The anti-fuel/Naira scarcity protest in Ibadan turned bloody on its second day (Saturday) after one person was shot dead by security personnel. Some hoodlums, according to the police in Ibadan, had attacked the security personnel while on patrol around Apata junction market. Long queues at Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) persisted across the country as people raced against time to dispose …

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun on Saturday announced the suspension of his political campaign until further notice. In Kwara State, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq called for more supply of the new Naira notes to the citizens to ease things for the masses and stabilise the currency swap policy. In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Kunle Somorin, the …

Residents of Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, have taken to the streets to protest the lingering petrol and the scarcity of Naira notes scarcity across the country. Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress had a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari earlier on Friday where he promised to find a solution to the new Naira notes crisis. Last October, …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday urged citizens to give him seven days to resolve the cash crunch that has become a problem across the country from the policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to change high value Naira notes with new ones. Speaking to the Progressive Governors Forum who came to the Presidential Villa to seek solutions to …

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested some members of an organised syndicate allegedly selling the new Naira notes in parts of the country. The DSS did not however disclose the names and locations of the suspects. In a statement on Monday, it said that some commercial bank officials were aiding and abetting the act. The statement, signed by …

With the general elections around the corner, it appears that Nigerians would have to endure hardships for a long time to come. Why are we constantly in this situation? Is it because Nigerians are resilient people? Are we born to suffer or is it that we don’t like ourselves? We have been putting up with petrol scarcity that will not …