Author: Rashaad Harris

President Muhammadu Buhari and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), were ordered on Monday by a Federal Capital Territory high court in Wuse Zone 2 to refrain from delaying or obstructing the February 10 deadline for the use of the old N200, N500, and N1000 notes. The court issued the order, following an ex-parte application that was brought before it by the: Action Alliance (AA), Action Peoples Party (APP) Allied Peoples Movement ( APM), and the National Rescue Movement(NRM).The court statement reads: “An order of interim injunction is hereby made restraining the defendants whether by themselves, staff agents, officers, interfacing…

The spokesperson of the Labour Party presidential campaign Council, Mr. Kenneth Okonkwo has said Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s camp is cooking up lies to smear the name of Peter Obi. He said it is the opposition’s last-ditch effort to deceive Nigerians before the polls. Okonkwo, a lawyer and an actor, said this on Twitter on Monday night. https://twitter.com/realkenokonkwo/status/1622641175671734296?t=PqLJNwK6duzZ9Dq57FNpYg&s=09 “It has come to our attention that Tinubu has instructed his Presidential Campaign Council to concoct white heroin of lies against the Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi in a desperate attempt to smear his image as the last ditch effort to…

The organizers of Evolution Cup have announced postponement of the 2023 edition of the NLO preseason tournament due to scarcity of naira and fuel hike.Evolution Cup was scheduled to take place at the Remo Stars Stadium, Ikenne from February 13th-19th but now shifted to March 13th-19th, 2023.Olatoye Olawale, the project strategist of Evolution Cup made the announcement on Monday following the recent development with naira notes and fuel.” We had to shift the tournament by a month, so that the teams can adequately prepare for it. The situation across the country is quite worrisome and we can’t just leave logistics…

Leeds United has confirmed that they have parted ways with manager, Jesse Marsch after a poor run of results in the Premier League.This was contained in a statement on the club’s official twitter handle on Monday. Recall that Leeds lost 1-0 at Nottingham Forest on Sunday, that left them just one place above the bottom three after seven league games without a win. “Leeds United can confirm head coach Jesse Marsch has been relieved of his duties,” said a statement on the club’s Twitter account.Leeds last won in the Premier League on November 5, a dismal run that prompted Leeds…

The Nigeria Football Federation NFFhas confirmed that no Nigeria playeris trapped in the earthquake thatrocked Turkey on Monday Morning. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake rockedareas of Turkey and Syria on Monday,causing devastation across thecountries with rising casualties. A second earthquake, with itsepicentre near the city ofKahramanmaras, hit several hoursafter the first and the rising death tollis currently 1,200. The federation in a short message onits verified Twitter handle said onMonday assuaged fears amongNigerians on the possibility of Nigeriaplayers being among those trapped inthe rubbles stating that all the playersplying their trade in Turkey are doingfine. “The Nigeria Football Federation is sadabout…

Ghanaian international Christian Atsu was amongst those trapped under rubble in Turkey after a huge earthquake, according to reports.A search and rescue operation is underway after Atsu, who formerly played for Chelsea and Newcastle United, was caught up in the 7.7 magnitude earthquake. The 65-cap Ghana international joined Super Lig club Hataysport last summer.Several members of his new team had to be rescued after the earthquake and Atsu is now reported to be amongst those still missing as a search and rescue operation gets underway. The club’s sporting director, Taner Savut, is also trapped as efforts to free them continue.…

Former Director of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Naja’atu Mohammed has alleged that First Lady Aisha Buhari is part of the cabals in Aso Rock. Mohammed made the claim in an interview on Arise TV on Monday, February 6. She was reacting to Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s claim of some Aso Rock cabals working to hamper the forthcoming elections. Mohammed stated that unlike the Kaduna state Governor, she’s not afraid to mention names. The former APC presidential campaign director also pointed out that Aisha Buhari’s brother is Director General of Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company, the agency responsible…

Manchester City have been charged by the Premier League with numerous alleged breaches of financial rules.The charges relate to financial information regarding revenue, details of manager and player remuneration, UEFA regulations, profitability and sustainability and co-operation with Premier League investigations. At this time, it is not yet clear what the breaches are. It is also not clear what sanctions the Premier League Champions will be receiving from the Premier League top brass.

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has claimed that the implementation of the naira swap policy was a deliberate act by the Central Bank of Nigeria governor — Godwin Emeifiele, to cause confusion in upcoming elections. Ganduje said this at a campaign rally held at Tsanyawa, on Sunday.According to a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Abba Anwar, the Governor said, “The CBN governor is only doing this to cause confusion in the forthcoming elections over unjustifiable reasons.”Currency redesign is done across the globe, but not in the way we are witnessing in our country. The…

A sting operation carried out by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, in collaboration with the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) have discovered a Nigerian commercial Bank has been hoarding the new Naira notes instead of paying customers. Switch Nigeria gathered that over N287 million was discovered in the bank’s vault. It has been alleged that many commercial banks prefer to pay politicians and the rich than disburse it to the masses. Nigerians have been through untold hardship trying to get the new notes. [wpvideo Xc5atPO6]