archiveFebruary 2023

  The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has assured Nigerians that the general election scheduled for February 25 and March 11, 2023, will hold as scheduled. Speaking with newsmen Wednesday after briefing the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the State House, Abuja, about the...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has hailed the Governors of the 36 states for standing on the side of the Nigerian people over the Central Bank new Naira and cashless policies that have subjected the masses to pains. According to Asiwaju Tinubu, the Governors...

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has cancelled UTME registrations of 817 candidates in the country. JAMB Registrar, Professor Is-haq Oloyede,  broke the news at a meeting with stakeholders on Tuesday. The JAMB boss said the registrations were invalidated over identified infractions bordering on the use...

Ahead of the February and March general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has revealed actions it would take if the Bimodal Voter Registration Systems, BVAS is snatched by thugs on election day. The Commission’s Deputy Director of Information and Communications Technology, Lawrence Bayode said on Wednesday that the...

The Chairman Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu has said that the Commission is challenged by the naira redesign as there exist lots of services the Commission must render with cash. Before the commencement of the meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, the INEC Chairman was invited to...

Rite Foods Limited, the market leader in Nigeria's food and beverage industry is poised towards promoting environmental conservation through its sponsored riteonthebeach initiative aimed at cleaning the country's beaches where it cleared 100,000 plastic bottles from Lagos shorelines. Launched in August 2021 by Rite Foods' Managing Director, Mr. Seleem Adegunwa,...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will work with the Lagos State Parks Management Committee for the distribution of election materials and personnel in the state. Olusegun Agbaje, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Lagos, spoke on Tuesday during the inter-agency consultative committee on election security (ICCES) meeting at...

The Nigerian Exchange Limited has set up its digital and technology products advisory panel as part of its plans to expand its digital transformation agenda. NGX disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday signed by its head of marketing and corporate communications, Clifford Akpolo. He said the panel will be...

  says I’ll continue to promote development in Oyo Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has called on residents of the state to use the opportunity of the 2023 general election to “take back Nigeria and place it on the path of righteousness.” The governor reiterated that the February 25 presidential...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Wednesday, counselled the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend the February 10 deadline for swapping old naira notes with the redesigned ones. The IMF gave the counsel in the wake of the challenges faced by Nigerians across the country over the banknote swap...