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How PDP’s Mbah Defeated LP’s Edeoga To Become Enugu Gov-Elect – INEC

March 22, 2023 Abibat Babalola

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Mbah as the winner of the March 18 governorship election in Enugu State. Mbah polled 160,895 votes slightly above his closest rivals — Chijioke Edeoga of the Labour Party (LP) who scored 157,552 and Uche Nnaji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who got 14,575 votes, amongst others. “That Mbah Peter Ndubuisi of Peoples Democratic Party, having satisfied the requirement of the law is hereby declared the winner and returned elected,” the returning…

More Naira as Banks Get Old Notes Deposited with CBN

March 22, 2023 ADEOLA YUSUF

Forgive me, Emefiele Tenders Apology To Nigerians over failed online transactions Reliable sources in the CBN said banks have been instructed to collect the old Naira noted they deposited in CBN and that before the end of the week, the country would be awash with Naira notes. This came as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday apologised to Nigerians for the failed online transactions. Emefiele admitted challenges faced by bank customers following the limit on cash withdrawals and said the CBN would sustain the…

BREAKING: Thursday Is First Day of Ramadan – Sultan

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 Rofeequr Adeola--Yusuf

. Moon sighted in Ajah Lagos, Kubwa Abuja, Kaduna and several parts of the North The new moon of Ramadan has been sighted in Ajah, Lagos, and many parts of Nigeria, signifying the beginning of Muslim fasting across the country. The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, Alh. Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has earlier enjoined the Nigerian Muslim Ummah to search for the crescent of Ramadan 1444 A.H. immediately after sunset on Wednesday, 29th Sha’aban, 1444 A.H. which is…

Putin Suggests Free Grain For Africa

March 22, 2023 ADEOLA YUSUF

RUSSIA laid out conditions on Monday, March 21 for agreeing to any further extension of the Black Sea grain deal, and President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow could send free grain to African countries if those conditions were not met. The deal, allowing the safe export of grain from Ukrainian and Russian Black Sea ports, was renewed on Saturday, March 19 for 60 days – half the intended period – after Moscow said any further extension beyond May 18 would hinge on the removal of some Western sanctions. Russia’s foreign…

JUST IN: I’m Ready To Serve Possibly For 8 Years, Abia Gov-Elect Alex Otti

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 Ganiyu Amodu

Full LGAs-by-LGAs results of how the Labour Party candidate won the Abia guber polls The Labour Party candidate, Alex Otti, has declared readiness to serve the people of Abia state, Southeast Nigeria “possibly for eight years.” Otti was declared the winner of the Abia State governorship election following the eventual declaration, on Wednesday, of the results of the controversial Obingwa Local Government Area results. READ ALSO: BREAKING: NLC Declares Nationwide Strike Over Naira Scarcity Buhari Removes 5% Excise Duty For Telecoms Services US Hails INEC, Threatens Visa Ban Over…

BREAKING: NLC Declares Nationwide Strike Over Naira Scarcity

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 Aliyu Aliyu

IT WILL BE TOTAL: “Affiliate unions should also be on standby for picketing exercise across all branches of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) nationwide on Wednesday,” Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed public sector workers in the country to embark on strike beginning from Wednesday next week. Platforms Africa reports that Joe Ajaero, NLC president, gave the directive at an ongoing media briefing at Labour House in Abuja on Wednesday. READ ALSO: Buhari Removes 5% Excise Duty For Telecoms Services US Hails INEC, Threatens Visa Ban…

Buhari Removes 5% Excise Duty For Telecoms Services

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 Abibat Babalola

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the exemption of the digital economy sector from 5 per cent excise duty. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, made this known at a press briefing organised by the Presidential Review Committee on Excise Duty in Abuja on Tuesday. The minister had, on September 5, 2022, suspended the imposition of a 5 per cent excise duty on the sector. Pantami, who is the chairman of the committee set up for reviewing the proposed excise duty in…

Ogun Ex-permanent Secretary, Wife Found Dead In Lagos

March 22, 2023 ADEOLA YUSUF

A former permanent secretary in Ogun State, Adefemi Egbeoluwa, and his wife, Oluwafunmilayo, have been found dead at their residence around Allen Avenue in the Ikeja area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the couple were at home with their domestic worker on the day of the governorship and state House of Assembly elections when some yet-to-be-identified persons invaded the premises and killed the couple. It was learned that the assailants, after killing the couple, attacked the domestic worker and fled the scene. READ ALSO: Buhari: I’m Eager To…

Buhari: I’m Eager To Go

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 Abibat Babalola

President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigerians have proved to be capable of deciding who leads them without anyone telling them what to do through a free and fair election and non-interference witnessed on February 25 and March 18 elections. Buhari said this while speaking at a farewell meeting with the outgoing United States Ambassador, Mary Beth Leonard, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday. The President, in an answer to a question posed by Leonard, said he planned to be “a big landlord” working on his farms and tending his…

US Hails INEC, Threatens Visa Ban Over Violence, Intimidation

March 22, 2023 Abibat Babalola

The United States has condemned voter intimidation and increased violence that marred Saturday’s governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections in Nigeria. The rescheduled governorship and Houses of Assembly elections was held in 28 states of the federation, with incidences of violence and voter intimidation. The US Embassy in a statement on Tuesday, said though the March 18 governorship and state assembly polls appeared to have had significant operational improvements. READ ALSO: I’ll Die Soon, I’ve Completed My Earthly Ministry – Nigerian Pastor “You Dey Feed Me?” Stella Korkus, Desmond…