With the presidential and National Assembly polls just hours away, the general election of 2023 will begin. With their Permanent Voter Cards as their weapon, eligible Nigerians from all over the nation will mobilize to elect a new group of leaders who will rule the nation’s affairs at the federal executive and legislative branches of … Read more
On her Instagram page, Nasir el-Rufai, the governor of Kaduna, was interviewed by Aisha, the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari. El-Rufai claimed earlier on Wednesday that some in Buhari’s administration are striving to ensure that the All Progressives Congress (APC) loses the presidential election in an interview with Channels Television. “Our party is not represented … Read more
On Monday, January 30, the Federal High Court in Abuja is scheduled to issue a historic ruling in a case seeking the removal of President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) from office due to alleged irregularities in the 2019 presidential election. The verdict that Justice Inyang Ekwo is expected to issue will also address a … Read more
Sen. Bola Tinubu’s residence was allegedly raided by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), who also claimed they took N400 billion from the property. The head of the commission’s media and publicity department, Wilson Uwujaren, released the following statement on Sunday: “The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn … Read more
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), according to President Muhammadu Buhari, told him that there was “capacity, staff, and equipment” to print enough replacement naira notes. He claimed that before he gave his blessing to the naira redesign strategy, he received the promise. After discussing the issue with the governors of the All Progressives Congress … Read more
Nigerian lawmaker Chinyere Emmanuel Igwe is from Rivers State and is a member of the People’s Democratic Party. He was ushered in on December 18, 2015, and is currently serving as the Commissioner of Urban Development. He previously represented Port Harcourt II in the Nigerian House of Reps from 2007 to 2011. During a stop … Read more
Rishi Sunak, the prime minister of the United Kingdom (UK), was fined by the Lancashire police for not fastening his seatbelt in the backseat of a moving vehicle. Sunak was captured turning in his seat to speak to the camera while not wearing a seatbelt in an Instagram video he posted last week while visiting … Read more
The court faulted the request of the EFCC in asking someone who is detained in the UK to come and explain why the properties should not be permanently forfeited. On Friday, Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja revoked his earlier decision to temporarily forfeit 40 assets connected to the former Deputy … Read more
Charles Soludo, the governor of Anambra State, requested that the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, serve as sureties for Nnamdi Kanu, the head of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Mr. Kanu has been in the forefront of a separatist movement for an independent Biafra. The Biafran Republic, … Read more
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has denounced Théophile Ntirutwa’s conviction by the High Court’s Rwamagana on December 16, 2022, for “providing false information or harmful propaganda with aim to stir a negative worldwide opinion against the Rwandan Government.” According to Human Rights Watch, the government has a history of abusing the legal system to restrict freedom … Read more
It was fraudulently stated in the debunked phony announcement that the CBN had given the old N200, N500, and N1000 notes an additional 70 days of legal protection. Aisha Buhari, the first lady of Nigeria, has accused hackers of being responsible for a bogus Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) statement that was posted on her … Read more
After hearing reasons in favor of and against the naira redesign lawsuit on Wednesday, the Supreme Court postponed the case for judgment. The Supreme Court set the date for its decision on the lawsuits brought by some state governments contesting the federal government’s naira reform policy on Wednesday, March 3. According to John Okoro, the … Read more
The home of Ezemonye Ezekiel-Amadi, the All Progressives Congress National Assembly candidate for the Ikwerre/Emuoha Federal Constituency, was destroyed by suspected political thugs in Omerelu, Rivers State. In his rural home of Omerelu in the state’s Ikwerre Local Government Area, the tragedy happened on Saturday. It was discovered that the alleged arsonists broke into his … Read more
Five senators with a reputation for progressive policy sent an open letter to Wells Fargo and Synchrony Financial, both of which have their headquarters in Stamford, seeking for clarification on the subject of medical credit cards. Christopher Murphy of Connecticut, Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, and Edward Markey … Read more
The Carter Center announced on Saturday that former President Jimmy Carter, the longest-living American president at 98 years old, has entered home hospice care in Plains, Georgia. According to the statement, Carter “chosen to spend his remaining time at home with his family and accept hospice care instead of more medical intervention” following a string … Read more
As part of its efforts to guarantee that the new notes are accessible in the state, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has distributed N120 million of the new currency to four commercial banks for distribution to Katsina State residents through registered agents. The CBN’s Director of Currency Operations, Mr. Ahmed Bello-Umar, revealed this to … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been urged to persuade all elections to take place on the same day by the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN). The Council said that by doing this, it would be prevented that a few desperate candidates who were likely to lose the election could wreak havoc … Read more