The Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal has admitted in evidence, the Certified True Copies (CTC) of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) reports. It shows alleged over-voting in favour of Sen. Ademola Adeleke, during the July 16 governorship election in the state. Oyetola and APC had on August 5 submitted a petition before the tribunal in Osogbo. Oyetola and APC were challenging the election results from 749 polling units across 10 local government areas of the state for various alleged electoral malpractice, especially over-voting. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Adeleke as the winner of the July 16…
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Governments across Africa must begin to rethink governance, engender public confidence and trust in government by providing value for taxpayers’ money in line with their obligations under the social contract they have with citizens. This was the call made to African Governments by the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami at the Opening Ceremony of the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) 7th General Assembly, held in Lagos, Nigeria, Tuesday. Muhammad Nami who made this call in his opening remarks to the 7th General Assembly, with the theme “Rethinking Revenue Strategies: The Human Face of Taxation,”…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has observed that the assertive force of the financial companies popularly called FinTechs may soon overtake traditional banks, which may latter run out of business. ASHENEWS reports that the governor of the CBN, Godwin Emefiele made the observation at the 28th edition of the Annual In-house Executive Seminar on “Digitalization of Money and Monetary Policy in Nigeria,” in Abuja on Wednesday. Emefiele, represented by the Deputy Governor Financial Systems Stability, Mrs Aishah Ahmad noted that there is “the fear of FinTech outcompeting traditional banks with associated profitability risk.” Fintechs, including Paga, Interswitch, Flutterwave, Kuda…
By Babagana Wakil, Maiduguri Borno state governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday, flagged-off a N300 million scholarship scheme to support 300 orphans whose parents died as volunteers under the ‘Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF)’ vigilantes and hunters. Zulum also announced a 35% increase of monthly allowances paid to volunteers. The volunteers who died at different operations, were involved with fighting Boko Haram and ISWAP side-by-side with the Nigerian armed forces in the state. Zulum said the N300 million set aside was to cover all educational needs of the 300 orphans throughout their basic education levels, in the first stage,…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday, approved the establishment of a Planetarium and Museum at the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA). This is contained in a statement signed by Ms Manji Yarling, Acting Head, Media and Publicity, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) in Abuja on Wednesday. Yarling said the projects which would adopt and equip, operate and maintain Public Private Partnership Model, followed the regulatory guidance of the ICRC. According to her, the project is designed to run for a concession period of 15 years and will generate a total of N30 billion for both the federal…
The Gombe state Executive Council (SEC) has approved N173.72 billion budget proposed for 2023 fiscal year. The state Commissioner for Finance, Mohammed Magaji stated this at the end of the SEC meeting on Wednesday in Gombe. He said the SEC meeting presided over by Gov. Inuwa Yahaya, approved the draft 2023 budget proposal for presentation to the State House of Assembly. He said the N173.72 billion proposed budget for 2023 was higher than N154.61 billion for 2022, representing about 11 per cent increase. The council, he said, approved the Medium Term Expenditure Framework earlier sent to the House of Assembly…
The German government on Wednesday, said that it plans to make plastic manufacturers contribute to the cost of cleaning up litter in streets and parks. The Cabinet agreed on a bill that makers of products containing single-use plastic will need to pay into a central fund managed by the government, starting in 2025. The fund is estimated to collect about €450 million ($446 million) in the first year, based on the companies’ past production of single-use plastic. Affected items include cigarette filters, drink containers and packaging for takeout food. Environment Minister Steffi Lemke said the cost of cleanups in Europe’s…
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele has revealed that since its inauguration on October 25, 2021, the eNaira has N8 billion from 700,000 transactions. Emefiele said this on Wednesday in Abuja, at the 28th edition of the apex bank’s annual In-house Executive Seminar with the theme, “Digitalisation of Money and Monetary Policy in Nigeria”. He was represented by the Deputy Governor, Financial System Stability of the apex bank, Aisha Ahmad. The eNaira, CBN’s version of the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), was inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari on October 25, 2021. According to Emefiele,…
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has directed Osun state Commissioner of Police, CP Olaleye Faleye to investigate the alleged assault on woman inspector, Olorunsogo Bamidele by her DCO in Ode Omu. The order is contained in a statement by the spokesperson of Force Headquarters, Muyiwa Adejobi made available to newsmen on Wednesday. “We will await the report of the investigation from Osun state Police Command before necessary actions are taken. “However, we assure the general public that justice will be done in the case to protect the core values and ethics of the NPF,” the statement reads.
“It is not possible for us as a party to move forward without resolving the issues that I and my other colleagues are raising. These are the issues creating some challenges in the PDP. We must therefore come together as a team and work to resolve them.” Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom has called on the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu; the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and other leaders of the party not to ignore the demands of the five governors elected on the platform of the party. ASHENEWS reports that Ortom made the assertion…