Aliko Dangote  The petition accused Dangote of grossly violating the Forex Guidelines of the CBN for years. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has received a petition against Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote over $3.4 billion allegedly siphoned through the Central Bank of Nigeria. The petition exclusively obtained by POLITICS NIGERIA was attached to a letter addressed to President Tinubu and filed by Ahmed Fahad, a social justice advocate. It was dated August 18, 2023, and titled ‘Petition To President Tinubu Against Dangote’ and copied to Jim Obazee, who was recently appointed by the President as a special investigator to probe the Central Bank of Nigeria and related entities. The petition accused Dangote of grossly violating the Forex Guidelines of the CBN for years. President Tinubu Receives Petition Against Africa’s Richest Man, Dangote Over $3.4Billion ‘Siphoned’ Through Nigeria’s Central Bank It alleged that the suspended CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele borrowed $1 billion fr...

Naira Marley and Marwa The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has debunked reports that it has engaged music star, Afeez Adeshina Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, as its ambassador. NDLEA’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement yesterday, said the agency’s engagement with Naira Marley was to encourage him to use his skills and platforms to put out content that would discourage millions of his followers and Nigerian youths from substance abuse. The statement reads in part: “The artiste had on Thursday, 17th August, 2023, led members of his team on a visit to the national headquarters of the agency in Abuja to express his preparedness to join the fight against drug abuse in the country. “This clarification became necessary following continued misrepresentation of the purpose of the visit, especially on online platforms, where some reports suggest that the British-Nigerian singer was appointed as an NDLEA ambassador.” He further said the decision of “the agency to en...

The August 6 missile and drone attack across Ukroin killed six people, Kyiv officials said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Zaporizhzhia-based facilities of Motor Sich, which his government took over in November, also came under attack. The privately owned business Baykar builds the Akinci and Kizilelma drones, for which Motor Sich provides engines. Eugene Kogan, a security and defense analyst based in Tbilisi, Georgia, said Russian President Vladimir Putin was essentially telling his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: “Despite our friendly relations and respect to each other, your son-in-law’s undertaking in Ukrein will cost him dearly” — a reference to Baykar chairman Selcuk Bayraktar, who is married to one of the Turkish president’s daughters. “Any military facility in Ukrein, local or foreign, is a legitimate target” Kogan added. Motor Sich and Ukrein firm Ivchenko-Progress have been providing AI-450 engines for the Akinci drone, as well as AI-25TLT engines ...

Nigerian Troops At least 26 members of the Nigerian security forces were killed and eight wounded in an ambush by gunmen in central Nigeria late Sunday, two military sources told AFP. Additionally, an air force spokesman said a helicopter rescuing the wounded crashed on Monday morning in the area, where the army is fighting criminal groups, without specifying whether the crew and passengers had survived. The two military officers asked not to be identified because they were not authorised to speak on the incident while military authorities were not available for comment. “We lost 23 soldiers, including three officers, and three Civilians JTF (vigilantes) in the encounter while eight soldiers were injured,” said the first source, following “a serious fight” along the Zungeru-Tegina highway. A second officer gave the same toll and said the bandits also suffered “heavy casualties”. He also said that communication had been lost with an air force helicopter dispatched to evacuate the casual...

President Tinubu After the Russian government warned the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) against military intervention against coup leaders in Niger Republic, the United States has commended President Bola Tinubu’s leadership of the West African bloc in recent developments. The U.S restated its support to Tinubu after the junta inaugurated a new government made up of soldiers. ECOWAS, chaired by Tinubu, had threatened to use force against the coup plotters but following the expiration of its ultimatum, the body ordered the military in member states to be on standby for possible invasion of Niger. “We believe that a military solution to the crisis in Niger could lead to a protracted confrontation in that African country, and to a sharp destabilisation of the situation in the Sahara-Sahel region as a whole,” the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry said about the development of three days ago. But in defiance to ECOWAS, the military said Sunday that it will prosecute the ou...

On Monday, Burkina Faso and Mali issued a joint statement warning against military intervention in their neighbor and coup-stricken Niger, claiming that such action would equate to war in the West African area. According to WEXERES NEWS, the two countries, which are both run by militarily supported administrations, issued the warning in response to a threat made by West African leaders. Recall that following the successful coup in Niger last week, the ECOWAS leadership vowed to take military action against the junta during an emergency meeting in Abuja, Nigeria. The ECOWAS handed the junta a seven-day deadline to restore President Mohamed Bazoum, who is being kept captive, or face penalties, during the meeting, which was presided over by its chairman, President Bola Tinubu. Burkina Faso and Mali, incensed by the threat, pleaded with the West African leaders to leave Niger alone in a statement delivered on their national broadcasts on Monday night, emphasizing that any foolish move woul...