Author: TheScrutinyNG

US President-elect, Donald Trump, aims to make loyalist Kash Patel the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), he said on Saturday, in a move that would mean replacing the agency’s current leader. Trump announced the former advisor and Pentagon official, who has been critical of the bureau and is known for his controversial views on a so-called government “deep state,” as his choice for the post on his Truth Social network. The FBI’s current director, Christopher Wray, was appointed to a 10-year term in 2017, meaning he would either need to step down or be fired. “Kash…

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has distanced itself from a purported Biafra declaration in Finland, describing it as a scam orchestrated by an infamous and unknown group, those Declaring such are among those causing insecurity in the South East. In a statement issued on Sunday by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, IPOB emphasised that there is no room for another Biafra declaration beyond the one made by its eternal leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, in 1967. The statement read: “IPOB wishes to commend responsible media organizations and social media bloggers in Nigeria and the diaspora who refrained from giving attention…

Ivory Coast’s former first lady, Simone Gbagbo, on Saturday, announced she would run for president in 2025, vowing to build a new and improved version of the west African nation. Nicknamed the “Iron Lady”, Gbagbo is the ex-wife of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, the first former head of state to face trial for crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court. The tribunal in The Hague subsequently acquitted him. “I have agreed to be a candidate in the presidential election of October 2025,” Gbagbo told her political movement’s first convention in Moossou, near the economic capital Abidjan. “Because I…

Players and officials of Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) club, El-kanemi Warriors, were attacked by armed robbers along Jos-Bauchi road on Saturday morning. The team was returning to Maiduguri from Lagos where they lost 2-0 to Ikorodu City in a matchday 14 fixture on Wednesday. According to reports, the attackers left several players and officials injured.They also made away with valuables, including phones and cash. The injured persons are currently receiving treatment at a nearby hospital in Bauchi. El-kanemi Warriors are scheduled to host Bayelsa United in Maiduguri on Sunday,(Today).The encounter is expected to be postponed by the NPFL.

Having thrashed Sporting CP 5-1 in the UEFA Champions League in midweek, it was back to Premier League action and more of the same. All seven goals in the game came in a chaotic first half, with Gabriel Magalhães, Leandro Trossard, Martin Ødegaard, Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka finding the net for the Gunners. West Ham briefly showed some fight with goals from Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Emerson, but Julen Lopetegui’s men slumped to their fourth home league defeat of the season. It was a bright start from the visitors, with the familiar sight of Gabriel heading in a Saka corner…

Crusoe Osagie, the media aide to former Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, has accused Governor Monday Okpebholo of being jittery and resorting to smear campaign against the immediate past administration following an exposure of massive rigging in the last election by Athena Centre. A press statement by Osagie read; “The independent analysis by the Athena Centre for Policy and Leadership, a non-partisan research institute, of the sham of an election that installed Monday Okpebholo as governor of Edo State clearly threw the governor-select and his godfathers into a frenzy yesterday. “Channels TV, in their show, Politics Today, had the…

Osita Chidoka, the Minister of Aviation under former President Goodluck Jonathan, has announced his resignation from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He made this disclosure during his appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday. The former Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) stated that he is stepping away from politics to dedicate his efforts to the Athena Centre, a non-profit organization he founded, aimed at collaborating with fellow Nigerians who are committed to reforming Nigeria’s political system. He said, “I sent a letter to my ward in Anambra State resigning officially from the PDP. I am…

On Friday, 29th of November, 2024, Osita Chidoka decided to throw his toys around, on behalf of the Peoples’ Democratic Party as bad losers do. In a well-orchestrated plot hatched by the delusional Peoples’ Democratic Party, in connivance with a serial defector featherweight politician from Anambra State, Osita Chidoka, tried to bully and blackmail the judiciary into circumventing the will of Edo people. The shameful display, which was unfortunately aired on a once-respected national television, Channels TV, reeled out numbers purchased from ‘Oluwole market,’ and impetuously concluded that the 21st September governorship election in Edo State was rigged. Unfortunately, Osita…

The Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) has not yet commenced bulk sales or opened its purchase portal, as essential processes are still being finalized, Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC)Ltd, has said. The Chief Corporate Communications Officer NNPC Ltd, Olufemi Soneye, in a statement on Friday, explained that the products being sold originated from Dangote Refinery and included applicable NMDPRA fees. “Currently, the products we are selling originate from the Dangote Refinery and include applicable NMDPRA fees,” the statement read. He further explained that the products from PHRC were exclusively for NNPC retail store, adding that the company its pricing was…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has charged bank customers to report difficulty in getting cash at banks or Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) effective Sunday December 1, 2024. The charge to bank customers is premised on the fact that the festive period is fast approaching and that there would be the need for cash for customers. The apex bank said it would as part of its Payment System 2025 goals, be reviving the eNaira to foster cross border payments. CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso speaking at the 2024 Bankers Dinner said banks face stringent penalties if they fail to make cash…