AITA condemns Katsina Killings
By Danusa Ocholi Chief Executive Officer / National President of Al-Mushahid Initiative for Transparency and Accountability (AITA) ,and Publisher Capitalwatch Media, His Excellency Alhaji Aminu Abubakar Majidadi has unequivocally condemned the killings in Katsina state in which more than 100 people lost their lives as a result of an attack by terrorists. Alhaji Majidadi, a frontline human rights activist, anti-corruption...
Ambassador Majidadi enjoins Nigerian Leaders to emulate Murtala
By Danusa Ocholi February 13, marked exactly 47 years that one of Nigeria’s most dynamic leaders and an anti-corruption crusader, General Murtala Ramat Mohammed was killed in a coup d’etat precisely on February 13, 1976 in Lagos while the Nigerian leader was on his way to office.. A notable human rights activist, humanitarian, anti-corruption crusader community leader and publisher of Capital...
Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Monday morning
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Governorship candidate of Labour Party in Kano State, Bashir Ishaq Bashir, met with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), on Sunday evening. The outcome of the meeting is yet unknown but sources said it was centered on defection. 2. Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State...
BREAKING: Election will not hold in 240 polling units – INEC
…expresses concern over rising attacks on party supporters …IPAC advises INEC not to postpone election Less than 12 days to the general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission has said that election will not hold in 240 polling units across 28 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this during a meeting with political parties on...
Northerners should reject Atiku at presidential election for opposing Sharia – Tinubu’s running mate, Shettima
All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential running mate, Kashim Shettima, has identified why Northerners should not vote for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Shettima said Northerners should ditch Atiku for opposing the Islamic legal system in the North. He made the call while speaking with APC faithful at the party’s local government conference in Daura, Katsina State. The APC...
Naira Scarcity: Tinubu lists six ways out of current suffering
.Says, he isn’t opposed to currency redesign but disruptive implementation Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has listed six ways through which the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN can end the current hardship in the country caused by the scarcity of newly redesigned Naira notes. In a statement he personally signed and issued Sunday in...
Pupil’s death: Lagos govt shuts Chrisland school
*She was electrocuted—School mates *She slumped in the open, school maintains *How I found out my daughter died—Mother *The battle line is drawn —Bereaved father LAGOS—The Lagos State Goverment, yesterday, ordered the temporary closure of Chrisland School, located at Opebi-Ikeja, following the death of a student of the school, Whitney Adeyemi. The order was contained in a statement by the state Commissioner for Education,...
Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Friday morning
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday said it allocates new naira notes to banks on a daily basis. CBN Director, Consumer Protection, Mrs Rashidat Monguno said this in Offa, Kwara State, on Thursday, attributing scarcity of the redesigned notes to sabotage by some commercial banks. 2. President Muhammadu Buhari has approved...
New naira: Confusion deepens as CBN deadline ends today
Nigerians, especially bank customers, were gripped with confusion and uncertainty over whether today’s deadline by the Central Bank of Nigeria for the phasing out of the old naira notes still remains or it has been suspended following the Supreme Court injunction obtained by some northern governors. The Supreme Court had on Wednesday ruled that the deadline should be suspended pending...
Naira gains further, exchanges at N461.10 to dollar
The Naira on Thursday exchanged at 461.10 to the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window. The figure represented an appreciation by 0.02 per cent compared with the 461.17 it exchanged on Wednesday. The open indicative rate closed at N461.25 to the dollar on Thursday. An exchange rate of N462 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded within the...
