The Commonwealth is deploying a team to observe the general election in Ghana scheduled for 7 December, 2020. Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, constituted the group following an invitation from the Electoral Commission of Ghana. Members of the group include politicians, diplomats and experts in law, human rights, gender and election administration from across the Commonwealth. […]
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The Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to President Buhari, Mallam Garba Shehu, says his comment that the farmers killed in Borno state did not get military clearance to visit their farms, was a response to a question on security operations in the north-east. Recall that on Saturday, suspected Boko Haram members attacked Zabarmari community in […]
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The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced that beneficiaries of diaspora remittances through the international monetary transfer operators (IMTO) can now such inflows in foreign currency (US Dollar) through the designated bank of their choice. The apex bank in a statement signed by O.S. Nnaji, director of trade & exchange of CBN, said recipients of […]
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The Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Dr Ibrahim Oloriegbe, on Thursday, stated that the senate has passed a bill that will make health insurance mandatory for all Nigerians. Oloriegbe disclosed this at the inauguration of Group Individual and Family Social Health Insurance Programme (GIFSHIP) in Abuja. “We have passed it in the Senate. Two Committees on […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria, on Wednesday, revealed that it has reached out to the British Government over the threat by the UK Parliament, to impose sanctions on Nigerian officials over their roles in the End SARS protests. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, stated this while fielding questions from State House reporters at […]
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The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Akwa-Ibom State, Mike Igini has described local government elections in Nigeria as nothing but organised crime. Igini who disclosed this during his appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, accused state governors of interfering in the conduct of the polls at the grassroots. “Local government elections are nothing but organised crime. […]
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Governors of the south-south geopolitical zone of Nigeria have lamented the underdevelopment of their region, stating that their resources are used to improve the welfare of other regions. Ifeanyi Okowa, chairman of the south-south governors forum, stated this on Tuesday during the regional stakeholders meeting with the presidential delegation led by Ibrahim Gambari, chief of […]
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Following Wednesday’s approval by the Federal Executive Council (FEC), the 2020 Finance Bill that seeks to provide more tax incentives for Nigerian businesses and individuals has been formally presented to State governors under the aegis of the National Economic Council (NEC), at a meeting presided over today by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Some highlights […]
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World football governing body, FIFA plans to introduce a series of measures to protect pregnant footballers including mandatory maternity leave “of at least 14 weeks”, the sport’s world governing body announced on Thursday. “We want to see more women play football but in the same time have a family,” Sarai Bareman, FIFA’s chief women’s football […]
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The Nigerian government through its Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has said that there will be no relaxing of the COVID-19 protocols ahead of the Christmas season. The coordinator of the PTF, Sani Aliyu, stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the daily briefing of the pandemic. Mr Aliyu said that Nigeria is currently […]
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