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No going back on the planned Naira redesign President Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari says the CBN has given Nigerians enough time to deposit the present naira notes at various banks in exchange for the newly redesigned ones. The President said this on Wednesday after a meeting with King Charles the third at Buckingham Palace, UK. President Buhari also said there is no going back on the planned redesign of the 200 Naira, 500 Naira, and 1,000 Naira bank notes. He said the policy will hinder politicians from mobilizing resources and thugs to intimidate voters in the coming elections.

A two-storey building at Bigard Seminary Avenue by Hassan Lane Uwani, Enugu state, has been set ablaze by a 39-year-old mentally deranged lady.  The lady, whose mental breakdown was said to have started since 2017, was said to have run berserk when her parents attempted to send her to a psychiatric hospital in Enugu. The suspect who lives with her parents on the last floor of the two-storey building, started causing trouble lately, a development that forced her parents to invite policemen to help take her to the hospital. An eyewitness told The Nation;  “But when the policemen came early this morning, and the lady noticed that she was about being taken away, she took the gallon containing fuel and poured the content everywhere. “When the policemen climbed up the building, the lady lighted up the place. Her parents, who were coming up with the policemen and the cops themselves all ran for their lives. “Her mother’s shout of fire helped us to know that someth...

  Vigilante shot dead by his son while testing the efficacy of his charm in Adamawa A member of vigilante group in Jada Local Government Area, Adamawa state identified as Yusuf has been shot dead by his stepson, Suugbomsumen Adamu, while testing gun charms' efficacy at their home on Sunday November 6. Yusuf, who was said to be drinking a gin known whiskey, sighted the accused on his way back home on that fateful day when he called him and turned his dane gun on himself and asked him to fire it. The deceased who allegedly acted under the influence of alcohol was believed to have fortified himself with the protective charms, but the charms woefully failed him. The Adamu claimed his stepfather turned the loaded dane gun on himself by putting it on his stomach and asked him to hold it and shoot it. Adamu said he refused but the deceased insisted that he must do as he had commanded him. In obedience to his stepfather's command, the young man pressed the trigger of th...

The Federal Government College in Rubochi, FCT, has produced a robot prototype known as the "Ruby Waiter-Bot" by some of its students. When presenting their invention to the Federal Ministry of Education in Abuja on Tuesday, the students claimed that it would aid in resolving important national issues. The introduction of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) encouraged them to be creative, which resulted in the invention, according to SSS3 Miss Onyoche Bamaiyi. The robot, according to SSS3 student Ephraim Okpara, is made up of 70% recycled materials. The primary objective of today's project was to gather and utilise recyclable materials, which are readily available in the environment. The Coderina Educational Foundation provided robotic kits, which we also used. He thinks the robot would make some tasks quicker and simpler. According to another student in SSS1, Goodluck Ogbole, "The idea of the robot was created out of the challenge of one of our ...

I NSECURITY: IGP ACQUIRES, DEPLOYS 3 ASISGUARD SONGAR ARMED DRONES TO STRATEGIC LOCATIONS The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba psc(+), NPM, NEAPS, fdc, CFR, has acquired three (3) high-powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for improved armed surveillance operations to checkmate criminal activities in the country as a further manifestation of the IGP's determination to integrate the use of innovative technology in the law enforcement duties of the Nigeria Police Force. The newly acquired drones will surely assist the Police in monitoring active crime scenes, coordinating response operations, and providing armed aerial support to officers on reconnaissance operations. The 3 newly acquired UAVs are rotary wing aircrafts capable of flying up to an altitude of 1000ft with high operational endurance and capacity of firing at acquired threats and targets from reasonable distances. The Nigeria Police Airwing has equally concluded trainings for the operators of the drone...