• North West leads with 22m voters, S’West 17m, S’East lowest with 10m • INEC deletes 2.78m ineligible registrants • To sanction 23 staff for aiding multiple registrations With the 2023 general elections about four months away, the Independent National Election Commission (INEC), yesterday, declared that 93.5 million Nigerians will participate in the exercise. The […]
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We won’t be stampeded by travel advisory – FG U.S. issues alert on terror attack in South Africa Don’t trivialise terror alert, political parties warn No cause for alarm, intelligence community allay fears Nigeria not safer than before, HURIWA replies Mohammed Barely 48 hours after it issued travel advisory to its citizens of possible terror […]
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Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife As NANS urges FG to waive semester registration, hostel fees over lost time After eight months of face-off with the Federal Government, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) called off its protracted strike on October 14 at the end of its National Executive Committee meeting in Abuja. ASUU, however, maintained […]
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CBN Deputy Governor, Financial System Stability (FSS), Mrs. Aisha Ahmad (left); Governor, Godwin Emefiele and Deputy Governor, Corporate Services, Edward Lametek Adamu, during media briefing on the issuance of new naira banknotes at the CBN head office in Abuja… yesterday • Hopeful step may rein in inflation, ransom payment, boost naira value • Announcement interpreted […]
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By Abdu Rafiu Let’s imagine: A guest visits a house. His hosts are hospitable and helpful. The table is laden, and the order in the house is soothing and welcoming, indeed, pleasing to the eye. It is agreeable. That house provides the security and comfort for all those who may shelter in it. But there […]
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Executive Director, Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Victor Ochei (left); Executive Director, Operations, NIMASA, Mr. Shehu Ahmed; Director General, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh; Head of Delegation from the joint United States Coast Guard (USCG)/Department of State Team, Capt. Brian Lisko and Executive Director, Administration and Human Resources, […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari (left); National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Babagana Moguno (rtd); Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor; Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo; Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amao and Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali during the National Security meeting at […]
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will start issuing redesigned naira notes from December 15, 2022. Its Governor Godwin Emefiele told journalists in Abuja that President Muhammadu Buhari has authorised the redesign, production and circulation of new N100, N200, N500 and N1,000 notes. He said: ‘’The new and existing currencies shall remain legal tender and […]
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Euro banknotes are displayed for a photograph taken on 6 Sept. 2020; Gerard Bottino | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images The euro on Wednesday jumped back above parity with the dollar, the US currency sliding against its main rivals on concerns over the world’s biggest economy and the prospect of slower interest rate […]
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Pope Francis (L) waves at the end of his weekly general audience at Saint Peter’s Square in the Vatican on October 26, 2022; (Photo by Vincenzo Pinto / AFP) Pope Francis warned seminarians in Rome of the dangers of online pornography, in a transcript published by the Vatican Wednesday, calling soft porn a temptation that […]
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