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With barely six weeks to the 2023 general elections, it is now crystal clear to most Nigerians that desperate and corrupt politicians who are scared of the outcome of the elections are doing everything to scuttle the process. Legal fireworks against the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and attacks on its offices in parts of the country …

The Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Plc (NSPM) has assured Nigerians that the new Naira notes in circulation are of the highest quality as the old notes, while warning the public against carrying out experiments on the new notes. Massive criticisms continue to trail the new Naira notes, particularly the inks that bleed quickly when the notes fall in water …

In a dramatic shift, Kevin McCarthy has so far managed to flip 15 votes on Friday in his bid to become the next House speaker, though the California Republican is still short of the support needed to win. The House has voted to adjourn until 10 p.m. ET. McCarthy is locked in a fight for his political future as the …

Abuja, Nigeria – Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has established committees for National Situation Room and Collation Centre for the 2023 general elections. The commission disclosed this in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, on Thursday in Abuja. Okoye said that INEC at its weekly meeting on Thursday, deliberated on …

Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the commission will continue to place premium on the security of corps members on election duty. Yakubu said this on Friday in Abuja when he led management staff of the commission to pay a courtesy visit on the Acting Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Mrs. Christy …

Fayus Inc., a major investor under the Edo State Oil Palm Programme (ESOPP), has commenced harvest on one of its plantations measuring 1200 hectares in Ewan-ISI in Uhunwonde Local Government Area of Edo State. Officials attribute this latest development to reforms by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration in the agriculture sector. The feat is a major boost for the N69bn …

Edo Chapter of the Media & Publicity Committee of Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council has described the spokespersons for Atiku Abubakar and Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Presidential Campaigns as promiscuous desperadoes. In a press release, signed by Comrade Igbotako Nowinta and Jude Adoghe, Chairman and Secretary, respectively, Obi’s Campaign supported the recent endorsements of Peter Obi for the 2023 Presidential Election, …

Worried by the inflationary consequences of huge public sector cash withdrawals on the nation’s economy, the Nigerian Financial and Intelligence Unit (NFIU), yesterday, outlawed cash withdrawals from all government accounts effective March 1, 2023 warning that defaulters risk three-year jail term. The NFIU, declared that such  transactions would now be done electronically in line with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) …

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, slammed former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his recent endorsement of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. According to him, Obasanjo who he claimed does not know the way cannot show others the way. Tinubu and Obasanjo Tinubu spoke during the party’s presidential campaign rally …

The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) yesterday faulted the estimated billing system in the country. Secretary General of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), Comrade Joe Ajaero who spoke during the public hearing on a bill to amend the Electric Power Sector Reform Act, 2005 argued that the measure was in breach of laid down rules and regulations. …