SANUSI SPEAKS ON SEALING OF PALACE The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has commented on the recent blockade of his palace by security operatives. Men of the Nigerian police, as well as the Department of State Services (DSS), blocked the emir’s palace, restricting free movement in and out of the Gidan Rumfa Palace. The Kano State Government has condemned …

BLAME BUHARI FOR YORUBANIZATION OF TINUBU GOVT – OZEKHOME Rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mike Ozekhome, insists that former President Muhammadu Buhari should be blamed for the preference by his successor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to appoint persons from his ethnic Yoruba language group into key positions of government.Ozekhome, who delivered an address at a symposium on human …

CBN FINES MONIPOINT, OPAY ₦1B EACH AS NIGERIA TIGHTENS FINTECH REGULATION In a continuation of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) increased scrutiny of fintech startups, two of the country’s most prominent unicorns, Moniepoint and OPay, were fined ₦1 billion each in the second quarter of 2024, sources with direct knowledge of the matter told TechCabal. While several other fintech …

GOVERNORS MEET IN ABUJA AMID CONTROVERSY OVER TINUBU”S TAX REFORM BILLS Fifteen governors, predominantly from the All Progressives Congress (APC), gathered at the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) Secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday night for a crucial meeting.The meeting also saw the attendance of two opposition governors, Alex Otti of Abia State (Labour Party) and Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State (All …

INEC SWITCHED Off SERVERS TO RIG 2023 ELECTIONS – EX-NERC CHAIR, SAM AMADI The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi, has stated that the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) compromised Nigeria’s 2023 elections. Amadi, a former Executive Chairman and CEO of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), argued that it was …

UBEC HAILS GOV MBAH ON SMART SCHOOL, SAYS IT’S BRAVE, STRATEGIC MOVE The Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, has commended the Enugu State Government led by Governor Peter Mbah for initiating the over 260 Smart Green Schools to cater for basic education in the state, describing it as brave and strategic in a country where it said basic education had …

, NATIONAL GRID COLLAPSES AGAIN, 12th TIME IN 2024 A check on the website of the Independent System Operator (ISO), an arm of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), showed all the generation power plants on the grid did not produce electricity by 2pm, having all contributed an average of 3,087 megawatts of electricity by 1pm In a statement, the …

ALLIED AIR CARGO AIRCRAFT CRASH LANDS IN ABUJA A cargo aircraft belonging to Allied Air has crash-landed at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja, on Wednesday. The incident was as a result of the failure of one of the aircraft’s landing gears. Zagazola Makama, a Lake Chad Basin counterterrorism and insurgency expert, who made this known in a post on …

SOUTHERN REPS WELCOME TAX REFORM BILLS, SAY THEY’RE GOOD FOR NIGERIA Members of the House of Representatives from the 17 southern states said they have welcomed the tax reform bills presented before the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu, describing them as good for the country. The four tax reforms bills namely, Nigeria Tax, Nigeria Tax Administration, Nigeria Revenue Service …

DOZENS OF GHANA PRESIDENT-ELECT’S SUPPORTERS ARRESTED IN POST-POLL CHAOS Police in Ghana have arrested more than 100 people – mostly opposition supporters of President-elect John Mahama – over acts of lawlessness.Supporters of the newly elected president who want jobs have allegedly attacked some state institutions, looted properties, and engaged in disturbances that have left some police and military personnel injured.The …

AFE BABALOLA OBTAINS COURT ORDER TO BLOCK SALE OF FAROUNBI’S BOOK ON AMAZON, OTHERS The Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an order to halt the distribution and production of the book “Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System” authored by embattled lawyer Dele Farotimi. The court ruling follows an application spearheaded by Afe Babalola through his chambers. The court, …

PROCESS OF RIGGING 2027 POLLS HAS STARTED — PROFESSOR JINADU The nation’s political elite has started the process of rigging the 2027 general elections, Prof Adele Jinadu has said. Delivering his keynote address at the Policy Dialogue on “State of Anti-Corruption Policy and Practice in Nigeria,” in Abuja, yesterday, the Professor of Political Science said known party members were being …

WORLD BANK CARPETS NIGERIA’S ANTI-CORRUPTION WAR, SAYS INSTITUTIONAL CORRUPTION PERSISTS The World Bank and other stakeholders have urged the government to fight institutional corruption as it is the only guarantee to sustainable growth and development. Speaking at a policy conversation on the State of Anti-corruption Policy and Practice in Nigeria jointly organised by Agora Policy and MacArthur, on Tuesday, stakeholders …

FG FLAG-OFF ₦‎12B ROAD CONSTRUCTION AFTER 40 YEARS The Federal Government on Wednesday flagged-off a N12 billion road construction in Eti-Oni, Atakumosa East Local Government Area of Osun after 40 years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the construction of the 56 Kilometer road, which was to be supervised by the Federal Ministry of Works, was greeted with …

EZEILO LAMENTS DETERIORATING HUMAN RIGHTS IN NIGERIA Professor Joy Ezeilo is a former United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Human Trafficking. She once served as the Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Nigeria, Enugu campus. Ezeilo, the Executive Director, Women Aid Collective, WACOL, in an exclusive interview with our DAILY POST reporter expresses concern about how difficult it has become …