Lagos residents on Tuesday began to accept the old N200, N500 and N1,000 banknotes for transactions following a validation from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to do so. The CBN in a statement by its acting Director, Corporate Communications, Mr Isa AbdulMumin, on Monday, directed the commercial banks to comply with the Supreme Court judgement of March 3. CBN ...

President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has warned former President Olusegun Obasanjo not to truncate the 2023 General Elections with his inciting, self-serving, and provocative letter on the elections. In a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said what the former President cunningly framed as an ‘appeal for caution and rectification’ is nothing but ...

Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, deputy director general of the APC presidential campaign council, has once again criticised the CBN for imposing its Naira policy on Nigerians just before the general elections with the aim of sabotaging the process. Oshiomhole made the revelation at Jattu market in Auchi Edo North, saying Buhari has no alternative but to respect the Supreme Court’s decision ...

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has today signed the 2023 Appropriation Bill of N21.8 trillion into law at the Council Chambers of the State House in Abuja today. The budget is an increase of N1.32 trillion on the President’s proposal of N20.51 trillion. A breakdown of the budget indicates an allocation of N967.5 billion for statutory transfers, N6.6 trillion for debt servicing, ...

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has reportedly rejected a nomination of President Muhammadu Buhari for the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council. There are claims that President Buhari suggested Margaret Chuba Okadigbo as the Zonal Coordinator for the campaign council in the South East. Sources that spoke with Sahara Reporters disclosed that the former Governor of Lagos State rejected the ...

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina is under fire for attacking Bishop David Oyedepo over his comment that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government is the most corrupt in Nigeria’s history. Oyedepo, Presiding Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide, had on Monday said the Buhari’s government is the most corrupt in Nigeria’s history. “What a fight against corruption? ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, celebrated Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on the occasion of his 65th birthday. His congratulatory message was released by Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity. Buhari described Osinbajo as a loyal right-hand man who is dedicated to his duty, especially in supervising the nation’s economy. According to him, Osinbajo’s courage, humility ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has postponed the signing of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. A source close to the Presidency told Channels Tv that Buhari will assent to the electoral bill on Friday. According to the source, Buhari will honour the new date. Recall that the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, on Tuesday, said ...

President Muhammadu Buhari was present at the grounds of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) in the nation’s capital on Tuesday to unveil bags of rice paddy numbering one million stacked as pyramids. The one million rice paddy stacked in 15 separate pyramids is an initiative by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)in collaboration with the Rice Farmers ...

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Lagos described Chief Bisi Akande, a former interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) party, as a “perfect public officer,” and the type of person he could go into the jungle with. Speaking at the public presentation of My Participations, a memoir of Chief Bisi Akande, the President said the author has retained his ‘‘inflexible ...