JUST IN: Massive Shakeup Rocks CBN As 1,500 Redeployed Staff Resume At Lagos Office After being redeployed from the headquarters, at least 1,500 employees of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, will return to work at its Lagos branch on Friday. Despite strong criticism, the plan remained in place, according to an apex bank source who spoke with our correspondent. Affected employees would be returning to work on Friday. “Yes, the plan is still on and they will resume work by February 2, which is the first week of next month,” an official said. The latest development comes on the…
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BREAKING: UK Fires British-Nigerian Minister A British-Nigerian minister, MP Kate Osamor has been suspended after she accused Israel of genocide on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day. Osamor, a British-Nigerian-born MP for Edmonton, sparked resentment after claiming in her weekly newsletter that Gaza should be added to the list of ‘recent genocides’. In a post on X handle, Osamor posted a photo of herself signing the Holocaust Education Trust’s commemoration book in Westminster “Tomorrow is Holocaust Memorial Day, an international day to remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, the millions of other people murdered under Nazi persecution…
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Sign Attendance Register 4 Times Daily, Nigerian Govt Tells LG Chairmen Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno has directed local government chairs to stay in their respective areas and must sign the attendance register four times daily to prove their presence. Mr Zulum gave the directive while presiding over the swearing-in ceremony of the 27 elected council chairmen in Maiduguri on Monday. The governor directed the Ministry for Local Government to immediately deploy biometric data capture machines to council areas for the chairmen to thumbprint daily at 8:00 a.m., noon, 2:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. He said the measure became necessary…
Yahaya Bello Moves To Displace Ganduje As APC Chairman The immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has launched moves to displace the incumbent national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Umar Ganduje, from office. Campaign posters indicating his interest in the position started flooding the streets of Abuja on Monday, days after handing over to the newly elected Kogi governor, Usman Ododo. The National Executive Council of the party had, in August 2023, confirmed the former Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, as its national chairman at the NEC meeting held at Transcorp Hilton in Abuja, replacing former Nasarawa…
BREAKING: South Africa’s ANC Fires Former President, Jacob Zuma South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has suspended former President Jacob Zuma. The decision came after Zuma formed a competing political party. However, the ANC has promised to mount a legal battle. ANC secretary general, Fikile Mbalula, announced the decision on Monday, declaring that “Zuma and others whose conduct is in conflict with our values and principles, will find themselves outside the African National Congress.” According to BBC report, Zuma’s new party, uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), meaning “spear of the nation”, shares a name with the ANC’s former…
BREAKING: Bwala Dumps Atiku, Meets With Tinubu On Monday, January 29, Daniel Bwala, a former spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 general election, met with President Bola Tinubu in Paris. Bwala confirmed this in a post on his official X page. He wrote: “It was a pleasure to meet with the father of the nation @officialABAT President Bola Tinubu in Paris today. He continues to share his thoughts and demonstrate his passion to lead Nigeria out of the woods.” More details to follow…
Yoruba Group Attacks Northern Leaders Over Relocation Of CBN, FAAN Offices To Lagos A pan-Yoruba group, Yoruba Professionals Foundation (YPF), has slammed northern leaders critical of relocation of the headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Department of Banking Supervision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to Lagos State. The group in a statement issued on Monday by its Director of Administration, Oladapo Kayode, described the criticisms as very unfortunate, dishonourable, outrageous, and irresponsible. Insisting that Nigeria is not the inheritance of the North but a land for Nigerians, the group branded the attackers of…
BREAKING: Major Shakeup Hits Tinubu’s Cabinet As President Directs CBN To Take Over Crude Sales From NNPC President Bola Tinubu has declared an oil sector shake-up to improve openness in the face of dwindling oil revenue and murky practices at the NNPC. The President has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to assume control of crude oil sales from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). Previously, the NNPC was alone in charge of crude oil sales and only reported to the federal government. Critics have long contended that this structure lacked transparency, which allowed the NNPC to underreport…
BREAKING: EFCC Picks Kogi Ex-Governor, Yahaya Bello The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has concluded plans to probe the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, for alleged fraud and corrupt practices he was involved in during his eight-year tenure. It was learnt that the commission would invite Yahaya Bello for questioning to account for his eight years of administration. Bello’s immunity expired after the end of his tenure and reign as Kogi State’s executive governor. Without immunity, Bello may be arrested by the commission for alleged money laundering and financial breaches while serving as Kogi State’s former…