INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC) ACCREDITES ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR GROUPS TO SERVE AS OBSERVERS IN THE UPCOMING GOVERNORSHIP ELECTIONS IN EDO AND ONDO STATES.

INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC) ACCREDITES ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR GROUPS TO SERVE AS OBSERVERS IN THE UPCOMING GOVERNORSHIP ELECTIONS IN EDO AND ONDO STATES.

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has accredited One Hundred and Thirty Four Groups to serve as Observers in the upcoming Governorship Elections in Edo and Ondo States scheduled for September and November 2024 respectively. Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), Mr. Sam Olumekun, made this known in a statement issued on Monday, 15th July 2024. He disclosed that a total of 134 Observer Groups out of 153 applications received […]

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Business

CENTRAL BANK COMMENCE SALES OF FOREX TO BUREAU DE CHANGE

Central Bank of Nigeria has commenced sales of forex to Bureau De Change operators after a four-month hiatus, newsmen have reported . This was after the apex bank confirmed forex sales of $122.67m to 46 authorized dealers on Friday. A statement signed by the Bank’s Director in charge of Financial Markets, Dr Omolara Duke, said the new release is part of the bank’s determination to promote stability and reduce market […]

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General

INTER-PARTY ADVISORY COUNCIL (IPAC), DESCRIBES SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL AUTONOMY AS VICTORY FOR DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA.

The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), says the Supreme Court judgment on Local Government financial autonomy is a victory for sustainable democracy in Nigeria. IPAC National Chairman, Yusuf Dantalle, who stated this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja, called for the immediate implementation of the Apex court’s judgment on the matter. Supreme Court had on Thursday in a judgment granted financial autonomy to Local Governments (LGs) in the country, […]

July 12, 2024 41

General

NATIONAL ARTS THEATRE LAGOS, BECOMES PROFESSOR WOLE SOYINKA CENTER.

President Bola Tinubu has named the National Arts Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos, after Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka. Tinubu announced this in a letter he wrote to the iconic figure in commemoration of his 90th birthday. Tinubu said his government did not only celebrate Soyinka’s remarkable literary achievements but also his unwavering dedication to the values of human dignity and justice. He noted that despite deprivation and solitary confinement, Soyinka’s […]

July 12, 2024 43

Business

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE TO EMBARK ON INTENSIVE OVERSIGHT ON AGENCIES IN CHARGE OF AMAC

House of Representatives Committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Councils and Ancillary Matters, has expressed its decision to embark on intensive oversight on agencies in charge of all Area Councils in the nation's capital. This, the Committee said, is due to the refusal of some of the agencies to honour its summons to present their budgetary expenditures. The Committee, led by representative Frederick Agbedi, also vowed to sanction […]

July 12, 2024 16

Economics

FG SEEKS PARTNERSHIP WITH INDIA ON GREEN ENERGY

The Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, has had a discussion with the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Shri Balasubramanian, to establish new green industrial partnership opportunities. He said the meeting, which took place at the State House, Abuja, brought hope and quality results to Nigeria green industrial drive. Chief Ngelale told newsmen that giving the status of India as one of the world most committed countries […]

July 11, 2024 15

Education

KANO STATE GOVERNMENT REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO TRANSFORMING EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPE

The Kano State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to transforming the educational landscape into a more unified, inclusive, and responsive framework. Governor Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, made this clear at the inauguration of a two-day Kano State Education Recovery Conference held at Bayero University. The conference, themed "Repositioning Education in Kano: Navigating the Path to Excellence", was organized in collaboration with the Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria (PLANE) […]

July 11, 2024 47

General

SUPREME COURT TO GIVE JUDGEMENT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY TODAY

The Supreme Court of Nigeria will on Thursday decide whether local government councils in the country will begin to operate as a fully independent entity or remain as an appendage of state governors. Although Nigeria operates a three-tier system of government; federal, state and local governments, over the years the local governments seemed to have been subsumed into the state governments, with the states allegedly taking over the management of […]

July 11, 2024 55

General

UN CALLS FOR RELEASE OF ABDUCTED POLITICAL ACTIVIST IN LIBYA

The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said on Wednesday it was deeply concerned by reports of the recent abduction of a political activist whose whereabouts remain unknown. Al-Moatassim Al-Areebi, 29, was abducted on Monday in the north-western city of Misrata, located roughly 187 kilometres east of the capital;Tripoli. UNSMIL, in a statement, reiterated the call by members of the Misrata Municipal Council and community representatives urging the city’s security […]

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