Author: Olabanji Ayoola

Disturbed by the anxiety thrown up by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) naira swap policy, Conference of 19 Northern States Civil Society Networks has cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against postponing this year’s general elections. Besides, the coalition kicked against Federal Government’s position on the strategy, insisting that the policy was ill-fated and […]

Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu (right) receiving a bouquet from a girl during the party’s campaign rally, in Osogbo, Osun State…yesterday A new opinion poll conducted by the Nigerian Human Rights Community (NHRC), consisting of 134 organisations, has tipped the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, […]

Old 200 naira note return as legal tender. PIX Twitter Buhari: New cash policy, legacy weapon against insecurity, corruption, vote buying Old 200 naira notes available for circulation mere N222b N2.65tr to be destroyed Recirculation of N200 notes won’t move the needle, Teriba insists Gbajabiamila: Buhari’s directive a wanton disregard for rule of law Ganduje […]

Ahead of the February 25 presidential election, the flag bearer of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has maintained a lead in a third and final nationwide opinion poll commissioned by Anap Foundation and conducted by NOI Polls Limited (NOIPolls). The result of the fresh poll was released on Wednesday by the President and Founder […]

Governor Nyesom Wike during a media chat on Thursday, February 16, 2023 With a few days to the February 25 presidential election, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has ruled out any last-minute deal or truce between the G5 and the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. The governor also said […]

Human rights lawyer, Monday Ubani says President Muhammadu Buhari has overruled the Supreme Court with his Thursday declaration that old N500 and N1,000 notes are no longer legal tender. Ubani, who is the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law (SPIDEL) spoke Thursday on Channels Television’s The 2023 Verdict […]

The Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, revealed on Wednesday, that the Federal Government had made overtures to governors, seeking the withdrawal of the suit at the Supreme Court, challenging the deadline for the old naira notes. El-Rufai, however, said the proposition was rejected as the governors did not agree with the terms being […]

President Muhammadu Buhari came under heavy attacks on Thursday hours after his national broadcast on the cash crisis swap. Lawyers and public commentators berated the President for ordering the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to retain only the old N200 notes as legal tender until April 10, 2023. His order is contrary to the February […]

150 women to receive N300m equipment loan grant Following several hours of service outage on MTN networks, which made calls and Internet surfing impossible on Tuesday, users of the network have called for compensation. This is coming, as MTN, in a notice, apologised to the over 80 million subscribers on the network for the service […]