We are joined by Ifeanyi, a Political Affair analyst as we take a look at what’s happening in the Nation Nigeria at this time!

Nigerian Army troops on Sunday killed 20 Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province, (ISWAP) terrorists at the north west of Baga town in Borno. Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, the Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Enenche said the troops of 130 Battalion with […]

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu over the weekend urged religious leaders to sensitize residents on measures to curb the spread of coronavirus and stay safe. He said their role in the sensitization is very vital because what is happening now is community transmission and many of the residents in the State worship […]

DEPOSIT Money Banks (DMBs) are turning down payment requests from customers seeking to pay business partners abroad with naira debit cards. Banks are asking customers paying clients abroad to do so in the currency of the beneficiary’s country, as against the previous practice where lenders debited the naira accounts of customers at the prevailing exchange […]

THERE is reprieve for state governments following President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of the suspension of deductions of loans and bailout funds from their monthly allocation. The Coronavirus pandemic has virtually destroyed the world’s economy – draining Nigeria’s oil revenue to the bottom. The Federation Account projected revenue has dropped by more than half, a situation […]

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has raised concern over the sudden suspension of the Federal Government’s homegrown school feeding programme in Kano State. Ganduje wondered why feeding of millions of pupils in over 4,900 public primary schools in Kano was halted since December 2019 while funding of the same project continued in other states till February 2020. […]

Nigerian government on Sunday announced that it has impounded a flight owned by a UK company being used to run commercial trips despite an existing travel ban. “Flair Aviation, a UK company, was given approval for humanitarian operations but regrettably we caught them conducting commercial flights,” Nigeria’s aviation minister Hadi Sirika tweeted. “The craft is […]

Finally, the chickens have come home to roost for the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government in its continual denial that Nigeria is not the Poverty Capital of the World by international rating agencies. Its own agency, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has finally confirmed what has become all too obvious to many since the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised to look towards agriculture as he aims to rebound the Nigerian economy, which has largely been affected by the ravaging coronavirus pandemic. Shuiab Mubarak, an agricultural investor, said, “The coronavirus outbreak has made farming and other agro sectors grow more than ever before and the need for food is […]

Troops of Sector 1, Operation Lafiya Dole have killed nine Boko Haram terrorists; while crossing Maiduguri-Damaturu road in the Mainok/Jakana axis of Borno state. Army’s Spokesman, Col. Sagir Musa Wednesday in Maiduguri disclosed that the troops ambushed terrorists and recovered two gun trucks, while others fled with gunshot wounds. Mainok and Jakana villages located along […]

Kano State Government on Wednesday reaffirmed its commitment to reintegrating the Almagiri children repatriated to Kano into its free and compulsory basic and secondary education policy. A statement by the commissioner for information, Malam Muhammad Garba said the government is ready to accept Almajiris repatriated from any state of the federation and the Federal Capital […]

• NWC debunks bribery allegation by C’River faction Amid the crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, a leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo South senatorial district, Dickson Imasogie, has declared his party’s readiness to slug it out with the ruling APC in the gubernatorial election coming up […]