Author: TheScrutinyNG

The Naira on Monday appreciated at the official market, trading at N1,607.15 to the dollar. Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange, a platform that oversees the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, showed that the Naira gained N9.93. This represents a 0.61 per cent gain when compared to the previous trading date on August 2 when it exchanged at N1,617.08 to a dollar. However, the total daily turnover reduced to 77.09 million dollars on Monday, down from 131.55 million dollars recorded on August 2. Meanwhile, at the Investor’s and Exporter’s window, the Naira traded between N1,620.50 and…

A Lagos-based lawyer and human rights activist, Richard Akinnola has urged the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa to face his job as a soldier and stop meddling in political matters. In a post on his Facebook page on Monday, the veteran journalist says the statement by Musa that President Bols Tinubu has only spent one year in office and therefore can’t solve all Nigeria’s problems is a misnomer. Akinnola also condemned the warning by the CDS to media houses not to cover the protests, saying it is not his responsibility to direct the media on what to…

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) arrested Michael Lenin, a leader of the Endbadgovernance protests, early Monday morning at his residence in the Apo area of the Federal Capital Territory. Damilare Adenola, Director of Mobilisation for the Take It Back Movement, reported that Lenin’s house was raided by the DSS at around 2 am. Adenola claimed that Lenin was assaulted during the arrest and called for his immediate and unconditional release. Adenola said, “Lenin has been arrested by the DSS. He was picked up during a raid on his house around 2 am. He was arrested and tortured…

Doyin Odebowale, the former Senior Special Assistant on Special Duties and Strategy to late Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu on Sunday said the federal government should try Nnamdi Kanu for the destruction of properties that took place during the #EndSARS protest in 2020. Kanu, the detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, is currently in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). He is being tried for treason charges by the Federal Government. In a Facebook post on Sunday, Odebowale also condemned the address by President Bola Tinubu on the #EndBadGovernance Protest saying it fell short…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has directed all higher institutions in the country to disclose, within one month, details of all candidates they illegally admitted before 2017 or risk recognition and condonation. The board’s Public Communication Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the board’s headquarters on Sunday, in Abuja. Benjamin said that the board had resolved that it would no longer entertain absorption of illegal admissions by institutions through the window of “Condonment of Illegal Admissions”, without a registration number. The move, he explained, was aimed at curbing illegal admissions, falsification of records and ensuring…

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has called on President Bola Tinubu to address the demands of the peaceful protesters. In a statement on Sunday, Falana says the presidential speech delivered this morning falls short of addressing the key demand of the protesters: reversal of the policy of withdrawal of fuel subsidy. “If the government takes the fight against corruption to oil dealers and crude oil is processed in government-owned refineries, there will be no basis for fuel subsidy, which is induced by the importation of petroleum products. A positive response to the key demands of the youths to review…

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has condemned the attacks on #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters and journalists by security agencies. In a statement on Sunday, Soyinka expressed concern over the Federal Government’s continuing mismanagement of protests. The poet criticised the use of live bullets and tear gas by the Nigeria Police Force to manage civic protests, saying that such actions would lead to violence. He said, “I set my alarm clock for this morning to ensure that I did not miss President Bola Tinubu’s impatiently awaited address to the nation on the current unrest across the nation. “His outline of the government’s remedial…

By Mike Ozekhome I have carefully listened to and read President Tinubu’s national broadcast regarding the ongoing mass national protests. With all respect, the President’s speech appears vacuous, drudgery, and full of a litany of the government’s alleged interventions but is completely devoid of any concrete answers to the many itemized demands by the traumatized youthful protesters. Aside from this, he erroneously, as always, picked on imaginary opposition or political opponents who allegedly want to derail Nigeria. No, sir. These are not sponsored protests. They are a genuine outpouring of grief, frustration, anger, hunger, melancholy, hopelessness, haplessness, and joblessness by…

Protest organisers in Osun say they will meet to decide the next line of action, after President Bola Tinubu appealed to protesters to suspend their protest and come for dialogue. Mr Ajala Adetunji, the Osun Coordinator of Coalition of Concern Nigeria Citizens, the group spearheading the protest, said that the presidential appeal will be reviewed by all involved in the protest. “The protest is not a one-man show, especially as Osun’s case is concerned. “As far as the presidential address this morning is concerned, Mr President did not address any of our concerns. “The president was not specific on what…

President Bola Tinubu has warned that those with political agenda who are plotting to tear Nigeria apart will not succeed under his watch. In a nationwide broadcast, the President said “I speak to you today with a heavy heart and a sense of responsibility, aware of the turmoil and violent protests unleashed in some of our states. “Notably among the protesters were young Nigerians who desired a better and more progressive country where their dreams, hopes, and personal aspirations would be fulfilled”. “I speak to you today with a heavy heart and a sense of responsibility, aware of the turmoil…