Pro-democracy group, Nigeria Youth Organisation for Leadership & Right Activation, has advocated the adoption of Mr. David Lyon as the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Bayelsa State governorship election. Led by Yusuf Yahuza, the group argued that adopting Lyon, who won in the November 2019 election but was removed by […]
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Former US President Donald Trump speaks about education policy at the Adler Theatre in Davenport, Iowa on March 13, 2023. (Photo by Kamil Krzaczynski / AFP) A New York grand jury on Thursday indicted Donald Trump over hush money payments made to a porn star during his 2016 campaign, making him the first former US […]
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Allege plans to appropriate public assets for personal use Aviation workers’ unions have reiterated their earlier vow to resist the Federal Government’s plan to demolish office complexes of aviation agencies in Lagos State, to make way for a new airport city project. The unions, at a rally in Lagos, yesterday, said the Aerotropolis (airport city) […]
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Unattended candidates to write test today, tomorrow Parents and candidates for the rescheduled 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mock were yesterday, disappointed, as the test could not hold in many centres due to technological hitches. In other centres across the Lagos metropolis, applicants, scheduled to write the examination at 7:00 a.m., waited in vain, […]
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Cyber security. Photo; Evansdist Criminals advance across platforms, eye mobile web, native Android, iOS As biometric registrations continue to prevail in many countries, especially in Nigeria, governments and businesses have been warned and alerted to the rise in attacks on biometrics across the globe. Specifically, a new biometric threat intelligence report from iProov, observed that […]
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United Bank for Africa (UBA) has released its audited financial results for the full year ended December 31, 2022, showing impressive performance across major indices. The 2022 financials, filed by the bank at Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), yesterday, showed that gross earnings rose to N853.2 billion from N660.2 billion recorded in 2021, representing 29.2 percent […]
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The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has commenced action on the petition filed by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, against former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. Keyamo, a spokesperson for the campaign council of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, had in a petition filed in January, called for an investigation into the […]
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Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos State governor, and deputy Obafemi Hamzat receive certificate of return from INEC on Thursday… Photo: Twitter/Jidesanwoolu Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, his Deputy, Obafemi Hamzat, the Speaker of the state’s House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, and other lawmakers-elect on Thursday received their Certificates of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission […]
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By Mobolaji Sanusi From being a kingmaker, Asíwájú Bola Tinubu has finally become a king metaphorically for clinching the highest political position in the country. From democratically dethroning a President to installing another president in 2015 and now becoming a president-elect, against all odds, in 2023, Tinubu has become a man of destiny, of historical […]
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INEC presents certificate of return to Alex Otti Governors-elect of Rivers State, Siminialayi Fubara; Delta State, Mr Sheriff Oborevwori; and Taraba State, Lt. Col. Agbu Kefas, as well as other states, on Wednesday, received their Certificates of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission. INEC’s National Commissioner supervising Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, and Rivers states, Mrs May […]
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