The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has stopped the sum of N32.4 million in Lagos State. The funds were suspected to have been arranged for vote buying in the state. The anti-graft agency confirmed the development in a statement released on Friday, February 24, 2023. The suspect who was found with the money is…
The Council of State meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday backed the naira redesign policy. The council also asked the Nigerian apex bank to make new Naira notes available or recirculate the old notes to ease the suffering of Nigerians. The hybrid meeting which lasted for over four hours at the Council…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued an interim order to halt the move by the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from enforcing the February 10 deadline for the phasing out of the old naira notes. A seven-member panel led by Justice John Okoro halted the federal government plan in a ruling…
Supreme Court on Monday affirmed Nigerian Senate President Ahmed Lawan as the authentic candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) for Yobe North senatorial district. In a majority judgment delivered on Monday, the apex court allowed the appeal filed by the APC against Bashir Machina’s candidature. Details later….
Some unknown gunmen have launched an attack on the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ojoto, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The gunmen also invaded and attacked the Nnobi Divisional Police Station and a building close to the police station around 1:45am on Wednesday. The gunmen who carried out…
The Federal Government has formally transferred the custody and management of the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna to the Kaduna State Government. This development is in line with the implementation of the National Sports Industry Policy(NSIP) which centers on sub-national governments as well as private sector involvement in sports development in Nigeria. The Honourable Minister of…
The House of Representatives has said it would not allow the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) put the economy of the country in danger. The Green Chamber condemned the January 31 deadline for the acceptance of the old N200, N500 and N1000 notes as legal tender. Hassan Ado-Doguwa, the Chairman of an ad-hoc committee, said…
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday urged the country’s apex bank to extend the use of old Naira notes till June 30, 2023 This resolution followed Senator Sadiq Umar Sulaiman of Kwara North’s motion on the use of Naira notes. The Informant247 gathered that the Upper Chamber had on December 28, 2022 advised the CBN to…
President Muhammadu Buhari says he has not disappointed Nigerians. The Nigerian leader said he’s fulfilled all the promises he made during the electioneering campaigns in 2015 and 2019. This statement credited to the president was confirmed by the presidential media aide, Femi Adesina. The president made this revelation during his visit to the Emir of…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has registered 93,469,008 voters registered for the 2023 general elections. A breakdown of the statistics shows that men constitute 52.5 percent while women make up 47.5 percent of the total figure. This was contained in the final list of registered voters released to political parties by the…
The management of the University of Ilorin says it is planning to reintroduce virtual lectures following transportation challenges caused by the construction of Tunde Idiagbon flyover bridge. Kunle Akogun, The Director of Corporate Affairs of the university, in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday, said measures were being put in place to ease…
Hon Olawoyin Mogaji, the Leader of the 9th Kwara State House of Assembly, is dead The lawmaker died in the early hours of Monday after a brief illness. The Kwara State House of Assembly announce with regret the demise of Hon. Magaji Abubakar Olawoyin, member representing Ilorin Central State Constituency and Leader of the House….
The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has lambasted the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, for saying that he would reform ‘Yahoo Boys’. The Informant247 recalls that Tinubu on Thursday told the people of Edo State that his government would “turn so-called yahoo-yahoo boys into manufacturing and…
Kaduna Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested four suspects with 298 bags of Indian hemp. The NDLEA state Commander, Mr Ibrahim Braji, made this known at a news conference in Kaduna on Wednesday, saying that the suspects were arrested on the evening of January 3, at Tasu Mahuta community on…
The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday transmitted a 2022 supplementary Appropriation Bill of N819.5 billion to the Senate. This is contained in a letter read on the floor by the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, the president explained that the amount is meant to complete ongoing capital projects which includes roads and dams…
The Senate has on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of the Special Assistant to the President on New Media, Lauretta Onochie, as Chairman of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), while also okayed the nomination of Dr. Samuel Ogbuku for appointment as Managing Director of NDDC. It is “for a term of two…
A Kano-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abduljabar Nasiru Kabara, has been sentenced to death by a Kano Shari’a Court over blasphemy. The Magistrate found Sheik Kabara guilty on all charges filed against him by the state government, where he was accused of making unremarkable statements against the prophet Muhammad. The defendant, in adopting his final written…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has so far recovered over N30 billion out of the N109 billion allegedly looted by the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Idris Ahmed. The Chairman of the Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, stated this while appearing at the Ministerial Media Briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team at…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that no critical election material was destroyed in the attack on its headquarters in Imo. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Okoye said the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Imo State,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the distribution of the Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC) will begin today. This is confirmed by the INEC Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education, Mr. Festus Okoye, during the weekend. Okoye spoke against the backdrop of a parley with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) from the 36…
