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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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 »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 »Creative Revolution – Nigerian Women Who Are Rewriting The Narrative
The Nigerian Creative industry has been evolving fast for some time now. More so, in recent years, its growth has skyrocketed, as members of the Nigerian creative sector are now gaining recognition, not just pan-Africa, but globally as well. In ...
Read More »NNPCL, INEC Parley On Fuel Supply For Election Material Movement
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has assured the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of its support to guarantee uninterrupted supply of petroleum products for the logistics supplies for this year’s general elections. The group chief executive officer (GCEO) ...
Read More »Why Uyo Senatorial District People Prefer Princess (Dr.) Victoria Ibokette
By Christian George/Happiness Amos As the 2023 elections draw closer, the Akwa Ibom North East (Uyo) Senatorial District candidate under the African Democratic Congress, Princess (Dr.) Victoria Ibokette has been given a nod to run as the people of the ...
Read More »Lekki Deep Seaport Targets $361bn Revenues, 200,000 Jobs
President Muhammadu Buhari, has finally commissioned the $1.5billion Lekki deep seaport for commercial operation. Construction of the port started on June 15, 2020, and was completed on Monday, October 24, 2022. LEADERSHIP gathered that the deep seaport which was the ...
Read More »New Naira: Banks, Customers Pressure CBN To Shift Jan 31 Deadline
The Central Bank of Nigeria may be under pressure to extend the deadline for old naira notes to cease being legal tender as bankers and customers push for the extension. The old notes are expected to be out of circulation by ...
Read More »Prince Harry Secretly Obtained Police Files On Mother’s Death
Britain’s Prince Harry in his newly published memoirs, Spare describes how he got his private secretary to obtain police files on the Paris auto crash that led to the death of his mother, Diana Spencer, and before her divorce, Diana, ...
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