Let’s use old, new notes for 6 months — Reps
*As Emefiele writes lawmakers, says he’s on a trip to Dakar with Buhari *Speaker pleads with Reps to shift break to resolve issue finally *We ‘re bound by CBN’s guidelines – Banks The House of Representatives yesterday asked the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to extend the deadline for use of the old naira notes by at least six months, since the...
AITA’s Quotes of the Week
Quotes of the week to motivate us as we continue to fight against corruption. • An easy life does not make men nor does it build nations. Challenges makes men and it is those men who build nations – Mohammad Bin Rashid • A people who that elect corrupt politics, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims but accomplices – George...
2023: Amb. Majidadi Condemns Politics of Bitterness, calls for Peaceful Campaigns.
By Deshi Munkuwe As the 2023 general election draws closer and campaigns getting more serious, Amb. Aminu Majidadi; the national president of Almushahid Initiative for Transparency and Accountability cautioned politicians against politics of bitterness. Amb. Majidadi in his Abuja head office while addressing team of Capitalwatch Media Magazine reporters expressed his dismay over words of attacks, blackmails and desperate propagandas by...
WHO calls for surveillance as cough syrups kill 300 children in 3 countries
The agency issued a medical product alert on October 5, 2022, focused on the Gambia regarding four products, including Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough Syrup, and Magrip N Cold Syrup. It issued another alert on November 6, 2022, focused on Indonesia concerning about eight products — Termorex syrup (batch AUG22A06 only), Flurin DMP syrup, Unibebi...
Poor leadership driving poverty in northern Nigeria – Group
The Arewa Economic Renewal Forum has said that poor leadership has been the major reason for the high poverty rate in northern Nigeria. The Forum said this during a press briefing in Abuja. Speaking at the event, the Chairman of AERF, Ibrahim Yahaya, said it had become compelling for anyone vying for the position of the president to come up with...
Robbers kill three drivers, sell vehicle to Chinese firm
A suspected armed robber, Williams Abiodun, on Wednesday, narrated how his gang killed their victims and sold their vehicles in Benin, Edo State. Abiodun, while being paraded alongside 10 other suspects at the command headquarters in Edo State, said he and four members of his gang usually disguised as site workers to lure unsuspecting drivers to where they robbed them...
Senate drops passage of N22.7trn Ways and Means over lack of breakdown
•Nigeria risks additional N1.8trn debt THE Senate yesterday jettisoned planned final consideration and passage of the N22.7trillion Ways and Means restructuring request forwarded to it and the House of Representatives by President Muhammadu Buhari last December for expeditious consideration. The payment of N23.7 trillion “Ways and Means” was secured from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, in the last 10 years. Refusal...
Death penalty: Why Nigeria can no longer sit on the fence — Lawyers
In this piece, Vanguard Law and Human Rights reviews the January 16, 2023 death sentences passed on six murderers in Osun State alongside the circumstances surrounding the growing number of inmates on death row in Nigeria and concludes that it is high time the government stopped sitting on the fence regarding the retention or abolition of death penalty in...
We won’t campaign for Atiku, Wike insists
Rivers State Governor clarified yesterday Nyesom Wike that ongoing campaigns in the state for candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) precludes the presidential candidate of the opposition party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. The governor said members of the Rivers State PDP Campaign Council will not campaign for Atiku because there was no understanding to warrant such support in the oil-rich...
FG raises 14-man panel to end fuel scarcity
The Federal Government is meeting with operators in the midstream and downstream oil sector as part of measures towards developing strategic stock for Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, in key locations across the country. It said the national strategic stocks would help in addressing the recurring fuel scarcity in Nigeria, as it also announced the constitution of a 14-man...
