Banks in shock as rejection of old N500, N1000 spreads
•Say President, CBN must speak •Banks implement cash withdrawal limits The enthusiasm that greeted the Supreme Court judgement that the old N500 and N1,000 notes should be in use till December 31st 2023, has dissipated as a widespread rejection of the old notes by bank customers, transporters and other businesses took over the financial and economic space. The rejection of the old...
Adeleke Unveils Digital Economy Policies, Launches Google Map Project in Osun
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke yesterday said the present administration under his watch would transform the state into a tech hub for the south-west region. Adeleke stated that Osun was ready to be a digital driving state that would resolve citizens’ challenges through tech applications. The governor disclosed this yesterday, in Osogbo, Osun State, at the unveiling of the state’s ‘Digital...
INEC spent over 400bn on presidential election – Dino Melaye claims
The Spokesperson for the Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Dino Melaye, has claimed the Independent National Electoral Commission spent over N400billion on the presidential election he described as “a caricature show”. The spokesperson disclosed this in a video obtained by The PUNCH on Monday night. In the one minute 45 seconds video, Melaye said that the whole concept of redesigning the...
Olanipekun, 49 others to defend Tinubu’s mandate
The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and one-time President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is leading the team of legal giants. The lawyers are waiting to be served with the petitions of the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi. Both opposition candidates have registered their displeasure with the declaration...
Soldier goes berserk, kills commander, two others, shoots self
A soldier, Lance Corporal Nwobodo Chinoso, on Sunday killed himself after shooting three persons dead at the accommodation centre of the Forward Operating Base in Rabah, Sokoto State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the victims include the Commander of the Forward Operating Base, Rabah Command, Lt. Sam Oladapo, the FOB, Rabah Command, Sergeant Major Iliyasu Inusa, and another private soldier, Attahiru...
Polls: Tinubu lashes out as Atiku leads protests to INEC
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, were at loggerheads, over the conduct of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the protest embarked upon by the opposition party leadership against the outcome of the February 25 presidential election. Atiku, alongside National Chairman of the PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu and...
S’Court order on old notes: Banks in partial compliance, begin skeletal re-circulation
Deposit Money Banks in the country have begun partial compliance with the Supreme Court order approving the use of old N1,000 and N500 and N200 notes as legal tender for 10 months. The Supreme Court had, last week ordered that the old naira notes should be allowed in circulation along with the new notes until December 31, 2023. The court had...
Police declare APGA guber candidate wanted over murder of Monarch in Ebonyi
…declaring me wanted is strange, subjudice – Odoh Ebonyi State Police Command, Monday declared the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, governorship candidate, Prof Benard Odoh wanted over the gruesome murder of the traditional ruler of Umu-Ezekoha Community in Ezza North, Eze Christopher Igboke Ewa. The victim, according to a family member (names withheld) was shot by an assassin at about 8:30...
Gunmen kill pastor, two sons in Plateau
Gunmen have killed Rev. Musa Hyok and his two sons in the Ganawuri community of Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Alfred Alabo, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Monday in Jos. Alabo said the slain cleric, a priest of the Church of Christ in Nation, was killed on Sunday morning. ”The command has commenced...
Gombe records 377 motorbike crashes in one year – FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps in Gombe State says it has recorded 377 motorcycle accidents between January and December 2022. FRSC Sector Commander, Mr Felix Theman, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria at the Corps Headquarters, Lafiyawo community in Akko Local Government Area of the state He said statistics of the Corps showed that the recorded...
