Sequel to the extension of the Supreme Court’s exparte order on naira swap, Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Friday, urged the people and residents of the state to continue spending the old naira notes and go about thier activities without being violent. Speaking against the background of rowdy scenes …

With just one week to the 2023 general election, there are indications that traditional rulers in the South West geopolitical zone have waded into the crisis rocking the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) in a bid to mend fences between the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and some northern …

Following the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari that Nigerians should take old N500 and N1000 notes to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), many thronged offices of the apex bank across the nation on Friday. As early as 1am, people had lined up in front of the CBN office in …

A baby girl drowned while playing in the bath with her two older twin brothers.Sara Moosa, who was 10 months old, drowned at home in just five inches of water. An inquest at Leicester Town Hall was told their mum was supervising the three children, while the tap was running …

 The chief executive officer of YouTube, Susan Wojcicki, is stepping down after nine years.Wojcicki, who joined Google as its 16th employee in 1999, made this known in a statement on Thursday. She revealed that she would be starting a “new chapter focused on my family, health, and personal projects I’m …

The Central Bank of Nigeria has ordered banks to start collecting the old N500 and N1,000 notes from the public with immediate effect. It however pegged the maximum amount the banks can collect at N500,000. The CBN maintained that the old currencies were still no more legal tender. A source …

Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin. Fighting erupted in some areas on the popular Lagos-Ikorodu expressway in Lagos State over the scarcity of the new naira notes and the hardship the policy has thrown Nigerians.On Friday morning, The PUNCH gathered that suspected louts in Mile 12, Ketu and Ojota …

Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, says the old and new notes remain legal tender in the state pending the supreme court’s decision. In a televised address on Thursday morning, Buhari said he has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend the validity of old N200 notes till April …

Portuguese superstar footballer Cristiano Ronaldo was on Tuesday reimbursed over $300,000 for legal fees he spent while defending himself in a federal civil case alleging he had raped a woman in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2009. The case was dismissed in June, after the judge found that the …

 The United States of America, USA, has repatriated the sum of $950, 000, which was looted by a former Governor of Bayelsa State, late Mr. Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, back to Nigeria.The US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mrs. Mary Beth Leonard, who signed the Asset Return Agreement with the Attorney-General of the Federation …