By: Abudu Olalekan It hasn’t been a great week for the currency, honestly. Wednesday brought news that wasn’t welcome for anyone holding local cash. The Nigerian naira slumped against the United States dollar. According to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), things got tougher at the official foreign exchange window. Here are the details. We’re…
By: Abudu Olalekan Human rights activist and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has finally gotten his passport back — after more than a year of what he’s calling an unjustified seizure tied to a controversial cybercrime case filed by the police. He shared the update on Tuesday. And it wasn’t a short story. Sowore gave…
By: Abudu Olalekan Former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), says EFCC operatives forcefully threw him and his family out of their Abuja home — even with an active court case still hanging over the property. He didn’t hold back. Malami addressed journalists at a press conference on Tuesday, laying out exactly what happened….
By: Abudu Olalekan There’s a major shake-up happening in the Nigeria Police Force. A big one. The Inspector-General of Police, Olutunji Disu, has just approved a whole new round of postings for Commissioners of Police across the country, and the order is “Most/Immediate.” The wireless message shot out from Force Headquarters in Abuja, telling everyone…
By: Abudu Olalekan A court appearance looms for ex-Kadona leader Nasir El-Rufai, charged with graft and moving illicit funds. Weeks locked up, then growing outcry – now the anti-corruption body acts. Pressure built slowly, yet here we are. The ICPC moves forward, not back. Charges stick: stealing public trust, shifting cash through shadow paths. Folks…
By: Abudu Olalekan Oba Akintoye Adeoye, the Oluoke of Oke-Igbo and President of the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), sat down with journalists recently to talk about something that’s been eating at the heart of Nigeria’s housing sector — the crazy rise in cement and building material prices. He didn’t hold back. DAYO…
