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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abia has cautioned its staff members to shun sharp practices during the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) distribution.The INEC’s Head, Public Affairs Unit in Abia, Mr Bamidele Oyetunji, issued the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aba on Monday. Oyetunji said that the commission frowns at receiving or …

The Central Bank of Nigeria has excluded mobile money/Point of Sales agents in Abuja and Lagos from its newly launched cash swap programme, The PUNCH has learnt. The development came as the January 31 deadline for the phasing out of the old N1,000, N500 and N200 notes approaches. In a Frequently Asked Questions document released to selected agents and obtained by our …

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said it is reviewing its level of preparedness ahead of the forthcoming elections. Speaking during a two-day workshop organised for Election Monitoring and Support Centre (EMSC) Amber zone, National Level in Lagos, Special Adviser to INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Prof Mohammad Kuna, disclosed that the aim of the workshop is to review …

The federal government has flagged off the National Generator Emission Control Programme (NGECP) and the National Vehicular Emission Control Programme (NVECP) in order to reduce air pollution in the country. Speaking at the official flag-off of the two programmes in Abuja on Monday, the Minister of Environment, Muhammed Abdullahi, said though vehicles commuting between communities play a key role in …

• Banks yet to heed CBN’s directive,stock ATMs with old banknotes• Buni begs for extension, says onlyfour out of 17 Councils have banksin Yobe• Zulum decries non-dispensing ofnew naira notes in Borno• No cause for alarm over deadline,CBN says• New notes surface in Anambrabanks after threats by CBN A new programme intended to increase the speed of circulation of the …

The Director of Strategic Communications, PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Chief Dele Momudu said the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will not get enough states in North, South-West to win the presidential election. Momodu made this assertion in a statement in Abuja, on Monday. He said, “Tinubu may pick a few states in …

An Assistant General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Prof. Folagbade Aboaba, is dead. He was aged 90. Aboaba, who was said to be one of the closest allies of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, died on Saturday after a brief illness. This was disclosed in a statement by the …

WARSAW, Poland— Poland said Monday it would ask Berlin for permission to send German-built Leopard tanks to Ukraine as its Western allies move to supply Kyiv with more powerful military hardware to thwart Russia’s invasion. Germany has hesitated to approve sending tanks to Ukraine. But Polish officials took heart from remarks Sunday by German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock that Berlin wouldn’t …

No fewer than 25,000 persons are said to be missing according to stakeholders as they meet to ensure their families are not forgotten. FILE COPY: Boko Haram members According to a statement made available on Monday to our correspondent by the International Committee of the Red Cross, the  conflict in North-East resulted in the missing persons The statement was signed …

Eighteen presidential candidates will participate in Nigeria’s polls on 25 February. Three stand out – Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party. The new president will be sworn in on 29 May and will be constitutionally mandated to manage Nigeria’s security governance …