President Muhammadu Buhari has named Lauretta Onochie as the substantive chairman of the Niger Delta Development Board (NDDC). He also appointed 15 other nominees as members of the board. The appointments were contained in a letter to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, who read it out at the start of plenary on Wednesday. Ms Onochie, currently a special assistant to […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has promised to roll out measures to tackle vote buying at the polling units on election day in 2023, even as it vowed that violators of laws on campaign finances would be dealt with, frontally. INEC), which identified four areas of concern to Nigerians as far as the 2023 general election was concerned, identified […]
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Former Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, has upbraided the Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, over his alleged indifference to the security situation in Abia North, the zone he (Kalu) represents in the Senate. Ohuabunwa berated the former Abia State governor yesterday during a media interaction with the state Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union […]
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…Queues resurface in Lagos Apparently preparing Nigerians for a full deregulation regime, depot owners and some petrol marketers have again put the nation in another panic mode by hoarding available products in a push to ensure prices are adjusted to meet their operating expenses. With products hoarded, fuel queues have emerged, forcing many motorists to engage in panic-buying, just as […]
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• Threatens Visa sanctions against promoters of violence • INEC: We’re tracking campaign finances, illicit financial flow • Reiterates use of BVAS, IReV for 2023 elections • APC expresses reservation over BVAS, electronic transmission of results With 92 days to the first round of 2023 general elections, the international community is stepping up its observatory role of the exercise. Days […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday unveiled the new notes of the three highest denominations of the Nigerian currency: N200, N500 and N1,000. The unveiling was done at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, shortly before the commencement of the Federal Executive Council meeting. Speaking at the event, the Governor of the central bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele, said the […]
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Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, yesterday, told Nigerians that he would be the one actively in charge of the affairs of the nation, if elected president, and should, thus, be held responsible for whatever happened on his watch. Obi made the assertion in Lagos when he appeared as guest of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) […]
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The Lionel Messi-led Argentina national team has been beaten by a lowly-rated Saudi Arabia. Lionel Messi put Argentina ahead from the spot in the 10th minute and Lisandro Martinez thought he had scored the second 19 minutes later but was disallowed by the Video Assistant Referee (VAR). The Saudis returned to the second half with a different mindset with Saleh […]
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Some aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by a group of five governors of the party (G-5), were on Sunday embarrassed in Lagos, as their gathering was interrupted by PDP faithful in the state, who sang songs in support of the party’s presidential candidate and former vice president, Atiku Abubakar. Nonetheless, the dissenters, who rebranded themselves as Integrity Group, reiterated their readiness […]
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Enner Valencia hit a brace on Sunday as Ecuador got off to a flying start with a 2-0 win over Qatar in the opening match of the 2022 World Cup at the Al Bayt Stadium. Valencia could have gotten a hat trick to his name, but his earlier effort was chalked off for offside after a check through VAR. The Ecuador […]
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