The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will deploy over 200,000 Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) across the country for the 2023 general election. INEC’s National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education, Mr Festus Okoye, who disclosed this in a statement yesterday, stated that the BVAS would …
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Liverpool Beat Man City To Win Community Shield
Summer signing Darwin Nunez sealed victory as Liverpool landed the first blow of the season on champions Manchester City by winning a thrilling Community Shield encounter. The FA Cup winners were pipped to the Premier League title by a single point last term after a season-long fight with City, but came …
Read More »INEC Hints On When PVC Will Be Ready
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday said the Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) for persons captured in the ongoing Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) would be ready in October and November. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner, Information and Publicity, disclosed this while monitoring the concluding segment of the ongoing …
Read More »Mane On Target As Bayern Munich Clinch German Super Cup In Eight-Goal Thriller
Sadio Mane opened his goal account as Bayern Munich defeated RB Leipzig 5-3 in the German Super Cup on Saturday, to kick off what is expected to be another season of domestic dominance. Bayern raced into the lead after a dull opening, when new signing Sadio Mane was dispossessed in the …
Read More »AMCON Returns Firm To Imo After 10-Year Takeover
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria has handed over the original title documents of a footwear manufacturing factory co-founded by the Imo State Government, Standard Shoe Company Limited, to the state government. It said the handover was part of its strategy to partner, support, and help revitalise businesses in its …
Read More »We Are Not Recruiting – Chevron
Chevron Nigeria Limited, the operator of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Joint Venture, has warned members of the public to beware of a false recruitment circular making the rounds on social media. The company said it does not solicit job applications or initiate recruitment processes through emails, posters, handbills, text messages, …
Read More »Innoson Motors Debt Claims Mischievous, Half-Truths, Cheap Blackmail — Imo Govt
Imo state government has described as distasteful and cheap blackmail the claim by Innoson Motors that it is owing the company N2.5b being cost of the vehicles it supplied to it some months ago, insisting that the company’s claim are half truths, intended to impugn on the integrity of the …
Read More »CBN Should Abolish Official Exchange Rate – BDC Operators
The Association of Bureaux Des Change Operators of Nigeria has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria to float the naira to halt its further depreciation. The President of ABCON, Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, made the appeal on Saturday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos. Gwadabe said …
Read More »€63m Mega Transformers To Arrive Nigeria September – FG
The Federal Government on Saturday announced that the mega transformers it ordered under the Presidential Power Initiative had successfully undergone a factory acceptance test at Siemens’ transformers factory in Trento, Italy. It also announced that the “first batch of the transformers is expected to arrive Nigeria in September 2022.” The …
Read More »Our Visit To Wike Not Political – Babachir, Dogara
The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and the ex-Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, have said their visit to the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, is not political. Babachir and Dogara held a closed-door meeting with the governor at his private residence in Rumueprikom, Obio-Akpor …
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