The Yoruba Community Abuja, FCT, the umbrella body of all Yoruba groups in Abuja the nation’s capital, established to foster unity, promote culture, well being and champion the individual and collective cause of Yorubas in the Federal Capital Territory has announced plans for the maiden edition of the Yoruba Cultural Festival in celebration of the…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved the circulation of old N500 and N1000 notes. The apex bank confirmed this in a statement issued on Tuesday night.
The decision of Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to seek a second term in office, came as no surprise to millions of Lagosians, in that the constitution of land permits him to do so. But the move, no doubt, was greeted by spontaneous excitement among the residents, given the quality of leadership, people-oriented policies and…
The Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, on Thursday, arraigned a man, Samuel Oni, before a Magistrate’s Court sitting in Akure, for allegedly defrauding a sex worker, Blessing Olaitan, of N120,000. During the proceeding, Olaitan told the court that she was a professional sex worker, adding that after having sex…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed the governorship and state assembly elections scheduled to hold on March 11 by one week. The elections will now hold on March 18, 2023. A Residential Electoral Commissioner who spoke to our correspondent on the condition of anonymity confirmed the decision. It was learnt that the postponement was…
INEC publication on its official website confirms that Labour Party won the House of Representatives election of February 25, 2023 in Oshodi/Isolo constituency 1 in Lagos State. Incidentally, the name of a wrong candidate was erroneously published against the party’s name. The public should, however, note that the party is the owner of the mandate,…
Three of the five aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party lost their bids to go to the Senate, DIRISU YAKUBU examines the implication of the loss for the governors and the members of the Integrity Group led by the outgoing Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike For months, reconciliatory efforts were made by chieftains of the Peoples…
INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has admitted that there were glitches in the Saturday February 25th Presidential and National Assembly elections. But, the Commission has assured Nigerians that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) will be used in the forthcoming governorship and state legislature elections. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood…
The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) has urged Nigerians to come out en-masse for the forthcoming Governorship and State Assembly elections irrespective of how they feel about the outcome of the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections. The group urged the electoral umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to live up to expectations by improving…
The Supreme Court, on Friday, nullified the ban on use of the old N200, N500 and N1000 banknotes as legal tenders. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a seven-member panel of Justices, held that the old banknotes should remain valid legal tenders until December 31. It held that the old Naira notes should…
