Nigeria: Lawan And Supreme Court Of Shameless Judicial Bandits, By Farooq Kperogi
I was awoken on this side of the world by news of the reversal by the Nigerian Supreme Court of Senate President Ahmed Lawan’s primary election loss. I was already mentally prepared for it after the same Supreme Court affirmed Godwin Akpabio’s fraudulent primary win a few days ago. It’s a well-planned judicial choreography. The […]
Illegal Immigrants Arrested In Kaduna, Over 1,000 PVCs Recovered
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has arrested 516 illegal immigrants in Kaduna State. They were arrested during a mop-up operation by Immigration officials in the Zaria area of the State. The state Immigration Controller in Kaduna State Liman Sani Kila told newsmen that the illegal immigrants who are from […]
PDP CHIEFTAIN: Dr Alex Obi Passes On
DR.ALEX OBI PASSES ON The Death has been announced of a former Chairman of the People Democratic Party(PDP) in Imo State, and member Board of Trustee ,BOT of the Party , Dr. Alex Aforkwalam Obi,(MFR), IKembaMbaise. He was aged 68. A statement issued by the family, signed by Mr.Valentine Obi ,Snr brother nd Mr. Alexander […]
Oil marketers refute threat to stop selling fuel
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, has denied planning to cease operations once the government enforces N195 per litre pump price. A statement on Monday by National Operations Controller Mike Osatuyi advised the public to ignore the information. Mojeed Adesope, Publicity Officer of Ibadan Depot, on February 3, called for the shutdown of […]
NEWS TITBIT
Good day! below are News stories across Nigeria and Abroad: 1. The Save Nigeria Movement has demanded an urgent retraction and apology from Governors Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna state and Umar Ganduje of Kano State as well as a spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council Femi Fani-Kayode over what it called outrageous […]
Nigeria and India to partner on eradication of fake passports
The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has expressed the readiness of the Nigerian government to cooperate with India to eradicate the use of fake Nigerian passports to travel to India. Aregbesola gave this assurance in his office at the weekend while receiving the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Gangadharan Balasubramanian on a courtesy […]
Fuel marketers plan shutdown on Monday over 195 pump price enforcement
Independent marketers of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, are getting set to shut down operations beginning from Monday once the government starts the enforcement of N195/litre pump price. It was gathered on Saturday that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria, […]
NEWS TITBIT
Good day! below are News stories across Nigeria and Abroad: 1. A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced to death by hanging, two former members of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad for extra-judicial killing. Five members of the SARS team, ASP Samuel Chigbu, Shedrack Ibibo, Magus Awuri, Ogoligo, and Olisa Emeka […]
Police Nabs Bank Manager Sabotaging Withdrawal Of New Naira Notes
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has arrested the manager of a bank in Osogbo, the Osun capital, over ATMs loaded with naira notes that were blocked from dispensing. In a statement, Azuka Ogugua, spokesperson of the anti-graft agency, said the cash bundles were loaded into the ATMs while […]
New Naira: No Extension On Naira Swap Deadline – Emefiele
The Governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele on Friday insisted that the apex bank will not extend the deadline for swapping old naira notes with the newly redesigned ones. He made this known during a special briefing at the CBN office in Lagos, saying that the CBN and other stakeholders are already looking addressing […]