CVR: Fresh registration hits 8.56m
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says fresh registration in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) has hit 8,564,512, as of 7am on Monday, April 25. INEC disclosed this in a CVR update on quarter four, week two, released by the commission on Monday night. The commission also disclosed that 5,111,899 registrants had completed their registrations with 2,228,913 online and 2,882,986...
Russia-Ukraine war: Latest developments
Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine: 40 countries meet on Ukraine aid The defence ministers of 40 countries are expected at a security summit at a US airbase in Germany to discuss boosting arms supplies to Ukraine and ensuring the country's longer-term security once the war is over. Washington is pushing its allies to send Kyiv more heavy...
RMAFC chair declares for Ebonyi governorship race
Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Chief Elias Mbam, has declared his intention to contest the 2023 governorship election. The RMAFC boss said the governorship aspiration is hinged on his desire to serve the Ebonyi people. Mbam said that the state was in a hurry to catch up with the other developed states in the country, noting...
Kaduna govt builds youths’ resilience to socio-economic shocks
The Kaduna State Steering Committee on Social Investment on Monday started a four-day workshop to design a youth-focused graduation social protection programme. Mrs. Saude Atoyebi, the Focal Person, Kaduna State Social Investment Office, said at the workshop in Zaria, that the goal was to address the challenge of unemployment and build youths’ resilience to socio-economic shocks. The social protection is a...
Sex scandal: Chrisland student regrets action, apologises
The 10-year-old female student of Chrisland Schools, Lagos State, who was involved in the controversial immoral act with a colleague during a trip to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has apologised for her action. The female student has also deleted all the videos on her social media apps, Likee and TikTok. The Star had reported that the video of the...
Police arrest 4 officers for killing vigilante member in Edo
The Edo State Police Command has arrested four operatives of the command and a couple over their alleged involvement in the killing of a vigilante member in the state. The police operatives were alleged to have killed the deceased, identified simply as Aikpitanyi, at Ikponwonsa Aikpitanyi, Obaze Street in Benin, the Edo State capital. The 27-year-old victim, a member of the...
Power cable electrocutes four children in Ondo
Tragedy struck in the Ile Oluji/Okeigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, following the electrocution of four children in the area. It was gathered that the kids were electrocuted after an electric cable fell on the metal container shop inside which the deceased were playing. A source disclosed that two of the four victims were siblings who visited their aunt for...
FG shortlists bidders for Lagos, Abuja, Kano, 9 other highways
The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing has shortlisted 12 preferred bidders for the concession of 12 highways across the country. This follows the conclusion of evaluating proposals submitted for phase one of the Value-Added Concession (VAC) under the Highway Development and Management Initiative (HDMI). The first phase of the VAC under the HDMI seeks to concession 12 economically viable road...
MTN Nigeria issues N127bn Commercial Paper
Nigeria’s largest telecommunications firm, MTN Nigeria Communications Plc, has issued a N127 billion Series 1 & 2 Commercial Paper (CP) under its registered N150 billion programme. The issuance consisted of two tenors – a 184-day series issuance priced at a 7.50% yield and a 254-day Series 2 issuance priced at an 8.50% yield. The telco’s Company Secretary, Uto Ukpanah, in a...
Music producer, Samklef, joins 2023 presidential race
Popular Nigerian music producer, Samuel Oguachuba, well known as Samklef, has announced his intention to contest the 2023 presidential election. Samklef made this known via a series of tweets on his verified Twitter handle on Monday. The music producer, who shared his presidential campaign poster, disclosed that he would vie for the number one seat on the platform of the United...
