Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church on Sunday revealed that all political parties that took part in the just concluded general elections sought his prayers. The clergy, who made the assertion during live Sunday service, said though he prayed for them, he was not in the position to answer the prayers. “There is no … Read more
Lt.-Gen. (ret.) Tukur Buratai says that President Major-Muhammadu Buhari has kept his promise to stop terrorist groups like Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa Province. Buratai said this in an interview with reporters in Abuja. He said that the President had promised to stop terrorist groups in his inaugural speech on May … Read more
On Tuesday, party leaders gathered at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national headquarters, Wadata Plaza, in Abuja, to begin the meeting of the BoT. A common view is that the BoT acts as the party’s conscience. Attendees in the meeting were Adolphus Wabara, who is currently serving as chairman of the PDP BoT, Ahmed Makarfi, … Read more
The Senate has adopted the Conference Committee report on the Nigeria Peace Corps (Establishment) Bill, 2023. It followed the presentation on Tuesday by the Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Interior, Seriake Dickson. The lawmaker said both the Senate and the House of Representatives committees met and adopted the House’s version. The joint committee recommended the … Read more
A social media influencer, Deji Adeyanju, has explained why the presidential candidates of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and his New Nigeria People’s Party counterpart, Rabiu Kwankwaso should be compensated with ministerial slots in the incoming Bola Tinubu government. Adeyanju said the duo of Obi and Kwankwaso were the reasons for the emergence of Tinubu … Read more
Alhaji Abdul Hamid Haliru, the new chairman of the Traditional Youth Chief Forum of Nigeria (Sarkin Samarin Nigeria), has stated that the country is at a critical stage and does not require resistance at this time, but rather all hands on deck to overcome its difficulties. Haliru, who mentioned this in his inauguration speech in … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of the acting Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Isah Idris Jere, till May 29, 2023. Comptroller Tony Akuneme, Public Relations Officer of NIS, disclosed this exclusively to xandertech on Friday. According to him, the development was contained in the letter of extension from Buhari, signed by … Read more
The unfreezing of Abia State accounts in about 27 banks on Thursday by an Abuja High Court has been received with joy by civil servants and contractors in the State. The court presided over by Justice Bello Kawu had, on March 28, granted an ex parte order freezing the accounts after an applicant, Uche Eni, … Read more
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s recently introduced cash swap scheme has been discontinued for mobile money/Point of Sale agents in Abuja and Lagos. In a document titled “Frequently Asked Questions,” CBN provided certain parameters for the cash swap scheme. This occurs before the CBN’s deadline of January 31 for the phase-out of the old N1,000, … Read more
The Department of State Services, DSS, and Nigeria Police Force have been urged to arrest a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode, within 48 hours, before he sets Nigeria ablaze. The Nigerian Democratic Youth Front, NDYF, warned the police and DSS to stop “dilly-dallying” and arrest Fani-Kayode before his “injudicious, uncultured and … Read more