Peter Obi only candidate who offers Nigerians hope of change – The Economist
The Economist says Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), is the best choice for Nigeria. In a recent article titled ‘Nigeria desperately needs a new kind of leadership’, the London-based newspaper said Obi…
Parties Devise Strategies To Beat Cash Crunch
Six days to the presidential and National Assembly elections, political parties are struggling to get cash for expenditure, including the payment of allowances to agents on election day, Daily Trust…
‘You stood by Borno during trying times’ — Zulum hails Tinubu at APC rally
Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno, says Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), showed the state unmatched support during the peak of the Boko Haram insurgency. Speaking…
Something is about to happen!
The hour is at hand. Nigerians are about to pick a new president. I am ignoring the orchestrated crises and keeping my eye on the ball. We have done elections successfully since 1999 and I am confident that this…
Why I rejected plea by Obasanjo to join forces with Obi – Kachikwu
The presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress, ADC, Dumebi Kachikwu, has revealed how former President Olusegun Obasanjo wanted him to join forces with Peter Obi, his counterpart in Labour Party after…
Ex-APC legal adviser Muiz Banire asks Nigerians willing to sell votes to collect only new notes
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Muiz Banire has advised Nigerians willing to sell their votes in the coming elections to only accept notes recognised by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as legal tender in…
Abort plans of disrupting elections — Gen Yahaya warns thugs, miscreants
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya has warned criminals and thugs to stay away from and desist from causing infractions in the 2023 election’. Gen Yahaya assured Nigerians of the loyalty of…
Six dead in Mississippi shooting rampage, suspect detained
Six people were killed Friday in a shooting rampage in a rural…
Move against CBN over Naira swap saga – MURIC tells Buhari
Amidst a protracted Nigerian fiscal crisis, an Islamic human rights organisation, the…
Ohanaeze urges Igbos to vote en masse for Peter Obi
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide rose from an emergency meeting of its National Executive Committee (NEC) on Friday in Enugu, asking Igbos in the South-East to resist the sit-at-home order by self-styled…
Obasanjo’s In-Law, John Abebe Bags Seven Years Imprisonment For Forgery
A Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on Friday has sentenced former…
Christian Atsu found dead after Turkey earthquake – Agent
Footballer Christian Atsu has been found dead under the rubble of his home almost two weeks after the Turkey earthquake, his agent has confirmed. Atsu, 31, had played for Chelsea and Newcastle in…
Premier League giants eye Neymar
Brazilian winger Neymar Junior has been heavily linked away from Paris Saint Germain to English Premier League powerhouses. The ex-Barcelona man had reportedly been involved in dressing room tussles which the Parisians board perceived as…
Attacks: Labour directs bank workers to stay at home
Organised Labour in the nation’s Financial Sector, yesterday directed bank workers to stay at home following increasing attacks on banks across the country over the scarcity of new notes. Under the aegis of…
Naira crisis: INEC submits cash request to CBN
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it has presented its cash requirement for prosecuting the forthcoming elections to the Central Bank of Nigeria, as requested by the apex bank. It expressed…
Tinubu didn’t instigate govs against Buhari on Naira redesign — APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed as fake, a media report that Sen. Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate asked party governors to disregard President Muhammadu Buhari’s orders on the…
Why report of 10,000 abortions in IDP camps is unbelievable – Borno govt
The Borno Government and other stakeholders on Friday explained why the claim of mass abortion at the Internal Displaced Camps as reported by an international news organization is not only unbelievable, but…
Cashless policy: History will be kind to Buhari – Dogara
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has commended President Muhammadu has said that history will be kind to President Muhammadu Buhari should he remain resolute and not cave in to…
Abiodun threatens to revoke CofO of stores, corporation rejecting old notes
The Governor of Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has vowed to withdraw the certificate of occupancy of any corporation or store that refuses to…
Naira Crisis: Don’t Destroy Banks, Oluwo Begs Osun Youths
The Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulraosheed Adewale Akanbi, has appealed to youths in Osun State not to destroy banks in the name of protesting against the biting naira scarcity. Oluwo, in a statement Friday…
Nigerian Banks’ Liquidity Threatened By Forex Shortage – Moody’s
The liquidity position of Nigerian banks has come under pressure as the Central Bank, the major supplier of foreign currency in the country, has scaled down its supply of exchange to local companies. This has led…
I Ran Away From Home For 2 Years To Chase My Dream – DJ Neptune
Born Imohiosen Patrick but professionally known as DJ Neptune, the popular Nigerian Disc Jockey and Record Producer speaks about his life and career. We… Born Imohiosen Patrick but professionally known as…
National Broadcast: Buhari was wrongly advised — Keyamo
Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo has said that President Muhammadu Buhari was wrongly advised by insisting on the ban of the N500 and N1000 notes despite an ex parte order by the Supreme Court.…
Cash Crunch: Governors Push Out Palliatives In States
Governors have rolled out social intervention programmes aimed at providing succour to people in their states, especially in the face of the cash crunch and fuel scarcity. Daily Trust Saturday reports that…