- 2023 general elections
Tinubu confident of victory, promises transformative government
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu cast his vote at his Polling Unit 085, Ward C, Sunday Adigun Street, Alausa Ikeja on Saturday. Speaking with the media after casting his vote, Tinubu expressed optimism at emerging victorious. The APC candidate also promised to run a transformative government. He said: “I am very confident. I worked…
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PHOTO NEWS: Buhari votes in Daura
President Muhammadu Buhari has voted in the presidential and National Assembly elections in Daura. The president was in company of his wife, Aisha. Buhari shared his ballot with the public before dropping it in the box.
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BREAKING: CBN reviews tenure of Banks’ Executive management members
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revised the regulatory requirements for the tenure of Executive Management and Non-executive Directors of Deposit Money Banks and Financial Holding Companies. This was contained in a circular to all banks signed by the Director, Financial Policy and Regulation Department Chibuzor Efobi on Friday. According to the circular, the revision was part of measures…
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PHOTO NEWS: Remi Tinubu votes in Falomo
Wife of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has been accredited and voted at her polling unit 034, ward 9, in Falomo, Lagos.
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Atiku, Obi vote as poll yet to start at Tinubu’s voting centre
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar and that of the Labour Party Peter Obi have already voted in the presidential election. Atiku voted in the company of his wife, Titi at the Ajiya Ward in Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The former vice president while addressing journalists, expressed confidence he will emerge winner…
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$100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature: On the march again
The Advisory Boards for the Nigeria Prize for Science, Literature and Literary Criticism, have called for entries for the 2023 edition of the prizes, flagging off this year’s competitions. This was contained in a statement signed by Mr Andy Odeh, the General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development at Nigeria LNG Ltd. (NLNG), on Friday. According to the News Agency…
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Ballot prophets. Merchants of violence, By Jiti Ogunye
Forty-four years ago, in the run-up to the 1979 Presidential Election, a Professor Godspower Oyewole, then a renowned psychic, predicted that the name of the destined winner of the election was in the Bible. Many supporters of the Unity Party of Nigeria ( UPN ) and of the Nigerian Peoples Party ( NPP ) were happy and expectant. Awo was…
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A message to my President-to-be, By Abubakar Suleiman
It’s Monday 27th February, 2023. The results are in, the concessions received. You are now Mr President-in-waiting. Congratulations, you have done it. Now the real work starts, there’s no break for nation builders. A reminder:- The FGN is not a big government, not really. We can’t solve our problems by shrinking, we need to do more for more people. Growth…
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Police arrests House of Reps member with foreign currency in Rivers
A member of the House of Representatives, Chinyere Igwe has been arrested by the police in Port Harcourt, Rivers State with dollar notes. Igwe was arrested Friday morning with over $500,000. According to reports the arrested lawmaker claimed the money was given to him to ensure the electoral success of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar in…
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Finally, tomorrow comes, By Bolaji Adebiyi
Without a doubt, this is the longest electioneering in the electoral history of Nigeria. The politicians entered the fray in early 2022, with Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, for instance, announcing his aspiration on 10 January after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. But it was between May and early June of that year that…
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