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Adams Oshiomhole, former governor of Edo state, says political leaders must support the efforts of security operatives in ensuring the 2023 elections are violence-free. He said the security challenges in Nigeria are not novel and can only be tackled through the collaborative effort of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), political leaders and […]

Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says financial technology (fintech) companies are disrupting the banking sector. Emefiele said this on Tuesday at the International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI) Africa Regional Committee (ARC) technical assistance workshop in Abuja, according to ThisDay.  The workshop themed ‘Normality in Turbulent Periods: […]

On Tuesday, the federal government recognised the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA), a breakaway faction of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), as an academic union. Chris Ngige, the minister of labour and employment, presented the certificate of registration to the union in Abuja. Ngige also presented a certificate of […]

Ahead of the 2023 elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rolled out measures to curb vote buying and increase transparency. Festus Okoye, INEC’s national commissioner, spoke on the measures on Tuesday during the citizens elections dialogue hosted by YIAGA Africa and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with Channels […]

Mike Ozekhome, counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order the release of his client. Kanu has been in DSS custody since his arrest and extradition from Kenya to Nigeria in June 2021. He is on trial for treasonable felony. […]

Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla Inc., has offered to purchase Twitter for the initial offer price of $44 billion. In a filing on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Musk made the offer in a letter to Twitter. The development comes ahead of a court trial between Musk and Twitter […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says Nigeria is at high risk of importing Ebola from Uganda. Uganda had declared an outbreak of Ebola after a 24-year-old male exhibited symptoms of the disease, tested positive, and later died. As of September 29, the Uganda ministry of health has reported 54 cases […]

Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, says recommendations on ending the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have been submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari. Gbajabiamila, who led a delegation of lawmakers to the presidential villa on Tuesday, told journalists that the recommendations were reached after several engagements with […]

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, says stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should be focused on promoting peace and unity. He said this on Tuesday after a meeting with the PDP board of trustees (BoT) in Rivers. The meeting comes amid crisis in the party over calls for Iyorchia Ayu to […]