Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, said many politicians are unhappy with current efforts by the commission and security agencies to stop vote buying during the 2023 polls and are expected to fight back. The commission said though it is not going to be easy to root out the negative influence of money on the elections, it is determined to […]
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Mixed reactions greeted the disbursement of the new naira notes that officially went into circulation on Thursday with many bank customers demanding for the new notes while a few others snubbed the latest bills in banking halls across major Nigerian cities. The newly redesigned N1,000, N500 and N200 bills finally became a legal tender on December 15, 2022, over […]
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he World Bank says it will take northern states 40 years to catch up with their southern counterparts considering the “current growth rates”. The bank notes that low growth has deepened regional gaps with the mainstays of the northern economy – agriculture, solid minerals and manufacturing – not experiencing rapid growth in recent years. The views are contained in Nigeria […]
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•Inflation pushes eight million Nigerians into poverty in 2020, 2021 he World Bank says it will take northern states 40 years to catch up with their southern counterparts considering the “current growth rates”. The bank notes that low growth has deepened regional gaps with the mainstays of the northern economy – agriculture, solid minerals and manufacturing – not experiencing rapid […]
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United States President Joe Biden on Wednesday met the leaders of African nations that hold elections in the new year to press for a free vote. On the sidelines of a summit that has brought most African leaders to Washington, Biden and his top aides met separately with a group of six leaders as part of his democracy push. The […]
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Ideally, democracy is meant to be a government of the people by the people for the people, but it has been twisted to be a contrary experience in Lagos State. For so long, the politics of Lagos State has always supported and benefitted only the privileged politicians, the elites, the hanger-ons, the henchmen of politicians, the ruthless enforcers, the transport […]
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Former Arewa Youths President and ex spokesperson of the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers and chieftain of Labour Party, Isaac Balami, in this interview with Emameh Gabriel says neither the APC nor the PDP is an option for Nigerians in 2023. In 2015, you led a movement in the north against the then government of Goodluck Jonathan that […]
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As the federal government continues to search for a lasting solution to the bleeding in the oil sector, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) yesterday revealed that in the period spanning between 2009 and 2020, Nigeria lost as much as 619.7 million barrels of crude oil valued at N16.25 trillion to oil theft. In a statement signed by the […]
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• Cautions supporters against ‘baseless conspiracy theories’ • Insists polls will be one genuine voter-one vote, no PVC-no voting • Rigging will be impossible in 2023 general elections, says AIG • Committee on election security assures of credible polls in Kano Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, declared affirmatively that disappointment awaits politicians “still going about purchasing Permanent Voter […]
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•Says it’s ridiculous, complete mockery •Malami-led committee to reconcile and transfer stamp duties into special account The Presidency for the umpteenth time yesterday dismissed the allegation of misappropriation of stamp duty funds and cover-up by top government officials, describing it as ridiculous and a complete mockery. A member of the House of Representatives from Jigawa state, Hon Gudaji Kazaure had […]
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