Archive for October 26th, 2022

Olusegun Mimiko, former governor of Ondo, says he was not consulted before he was appointed as the leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign council committee in the state.  The PDP had recently appointed Mimiko to lead the presidential campaign in Ondo, with Roland Omowa and Eyitayo Jegede as chairman and […]

Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, says oil revenue shortfall and petrol subsidy deductions are challenging the full implementation of the 2022 budget. Ahmed said this on Wednesday when she appeared at the house of representatives committee on finance to present the performance of the 2022 budget. She said […]

The federal government says it will not be “stampeded” over the recent travel advisory by the United States (US) warning of possible terror attacks in Nigeria. In an update to a recent travel advisory, the US had authorised the evacuation of “non-emergency” employees and their family members in Nigeria “due to the heightened […]

Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says he does not have anything against Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. Tinubu spoke on Monday when he addressed a group in Kano that worked for the presidential bid of Osinbajo. In the build-up to the APC presidential primary, there had been varied reactions […]

The US government has issued a security alert warning its citizens about the possibility of terror attacks in South Africa. In the alert posted on its embassy website on Wednesday, the US said it received information that terrorists may be planning to attack large gatherings of people in Sandton, Johannesburg, on Saturday. […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says students account for the 40 percent of newly registered voters. The total number of newly registered voters in Nigeria is 9,518,188, according to Mahmood Yakubu, INEC’s chairman. Speaking on Wednesday at the commission’s 2022 third quarterly meeting with political parties in Abuja, Yakubu said youths […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the preliminary number of registered voters in Nigeria is 93 million. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, said this on Wednesday at the third quarterly meeting with political parties. Following the suspension of continuous voter registration (CVR) on July 31, the number of persons who completed their […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has redesigned some new naira notes. Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor, said this at a press conference on Wednesday. Emefiele said the new design and issues will be effective from mid-December 2022. According to Emefiele, the new notes include N200, N500 and N1000. He advised […]

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it has commenced the deduction of taxes at transaction points from online betting and gaming operators. Johannes Oluwatobi Wojuola, special assistant on media and communication to the FIRS chairman, said this in a statement released on Wednesday. He said Muhammad Nami, FIRS chairman, directed that […]

A federal high court in Umuahia, Abia state, has ordered the federal government to return Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to Kenya. Kanu was extradited from the East African country to Nigeria in June 2021. The court also ordered the government to pay Kanu N500 million as […]