The fate of the old Naira notes – N200, N500 and N1,000 – hangs in the balance as the Presidency said on Monday that President Muhammadu Buhari did not direct either the Attorney General of the Federation or the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to disobey any court orders. And this is as the CBN itself said …

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has described the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to comply with the Supreme Court’s judgment, which declared that the old Naira notes remain legal tender till 31 December, as invitation to crisis in Nigeria. It said the policy has done serious damage to the credentials of President Buhari …

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration remained committed to winning the war against terrorism and other forms of insecurity. He added that his government would stop at nothing to ensure citizens have a new Nigeria free from insecurity before bowing out of office. The President, who has two months and two weeks to the end of his tenure, …

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated his successor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for emerging winner of the presidential election concluded early Wednesday. Tinubu, who is of the same All Progressives Congress (APC) as President Buhari, won the election by polling 8,794,726 votes as against 6,984,520 by his closest rival, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). President Buhari described President-elect …

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Daura, Katsina State, in preparation for the presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday. A statement on Thursday by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu indicated that the President was received by the state governor, Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari; and Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ahmed Rufai Abubakar. Shehu said the …

Ten states have asked the Supreme Court to declare the new directive of President Muhammadu Buhari, reintroducing the old N200 notes and declaring old N500 and N1,000 notes as unconstitutional. On Thursday, President Buhari directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to re-circulate only the old N200 notes. This is after the apex court did not vacate the order that …

It’s hard to imagine that it’s nearly eight years since. This time in 2015, I was over the moon with the prospects of a general election that was certain to end the government of President Goodluck Jonathan, which had lost its way. Folks were so excited at the prospects of change that in the South-West, a Yoruba version of “February” …

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s broadcast on Thursday’s morning in which he said the old N500 and N1,000 notes have ceased to be legal tender from last Friday amounted to a contempt of court. According to the lawyer-cum-activist, the President cannot overrule the Supreme Court of Nigeria. On Wednesday, 8 February, the Supreme …

Penultimate week when President Muhammadu Buhari could no longer play King Nero over the twin evil of contrived fuel and self-inflicted Naira scarcity, he begged to be given the grace of seven days to sort out the mess, an all-time low no one had imagined Buhari could fall, despite that his incompetence and cluelessness is now everywhere beyond dispute. Last …

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that only the N200 notes will remain legal tender. He said in a national broadcast on Thursday morning that the deadline for the swap of the old N200 notes is 10 April. The President directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to return the old N200 notes back into circulation until the new deadline of …