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•Cashiers ration new notes, lenders allot N100,000 per teller in banks •Suspicious customers snub new notes as local traders reject new currency •Court declines to stop CBN withdrawal policy, Emefiele meets Reps Tuesday Mixed reactions greeted the disbursement of the new naira notes that officially went into circulation on Thursday with many bank customers demanding […]
At St Mary’s primary school in London, almost half of children are entitled to a free school lunch owing to the fact they are from England’s poorest families. And while charities argue that more pupils should be allowed access to taxpayer-funded meals amid a cost-of-living crisis caused by sky-high inflation, the government of Prime Minister […]
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has disclosed that tackling fuel subsidy and foreign exchange challenges to reposition Nigeria’s economy to the right trajectory may cost Nigeria’s next president a second term. Despite this, the governor explained that the country needs such a leader that could rise beyond consideration of office and take painful but […]
Ten-man Morocco made history at the magnificent Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar when they became the first African nation to book their place in the semi-finals of the World Cup. In the first quarter final game of the day, Youssef En-Nesyri scored the winning goal by jumping above Portugal goalkeeper Diogo Costa to meet […]
Senegal Beat Ecuador To Qualify For Round Of 16 The Teranga Lions of Senegal have qualified for the round of 16 after battling to a 2-1 win against Ecuador in their final Group A game on Tuesday. The reigning African champions needed to win to stand a chance of progressing into the knockout while a […]
Mr Macaroni to Aisha Buhari Comedian and actor, Debo Adedayo, popularly known as Mr Macaroni, has urged Aisha Buhari, wife of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to go to court if she feels aggrieved over a social media post concerning her by a student of the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State, Aminu Mohammed. […]
Super Eagles striker, Paul Onuachu, has been adjudged the player with the most headers in all of Europe’s major leagues in the last three seasons, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The 28-year-old striker who is currently the leading scorer in the Belgian topflight league with 13 goals from 14 matches played so far this season has netted 82 […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday carried out simultaneous operations against Bureau de Change operators in Abuja and Kano, as the Naira slumped to N857 to a dollar at the parallel market. It was gathered that the raids in the two cities, which netted a good number of illegal BDC operators and individuals […]
Obi to release seven-point agenda today Obi to release seven-point agenda today The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, will release the document containing his seven-point agenda to the public today (Monday). The Director General of the Labour Party presidential campaign organisation, Doyin Okupe, made this known in a tweet late […]
