The cash crunch in the country worsened yesterday barely three days to the February 10 extended deadline for cash swap, as mammoth crowds continued to swamp banking halls and automated teller machines (ATMs) seeking to withdraw the new Naira notes. ...
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FG Awards N85bn 2023 Census Contract To Indigenous Tech Giant, Zinox
The federal government through the National Population Commission (NPC) has signed a landmark N85 billion with Nigeria’s leading integrated technology brand, Zinox, for the supply of the tech components and other accessories for the 2023 national census project. A statement ...
Read More »Fuel Crisis: NNPCL, IPMAN Reach Agreement On Direct Supply, Pricing
The scarcity of petrol and arbitrary increases being experienced across the country would ease in a few days following agreement reached by Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). Stakeholders in the ...
Read More »Court Stops PDP From Suspending, Expelling Wike
Justice J. K. Omotosho of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not to take any untoward action to suspend or expelling Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State from the party. The Court ...
Read More »2023: Group Throws Weight Behind Peter Obi, Hails Southern And Middle Belt Leaders For Endorsement
The recent endorsement of the candidacy of Mr. Peter Obi by the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) for the 2023 presidential election has received the backing of the NEO AFRICANA CENTRE (NAC). The public policy think tank threw ...
Read More »NPC Set For Credible, Reliable and Acceptable Census In Nigeria
By Saviour Ekpe There are many indicators that the National Population Commission (NPC) will conduct an acceptable, credible and reliable population and Housing Census in the 2023 National Census in Nigeria. One of the major indicators is the strict, intensive ...
Read More »Attack On BVAS
The recent Tribunal judgement on the Osun Governorship Election seems to have put the much revered Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) on a trial of sorts. The judges had ruled that both petitioner, former governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the All ...
Read More »Beyond Transformer Acquisition, Consumers Intensify Call For Improved Electricity Supply
As the epileptic electricity supply persists across the country, consumers have intensified their desire to see better supply of electricity from the grid to enhance their lives and boost economic activities. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has in recent ...
Read More »PSC Appoints 3 DIGs, Suspends Promotion Of 8 CPs
The Police Service Commission (PSC), has approved the appointment of three assistant inspectors general of police to the rank of deputy inspectors general of police. This is even as the Commission suspended the promotion of eight commissioners of police to ...
Read More »Banks Deny Hoarding Cash, Say N100bn Invested In IT Infrastructure
Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) have spurned claims by some Nigerians, including the damning verdict passed on them by President Muhammadu Buhari, that they are complacent and have been hoarding naira notes. In the past few days, the country had been ...
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