Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has lauded the Supreme Court judgement extending the validity of the old N200, N500, and N1,000 banknotes by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) till December 31. “It has always been the position of the House of Representatives that despite the noble intentions behind the currency swap […]
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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Friday backed the Supreme Court judgement extending the validity of old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes till December 31, 2023. He taunted the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, saying he has no option but to comply with the decision of the apex court. […]
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The Court of Appeal Abuja has granted the request of the candidates of Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar, respectively, to have access to all the sensitive materials the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deployed for the conduct of the presidential election held on February 25. A […]
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Ahead of the March 11 governorship election, some Bola Tinubu support groups in Oyo State, have thrown their weight behind the re-election bid of Governor Seyi Makinde. The groups are the Southern for Tinubu, BAT Democracy, and Yoruba Campaign for BAT and Tinubu Campaign Movement. They jointly issued a press statement in Ibadan on Friday […]
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The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that the old naira notes remain legal tender till December 2023. It faulted the naira redesign policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), declaring the naira notes swap implementation invalid and an affront to the 1999 Constitution. Justice Emmanuel Agim, who read the lead judgment, held that the […]
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, said the presidential bid of his Labour Party, counterpart, Peter Obi is premature. He stated this while addressing a press conference in Abuja, insisting that he remained the stepping stone to the aspiration of the Igbo to produce Nigeria’s President. He said, “When […]
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Former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, speaking at the Abuja Press Conference where he rejected the result of last Saturday’s Presidential Election announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, which declared All Progressives Congress, APC, Flagbearer and former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as winner […]
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Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has deplored what it termed seeming infractions and non-adherence to laid down rules during the just-concluded presidential election. In a statement, it noted that electoral processes world over are governed by laws and rules pre-defined before commencement of electioneering. The body said the credibility of any election is based […]
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By Dan Agbese The conduct of our national elections suffers from two historical disabilities that are deleterious to its health. One is trust deficit and the other is a template, which provides the basis for judging all our elections the same way, no matter what progress we might have made in our leadership recruitment process. […]
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The regular spate of automobile accidents on Nigerian roads and resultant avoidable loss of precious lives should be a matter of great concern to all well-meaning Nigerians. And as the institution charged with providing welfare and security for citizens, governments at all levels should be seen to take the phenomenon seriously, with a view to […]
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