International observers with INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu. Former South African President, Thabo Mbeki (middle) while Yakubu is third right Go out and vote without fear, army, police, DSS assure IPOB threat is empty, military, police insist I entertain no fear that INEC is fully ready, says Olurode Don’t move with VIPs, Adejobi warns policemen […]
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As domestic patronage hits 84% of total transactions on NGX Amid uncertainty, insecurity, sustained foreign exchange liquidity challenge and other macro economic challenges, foreign investors’ appetite for stocks have continued to wane, even as participation from domestic investors accounts for 84 per cent of total transactions conducted on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX). Despite election […]
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Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) have announced early closing hours for today to enable customers and staff prepare for tomorrow’s election. The banks will be closing between 12 noon and 1pm today. In an emailed note to customers, Access Bank said: “Our branches will close early on Friday, February 24, at 12 noon. This is to […]
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The Buhari Osinbajo Solidarity Front (BOSF) has condemned recent action of some groups that claimed loyalty to President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. This was contained in a statement, yesterday, signed by BOSF National Chairman, Alhaji Ado Baba. The statement, entitled ‘A political gamble by so-called Buhari-Osinbajo support groups’ reads in part: “We […]
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Nigerian voters display their PVCs prior to voting at an election. Nigerians will return to the polls in February 2023. Photo: AFP In addition to these familiar reasons for election violence, in this present situation, events in the last few years have generated a political consciousness that has never before been witnessed in the country. […]
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Says security agencies will determine fate of governors, others over treasonable utterances Bawa: Over N500bn old naira notes yet to be returned to CBN While the nation awaits decision of the Supreme Court next Friday on the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and […]
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State police command confirm killing, orders investigation Party urges INEC to shift Enugu East election over candidate’s murder The gruesome murder of Labour Party senatorial candidate for Enugu East Senatorial District, Oyibo Chukwu, yesterday, sparked off protests in the state as lawyers and judges in the five branches of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in […]
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By Abdu Rafiu The thoughts of Socrates say it all. It is said of him that he believed that people embrace and do evil only out of ignorance. A darkened heart manifests what it has in store in several ways being the fountain from which evil springs. Out of ignorance, a darkened heart does not […]
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By Banji Ayoola Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State alleged on Thursday that “the ill-timed Cash Swap Policy and the artificial scarcity of fuel are both lethal injections deliberately administered to demarket the All Progressives Congress (APC) government, create an uncontrollable crisis in the nation and finally frustrate the 2023 general elections.” He charged the […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described Thursday morning’s statewide broadcast by Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as a confirmation that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has failed Nigerians. In a statement by the its spokesman in the state, Mr Kennedy Ikantu Peretei, the party said: “This morning, Ondo State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, […]
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