The Appeal Court in Owerri on Thursday upheld the electoral victory of Senator Rochas Okorocha, of Imo West senatorial district. The chairman of the panel, R.A Ada, who read the judgment said that the appeals filed by Senator Osita Izunaso of the All Progressives Grand Alliance and Jones Onyereri …
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Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said it is mandatory to deploy smart card readers in the prosecution of the November 16 governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi states. A series of tweets via the Commission’s verified Twitter handle @inecnigeria confirmed this on Thursday. …
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Despite the increasing awareness and reforms in the Bureau De Change (BDC) sub-sector, a significant number of operators are below the requisite rules guiding their activities, the Financial Stability Report of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for 2018, has noted. In a target examination of 100 selected BDCs conducted …
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The Federal Government has declared Monday as Public Holiday to mark the 2019 Eid-ul-Mawlud in commemoration of the birthday of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. Mr Mohammed Manga, Director Press and Public Relations of the Ministry of Interior, announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said the Minister …
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Three firefighters in northern Italy were killed Tuesday in a mysterious explosion at an abandoned farm building in what police said may have been a criminal act. The team of firefighters had responded after midnight to an alert about a gas leak in the small town of Quargnento in the …
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Turkish forces in northern Syria have detained a sister of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group who was killed in a US raid, a senior Turkish official said Tuesday. “Turkey has captured Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s sister” in a raid near the town of Azaz, the official, …
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The latest suspicious investment opportunity trending on Twitter with the help of influencers is yet another warning to Nigerians to ‘shine your eye.’ Be wary of investment offers like this #InvestWithFCM was a top 5 trending topic on Nigerian Twitter on Monday, November 4th The mysterious company named “FCM” got …
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British police said 39 bodies were found near London Wednesday in the container of a truck thought to have come from Bulgaria. Essex Police said the people were all pronounced dead at the scene in an industrial park in Grays, east of London. Early indications suggest the victims are 38 …
Read More »The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has decried the lack of commitment to standard by members of the Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria in bread making. The NAFDAC Director General, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja at a one-day …
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Telecoms companies on Tuesday accused banks of converting the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) channel, which should be a service channel dedicated to promoting financial inclusion, into a revenue line. In a letter addressed to the Body of Banks’ Chief Executive Officers (BOBCEOS), the telcos, acting under the aegis of …
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