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The governor said that the maltreatment of residents of the state by commercial banks refusing to collect old currency notes, even after paying customers with such notes, is worrisome. Adeleke said that he had received many complaints from bank customers, who accused the banks of refusing deposits of old notes …

Senator Jarigbe Agom-Jarigbe on Wednesday in Calabar commended Cross River’s Gov. Ben Ayade for allowing a level playing field at the Cross River North senatorial election of Feb. 25. Ayade, who contested the election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), lost the election to Agom-Jarigbe of the …

The senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has accused the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, of ordering the excavation of all access roads leading to her Senatorial district so as to prevent INEC officials and other stakeholders from accessing the senatorial district.   …

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said anyone criticizing him and other governors opposing the New Naira Swap policy is not being fair to them. Nigerians have lashed out at him and ten other APC governors for filing a lawsuit against the Federal Government over the naira redesign policy. …

The top-ranking Democrat and Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee have announced that they will hold a hearing to investigate the response of local, state, and federal officials to the East Palestine, OH train derailment. Sens. Tom Carper (D-DE) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) announced in a …

Ogun state governor, Dapo Abiodun, has said that the state government will revoke the Certificate of Occupancy CoO of any corporation or store in the state that rejects the old Naira notes from residents of the state.   Recall that many businesses have refused to collect the old N500 and …

The governor of Borno state, Babagana Zulum, has threatened to revoke the land of any building they occupy if they fail to dispense new naira notes via their Automated Teller Machines (ATMs). Governor Zulum gave the threat on Friday afternoon Febriary 3, in Maiduguri after visiting branches of banks to …

Governor El-Rufai has said that the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, and others in the villa know the individual in the villa working against the APC in the forthcoming general elections.   Recall that on Wednesday, February 1, Gov El-Rufai in an interview alleged that some persons in …

  The Federal Government says it is unaware of anyone in the presidency working against the victory of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, in the February 25 presidential election.   The governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai  on Wednesday February 1, appeared on Channels TV, …

The governor of Kaduna state, Nasir el-Rufai, has said that there are some elements in the Buhari administration working towards the failure of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the February 25 presidential election. Speaking in an interview with Channels TV on Wednesday, February 1, Governor El-Rufai said; ?Nigerians should …