The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says days of wanton manipulation of election results are over in Nigeria, as it has blocked all avenues for such. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman, INEC said this at a Stakeholder Roundtable on Election Result Management and the Launch of the Election Results Analysis Dashboard (ERAD) Report on Electronic Transmission of Results organised by Yiaga Africa in Abuja on Friday. He said that INEC recorded a breakthrough with the new Electoral Act, 2022, which empowered it to adopt electronic means for both accreditation and results management and this made it a legal requirement for INEC…
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The Ohanaeze Ndigbo has called on the world to understand the comments by US-based Nigerian lecturer, Prof. Uju Anya on the death of Queen of England, Elizabeth II. Anya had tweeted that she wished the Queen “excruciating pain”. “I heard the chief monarch of a thieving raping and genocidal empire is finally dying. May her pain be excruciating. “If anyone expects me to express anything but disdain for the monarch who supervised a government that sponsored the genocide that massacred and displaced half my family and the consequences of which those alive today are still trying to overcome, you can…
The Forum of Regions of Africa has elected the Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), John Kayode Fayemi as president. The election that produced the governor held Friday morning in the city of Saidia in Oujda of the state of Casablanca in Morocco. The west Africa caucus ensured Dr Fayemi, Chair of the NGF was returned unopposed. In his acceptance speech, Dr Fayemi described the victory as a burden of history. He said leadership isn’t just a title but an instrument that should be used to influence policy and utilised for total positive impact on our people. He emphasised that…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched and priced a new €1.25 billion seven-year Global Benchmark transaction, in a Social Bond format, due September 14, 2029. The AfDB in in a statement posted on its on Friday, stated the bond launched on Wednesday, “pays a coupon of 2.250 per cent with a re-offer yield of 2.310 per cent.” The new seven-year EUR transaction marks the bank’s second EUR Global Benchmark in 2022, following the one billion euros five-year transaction issued in March, extending further the bank’s EUR curve. Additionally, the new line brings a new liquid and on-the-run reference point…
The North West University Sokoto (NWUS) has commenced admission into degree programmes for the 2022/2023 academic session. This is contained in a statement by the Registrar of the University, Umar Musa Garun Babba made available to newsmen on Thursday. According to the statement, suitably qualified applicants should apply for admission into the Faculty of Computing and Science, Faculty of Education and Faculty of Management and Social Sciences of the newly established North West University Sokoto for the 2022/2023 academic session. The Programme offered in the Department of Accounting and Finance is B.Sc Accounting and B.Sc Banking and Finance; Department of Business…
The President of Nigerian Students in Europe, Muhammad Bashiru Saidu has observed that Niger state is among worst states in Nigeria with poor scholarship programmes. Saidu also appealed to the state governor, Abubakar Sani Bello to provide scholarship for the state indigenes to enable them join their counterparts to study in Europe. Speaking with newsmen in Abuja on Monday, Saidu said the state is not doing enough to sponsor its students abroad. “Our study has revealed that the state government has not been sponsoring its students to study. “This is not encouraging, especially when other states are doing their best…
The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), government agencies and stakeholders have decried human activities that contribute to poor air quality across the country. They condemned this act on Friday at the close of the international conference organised by Centre for Atmospheric Research, an activity centre of NASRDA, in collaboration with Osun State University and Penn State University, USA. The conference which lasted from Monday to Friday focused on COVID-19, Air Quality and Environment, with the theme “Fighting Pollution: A Silent Threat to our Existence.’’ Prof. Babatunde Rabiu, Director, Centre for Atmospheric Research, said the centre in the past few…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has proposed a Debt-For-Climate (DFC) Swap deal in order to ensure a just energy transition for African countries. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Osinbajo is in Washington, US to seek global partnerships and support for Nigeria’s recently inaugurated Energy Transition Plan (ETP). The vice president delivered a lecture on Thursday explaining the DFC concept on a just and equitable energy transition for Africa at the Center for Global Development in Washington D.C, U.S. “Debt for…
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), has published a final dividend declaration notice to depositors of 20 failed banks. The NDIC also published a final dividend declaration notice to creditors of five banks in-liquidation. The notice published on the Corporation’s website on Friday, listed the banks to include ABC Merchant Bank Ltd., Commercial Trust Bank Ltd. and Continental Merchant Bank Plc. Others are Merchant Bank of Africa Ltd., Pan African Bank Ltd., Kapital Merchant Bank Ltd., Eagle Bank and Allied Bank of Nigeria, among others. The Corporation also listed creditors’ banks to include Cooperative & Commerce Bank, Nigerian Merchant Bank,…
The National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Debo Ologunagba says the current internal wrangling won’t affect the party’s chances at the 2023 General Elections. Ologunagba stated this when he spoke with journalists in Abuja, saying that misunderstanding would soon be resolved. He said that the party was working toward unveiling its national campaign council for 2023 presidential election. “The PDP is alive. We are active and we are working hard on our mission statement. “We are working on our campaign council, in a couple of days it will be unveiled for the people to see. “Irrespective of what…