Federal High Court Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) and Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Lagos State have applied for leave to appeal the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should electronically transmit the results of tomorrow’s governorship and House of Assembly elections. Justice P. […]
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Catfish farmers have lamented low patronage due to the cash crunch across the country occasioned by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) cashless policy and naira redesign. The farmers said this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos. Mr Anthony Hammed, the Chief Executive Officer of Simple Aquaculture […]
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NNPP: We‘re studying reports, will go to court soon Atiku denies withdrawing petition, slams APC for endorsement shopping 2023 polls: International Alert launches national dialogue to curtail violence Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has described the last round of general elections as an exhibition of motion without movement in the nation’s […]
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Developing new curriculum to meet 21st century standards has been a long-term demand by stakeholders in tertiary education sub-sector. Universities operated Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards (BMAS) system until last year when the National Universities Commission (NUC) introduced a new Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS), which comes along with 17 disciplines and 238 academic programmes. […]
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National Peace Committee sues for peaceful poll tomorrow NASS supplementary election holds in 15 states COAS charges troops to be non-partisan Nigerians will no longer accept failure, CSO tells INEC INEC officials will be target of violence, intimidation, CDD warns YIAGA: Cash crunch, others capable of derailing poll APC, SDP to appeal judgment on electronic […]
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By Niran Adedokun On Monday, Nigeria’s presidency released another of those unhelpful press statements. The statement, which Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to the President, Garba Shehu, signed, negates the objectives of public communication in two ways. This made it a counterproductive initiative, at the end. Mr Shehu’s objective was to establish President Muhammadu […]
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The Coalition of Northern Groups has described the response of the Presidency, ordering the Central Bank of Nigeria to obey the rulings of the Supreme Court, as deceptive and insincere. The CNG said it was curious that days after the said directive by the President, the naira scarcity situation showed no sign of abating. “Instead, […]
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With two days to the governorship and state assembly elections scheduled to hold on Saturday, March 18, the focus in the South-East state of Anambra will be on who controls the state House of Assembly. This is so because there will be no governorship election in the state. Nonetheless, both Anambra State governor, Chukwuma Soludo […]
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The ruling All Progressives Congress has explained why it could not mete out sanction to the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, for defying the Supreme Court verdict on the controversial cash swap policy. The scarcity of the new naira notes brought about by the CBN policy has generated tension and visited untold […]
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The report examines how the fight against corruption has put the lives of Nigerian whistleblowers at risk and why a policy meant to encourage and protect them is failing. The nation was shell-shocked in April 2017 when operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) discovered $43.4 million, among other currencies, in the wardrobe […]
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