The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) governorship candidate in Ebonyi State, Prof. Bernard Odo, was targeted by suspected assassins in a recent attack. According to reports, Odo, who was the Secretary to the State Government during Governor David Umahi’s first term, was returning from a campaign stop in Agba when his convoy was ambushed at…
Two members of law enforcement, one police officer and one member of the Anambra State Vigilante Service, lost their lives during a gunfight with a group of hoodlums in Obosi, in the Idemili North Local Government Area. The altercation took place at approximately 11:00pm on Thursday night opposite a church along the Nkpor/Obosi highway. According…
Former Senator Shehu Sani has criticized the cashless policy introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Sani called the policy disastrous and poisonous and said it has led to hardship for bank customers. He criticized the CBN for not taking into account the status of Nigerians and called the bank a…
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has expressed his opinion that Peter Obi cannot win the 2023 presidential election. He believes that the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate does not have the necessary support, calling him a Nollywood actor. According to El-Rufai, the real competition is between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic…
Tension is high in Taraba State as members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) await the Supreme Court’s judgement on the party’s gubernatorial candidate. The judgement is expected to be delivered on Friday, a few days after the court nullified the governorship primary election conducted by the All Progressives Congress (APC). One of the PDP’s…
President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) expressed his concerns over the commitment of banks towards the success of the new naira policy on Friday. He stated that some banks are inefficient and only concerned with their own interests, causing difficulties through their selfishness and greed. Buhari appealed to citizens to give him seven days to…
On Friday, President Buhari urged citizens to give him a week to resolve the nationwide cash shortage caused by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s policy to replace high-value naira notes with new ones. During a visit from the Progressive Governors’ Forum, who were concerned about the negative impact the cash crunch was having on the…
Bola Tinubu, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), recently made a series of promises to the people of Osun State. At a rally in Freedom Park, Osogbo, ahead of the February 25 presidential election, Tinubu pledged to put an end to unemployment in the country if he is elected as president. He…
As Nigeria experiences a week of difficulty and frustration due to the naira swap policy, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is closely monitoring the cash operations of banks to prevent any abuse. There have been reports of bank officials selling the new notes to politicians and other VIPs, causing a scramble for cash among…
Customers in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, took to the streets on Friday to protest the scarcity of new Naira notes. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently introduced the newly designed N200, N500, and N1000 denominations and instructed commercial banks to fill their ATMs with the new currency. The CBN gave a deadline…
