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Nigerians living abroad have asked a federal high court in Abuja to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register them as voters in the 2023 general election. Chikwe Nkemnacho and Kenneth Nkemnacho, the plaintiffs who live in the UK, instituted the case on behalf of other Nigerians in diaspora. INEC, chairman […]
The House of Representatives has passed for second reading, a bill, which proposes six months jail term for parents who abandon their newborns or growing children. The bill tagged, “Act to Re-amend the Child Rights Act, Cap. C50, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004,”’ is sponsored by the member representing Esan North East/Esan […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has reduced the maximum over-the-counter (OTC) cash withdrawal per week for individuals to N100,000 and N500,000 for corporate organisations. The apex bank also limited individual Point of Service (POS) to N20,000 per day. This information was contained in a circular by the CBN and addressed to all […]
The Peoples Democratic Party has disclosed why Atiku Abubakar the presidential candidate of the party wants to sell Nigeria’s refineries if elected as president come 2023. PDP Presidential Campaign Council spokesman Kola Ologbondiyan, said Atiku opted to sell Nigeria’s refineries because the money would fund useful ventures in the country. Ologbondiythe said the […]
The Delta Central Senatorial Candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Chief Ede Dafinone has urged the people of Sapele Local Government Area to vote all candidates of APC in next year’s election, adding that the party feels the pain of the people. Dafinone who spoke at Ward 1, 2 and 3, during […]
The Italian police have arrested a 26-year-old man for driving a fake Ferrari F430 ‘supercar’ following a police operation called ‘Operacion Cavallino’. According to The Sun UK, the unidentified man converted a Toyota MR2 Coupe to look like a Ferrari F430 sports car In a video that made the rounds on social media […]
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has unveiled his eagerly-awaited manifesto. The 72-page manifesto, titled ‘It’s POssible: Our Pact with Nigerians’, was released on Sunday. The manifesto listed seven priority areas that Obi’s administration would concentrate on if elected president. Here are some of the highlights of the manifesto. […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria has hit back at the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar over his recent comment on the performance of the Buhari Administration. Atiku, had, during his campaign in Akure, said the Buhari government has not done anything for Nigerians in its eight years in […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra has alleged that the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, is blackmailing it and its security arm, the Eastern Security Network. According to IPOB, Monguno’s claim that security agents dislodged camps belonging to the ESN and arrested some of its commanders was a ruse. The IPOB’s Director of Media […]
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba has ordered the deployment of armed personnel to safeguard the Abuja-Kaduna rail services. In a statement on Sunday by the force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi said the operatives would be drawn from the police mobile force, K-9, force intelligence bureau, explosive ordinance unit and railway police command. […]
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