As the currency crisis bites harder, with Nigerians now rejecting old Naira notes following the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN’s) February 10 deadline, Zamfara state governor, Bello Muhammad, has ordered the arrest of anyone in the state who rejects the old N200, N500 and N1,000 denominations.
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
On Friday, Senator Ahmad Abubakar MoAllahyidi, the convener and a leader of a pro All Progressives Congress (APC) group, known as Arewa New Agenda (ANA), said that Northerners are covenant keepers, and will not fail in voting the party.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has appointed Ahmed Rashad Attout as Acting Director, Financial Sector Development Department, effective 1st December 2022.
On Friday, the National Council of State expressed its support for the Federal government’s naira redesign policy but called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to ensure adequate supply of cash to curb sufferings by the citizens.
The National Association of Nigerian Students in Europe (NANSE) has called on the Federal Government to quickly investigate to ascertain the number of Nigerian students affected by the devastating earthquake in Turkey.
The Chartered Institute of Project Managers of Nigeria (CIPMN) has designated the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) as a Centre of Excellence for the coordination of Project Management Professional Certification Programmes in the South West Region.
Brazil’s federal police said they had launched a fresh operation to fight wildcat mining in the Yanomami indigenous territory amid a humanitarian crisis blamed on illegal gold miners in the region.
On Thursday, the Police and the Department of State Security (DSS) held an emergency meeting with the Branch Controller of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and all Commercial Bank Managers in Kebbi over the shortage of the redesigned naira notes in the state.
Amidst complains by tertiary institutions of their inability to access their Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has identified why they are unable to access CAPS.
ASHENEWS reports that the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has condemned the murder of its two employees in the Boucle du Mouhoun region, in northwestern Burkina Faso.