Banks battle new naira shortage ahead deadline

  Eight days to the January 31 deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria to stop the old N1,000, N500, and N200 notes from being legal tender, banks’ Automated Teller Machines in Lagos, Abuja and other parts of the country are still dispensing the old notes, findings by The PUNCH have revealed. Despite the […]

Petrol may hit N800/litre on subsidy removal – Marketers

  As the scarcity of the Premium of Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, continued on Sunday, oil marketers have stated that the cost of the commodity would cross N800/litre once subsidy on PMS is removed. Industry operators had repeatedly stated that the high cost of subsidy on petrol was a burden on the Nigerian National […]

Why NDLEA, EFCC must arrest, prosecute Tinubu now — PDP PCC

  THE Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to arrest and prosecute the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, in order to avoid worsening Nigeria’s already bad situation. This was […]

Gunmen collect ransom, behead Imo LG boss

  Unknown gunmen have beheaded the Sole Administrator of the Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, Chris Ohizu after collecting a N6m ransom. The council boss was kidnapped alongside two others on Friday after his country home at Imoko community in Arondizuogu area of the LGA was razed. He was shot before he […]

Atiku Lacks Character To Lead Nigeria, Says Tinubu

  Bola Ahmed Presidential Campaign Council, have said that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, lacks the character to be Nigeria’ President. The PCC insisted that the one-time vice president is unfit to lead the country because he can be an easy target for compromises that will be against the […]

NAFDAC Warns Against Use Of Weight Loss Pill

  issued to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. Adeyeye stated that the drug had potential to cause cancer. The NAFDAC boss added that result of laboratory analysis showed that the drug, manufactured by Ingi Oman, contain banned substance “phenolphthalein”, which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recognised as unsafe. She […]