Constitution amendment, devolution of power sacrosanct Lawmakers apportioning their salaries, wrong I’m not in Obi’s campaign train Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, refuted claims that he wanted a third term as President of the country, noting that he would have, if he did. Obasanjo, who stated this at a virtual engagement organised by Africa Leadership […]
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13.87m cards printed for valid registrants •Agency probes alleged extortion Millions of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) are yet to be collected a few days before the deadline. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) admitted this yesterday, 24 hours after it gave the list of registered voters as 93.47 million. The electoral agency last night extended […]
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New banknotes still scanty Only one out of nine banks in Gboko issuing new notes In Benue, new notes treated as souvenirs Kano customers tackle cashiers over mutilated notes Long queues at ATMs paying new naira Apex bank kicks off sensitisation programme Close to a month after new banknotes were released, millions of Nigerians are […]
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NNPC says petrol supply to FG on service agreement level The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has disclosed that the country will export Premium Motor Spirit by mid 2023 as local refining capacity is set to jump to 1.1 million barrels per day. Although this is not the first time such a promise has […]
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Award winner, South South Deputy Bureau Chief of The Guardian, Anietie Akpan (right); Rasheed Zubair, AIT correspondent; Cross River State NUJ Chairman, Nsa Gill, and the Principal Counsel, BRCI and representative of Safe Child African, James Ibor, during the presentation of Excellence Award to Akpan at NUJ Press Centre, Calabar. The Guardian Newspaper South South […]
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Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi at ‘The Town Hall’ organised by Channels Television… Credit: Twitter/PeterObi As the 2023 general elections inch closer, Southwest Development Stakeholders Forum (SWDSF) has canvassed an audience with the leading presidential candidates to negotiate Yoruba agenda. Representatives of civil society groups, professional bodies, religious and market leaders made the call […]
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Worry about ex-VP’s health, credibility, not me, Tinubu tells Nigerians You’re unfit to hold office as President, Atiku/Okowa mocks APC ex-Lagos gov, say he is corruption personified Presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, traded words over their health condition […]
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Lagos leads with 7m INEC releases voter list to parties 49.5m men, 44.4m women, 37m youths registered The Northwest and the Southwest top the list of 93,469,008 million Nigerians eligible to vote in this year’s general election. The list was released yesterday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to the 18 registered political parties. […]
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Olusunle, Osundare and Nyitse By Tunde Olusunle Typical of the extremely organised personality that he is, the multiple award-winning poet, Niyi Osundare, had already “served notice” of his imminent visit to Nigeria, weeks before he came. He had been invited by the organisers of the “Nigerian National Order of Merit,” (NNOM), to deliver a lecture […]
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Senator representing Oyo Central Senatorial District, Monsurat Sunmonu (left); Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Deputy National Chairman, South, Taofeek Arapaja; Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde; his deputy, Bayo Lawal and state PDP Chairman, Dayo Ogungbenro, during the governor’s campaign in Ikoyi-lle, Orire Local Council, Ikoyi… yesterday. LAUTECH students declare support for him Governor, Teslim absent at […]
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