Results of the February 25 presidential election came as a shock to many who had declared a winner before the Independent National Electoral Commission did, the Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, said on Thursday morning. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made the observation in an Arise Television News […]
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday said he was opposed to becoming Nigeria’s vice president in 2007 but fate has another plan in store for him. He said he almost cried when he became Nigeria’s number two citizen, adding that he never planned to occupy such a high office at that time. Jonathan made the […]
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By Abimbola Adelakun Months ago, when the Independent National Electoral Commission announced its voter register listed a whopping 93.4 million potential voters, it was an exciting promise of how the elections would go. At the end of the day, the presidential election — which typically attracts more voters — ended up with an underwhelming figure. […]
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As he did in 1984 when he was a military head of state, President Muhammadu Buhari introduced a naira redesign policy, which left in its wake tales of deaths, sorrow and anguish, Deborah Tolu-Kolawole writes. Nigerians who were alive during the introduction of the naira redesign policy by the Muhammadu Buhari military junta of 1984 […]
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The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has disclosed that his ambition to occupy the state governorship seat is not backed by any godfather as claimed by the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor. Rhodes-Vivour revealed this on Thursday morning on Arise […]
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The Federal Government, on Wednesday, said it has yet to harmonise efforts with states to set up palliative measures ahead of the June 2023 deadline for the discontinuation of petrol subsidy set up. It, however, said concerned committees would soon conclude discussions with key stakeholders as the administration winds down. The Minister of State for […]
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CBN fails to honour cash request Branches shut Many banks ran out of old and new naira notes yesterday, dashing Nigerians’ hopes that the cash scarcity will ease soon. When the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced on Monday that the old N1000, N500 and N200 banknotes would remain legal tender alongside the redesigned banknotes […]
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By Kemi Ajiboye It is time to tell a ‘New Story of You. It is time to create a ‘New Magazine of You’ telling the story of how you acquired your ‘INNER PEACE through the SPIRIT OF FORGIVENESS. It time to stop making yourself sick spiritually and physically… To withhold forgiveness keeps alive emotions of […]
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• Sees energy efficiency measures reducing MNOs’ opex by 20% • Nigeria home to 54,000 telecoms masts as commission reiterates colocation The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that the advent of Fifth-Generation (5G) network and its expansion in the country would drive increased energy consumption in the country. Specifically, NCC said wireless service coverage […]
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INEC chairman Prof Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it did not remove the names of Igbo and South South people from the list of ad hoc staff for Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections in Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that rumours making the rounds on […]
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