Fitch: Tinubu will become president, but there will be social instability
Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research says Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), will win the 2023 presidential election. In a report, the firm, a subsidiary of Fitch Ratings, an international credit rating organisation, however, said Tinubu’s victory would spur social instability and protests because of his party’s Muslim-Muslim […]
Newspaper Headlines: Special forces soldiers, police officers, DSS agents flood Abuja over terror alert
The national dailies are inundated with reports of the US, and UK terror alerts in Nigeria and their effect in Abuja, the capital city. Source: Top Stories
‘We were not consulted’ — Zainab Ahmed counters CBN’s naira redesign
Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, says the ministry was not consulted before the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) decided to redesign some naira notes. Ahmed disclosed this during the 2023 budget defence session with the senate committee on finance in Abuja on Friday. Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor, had […]
Who did it? Confusion trails raid on Abuja estate
The raid on Trademore, an estate located in the suburb of the federal capital territory (FCT), has stirred up a controversy. Adewale Adenaike, chairman of phase 3, Trademore Estate, Lugbe, had said DSS officers in a joint operation with American soldiers arrested a suspected terrorist in his community. The estate chairman said […]
Buhari: UK, US terror alerts don’t mean attack imminent in Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari says there is no need to panic over the recent concerns raised on possible terror attacks in parts of the country. Speaking on the security alerts issued by the US and the UK to their citizens in Nigeria, he said the recent travel advisories from the the foreign countries should […]
Nnamdi Kanu to remain in DSS custody pending supreme court decision
The court of appeal in Abuja has granted a stay of execution on its judgment which discharged Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel led by Haruna Tsanami, granted the application filed by the federal government pending the hearing […]
DSS confirms raid on Abuja estate — but says no joint operation with US soldiers
The Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed the arrest of a suspected terrorist in an Abuja estate. Peter Afunanya, DSS spokesperson, said this in an interview with TheCable on Friday. Afunanya said the operation was, however, not done in collaboration with soldiers from the United States (US). “No joint operation between […]
INEC should prosecute Atiku over ‘north needs northerner’ remark, says Kenneth Okonkwo
Kenneth Okonkwo, spokesperson of the Peter Obi presidential campaign council (south-east), says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should prosecute Atiku Abubakar. Okonkwo, who made the remark in an interview with Channels Television on Thursday, said the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should have been disqualified for “ethnic profiling”. […]
Appeal court voids judgment sacking Umahi for defecting to APC
The court of appeal in Abuja has overturned a judgment which sacked David Umahi as governor of Ebonyi state. On March 8, Inyang Ekwo, judge of a federal high court in Abuja, sacked the governor and his deputy, Eric Igwe, over their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives […]
‘Don’t plunge our people into crisis’ — Tinubu campaign knocks Akintoye over ‘divisive’ remark
Bayo Onanuga, director of media & publicity for the Tinubu-Shettima presidential campaign council, says Banji Akintoye should not plunge Nigeria into crisis with his “divisive” statement. On Thursday, Akintoye, leader of the Yoruba Nation agitation, said Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is not contesting for the people’s interest […]