The Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai has again come hard on the presidency, saying he no longer believes in the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari. Recall that sequel to the recent cash policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, the governor had raised the alarm that some elements in the presidency were working against…
PRESS STATEMENT: MY INVITATION TO THE DSS Three days ago, on the day that I tweeted about newspaper reports alleging that Atiku was secretly meeting with Army Generals, I received a text message from someone who claimed to be a DSS officer asking me to report to them on a matter of national security. I dismissed…
Three more states have joined a legal battle against the Federal Government over the controversial CBN Currency Swap policy which has led to a severe Naira Scarcity in the Country. POLITICS NIGERIA has learned that the Governments of Bayelsa, Rivers and Sokoto will be joining as co-plaintiffs in a suit filed by the governments of Kaduna,…
The Gombe State Police Command has arrested a tricycle operator Sani Abdullahi, for stealing passengers’ goods, IGBERETV reports. The spokesperson of the State Police Command, ASP Mahid Mu’azu Abubakar, who made this known in a statement on Sunday, February 12, 2023, said the suspect specializes in zooming off with passengers’ goods after they alight from…
The past few weeks have been a challenging one for Nigerians especially our SME’s, poor and vulnerable masses and those whose very survival depend on daily cash transactions. They have felt the brunt of the combined problems of scarcity of fuel and new Naira notes. We feel the pains of our market women and artisans…
A 27-year-old Nigerian man have been arrested with P136,000 worth of “shabu” (crystal meth) during an anti-illegal drug operation in the Philippine. Angeles City police director, Colonel Juritz Rara, in a statement on Thursday, February 9, 2023, said the suspect identified as Rara said the Nigerian national is a ‘high-value individual’ on the police list of…
The camps of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu on Saturday exchanged words over the Labour Party, LP, presidential rally in Lagos State. LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s supporters embarked on a road walk from Lekki-Epe expressway to the Tafabalewa Square in Lagos. The…
This is the hilarious moment Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole mounted the stage at ward seven Ekperialeye Etsako Central LGA to dance to Asiwaju Jagaban’s current hit song “Buga” remixed by Lynbrown. The crowd was captivated by the music and Oshiomhole’s dance moves; in fact, they went wild, which was a sight to behold. It would burst…
The National Broadcasting Commission has called on all stakeholders to desist from using children images for political advertisement. NBC Director-General, Balarabe Ilelah, made the call in Abuja during a stakeholders’ meeting. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Ilelah condemned the usage of children in political advertisements by politicians and the way broadcasters air such adverts…
Oil marketers have threatened to close their filling stations in protest against the rejection of old naira notes by deposit money banks across the country.It was gathered that the banks issued circulars to some of the filling stations, urging them to stop accepting the old bills, as the DMBs would not collect them from marketers. This followed…