The Finnish Police has reportedly arrested the pro-Biafran separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa, over his threats of no elections in Nigeria. Ekpa had threatened that any person in the South-Eastern Part of the Nigeria who tried to participate or vote in the 2023 elections scheduled to hold on Saturday February 25 would be ruthlessly dealt with. Ekpa was reportedly picked up from his apartment in the Lahti region of Finland by officers from the Finnish Central Criminal Police on Thursday morning. Credit: PoliticsNigeria ---

Eight students of Madonna University in Rivers state have reportedly been burnt to death in a road accident. The incident was said to have occurred along the Trans-Saharan road in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state, on Saturday while the students were travelling to Taraba state. It is understood that the undergraduates were returning home after the school announced a break for the forthcoming elections. Their bus was said to have caught fire and got burnt beyond recognition, leaving eight dead and 10 other occupants seriously injured. Those injured were rushed to the Alex Ekwueme Teaching Hospital in Abakaliki, the state capital, for treatment. When contacted by TheCable Lifestyle, Benedicta Egoyibom, an official of the institution, confirmed the incident. She, however, did not go into details, insisting the matter is under investigation. “Yes, it is true. The school is trying to gather more information about how the incident happened,” she said. The development has continued to elicit reactions

 The central bank of Nigeria has released a circular this morning debunking the claim that it had permitted the recollection of old ₦500 and ₦1000 by commercial banks in the country. While still retaining her original plan as announced by the President (Muhammadu Buhari), only the old ₦200 note is allowed in circulation till the 10th of April, the old notes of ₦1000 and ₦500 naira respectively seize to be a legal tender and should not be collected by both individuals and banks alike.

Access bank  Youths in the Epe area of Lagos State have stormed the streets in protest of the scarcity of naira notes in the country on Friday morning. UBA Zenith Bank  First Bank  Èpè Entrance  At the Ayetoro Epe area of Lagos, the banks at that location namely First Bank, Zenith Bank, UBA, Polaris Bank and Keystone Bank, and the access bank opposite the Epe LGA, Secretariat were destroyed by the rampaging hoodlums.

NATIONAL BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE CHALLENGES OF THE CURRENCY SWAP AND STATE OF THE NATION, ON 16th FEBRUARY, 2023. My Dear Compatriots,           I have found it necessary to address you today, on the state of the nation and to render account on the efforts of our administration to sustain and strengthen our economy, enhance the fight against corruption and sustain our gains in the fight against terrorism and insecurity which has, undoubtedly, been impacted by several internal and external factors. 2. Particularly, I am addressing you, as your democratically elected President, to identify with you and express my sympathy, over the difficulties being experienced as we continue the implementation of new monetary policies, aimed at boosting our economy and tightening of the loopholes associated with money laundering. 3. Let me re-assure Nigerians, that strengthening our economy, enhancing security and blockage of leak