Lawyers say the Supreme Court ruling on old notes best for Nigeria

BusinessNewsNigeriaLawyers say the Supreme Court ruling on old notes best for Nigeria

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)March 5, 2023

With regard to the cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), two Lagos based lawyers and an economist have said that obeying the Supreme Court ruling is the best way to go for the nation. Emeka Iheonu, a Lagos based lawyer and Alaowei Ebikonbowei Cleric, a human rights lawyer as well as a former World Bank/International Monetary Fund (World Bank/IMF) expert have hailed the court’s ruling, and stressed that as the highest court...

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President Buhari Commission 700 troops-Carrying Trucks

National SecurityNewsNigeriaPresident Buhari Commission 700 troops-Carrying Trucks

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 5, 2023

In its efforts to end insurgency and other criminalities across the six geo-political zones of the country before May 29 when the present regime will exit, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday commissioned 700 troops-carrying trucks made in the Ojo area of Lagos State. President Buhari who performed the ceremony virtually, said the decision was to boost the fight against threats in the land. The president said it was evident during last Saturday’s presidential and National...

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INEC Bans Staff Found Negligent From Participating In Future Elections

NewsNigeriaPoliticsINEC Bans Staff Found Negligent From Participating In Future Elections

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 5, 2023

All staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) found negligent in the last presidential and National Assembly elections has been banned from participating in the upcoming governorship and state assemblies elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will on Saturday March, 11, 2023 conduct elections for 28 state governorship and 993 state houses of assembly seats. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chairman who announced this Saturday in Abuja at a meeting with the Resident Electoral...

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The United States Should Not Play Russia’s Game in Africa

AfricaBlogColumnsOpinionThe United States Should Not Play Russia’s Game in Africa

PilotnewsMarch 4, 2023

In the wake of reports of a Wagner Group plot in Chad, Washington should resist the urge to resurrect Cold War-era partnerships. Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Russia’s Wagner Group is working with rebels in Chad to target the country’s transitional president, Mahamat Idriss Deby, who came to power by extra-constitutional means when his father was killed in 2021. The plot paints a picture of an ambitious Russian strategy to gain influence in a block...

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Soludo Pleads with Anambra Residents To Vote APGA Candidates In State Assembly Elections 

NewsNigeriaPoliticsSoludo Pleads with Anambra Residents To Vote APGA Candidates In State Assembly Elections 

PilotnewsMarch 4, 2023

Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has appealed to people of the state to vote for candidates of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the upcoming March 11th, 2023 State House of Assembly elections. He said voting for APGA candidates during the election, would help him sustain the tempo of development across the 21 local government areas of the State. Soludo, made the appeal through his Chief Press Secretary, Comrade Christian Aburime while speaking to...

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Release Nnamdi Kanu To His Personal Doctor – IPOB Tells Nigerian Government

NewsNigeriaRelease Nnamdi Kanu To His Personal Doctor – IPOB Tells Nigerian Government

PilotnewsMarch 4, 2023

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has raised the alarm over its leader, Nnamdi Kanu’s worsening health condition, saying that he needs urgent treatment by his personal doctor as the emergency clinic of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Abuja is ill-equipped and rushing Kanu to the clinic will probably cost him his life. IPOB on Friday in a statement by its Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful, said that Kanu’s health has continued to...

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Opposition parties hired Russian and Israeli hackers to manipulate election results – APC

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOpposition parties hired Russian and Israeli hackers to manipulate election results – APC

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 4, 2023

Ekene Enefe, contact mobilisation for the presidential campaign council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that the opposition parties hired Russian and Israeli hackers to manipulate the results of last Saturday’s presidential election. Enefe made the weighty accusation, which he claimed was an ‘intelligent report’, in an interview with ARISE TV on Friday. He said the attacks though unsuccessful were aimed at compromising the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) server to produce election...

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Labour Party secures court order binding INEC to upload results of Lagos governorship election online

NewsNigeriaPoliticsLabour Party secures court order binding INEC to upload results of Lagos governorship election online

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 4, 2023

A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Friday, compelled the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to upload the results of the March 11 Lagos State governorship and House of Assembly elections on its result viewing portal (IReV). The presiding judge, Peter Lifu, gave the order in suit number FHC/L/CS/370/2023, filed by the Lagos State chapter of the Labour Party (LP), its governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, and 40 others on Thursday. Controversies have continued to trail...

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REPORT: Disenfranchisement marred election in the South East

NewsNigeriaPoliticsREPORT: Disenfranchisement marred election in the South East

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 4, 2023

Scores of registered voters who turned out to cast their votes for their preferred presidential and National Assembly candidates last Saturday were disenfranchised. While voting went undisturbed in some areas, several polling centres across the country opened hours late and in some areas, electoral officials did not show up at all. Violent attacks and voter intimidation also marred the polls in some areas and disenfranchised voters. In the South East, despite the sit-at-home order by...

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Presidential/NASS Elections: Group demands investigation into cases of violence

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPresidential/NASS Elections: Group demands investigation into cases of violence

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)March 4, 2023

The violence recorded during the just concluded presidential and National Assembly elections across the  country has necessitated call by prominent Nigerians under the aegis of National Coalition for Peace and Unity (NCPU), to demand investigation into all cases of violence as well as explanation by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for lapses in the process. The group, during a meeting in Abuja to review the state of affairs after the presidential and National Assembly...

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