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President Muhammadu Buhari arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Monday, at about 11.50 pm, for the Future Investment Initiative Institute conference. The President was received at King Khalid International Airport by the Deputy Governor of Riyadh, Prince Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Abdulaziz. This was disclosed in a statement by Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, on Tuesday. President Buhari, alongside other world leaders, will participate in the opening ceremony of the event on Tuesday and the three-day plenary sessions focused on the theme for the 5th edition of the summit, “Invest in Humanity”. Buhari had departed Abuja for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Monday.   The Nigerian leader would be joined at the 5th edition of the flagship investment event by business executives from Nigeria, bankers, captains of industry and energy experts to discuss issues on the future of investments across the globe.             We bring the news to you as it co

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has disclosed that after meeting President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, he had advised Sunday Igboho over his then actions. He said Igboho failed to listen to the president’s warning due to wrong advice from people. The Ooni of Ife said Igboho won’t be facing the current travail, if he had listened to the warning.   The Ooni of Ife said Igboho won’t be facing the current travail, if he had listened to the warning. The monarch made the revelation in an interview with BBC Yoruba. Ooni of Ife said rather than listen to the caution, Igboho hurled insults on traditional rulers. “Many people advised him wrongly. He listened to them. He started abusing everyone, including monarchs. After I left President Buhari’s place, I called on monarchs and elders of Yoruba land for a meeting to advise Igboho to exercise patience but he got carried away by the praises of those who were not even solidly behind him. “He hurled so many bad words but he is still our son. Go

President Muhammadu Buhari had launched the e-Naira on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and its underlying technology, called blockchain, has the ability to improve Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, by $29 billion over the next 10 years, President Muhammadu Buhari had said. E-Naira, according to Buhari would enable the government send direct payments to citizens eligible for specific welfare programmes as well as foster cross border trade. The digital currency has the capacity to ensure economic growth through better economic activities, increase remittances, improve financial inclusion and make monetary policy more effective. But speaking on the issue, the Lead Director of Centre for Social Justice, CSJ, Eze Onyekpere, faulted the launch of e-Naira. In a chat with DAILY POST, Onyekpere lamented that the newly launched e-Naira adds “no spectacular value” to the economy. Describing the latest action of the government as “cosmetic,” t

Aloy Ejimakor, a special counsel for IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu, has stated that the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has a responsibility to provide justice for Nigerians and foreigners in the country, not to defend President Muhammadu Buhari’s dictatorship. The IPOB leader’s lawyer also said Malami, being a legal practitioner should bring any evidence he has against Kanu to the court of law, instead of holding press conferences that are biased against the IPOB leader. Ejimakor said this while speaking in an exclusive interview with BBC Pidgin at the weekend. He further revealed that there was no Panel of Enquiry inaugurated after the #EndSARS protests that indicted Kanu or IPOB for causing violence, adding that the AGF’s allegations are prejudiced and without evidence. Ejimakor disclosed that Kanu’s legal team was studying the contents of the press conference to decide if to take legal actions against Malami.   He said, “You have asked

The Presidency has disclosed that the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, would lead to the end of the pro-Biafra group. President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, disclosed that IPOB does not enjoy much support in the Southeast. Shehu pointed out that Kanu and IPOB do not enjoy the support of Southeast governors and lawmakers. He made the remark in response to the criticism against Buhari by a London-based news magazine, The Economist. In a statement he posted on his Facebook page, Shehu also disclosed that the Federal Government was making further efforts to get IPOB rightfully designated as a terrorist organization.  The statement reads partly: “In the South-East, IPOB – which the Economist rightly describes as “delusional” – the arrest and present trial of the terrorist leader of the group is the beginning of its demise. “The President’s administration is redoubling efforts to have IPOB rightfully designated as a terrorist group by our a

Lawyers from the Igbo speaking region of Nigeria have applied to the federal high court in Abuja to be joined as defendants in a suit by a group of northern elders’ praying for the exit of the southeast region from Nigeria. The lawyers say the application is based on the agitations of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafran (IPOB) and Nnamdi Kanu. Lawyers from the Igbo speaking region of Nigeria have applied to the federal high court in Abuja to be joined as defendants in a suit by a group of northern elders’ praying for the exit of the southeast region from Nigeria. The lawyers say the application is based on the agitations of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafran (IPOB) and Nnamdi Kanu.   The request for a court order to compel hastening of South East exit from Nigeria was one of the three prayers sought in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/538/2021 instituted by a group of elders and politicians from North led by Nastura Ashir Shariff, Balarabe Rufa’I, Abdul-Aziz Sulaiman and Amin

Anambra has adopted Saturday in place of Monday for school activities in the state, following the weekly Monday sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The government directive will take effect from October 30, 2021, per the Punch report. In a memo cited by the newspaper, school heads were asked to inform teachers and parents of the new and unusual development. I am directed by the Executive Secretary to inform you that the Anambra State Govt. has approved Saturdays as school days in place of Mondays. “All HMs are to notify teachers, pupils as well as parents about the new development. Quality Assurance supervision and every other supervision henceforth will hold on Saturdays,” a government memo instructing on the development said. However, teachers who seek to be absent from school on Saturday’s are asked to seek formal permission from the executive chairman of the ASSUBBE through the Secretary. Residents of parts of the South-East for over a month have continued

Islamic cleric Ahmad Gumi has asked religious leaders in the South-East and South-West to engage the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Yoruba Nation agitators like he is engaging with bandits in Nigeria’s North-West geopolitical zone. “I hope another Igbo clergy goes into the IPOB militants likewise and talk sense into them, and another Pastor of Oduduwa land talks against the Igboho secessionist tribal movement by way of sensitizing people to the values of a cohesive nationalism that will guaranty freedom, equality, and justice for all,” Mr Gumi wrote on Facebook Sunday. The controversial Islamic clergy said he was making headway with his self-appointed mediation with the murderous bandits, boasting, “I have started to get these raw bandits out of their misadventure but unfortunately, I have few helpers and a mountain of antagonists.” Warning the Nigerian government against declaring bandits terrorists, saying it will have bad consequences for the country, Mr Gumi pushed for dipl