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Naira Swap: Kaduna, Kogi, Zamfara Set For contempt against AGF Malami, Emefiele By Kenneth Atavti  The Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara state governments has filed a contempt proceeding against the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN and the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, for failing to...

JUSTICE Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, granted Ali Bello and three others bail in an alleged N3 billion fraud suit filed against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). News Point Nigeria reports that the, ruling against a counter-affidavit by the EFCC counsel opposing...

THE United States Embassy in Nigeria has alerted its citizens in Nigeria on possible protests and restricted movements on February 25 and March 11. In a notice on its website, the Embassy advised its nationals to avoid rallies as “they can turn violent with little or no notice”. The Embassy...

PRESS STATEMENT 1. There is a universal consensus that power is transient, power is ephemeral and power is temporary but the EFCC Chairman is not aware and as such lives in a fools paradise and acts pedestrian. 2. The use of power in the ancient, medieval and gestapo style in...

Buhari Directs CBN To Recirculate Old N200 Notes For 60 Days. Buhari gave the directive on Thursday during a nationwide broadcast. The President noted that only the old N200 notes will coexist with new N200, N500 and N1000 naira notes. Accordingto him, “To further ease the supply pressures particularly to...

Statement Issued By Civil Society Groups Titled Gentleman of the Press We are well known for our principled stand on matters of democracy, human rights, rule of law and good governance since the struggle against military dictatorship in Nigeria. We are highly piqued that Democracy in Nigeria, for which many...

The Federal Government has concluded arrangement to unveil a Carbon Tax Policy and Budgetary System in line with the recently approved Energy Transition Plan to reduce the impact of Climate Change in the country. President Muhammadu Buhari approved the Energy Transition Plan (ETP) to be driven by the National Council...

Barely 12 days to the presidential election; the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said that there will be no election in 240 polling units nationwide. Speaking at a meeting with the leaders of political parties in Abuja, the Commission’s Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu said the affected polling units spread across...