Author: Alade Adisa

“I find it interesting that everyone defines me as a Nigerian. I identify less with the country than with my specific ethnic group. I have nothing in common with the people from the north of the country, the Boko Haram, where Islamism is. Being Yoruba is my true identity and I refuse to be lumped with the northern people of Nigeria who were our ethnic enemies, all in the name of being called a Nigerian”- Kemi Badenoch. Kemi Badenoch MP, the leader of the British Conservative Party & Opposition in the UK Parliament, has refused to stop at just denigrating…

Special Adviser, Media and Public Communications for State House, Daniel Bwala has disclosed that Nigeria recorded an unprecedented revenue generation milestone. In a post on his X account on Saturday, the presidential spokesman wrote ”A gross total revenue of N3.143 trillion is the highest-ever recorded since FAAC allocations began. ”Kudos to President @officialabat for blocking loopholes and freeing up funds for rapid development. ”States and local governments are now receiving unprecedented allocations, and it’s time for Nigerians to enjoy the dividends of these reforms. ”I enjoin our state governors to make judicious use of these increments in allocations in service…

President Biden pardoned two Chinese spies and the relative of a high-ranking member of the Chinese Communist Party, who was caught with tens of thousands of images of child pornography on his computer last month in a prisoner swap between the two countries that was made public Thursday when the three received clemencies. Yanjun Xu and Ji Chaoqun, who were both convicted of espionage, were granted clemency last month, along with Shanlin Jin, who was convicted of possession of more than 47,000 images of child pornography while a doctoral student at Southern Methodist University in Dallas in 2021. Their clemencies,…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has disclosed that any Deposit Money Banks found culpable of issuing illegal flow of mint naira notes to currency hawkers across the country will be fined N150 million. A statement by the acting Director of Corporate Communications of the apex bank, Sidi Ali Hakama disclosed this information in Abuja. This development comes amidst the misinformation about the validity of the old N1000, N500, and N200 banknotes still in circulation. According to the apex bank, the denominations remained valid legal tender in line with a Supreme Court ruling issued on November 29, 2023, and warned…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has reduced the price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) across its retail outlets in the Federal Capital Territory. A visit to NNPCL retail outlets showed that the petrol pump price was reduced from N1,060 to N1,040 per litre, representing a reduction of N20. According to a filling station attendant at the NNPCL retail outlet along Kubwa expressway, “The price was reduced to N1,040 per litre from N1,060 on Saturday morning, Also, a motorist, Ezekiel Njoku, confirmed the development, saying, “The reduction of N20 is significant. We need further fuel price reductions in the…

Following rumours of a December 31 deadline for the phasing out of the old notes, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reiterated that both the old and redesigned Naira notes of N1,000, N500, and N200 denominations will remain legal tender indefinitely. The apex bank’s Acting Director of Corporate Communications, Hakama Ali, in a statement issued on Friday by, cited a Supreme Court ruling delivered on 29 November 2023, which permits the concurrent circulation of all versions of the affected denominations without any deadline. It said the clarification follows widespread misinformation regarding the validity of the old notes. The statement…

South Korea’s parliament has voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law earlier this month. On Saturday, the country’s National Assembly voted by 204 to 85 to impeach Yoon and suspend his powers and duties, the Associated Press reported. The motion required the support of two-thirds of lawmakers to pass. Yoon had survived a first impeachment vote last Saturday after most of his ruling People Power Party (PPP) boycotted it. Yoon issued a martial law decree on December 3, which caused political turmoil across the country. It lasted only six hours as the…

President Bola Tinubu on Friday led a powerful delegation to the wedding of the children of the Deputy President of the Senate, Jubril Barau, and Emir of Bichi in Kano State, Nasiru Ado Bayero. The wedding, at the National Mosque in Abuja, also offered the President the opportunity to observe the Jummaah prayer there on Friday.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked former President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan to enter the fray and contest the 2027 presidential election on its platform. According to Saturday PUNCH, the party is desperate to secure the candidacy of the former university don, fearing he could be snapped up by another party to run for the presidency in 2027. It (Punch) further said PDP’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Ibrahim Abdullahi, emphasized that it would be a regrettable development if Jonathan chose another party for his presidential bid. He revealed that the PDP had been eagerly awaiting the former president’s return for…

High-profile Nigerian Pastor Tobi Adegboyega has dismissed claims that he was about to be deported from the UK, where his church is facing allegations of financial misconduct.Pastor Adegboyega, leader of SPAC Nation (Salvation Proclaimer Ministries Limited), now known as Nation Family, told the BBC: “There is no deportation order. Let me make that clear.”He said the court case was still an “ongoing issue.”Sporting two jewel-encrusted rings and a Louis Vuitton tie, the preacher says he arrived in the UK aged 25 in 2005 on a visitor’s visa and assumed his family was handling his immigration paperwork.But this was not the…