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Officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have discovered N6 million of the new naira notes hoarded in Sterling Bank Plc, Ado Ekiti branch on Bank Road, Ado Ekiti in Ekiti State, having received the funds for over two weeks.   In a trending video on social media, seen, a man who identified himself as Oluwole Owoeye, a deputy ...

Armed security operatives have taken over Lekki Tollgate in Lagos State ahead of the rally planned by supporters of Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate, billed for Saturday. “In continuation of its routine convoy patrol of the metropolis as directed by the Lagos Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alabi, Commander RRS, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi is presently leading RRS team and ...

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2022 June/July Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE). Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, NECO Registrar/Chief Executive Officer who announced the release on Thursday in Minna, Niger State, said the results were released just 45 days after the last paper was written by school-based candidates. He said candidates can access their results ...

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has restored the national grid after its collapse on Monday. This was contained in a statement issued on Monday by the TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah. Mbah stated that the national grid experienced partial system disturbance at about 10.50 a.m. after a sudden drop in system frequency, which created system ...

Nigeria’s federal government through the National Universities Commission (NUC), has ordered vice-chancellors to re-open schools and allow students resume lectures. Sam Onazi, Director, Finance and Accounts of the NUC, gave the order in a letter signed on behalf of the Executive Secretary of the commission, Professor Abubakar Rasheed. The letter seen on Monday, was addressed to all vice-chancellors; Pro-Chancellors and ...

MultiChoice has said it cannot implement the pay-per-view (PPV) model for its DStv and GOtv subscription-based platforms because it is expensive. John Ugbe, chief executive officer (CEO) of MultiChoice Nigeria, who stated this when he appeared before an ad-hoc committee of the senate in Abuja on Thursday, said cost on the consumers make the model “unsustainable.” The committee was set ...

The legal representative for the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it will take appropriate action after studying the ruling of the National Industrial Court, which ordered the reopening of all public universities after seven months of closure. Newsmax Online  reports that a vacation Judge, Justice Polycarp Hamman, on Wednesday, ordered the varsity staff union to call off ...

The Nigerian Senate confirms Olukayode Ariwoola as Chief Justice of Nigeria. The Nigerian Senate has screened and confirmed Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), as the substantive CJN. Ariwoola’s confirmation as CJN followed his answers to Senators’ questions, and he was asked to take a bow at 12.45pm. Remember that on July 26th, 2022, the Senate ...

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), on Wednesday, ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its ongoing strike action. The university lecturers have been on strike since February 14 to press home the demand for improved funding for universities, a review of salaries for lecturers, among other issues. Several meetings between ASUU and the federal ...

Notorious kidnapper, Evans has been sentenced to 21-year imprisonment. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, and his co-defendant, Victor Aduba. They were sentenced to 21 years imprisonment for kidnapping one Sylvanus Hafia. They were accused of conspiring and kidnapping Sylvanus Ahanonu Hafia at about 5:30 pm ...