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Naira Swap: AGF Asks Supreme Court To Dismiss State Governments’ Suit

The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to dismiss a suit filed by three state governments challenging the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). In a preliminary objection filed by the AGF…

09/02/2023

Raheem: Witness Says Vandi Returned Incomplete Bullets

Inspector Adamu Shuaibu, who is the eighth prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of the Assistant Superintendent of Police, Drambi Vandi, for allegedly killing a lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem, on Wednesday, told the court that the defendant had an AK47 Rifle and was…

09/02/2023

BREAKING: Supreme Court Stops Old Naira Notes Ban

The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily halted the move by the federal government to ban the use of the old naira notes from February 10, 2023. A seven-member panel led by Justice John Okoro, halted the move of the federal government in…

08/02/2023

Naira Crisis May Disrupt Polls, INEC Warns Emefiele, NSA

With about 16 days to the general election, there are strong indications that the new naira notes scarcity may disrupt the exercise. The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, said this during a meeting with the Central Bank Governor, Godwin…

08/02/2023

Banks Shut Branches Over Customer Attacks

As the naira scarcity persists, some banks are shutting their branches over rising customer attacks. This came a day after the Lagos State Police Command issued a warning that some groups were planning to unleash violence in the state due to the naira…

08/02/2023

Court Sentences Fidelity Bank MD, Secretary to Prison

A Chief Magistrate Court at Ogba, Lagos on Monday morning sentenced the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank, Nneka Chinwe Onyeali-Ikpe to six weeks imprisonment over disobedience of a garnishee order of court restraining the bank from allowing a judgment debtor access to…

07/02/2023

JUSUN Threatens Legal Action Against El-Rufai Over Attack on Judiciary

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) on Sunday threatened to take a drastic steps, including legal action against Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, over “his attack on Judiciary”. National President of JUSUN, Comrade Marwan Mustapha Adamu, in a statement described the governor…

07/02/2023

BREAKING: Court Stops CBN, Buhari From Shifting Naira Deadline

Justice Eleoje Enenche of a High Court at the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja on Monday restrained the Federal Government and 27 listed commercial banks from suspending, stopping, extending or interfering with the currency redesignation terminal date of February 10 or issuing…

06/02/2023

Machina Loses as Supreme Court Affirms Lawan as Yobe Senatorial Candidate

The supreme court has affirmed Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, as the All Progressives Congress senatorial candidate for Yobe north. In a judgement delivered on Monday, the apex court allowed the appeal filed by the APC against Bashir Machina’s candidature. The Apex Court had last…

06/02/2023

Ekweremadu’s Daughter Loses Bid to Get Excused from Trial

Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, sat motionless from his prison yesterday, as his daughter’s application to not stand trial with him and her mother for their “conspiracy to harvest organ” charges was thrown out by Justice Johnson at the Old Bailey. Sonia,…

06/02/2023

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