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There is an urgent need for collective efforts in the fights against corruption, the federal government and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have said. They made known at the high-level workshop entitled: “Gender Dimension of Anti-corruption in Nigeria” against the backdrop of 2021 16-day of activism to end Gender-based violence on Monday…
A group of Civil Society Organizations have called on political parties to collaborate and merge their primary elections to bring down the burden cost imposed by the mandatory direct primaries as contained in the electoral act amendment recently passed by the National Assembly. The National Assembly had on November 9th adopted the direct primary for…
In recent times more positive reports have been coming from Nigeria’s apex regulatory body in banking with the recent revelation by The Deputy Governor, Financial System Stability, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Chairman FITC Board, Mrs. Aisha Ahmad, that the Loan-to-Deposit ratio (LDR) has hit about N7 trillion on bank savings. Mrs Ahmad stated that…
As the preparation for 2023 presidential election gathers momentum, the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, slated February 21, 2022, to deliver judgement in a suit seeking to bar former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, from vying for presidency in 2023. The suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/177, is challenging Atiku’s eligibility on the premise that he…
Nigeria and South Africa should respond in kind to the travel restrictions by the UK and other western nations. UK, banned travellers from African countries following the discovery of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, in Canada, Indonesia, the US and a number of countries in Europe. The UK announced on Saturday that, it would add Nigeria…
The federal government has called for an immediate reversal of Britain’s travel ban on Nigerians as well as removal of the country from the European country’s Red List. This was made known by the Minister of Information, National Orientation and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, during a press conference in Abuja, on Monday. The government described…
CP Babaji Sunday, the Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command has, on Monday announced that, the sales, use of fireworks, fire-crackers and knockouts is prohibited in FCT. According to a statement issued and made available to Journalists today by the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Josephine Adeh, the CP warned that…
The United Kingdom has included Nigeria in its red list category as it tightens travel restrictions in an effort to limit the spread of the COVID-19 variant, Omicron. The UK government’s travel advisory on Nigeria said “From 0400 on Monday 6 December, Nigeria will be added to the red list for entering England.” Accordingly, Nigerians…
As the crisis in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) continue to rage youth groups under the aegis of APC registered youth groups in Nigeria and the Diaspora have dissociated themselves from the attempt to deposed the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led interim Caretaker/ Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the party. The Journal had…
The furor surrounding the electoral bill continues to heighten by the day; especially the section relating to direct primaries among political parties. As the President is currently at the crossroads in determining the destiny of the bill; which route should he go? *** On November 19th, the National Assembly transmitted the harmonized 2021 electoral act…
