BY GODWIN OBI Ahead of the February 25 presidential election, the flag bearer of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has maintained a lead in a third and final nationwide opinion poll commissioned by Anap Foundation and conducted by NOI Polls Limited (NOIPolls). The result of the fresh poll wasContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Wednesday alleged that some Federal Government officials are seeking out-of-court settlement over the controversy trailing the naira redesign by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Earlier on Wednesday, the Supreme Court adjourned the suit filed by state governments to challenge theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Muhammadu Buhari will address Nigerians on Thursday by 7am, presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina has said. The President’s nationwide broadcast is coming amid strong reactions and protests to the lingering cash crunch experienced by millions of Nigerians across the country in the last few weeks. Adesina, however,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Training and retraining of Nigerian journalists coupled with improved welfare packages and incentives have been described as the best way to boost journalists’ moral and improve productivity meet global best practices. The Kanwan Katsina 111, District Head of Ketare Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara made this known whileContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba has said that some separatist agitators under the aegis of Oduduwa Nation are amassing weapons in an attempt to disrupt the February 25 and March 11 general elections in the South-West geopolitical zone. The IGP disclosed this during aContinue Reading
The former Anambra State governor said he will pull people out of poverty by focusing on micro, small and medium enterprises. BY GODWIN OBI The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has promised to restructure Nigeria and pull people out of poverty if elected president in theContinue Reading
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello BY GODWIN OBI The money laundering trial of two family members of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, his nephew, Ali Bello and wife, Rashida Bello reportedly at large will resume on Monday before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Ali Bello wasContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Redesigning of N200, N500 and N1000 notes by the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN), January 31 was announced as deadline for use of the old notes. The deadline was, however, met with outrage from Nigerians, forcing the apex bank to extend to February 10 after which the notesContinue Reading
The 36 state governors said the scarcity of naira notes has had far-reaching economic effects like naira black market, severe food inflation, amongst others. BY GODWIN OBI The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has warned that the continuous scarcity of the N200, N500 and N1,000 new notes may lead to economicContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A fresh poll by Bloomberg News has placed Labour Party (LP)’s Peter Obi as the leading presidential candidate ahead of this month’s election. The pre-election poll conducted for Bloomberg News by Premise Data Corp said the former Anambra governor was the preferred candidate for the nation’s topContinue Reading