Author: Olabanji Ayoola

The Coalition of Northern Groups has described the response of the Presidency, ordering the Central Bank of Nigeria to obey the rulings of the Supreme Court, as deceptive and insincere. The CNG said it was curious that days after the said directive by the President, the naira scarcity situation showed no sign of abating. “Instead, […]

With two days to the governorship and state assembly elections scheduled to hold on Saturday, March 18, the focus in the South-East state of Anambra will be on who controls the state House of Assembly. This is so because there will be no governorship election in the state. Nonetheless, both Anambra State governor, Chukwuma Soludo […]

The ruling All Progressives Congress has explained why it could not mete out sanction to the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, for defying the Supreme Court verdict on the controversial cash swap policy. The scarcity of the new naira notes brought about by the CBN policy has generated tension and visited untold […]

The report examines how the fight against corruption has put the lives of Nigerian whistleblowers at risk and why a policy meant to encourage and protect them is failing. The nation was shell-shocked in April 2017 when operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) discovered $43.4 million, among other currencies, in the wardrobe […]

Despite the Central Bank of Nigeria’s directive authorising commercial banks to dispense and receive the old N200, N500, and N1000 notes, many Nigerians this week rejected the bank notes. A survey across major cities found that some motorists and traders refused to accept the old notes amid the uncertainties surrounding the acceptance of the notes […]

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, on Thursday described Nigeria’s just concluded presidential election held last month as the worst conducted in the country’s recent history. He stated this during an interview on Channels TV Sunrise Daily morning show. He lamented that despite repeated promises by the Independent National Electoral Commission […]

The incoming President Bola Tinubu on Thursday promised Nigerians what he called a ‘government of national competence’ as he defended the February 25 Presidential Election that brought him in as fair and credible. Declaring that he will not be confined by political consideration in assembling his government, he vowed to go beyond forming a government […]