By Eze Onyekpere Every progressive society is governed by known laws and rules. Society develops through the rule of law and its due process and the eradication of arbitrary and autocratic decision-making. The recent redesign of the national currency, the naira, the emerging policy and legal issues, the Supreme Court decision and the hardship that […]
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The rejection of old notes by transport operators, fuel stations, traders, and other businesses continued over the weekend, leaving many bank customers, workers and commuters stranded in various parts of the country. Several people found very difficult to go to their workplaces and business places as the scarcity of the new naira notes bites harder […]
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Turkish President Recep Erdogan, on Sunday, said the number of people killed by the devastating earthquakes in Turkey’s SouthEast has reached 48,000, with over 115,000 people injured. “The death toll has reached 48,000 and the number of injured has exceeded 115,000,” Erdogan said in a televised address to the nation from the Samandag district of […]
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State governments, which sued the Federal Government on the naira redesign policy, have given the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, and the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, till Tuesday to comply with the order of the Supreme Court on the currency. The state governments threatened to file […]
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The Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, on Sunday, reiterated that its supporters won’t back down on their planned nationwide demonstration unless the Independent National Electoral Commission grants LP’s lawyers access to materials from the contentious February 25 presidential election. Controversies had trailed the outcome of the presidential election where presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, […]
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The ongoing reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System machines used during the presidential and National Assembly elections on 25 February will end today Monday, it has been learnt. The Independent National Electoral Commission had postponed the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections scheduled to hold on March 11 to March 18 in order […]
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The introduction of the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System machines into Nigeria’s electoral process has to a large extent reduced rigging and produced results, which shocked legacy parties, ADEBAYO FOLORUNSHO-FRANCIS writes When the idea of introducing the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System into the electoral process was first mooted by the National Chairman of the Independent National […]
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Oreoluwa Aina, a National Youth Service Corps member, was one of those who died on Thursday when a Lagos State Government staff bus collided with a train in the PWD area of the state. In this interview with Dayo Oyewo, her father, Femi Aina, speaks on her daughter’s plans after the service year. How did […]
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Precisely, on January 1, 1890, the Royal Niger Company, formally transferred (sold) her administrative rights and powers on the “Niger-Area”, which later became known as NIGERIA (as from 8th January, 1897) to the Crown (the British government) for the sum of 865,000 pounds. Thus, Nigeria became a “product” and “trade commodity.” Moreover, various resourceful kingdoms, […]
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The legal battle brewing over the presidential election of February 25, 2023, no doubt is a sign of the keen contest of the election in which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared former Lagos State Governor and pro-democracy activist, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner. Beyond the court, […]
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