Category: News
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PDP, APC react to Osun tribunal judgement
All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun, on Friday, expressed divergent views on the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal judgement delivered on Friday. The tribunal had, in its judgement, declared former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola as the authentic winner of the July 16, 2022 governorship election in the state. While the tribunal chairman,…
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Just In: Tribunal Sacks Adeleke as Osun Governor
The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo has sacked Governor Ademola Adeleke as the duly elected governor of the state. The tribunal in a split document of two to one declared that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, should withdraw the Certificate of Return issued to Adeleke and issue the same to…
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Lawyer sues CBN, seeks extension of deadline for old banknotes
Joshua Alobo has approached the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, praying the court to stop the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from implementing the January 31 deadline to phase out the old naira notes (N200, N500 and N1,000). Mr Alobo, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/114/2023, also prayed the court to make an order…
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Old Naira Notes: What Commercial Banks Told House of Representatives
Vanguard News The commercial banks yesterday told the House of Representatives that they were bound by the guidelines of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, as their regulator in the implementation of the cashless policy. The banks in a meeting with the adhoc committee of the House set up to interface with them on the…
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Former JAMB Boss, Dibu Ojerinde Re-arrested
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has re-arrested a former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Prof. Adedibu Ojerinde. He was arrested on Thursday in Abuja, the anti-corruption agency spokesperson Azuka Ogugua said. “Prof. Ojerinde’s re-arrest followed a warrant issued by the Federal High Court, Abuja,” she said…
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Former Atiku’s Aide, Michael Achimugu Gives Two Reasons For Exposing PDP Presidential Candidate
A Former assistant to the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Michael Achimugu, said he exposed the corruption allegation against his former boss, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in order to prevent Nigerians from what he described as a great mistake of voting for the PDP flag bearer. Speaking in an interview with Television Continental on Wednesday, Achimugu…
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How Dibu Ojerinde used me to embezzle public funds: Ex-JAMB director
Jimoh Olabisi, a former deputy director, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Wednesday, alleged that Dibu Ojerinde, the board’s ex-registrar, instructed him to open a bank account through which the federal government’s money was diverted. Mr Olabisi, who stood as a witness of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), told…
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Coloured Artificial Hair, Dreadlock, 13 Others Outlaw on LASU Campus
The management of the Lagos State University (LASU) Ojo, have directed all its lecturers to ensure they don’t allow any student who dresses indecently into the classroom. The university in a statement by the acting head of Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations, Mr Olaniyi Jeariogbe said the vice chancellor of the university, Professor…
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Five Banks Commence Circulation Of N500m To Rural Communities
Five commercial banks including Access Bank, United Bank of Africa, First City Monument Bank, First Bank, and Zenith Bank, in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), have commenced the distribution of the new Naira notes, tagged “Cash Swap,” across rural Communities in Bayelsa State. Launching the campaign in Yenagoa, an Assistant Director of…
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ANALYSIS: Buhari approved Naira redesign but Tinubu rejected it, is all really well within APC?
Daily Trust There’s something about Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Abeokuta, Ogun State capital. In 2015 when the APC campaign was losing steam based on repeated promises in its nationwide tour, Tinubu changed the tempo in Abeokuta. “When Britain was in trouble, they turned to their General, Winston…