on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. According to Mr. Okon, they…
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. This was according to a statement on Thursday by the bank’s Director of Corporate Communications, Osita Nwanisobi. The apex bank assured Nigerians that the queues at Automated Teller Machine stands…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission have arrested an Abuja-based Twitter user, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, with the handle @SimisolaGold and Twitter name Simisola of Lala, for offering to sell the new Naira notes. Omoseyin is yet to mention other members of the syndicate after being arrested on Tuesday, January 31. Spokesperson for the…
A dramatic scene played out at a Nigerian bank after a woman stripped to express her grievance over her missing money. The lady who stripped to her underwear, demanded that her money be returned. She further revealed that the incident has kept her children out of school. She was heard saying in Yoruba; ”Close my…
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has faulted the federal government for redesigning the naira. Speaking on Wednesday, El-Rufai said the timing of the naira redesign makes no “political or economic sense”. He said though the policy was the right way to go in achieving the desired change the country yearns for, the timing and…