Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has urged residents of the state to accept the old currency notes for transactions in line with the Supreme Court judgement. In a statewide broadcast today, he said: “My dear good people of Ondo state It is imperative that I address you today because of the need to halt a […]
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An Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) official uses a Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) to accredit a voter at Kwankwaso ward, Malamai in Kano on February 25, 2023, during Nigeria’s presidential and general election. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP) INEC: BVAS reconfiguration, transport logistics forced shift by one week Appeal Court grants Tinubu access […]
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Demands for data analysts, cybersecurity experts, developers rise About 97 per cent of organisations in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and other parts of the region are expected to have a tech skills challenge in 2023. According to SAP Africa, which disclosed this in its ‘Africa’s Tech Skills Scarcity Revealed’ report released and discussed during a […]
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All Progressives Congress stalwarts (APC) in Cross River State are still surprised that Governor Ben Ayade lost his bid for the Senate. The two-term governor had a dismal performance in the February 25, 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections, poling 56,595 votes against Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Jaribe Agom-Jaribe, who polled 76,145 votes. While […]
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• Why more Nigerians will develop end stage renal disease yearly, require dialysis, transplantation • Hypertension, diabetes, chronic infection, bleaching cream, abuse of painkillers, unregulated use of herbal medicines identified as major causes of kidney disease • Patient needs N15m for kidney transplant • Transplanted kidney can last for 26 years if patient gets good […]
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Court declines Obi’s request to stop agency from resetting BVAS The governorship and House of Assembly elections will not hold on Saturday. It has been shifted to March 18, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced last night. This followed yesterday’s rejection by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) of the request by Mr. Peter […]
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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, receiving the second female Senator-elect of the Federal Capital Territory, who won the seat under the banner of the party, Ireti Kingibe The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Tuesday, issued Certificates of Return to winners of the February 25, 2023 senatorial election. The Chairman of INEC, […]
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Motorists queuing at a filling station in Lagos. Photo: Stanley Ogidi The scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, in Abuja and other northern states could persist till after Saturday’s gubernatorial elections in various states, oil marketers said on Tuesday. Petrol scarcity became severe on Monday in Abuja, Nasarawa, Niger and other states in […]
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The Presidential Election Petition Court sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Wednesday, granted the request of the Independent National Electoral Commission to reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System it used for the presidential election. The court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of justices, held that preventing the electoral umpire […]
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Samsung Electronics Nigeria celebrates the Nigeria women in its Samsung Mother’s Day Offer Samsung appliances are an epitome of Strength, Reliability and Consistency and we can liken Mothers similarly as the symbol of the same standard. At Samsung we believe that Mothers must be celebrated so in light of this, we would be giving out […]
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