A concerned Nigerian has called for the prosecution of syndicates accused of trading new naira notes. In the new notes business, Akin Olaleye said party hawkers, bank managers, and CBN staff are economic saboteurs and criminal syndicates. He stated that the party hawkers trade the new naira notes in the following ways: N10,000 for N18,000,…
Israel has revealed the level of damage done on its territory by the drone and missile attack from the Islamic Republic of Iran. Israeli military spokesperson, Rear Adm Daniel Hagari confirmed on Sunday that there was a direct hit on the Nevatim airbase by ballistic missiles. However, he said the missile caused only “minor damage…
Former President Donald Trump makes history on Monday, as he becomes the first current or former president in the nation’s history to go on trial. Fox News reports that Trump’s hush-money trial, which will get underway in a New York City courtroom, will have an instant impact on his 2024 election rematch with President Joe…
Workers under the auspices of Federal Workers Forum, FWF, have advised the Federal Government led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to devalue the naira after the implementation of the new national minimum wage. The forum said this during a meeting held on Sunday. A communique issued at the end of the meeting was signed…
Iran has said its attack on Israel was a “legitimate response” to Israel’s airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Syria. An Israeli airstrike on Iran’s embassy in the Syrian capital of Damascus had killed two senior members of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. In retaliation, Iran had sent a barrage of drones and missiles…
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc, EEDC, on Monday alerted its customers of a total system collapse, causing blackout in the entire Southeast. EEDC in a statement issued by its Head of Corporate Communications, Emeka Eze, said the incident occured at about 2am on Monday. The company, however, assured residents of the region that efforts…
Hundreds of corner shop owners at the Federal Housing Estate, Sharada, Kano, have raised concerns over disturbances by some faceless persons posing as authorities attempting to grab their plots of land. According to a petition written to the Department of State Services, DSS, Nigeria Police Force, the State Governor, and the State Commissioner of Justice,…
The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organization, Afenifere, has condemned the invasion of the Oyo State House of Assembly in Ibadan by some suspected Yoruba nation agitators. Afenifere, in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the body, Comrade Jare Ajayi, stated that those who took the said step did not act in the interest…
The Israeli military on Sunday carried out a series of airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon. The development came hours after Iran launched its barrage of missiles and drones against Israel. Fox News reports that the fresh wave of Israeli attacks targeted a Hezbollah weapons manufacturing facility as well as other targets, according to the…
Palpable fear and uncertainty have enveloped Kano as the government of Abba Kabir Yusuf moves to arraign the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and a former Governor of the State, Dr Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, over allegations of financial misappropriation. Some residents are reportedly planning to vacate their homes for fear of mayhem…
