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Our Reporter, Abuja with Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Sunday, announced the extension of deadline for the swapping of old naira notes till February 10, 2023. CBN had initially fixed Tuesday, January 31 as deadline for the old naira notes to cease to be legal tender. But in a release on Sunday, the CBN said it added “a 10-day extension of the deadline from January 31, 2023, to February 10, 2023, to allow for the collection of more old notes.” The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, further said that Nigerians would still be able to deposit their…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Central Bank of Nigeria, Saturday, intensified its awareness campaigns on the naira re-design policy across communities in Abia State. This, is as the apex bank has insisted that there is no going back on the January deadline for the old N1000, N500, and N200 notes to cease from being used as legal tenders. CBN monitoring team which grouped itself into four, traversed communities in all 17 councils of the state to sensitise rural dwellers as well as urban residents on the need to deposit their old currency notes before the deadline. The team also encouraged residents particularly…
Karan Tejwani An injury to Thomas Partey would be a ‘hammer blow’ to Arsenal’s hopes of being crowned Premier League champions. But talkSPORT has been told how their FA Cup exit to rivals Manchester City actually showed Mikel Arteta’s side has the edge in the title race. Ghanaian midfielder Partey was taken off with an injury at half-time of the Gunners’ FA Cup fourth round match against Man City as they fell to a 1-0 defeat at the Etihad Stadium. Partey has been in fine form for Arsenal this season, proving to be a crucial cog in their midfield. And…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Administrator of Rangers International Football Club of Enugu, Ferdinand Ugwuarua has assured fans of the club of a positive result from Kaduna when the team tackles Niger Tornadoes in match day four of the NPFL. The Flying Antelopes will on Sunday play Niger Tornadoes of Minna at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium Kaduna in the ongoing Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL). In a statement from the club’s media officer, Norbert Okolie in Enugu, Ugwuarua made the promise after the team’s training session in Enugu before departing to Kaduna. According to the statement, Ugwuarua acknowledged the unimpressive outings of…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has finally bowed to pressure as the Commission announced the extension of the deadline for the collection of Permanent Voter’s Cards, PVCs, by one week. INEC, in a statement issued Saturday by the Commission’s Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, gave the new deadline as February 5, 2023. It also extended the time for collection from 9:00 am to 5:00pm daily including Saturdays and Sundays. INEC warned those who did double registration not to bother going for collection of their PVCs as they were never printed. The electoral umpire said…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The family of the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has debunked rumours making the rounds that the IPOB Leader has been poisoned in detention. Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel, said his brother did not complain of any poison when he met with him on Thursday at the headquarters of the Department of State Services, DSS. He wondered how the rumour emanated but said he would hear from his brother on Monday when he hoped to meet with him again. Prince Emmanuel urged members of the public, to disregard the said voice…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Casualty figure of the bombing of residents by yet to be identified aircraft at a border town between Nasarawa and Benue states, has now risen to 56. This is as the source of the air raid remains at best speculative. The Nigeria Air Force has refused to confirm whether it was its jet that dropped the bombs. The unfortunate incident which occurred Tuesday night, has continued to draw nationwide condemnation. A resident of the border community who said he lost four of his brothers in the blast, said he counted more than 54 lifeless bodies. A source at a Lafia hospital where…
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today released a sensitisation video to commemorate the global Data Privacy Day, which is celebrated yearly on January 28, and called on all Nigerians to educate themselves about the importance of data privacy while taking appropriate steps to safeguard their privacy. The three and a half minute long animated video, which is available for viewing at https://youtu.be/PVQfo1ZfLdY, explains the origin of the Day, its importance, why it concerns everyone and appropriate measures that members of the public can take to protect their data and privacy. In a statement issued in Lagos, Mr. John Gbadamosi, MRA’s Programme…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has said that human capital which is the greatest capital of the South-East region should be increasingly explored to project the region to a greater economic growth. Governor Soludo stated this during the 2023 South-East Human Capital Development Conference held at the International Convention Center, Awka. The theme of the Conference is “Changing the Narrative Towards Entrenching Human Capital Development in South-East Nigeria.” Governor Soludo explained that “human capital is the only dependable resource for yesterday, today, and tomorrow for South-East.” Speaking as the host Governor, Prof Chukwuma Charles Soludo…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu It is no longer news that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Enugu State chapter on Friday January 27, officially unveiled her Governorship candidate, Mr Peter Mbah and other candidates of the party. What, perhaps, is news is that the event which took place at the Michael Okpara Square Enugu lacked the usual fanfare and the razzmatazz usually associated with the PDP in the past. What transpired at the Okpara square fell short of a family knitted together for a common goal and a common aspiration. There was no mention of the founding fathers of the party in the…