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INTERPOL Arrests Wanted 26-year-old Corps Member
A 26-year-old member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Emeh Nnamdi who was declared wanted by the Nigeria Police Force on February 20, 2023 for impersonation of an Assistant Superintendent of Police and defamation of character has been nabbed by the security agents. According to AIT, Nnamdi was arrested in a joint operation by…
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INEC Bans Staff From Participating in March 11 Guber Poll
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has banned all staff found negligent in the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections from participating in March 11 governorship and state assemblies elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, announced this at a meeting with the Resident Electoral commissioners (RECs) in Abuja on Saturday. “As we approach the…
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S’Court’s judgement on Naira triggers 90% fall in PoS charges
Vanguard News Following the Supreme Court’s ruling that the old N200, N500 and N1,000 notes should remain legal tenders until December 31, some Point of Sale, PoS, operators, yesterday, reduced cash withdrawal charges by as much as 90 percent, even as they commenced disbursement to the public. Meanwhile, financial sector stakeholders have commended the judgement…
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Farooq Kperogi: Why Tinubu’s win stings some and soothes others
In the aftermath of INEC’s declaration of APC’s Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election, a broad range of Nigerians from a certain demographic category have been squirming in a confused welter of bruised emotions. I can relate to their psychic trauma because I experienced it in 2016 when Donald…
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7 PDP Governors Challenging Declaration of Tinubu as President-elect Withdraw Suit
ThisDay Live Seven state governments controlled by the Peoples Democratic Party – namely Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Taraba and Sokoto, which filed a suit against the Federal Government at the Supreme Court, challenging the declaration of All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as President-elect, have discontinued the suit. In the…
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2023 Elections: Court Grants Atiku, Peter Obi’s Request
The Court of Appeal Abuja has granted the request of the candidates of Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar, respectively, to have access to all the sensitive materials the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deployed for the conduct of the presidential election held on February 25. A…
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Supreme Court Nulifies Naira Redesign Policy, Says Old Naira Notes Remain Legal Tender
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes remain in circulation till December 31, 2023. The apex court also nullified the Federal Government’s naira redesign policy, declaring it as an affront to the 1999 Constitution. Justice Emmanuel Agim, who read the lead judgement, held that the preliminary objections by the…
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PDP, Labour Parties’ Elder Move To Form Alliance in Lagos, Kwara To Defeat APC
Daily Trust Buoyed by the outcome of last Saturday’s presidential election in Lagos where the Labour Party (LP) defeated the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), there is an ongoing move by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) to form an alliance, multiple sources confirmed to Daily Trust yesterday. The meeting is being…
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Reconciliation: Tinubu Sets Up Committee To Meet Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso
The President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has set up committees to meet aggrieved presidential candidates to start the “healing process”. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State and a member of the committees disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde. He said a Committee of Elders of the All…
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UK PM, Sunak Hails Tinubu in Congratulatory Message
United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has congratulated President-elect Bola Tinubu on the heels of the just concluded presidential election. Both the UK and Nigeria share a longstanding relationship that has withstood the latter’s over-62-year independence from the former. “Congratulations to @officialABAT on his victory in Nigeria. The UK-Nigeria relationship remains strong,” Sunak tweeted on…
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