Angry youths in Kano on Monday staged a protest following President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Kano to commission some of the Ganduje’s projects. The youth who came out in their numbers were seen wielding sticks and pelting stones at the president’s convoy before they were dispersed by security agents who fired shots in the air. The mammoth crowd were heard chanting “ba mu so”, which translates to mean “we don’t want” as they set a bonfire of tires along Hotoro Road where the President had left after commissioning the Muhammadu Buhari Interchange. This is coming a few days after a…
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The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has appeared before the House of Representatives today. Emefiele finally appeared before the ad hoc committee of the House on Tuesday to discuss the cashless policy and deadline for the replacement of old currency notes. He is appearing before the ad hoc committee set up by the House to investigate the crisis, which is chaired by Majority Leader, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa. In an earlier report, Medianspy reported that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, had declared a warrant of arrest would be issued against Godwin Emefiele…
The troll war between the Peoples Democratic Party’s, PDP’s, Atiku Abubakar and the All Progressives Congress’, APC’s, Bola Ahmed Tinubu is unlikely to end anytime soon, as each party takes advantage of every opportunity to attack the other. At the APC presidential campaign rally held on Monday at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium Uyo, its presidential candidate, Tinubu urged the people to collect their Permanent Voters cards and vote APC to usher in a new era of prosperity, infrastructural renaissance and human capital developments. Tinubu noted that if the people make the mistake of giving power to the PDP, its…
Sultan Muhammad Saad Abubakar has called on politicians in the country to play politics devoid of rancour. He gave the charged when he received the APC gubernatorial campaign council at his Sokoto palace. Sultan Said also implored the politicians to avoid using abusive words during electioneering campaigns. According to him, campaign should be issue -based and played without casting aspersions on one another. Alhaji saad also stressed the need for peaceful coexistence among the citizens in the interest of the nation. ” Conduct your campaign rallies peacefully without geopadizing the peaceful atomosphere”he added Also read: Tinubu and ghosts of fuel…
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that no single government can solve the country’s problems, and that it will take the combined efforts of successive administrations to address the issues. Represented by Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, the President, who spoke yesterday in Abuja at the State of the Nation Dialogue, with the theme, “Security, Economy and Administration of Justice, organised by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), reminded lawyers that they have a responsibility towards a smooth running of the country. His words: “This is the direction to go. I want to thank you for…
Chelsea has made a £105.6 million bid for Benfica midfielder Enzo Fernandez, which is close to reaching an agreement. Todd Boehly’s Blues want to pay the release clause fee in installments because doing so violates Financial Fair Play and has tax implications. Chelsea have been in talks to sign the Argentina World Cup winner all month, but Benfica have refused to do so unless Chelsea pay the €120 million (£105.6 million) release clause. Chelsea had offered players on loan and on permanent deals but the Portuguese side refused to accept anything except the release clause figure. The west London…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the immediate suspension of eTranzact from vending the 2023 UTME e-pins. The board broke the news in the latest edition of its weekly bulletin released on Monday. ETranzact is a multi-channel electronic transaction switching and payment processing platform. The platform has been one of JAMB’s major vendors over the years. But in the release, JAMB said the suspension of the platform followed the alleged “extortion of candidates” registering for the 2023 UTME. “Evidence available to the board showed that some of the agents of eTranzact such as Embassy Cafe have…
In a piece I wrote entitled “A o M’erin J’oba At Tinubu’s Colloquium” (1 April, 2018) I warned that the man who has now become the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was making a strategic mistake in assuming that Buhari loved him. Or that he would probably want to relinquish power to him. Using a famous folklore rendered as a tale told by the moonlight in traditional African Yoruba, but which Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s minister of works and folklorist/writer, Joseph Odunjo, brought into vivid perspective in his Alawiye Yoruba literature series, I explained how…
A suicide bombing at a mosque in Pakistan on Monday left at least 34 dead and another 150 wounded in the city of Peshawar, according to officials. Most of the casualties were police officers. It was not clear how the bomber was able to slip into the walled compound, which houses the northwestern city of Peshawar’s police headquarters and is itself located in a high-security zone with other government buildings. Sarbakaf Mohmand, a commander for the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack on Twitter. Peshawar senior police official Saddique Khan said rescuers are attempting to take wounded people to…
The Big Brother Titans, which comprised of Nigerian and South African housemates, held its first live eviction show on Sunday evening and two housemates were evicted. Sandra and Theo Traw, codenamed ‘Santheo’, became the first evictees for the show’s debut season. While Sandra is Nigerian, Theo Traw is a South African. After the first week of the show, the housemates were paired male and female. According to Big Brother, the paired housemates were to work together in the house, become Heads of House, and face nominations and evictions together. Each pair was asked to choose a codename and some pairs…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has apprehended members of organized syndicates involved in the sale of the newly redesigned naira notes. In a statement issued on Monday, DSS Spokesperson, Peter Afunanya also accused some commercial bank officials of assisting the crime. The statement read: “The Department of State Services hereby informs the public that it has intercepted some members of organised syndicates involved in the sale of the new redesigned naira notes. “In the course of its operations, in this regard in parts of the country, it was also established that some commercial bank officials are aiding economic malfeasance.…
Three House of Representatives members have defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. According to POLITICS NIGERIA, the defectors also met with the PDP’s 2023 Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who officially welcomed them into the party on Sunday. The reps members are; Hon Ahmed Dayyabu Safana (Member Representing Safana/Danmusa/Batsari), Hon Hamza Dalhat Batagarawa (Member Representing Batagarawa/Rimi/Charanchi), and Hon Salisu Iro Isansi (Member Representing Katsina Federal Constituency).