The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over “the failure to reverse the unlawful, unjust, and unreasonable increase in electricity tariff, and to probe the spending of public funds as ‘investments and bailouts’ to DisCos and GenCos since 2005.” Joined in the suit as Respondents are the […]
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By Victor Emmanuel Uwah Cry for me while I am yet on earth, Before I depart from it in death, That the Lord may perchance for your sake My earthly sojourn rewarding make. Cry, and the Lord may possibly hear, That naught will I hold on earth so dear Which may entangle my soul therein […]
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By Martins Oloja There is a sense in which one can run away with some perception that government is fully aware of what ‘The Guardian’ contextually reported yesterday that ahead of the forthcoming general election, many Nigerians have been thrown into fear following the spate of kidnapping in the country between Thursday night and Friday […]
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Some bank customers have decried scarcity of the redesigned N1,000, N500 and N200 notes in Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) and Other Financial Institutions (OFIs). This is coming barely nine days to the January 31 deadline to stop the use of the old notes of the redesigned denominations as legal tender. The customers, who spoke on […]
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As President Muhammadu Buhari arrives Lagos State tomorrow for a two-day official visit, the state government has said that there will be traffic restriction on day one, Monday, January 23 and traffic diversion on Lagos Island on Tuesday, January 24, 2023. Commissioner for Transport, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde assured that alternative routes have been mapped out […]
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Together, We Can Build A New Nigeria, He Tells Supporters In Jos Irked by the nation’s economic misfortune, the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, has pledged that his administration would end wastages, and recoup lost monies, if elected president on February 25. Obi also promised to provide security and protect Nigerians’ lives and […]
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China reported nearly 13,000 Covid-related deaths in hospitals between January 13 and 19, after a top health official said the vast majority of the population has already been infected by the virus. China a week earlier said nearly 60,000 people had died with Covid in hospitals as of January 12, but there has been widespread […]
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Tompolo’s Oil Surveillance Firm Bemoans EFCC’s Detention Of Operations Head Alleges Commission Pressurising Him For Intelligence Asset The operatives of the Tantita security outfit belonging to former Commander of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, High Chief Government Tompolo has raised the alarm that its operations have been endangered by the Economic […]
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In a move to meet the January 31 deadline for the old N1,000, N500 and N200 notes to cease being legal tender, the Central Bank of Nigeria will on Monday meet with mobile money/Point of Sales agents to plan for the newly launched cash swap programme targeted at fast-tracking the withdrawal of the old notes […]
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Experts Seek Security Sector Reforms ‘Decentralise Policing, Restructure Armed Forces, Retire Redundant Senior Officers To Restore Sanity’ ‘We Must Create Employment, Move Citizens Out Of Poverty’ Amachree Canvasses Keeping Security Out Of Politics Says Independent Police, Equal Justice, Rule Of Law Will Improve Situation Devolution Of Power, True Federalism Key To Security Of Lives —Edom […]
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