Author: Tobi Oluwaseun Adesanya
Following earlier reports that the Nigerian Police has uncovered a criminal ring printing counterfeit note in Kurudu area of Abuja. Danjuma Isah who picks up the money from the said location has been arrested. During interrogation, he mentioned that the counterfeit currency is handed over to a certain Abdullahi Sabo who works closely with the APC governor’s forum. Nonetheless, it will not come as a surprise to many Nigerians that these suspects mentioned that it was some bigwigs in the APC that funded their act. It was disclosed that it was Dapo Abiodun and Nasir El-Rufai that sponsored the printing…
In October 2022, acting on credible intelligence that there was a huge amount of money outside the banking sector being kept by politicians, bandits, money launderers and other criminals that was distorting the monetary policy of the apex bank, the CBN announced that it was going to re-design the Naira and withdraw the old notes from circulation while giving a deadline of January 31st for the use of the old notes as legal tender. As expected, most Nigerians complied and the CBN was able to mop up over two trillion Naira of the old notes from circulation within the stipulated…
Over one billion Naira will be won by prospective customers of Dangote Cement at the Dangote Cement Bag of Goodies 3 Consumer Promo. The promo, according to the company’s National Sales Director, Mrs. Funmi Sanni, was to give back to consumers who had been the company’s pillar of support and to encourage them for their patronage. Speaking in Ibadan while handing over cheques to Shittu Ibitayo, Biliaminu Kehinde and Adepegba Adekunle, who won one million Naira each in the ongoing promo, Sanni said 500 customers would win one million Naira each, 100 customers would win five million Naira each, in…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana has urged voters in Osun State to sue the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for wasting their votes. He stated this on Sunday during an interview on Arise TV. It would be recalled that the Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal sacked Governor Ademola Adeleke for overvoting at over 700 polling units in the Governorship election. The tribunal asked INEC to give Certificate of Returns to former Governor Gboyega Oyetola. “What the voters in those areas have to do is to sue INEC for damages that you have wasted my votes,” Mr Falana said.…
Hajiya Naja’atu Mohammed, a politician and renowned activist recently resigned as a Director in the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council. She speaks with DIRISU YAKUBU on dumping the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and why the Tinubu/Shettima ticket is a disaster waiting to happen, among others At what point did it occur to you to part ways with the APC presidential campaign council, where you oversaw civil society organisations? Let me tell you what really happened. In the first place, I did not support Tinubu as a presidential aspirant; my support was for Professor Yemi Osinbajo from day…
Atiku Abubakar’s win in the general elections in February will be enough medicine, according to Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, Director General (DG) of the Atiku-Okowa presidential campaign in Anambra State, to calm the South East and bring the nation back to stability. This was said by Okonkwo yesterday in Awka, Anambra State, during a speech to the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC), which was attended by more than 160 Atiku support organizations. The Anambra PDP leader insisted that as soon as Atiku is elected president of Nigeria, insecurity throughout the country, particularly in the South East, will vanish. He urged increased backing…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has denied scarcity of the new naira notes as alleged by some Nigerians. The CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, represented by Musa Jimoh, director, Payment System Management Department of the bank, denied the allegation in a news conference on in Jos. ”The CBN has massively supplied the new notes to commercial banks to dispense both at counters and ATMs. ”This is to enable quick circulation and we want to advice commercial banks to desist from keeping the cash away from the public or face the stiffer sanction,” he said Mr Emefiele advised citizens to deposit…
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has taken a swipe at the Muhammadu Buhari-led government. According to Tinubu, he would be elected Nigeria’s next president despite attempts by some persons in the government to sabotage his chances in the February 25 poll. He disclosed this on Wednesday during a rally at the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Tinubu and President Buhari belong to the same party. Speaking in Yoruba, he said, “Let fuel be expensive, only they know where they keep it. Keep petrol, keep the naira, we will vote and…
Hajia Naja’atu Muhammad, former Director of Civil Society in the Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said Tinubu is mentally deranged and cannot hold a cup of tea. According to reports Hajia Naja’atu Muhammad accused the media of underreporting the mental state of the former governor of Lagos State and imposing him on Nigerians as fit. Hajia Naja’atu Muhammad who said this in an interview with an online daily noted that her visit to the APC presidential candidate in London revealed to her that he had been supporting an unwell candidate to carry a big load of…
The Presidential Candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, accused the federal government of using the lingering fuel scarcity and recently-introduced naira notes and cash handling policies of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to scuttle his chances of winning the 2023 presidential election. The former Lagos Governor, however, vowed that Nigerians would defy the fuel scarcity and trek to cast their votes. Tinubu spoke in Abeokuta, Ogun State, during the APC presidential campaign. “You’re hoarding fuel and hoarding the naira,” Mr Tinubu said during a campaign stop in Abeokuta this afternoon. “Still, we will vote, and…