The president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari on Friday addressed Naira scarcity issue in the country, he assure Nigerians of improvement within the next seven days. President Buhari stated: “I am aware of the cash shortages and hardship being faced by people and businesses, on account of the Naira redesign. I want to assure that we are doing everything to resolve these issues. Nigerians should expect significant improvements between now and the February 10 deadline. “I met with a delegation of Governors today, on the matter. All the complaints about the execution of the currency change are being seriously looked into. I...

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Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),  has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to use Lagos State Parks Management Committee led by Musiliu Akinsanya aka MC Oluomo to distribute election materials. National Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, had on Tuesday held a meeting with the leadership of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW); Road Transport Employees Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) with the agreement that they would transport election officials and ballot papers to polling units on election day. The former Vice President in a statement by his Special Assistant on Public...

February 3rd Sitting over the Abuja Federal High Court, Justice Inyang Ekwo, has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept the nominations of candidates of the Labour Party (LP) in 24 states of the Federation. Delivering judgement on Thursday, Justice Ekwo held that INEC violated Sections 31, 33 and 36 of the Electoral Act 2022 in rejecting the LP candidates in the affected states on the ground of non-functional of its nomination portal. Justice Ekwo held that the electoral umpire was bound to accept the party’s candidates’ list manually if its electronic nomination portal was faulty. He subsequently ordered INEC to...

February 3rd By Adeoye Olorunseun Femi Fani-Kayode, the spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Friday, makes fumes about the unavailability of cash in circulation, he described it as “errand of destruction”, as he accused the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele of weaponising the apex bank. The APC spokesperson submitted that the newly redesigned notes and naira swaps are policy meant to disrupt the election processes and should have waited till after the election and voice out that Emefiele should be “stopped and caged”. According to Fani-Kayode: “Emefiele has weaponsed the CBN and is an...