By Wandoo Sombo The Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday, declined a request seeking an order of court to stop the 2023 Census slated to hold from May 3 to May 5. Justice Inyang Ekwo refused to grant the application and instead asked the applicant, Mr Omotuyi Ademola to put the defendant, the National Population […]
By Desmond Ejibas The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday called on Nigerians to embrace the nation’s digital payment channel (eNaira) to enhance its cashless policy. The apex bank’s Port Harcourt Branch Controller, Maxwell Okoroafor, made the call at a sensitisation workshop in Port Harcourt. The workshop, jointly organized by CBN and Zenith Bank, […]
By Femi Ogunshola A contender for the Speakership position of the 10th House of Representatives, Rep, Muktar Betara, on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting with the President-elect Bola Tinubu. Betara, member representing Biu/Bayo/Shani and Kwaya Kusar Federal Constituency of Borno has been canvassing support for his speakership aspiration with party members, House of Reps members-elect, […]
By Taiye Agbaje The All Progressives Congress (APC)’s candidate in the Adamawa governorship election, Sen. Aisha Dahiru-Ahmed, popularly called “Binani,” on Wednesday withdrew the suit filed against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the APC candidate had prayed the court for a judicial review of […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday cancelled his scheduled election campaign rallies on due to a “minor sickness,’’ the president announced. “I will rest at home today as our doctors advised,’’ Erdoğan wrote on Twitter, citing health problems he suffered a day before. The president said he will resume the campaign on Thursday. Erdoğan […]
By Kadiri Abdulrahman The Debt Management Office (DMO) says Nigeria’s indebtedness to the World Bank, which grew from 6.29 billion dollars in 2015 to 13.46 billion dollars in 2022 is a positive development. According to a statement by the DMO in Abuja on Wednesday, this is contrary to media reports about the nature of […]
By Sandra Umeh A Federal High Court on Tuesday ordered the release of processes and documents in the money laundering trial of a former Minister of State for Finance, Nenandi Usman and others to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EDCC). The prosecutor, Mr Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, made an application before Justice Daniel Osiagor, to […]
By Ibukun Emiola Some candidates and their parents have decried the system malfunction and technical glitches that characterised the conduct of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), which started on Tuesday. They spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan, calling on the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to find solutions […]
By Chijioke Okoronkwo Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says energy poverty has to be tackled headlong for African countries to attain middle-income status and an inclusive prosperity for its people. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said the vice president delivered a Special Public Lecture at the University of Pennsylvania […]
By Adeyemi Adeleye Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has ratified the suspension of its Chairman, Pastor Philip Aivoji and his deputy, Mr Tai Benedict, pending the outcome of court cases. Aivoji and Benedict were suspended respectively by their ward executives on April 14 over alleged gross violation of the party’s Constitution. […]