President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday, said the government’s currency swap is not meant to target innocent citizens but corrupt persons and terror financiers hoarding illicit monies. He also assured Nigerians that the government will ensure that they and their businesses will face no harm from disruptions caused to the entire supply chain arising from the…
The Osun governorship election petition tribunal has sacked Ademola Adeleke as governor of the state. In August 2022, Gboyega Oyetola, former Osun governor, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) petitioned the tribunal to challenge the election victory of Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Among several issues, Oyetola went to the tribunal that…
The house of representatives has asked the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to “urgently ease off” queues in filling stations across the country. The lower legislative chamber also asked security agencies to “fish out” oil marketers and “other economic saboteurs” that are responsible for the petrol scarcity. The resolution was sequel to a motion…
The United States has disclosed that certain it has imposed visa ban on certain Nigerians who “undermined democracy”. In a statement on Wednesday, US secretary of state, Anthony Blinken, said the decision was taken after it was observed that some persons were found complicit in undermining democracy in Nigeria. Blinken said, the bans were a…
Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has alleged that there were plots by saboteurs to disrupt the forthcoming elections. Tinubu made the allegation on Wednesday at the APC presidential rally which held at the MKO Abiola stadium, Abeokuta, Ogun state. He declared that petrol scarcity and naira redesign will not affect…
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia state, Prof. Eleazar Ikonne is dead. In a statement, son of the deceased, Uche Ikonne, said his father died on Wednesday at the National Hospital in Abuja, after a brief illness. He said his father died at the National Hospital, Abuja, on Wednesday morning after…
