Despite the Central Bank of Nigeria’s directive authorising commercial banks to dispense and receive the old N200, N500, and N1000 notes, many Nigerians this week rejected the bank notes. A survey across major cities found that some motorists and traders refused to accept the old notes amid the uncertainties surrounding the acceptance of the notes […]
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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu told Lagosians at his inauguration in 2019 that “our ultimate goal would be to ensure that Lagos State remains one of the top destinations on the African continent to live, work and invest in.” On 9 March 2019, the people of Lagos State elected Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the governor of Nigeria’s commercial […]
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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, on Thursday described Nigeria’s just concluded presidential election held last month as the worst conducted in the country’s recent history. He stated this during an interview on Channels TV Sunrise Daily morning show. He lamented that despite repeated promises by the Independent National Electoral Commission […]
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The incoming President Bola Tinubu on Thursday promised Nigerians what he called a ‘government of national competence’ as he defended the February 25 Presidential Election that brought him in as fair and credible. Declaring that he will not be confined by political consideration in assembling his government, he vowed to go beyond forming a government […]
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Famous Nigerian Disc Jockey, Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, Known As Dj Cuppy, has bagged a Master’s Degree from the University Of Oxford, England, in the United Kingdom. The popular daughter of the Otedolas shared this on her social media handle, flaunting it as well with her fiancé, Ryan Taylor, and her father Femi Otedola. In the […]
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A real estate developer has supported the re-election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate and incumbent governor of Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for a second term, saying the development achieved in the last four years needs to be sustained. In an interview on Wednesday in Lagos, Tayo Sonuga, Managing Director of HavenHomes, said the Sanwo-Olu […]
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A renowned social group in Lagos Omo Eko Pataki Forum Thursday endorsed Labour Party’s Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour for the Lagos state governorship election. The governorship election will hold on Saturday, March 18, with Rhodes-Vivour, tipped to defeat the incumbent governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. “He is sound in health and he is also cerebrally efficient,” said Chief Bode […]
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The Security Council on Thursday renewed the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for another year, while also asking for recommendations on the best way for the international community to continue its work in the Taliban-ruled country. The 15-member council unanimously adopted two resolutions, both drafted by the United Arab Emirates and Japan. The first […]
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The Governing Council of the Kaduna State University (KASU) has appointed Hajiya Samira Balarabe and Hajiya Hauwau Dalhat as first female Registrar and Bursar of the university respectively. The university’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Adamu Bargo, said in a statement in Kaduna on Thursday that Balarabe took over on March 15 from Mr Samuel Manshop, […]
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Again, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered a restriction of all forms of vehicular movement on roads, waterways, and other forms of transportation, from 12 am to 6 pm on election day with the exception of those on essential services such as INEC Officials, Electoral Observers, the press, Ambulances responding to […]
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