- 2023 general elections
Low voter turnout mars guber election in Ikeja, Agege, Ojota
There was low voter turnout in some areas of Lagos State as electoral officials arrived early to the polling units in Ikeja, Agege and Ojota. In polling unit 021 in Ward 02 of Ojodu, the electoral officials arrived at about 8:30am and voting commenced 9am. The electoral officials addressed the voters on the voting modalities and urged them to organise…
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PHOTO NEWS: Buhari casts vote in Daura in governorship, state assembly elections
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday vote in Daura in the Governorship and State Assembly Elections.
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How deep is the rot in America’s banking industry?
Silicon Valley Bank may be the start of something grimmer Banking is a confidence trick. Financial history is littered with runs, for the straightforward reason that no bank can survive if enough depositors want to be repaid at the same time. The trick, therefore, is to ensure that customers never have cause to whisk away their cash. It is one…
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PHOTO NEWS: Osinbajo, Gowon, Sanwo-Olu attend Hilda Adefarasin’s funeral service
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila joined Pastors Wale and Paul Adefarasin and other siblings at the Guiding Light Church, Ikoyi for the funeral service of their mother, Mrs. Hilda Adefarasin on Friday.
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Buhari signs constitutional amendments, rail, power now on concurrent list
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives who doubles as the Chairman, Special Ad-Hoc Committee on the Review of 1999 Constitution, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Idris Wase has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for assenting to some momentous legislations that altered some Provisions of the 1999 Constitution He noted that the Constitution (Fifth Alteration) Bill, 2023 is fragmented into 16 Bills…
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INEC, Shekarau and NNPP, By Simbo Olorunfemi
“A political party shall not be allowed to change or substitute its candidate whose name has been submitted under section 29 of this Act, except in the case of death or withdrawal by the candidate, Provided that in the case of such withdrawal or death of a candidate the political party affected shall, within 14 days of the occurrence of…
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ICC issues Putin arrest warrant on Ukraine war crime allegations
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes in Ukraine, a move dismissed by Moscow as meaningless. The Hague-based court said in a statement on Friday the warrant was issued over Putin’s suspected involvement in the unlawful deportation and transfer of children from occupied areas of Ukraine to Russia. “There…
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Morgan Stanley adjusts Nigeria’s outlook after Tinubu’s election, sees ‘potential triggers’
Morgan Stanley said it had turned “bullish” on Nigeria’s government bonds on Thursday on hopes the declared victor in the country’s presidential elections, Bola Tinubu, will soon press on with key fiscal and financial market improvements. “In the short-to-medium term we think that there are potential positive triggers,” the Wall Street bank’s main analyst for the country, Neville Mandimika, wrote…
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FIRS signs MoU with UK’s HM Revenue and Customs for capacity building
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the United Kingdom’s His Royal Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) was signed on Friday with the aim of fostering improved collaboration on capacity building between the two tax authorities. The two agencies signed the agreement in London, United Kingdom, and was attended by the Executive Chairman, FIRS,…
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Women’s World Cup prize money to increase by 300% to $150m, says FIFA President
The prize money for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup will increase by 300% to $150 million, FIFA President, Gianni Infantino told delegates at the 73rd FIFA Congress in Kigali, Rwanda on Thursday. While the Women’s World Cup prize money is now three times the 2019 figure and 10 times more than in 2015, prior to when Infantino became FIFA…
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