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United States Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announced today the launch of its first-ever regional summit for the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) in the Indo-Pacific region. It welcomed more than 200 businesswomen from Brunei, Fiji, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam, according a statement from the office of the Department’s …

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the Court of Appeal to vary the ex parte order made in favour of Labour Party and the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), with regards to inspection of materials used for the presidential election. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that the appellate court had on March 3, granted leave to Atiku Abubakar …

• Says whole electoral process failed to meet Nigerians’ expectations The United  States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, has said it is clear that the electoral process as a whole on February 25 failed to meet Nigerians’ expectations. Leonard stated this in an op-ed released on Sunday  morning and made available to Daily Sun in Abuja by the United …

Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP), Senator Iyorchia Ayu;  Delta State governor and vice presidential candidate, Ifeanyi Okowa are to lead a protest by the party’s faithful and supporters in Abuja, today, over the outcome of the February 25 presidential poll. The protest comes agains the backdrop of alleged irregularity by the Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC) …

• No respite from apps, USSD platforms as failure reaches peak after N100b investment• Concerns as hackers wipe N2.9b from fintech firm• Attack raises concerns over safety of digital-first banks• Telecoms operators absolve selves of banking crises• NIBSS keeps mum on rate of ePayment transaction failures• Experts task financial institutions on secure ePayment space Amid huge financial turnover recorded in the …

In his acceptance speech, Tinubu promised “to be a fair leader to all”, President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor on the 29th of May is now known. He is Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the 25 February presidential election. The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, who was also the national Returning Officer, declared him …

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on developed and developing nations to grant duty-free and quota-free market access for products originating from the world’s 46 least-developed countries to ensure their integration in regional and global value chains. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman in a statement, said Buhari, who made the call in Doha, Qatar, at the UN Conference of Least …

The development has, however, sparked apprehension in the Federal Capital Territory as residents feared the march may result in violence following the anger over the conduct and outcome of the polls. The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Iyorchia Ayu, will on Monday (today) lead some governors elected on the platform of the party on a protest march …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says political leaders and not farmers are responsible for Nigeria’s inability to attain self-sufficiency in food production. He made the assertion on Sunday at a lecture organised to mark his 86th birthday in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Obasanjo expressed concern that Nigeria and Africa had failed to take advantage of advancement in science and technology for the development …

We can’t re-issue old notes without CBN directive — Banks Stakeholders in the financial sector and  banks are divided over re-issuance of the old naira notes following the Supreme Court judgement extending their legal tender status till December 31st 2023.  While banks said they cant commence re-issuance of the old notes until they are directed to do so by the  CBN,  …