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Reps to investigate illegal deductions, charges by banks, urges CBN to halt addition of social media handles to KYC requirements

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The House of Representatives on Tuesday urged commercial banks operating in the country to put an end to excess charges and illegal deductions from their customers. This call followed a motion presented by Rep. Godwin Offiono (PDP, Cross River), which the House unanimously adopted during Tuesday’s plenary. Presenting the motion, Offiono noted that some banks … [Read more…]

Chukwude Emmanuel Ikechukwu passes on at 76

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Death has occurred of Mr. Chukwude Emmanuel Ikechukwu, a citizen of Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria. He is to be buried on 4th August, 2023, at his home town Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria. Mr. Chukwude Emmanuel Ikechkwu died at St. Charles Boromew Hospital, Onitsha on 1st June, 2023. Until his death, he was a retiree, formely … [Read more…]

[EXPLAINER] Reason Seychelles may have imposed travel ban on Nigerian passport holders

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THE Republic of Seychelles has reportedly imposed a ban on Nigerian passport holders applying for short-term visas or holiday purposes, causing protests among Nigerian Twitter users. The travel ban was confirmed when a travel content creator shared a screenshot of a rejection email received from the Seychelles immigration authorities. The rejection email shared by Twitter … [Read more…]

Nigeria; Like Kenya, Like Malawi? – Oseloka Obaze

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Oseloka Henry Obaze as Keynote Speaker at the Maiden Frontier Discourse Annual Public Lecture Series and Awards

By Oseloka H. Obaze Democratic consolidation requires holding periodic elections that allow for peaceful transfer of power. Yet some elections held outside of consolidated democracies have been identified as sources of conflict. So far, Nigeria has managed to skirt around its various electoral crises, thus avoiding ensuing conflicts. But all is still not well. As long … [Read more…]

Fed Gov’t Set To Harmonise FIRS, Customs, Others

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The Federal Government is set to harmonise all revenue-collecting agencies in Nigeria. The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Revenue, Zach Adedeji made this known on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Monday. Adedeji said the government will double the country’s total annual revenue which is currently below N15trn by deepening the nation’s revenue … [Read more…]

Court Bars INEC From Prosecuting Ari, Suspended Adamawa REC

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Justice Donatus Okorowo of a Federal High Court in Abuja, has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from prosecuting the suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa-Ari, over his declaration of Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, as winner of the March 18 Adamawa State governorship poll. The court … [Read more…]

DSS Clears Air on Yari’s Arrest, Invasion Of ICPC, CCB

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The Department of State Services (DSS) has stated that former Zamfara State governor, Senator Abdulaziz Yari was not arrested for allegedly refusing to pick the president’s phone call as was reported in some online publications. This is even as the DSS denied reports of storming the offices of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related … [Read more…]

APC Reschedules Caucus, NEC Meetings To July 18, 19

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) postponed its meetings of the party’s highest decision-making bodies, national caucus and National Executive Committee (NEC) to July 18 and 19 respectively. According to a statement by the party’s national secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore, on Monday, the national caucus and NEC meetings, which were earlier slated for July 10 and … [Read more…]

Sit-at-Home: Enugu’s Mbah mulls dragging enforcers to ICC, as Ohaneze says Ekpa tool to destabilise SE, use Biafra, Kanu to enrich self

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…We won’t take orders from Murderers, Rogues, Gov. Mbah fumes …Urges combined action against scaremongering, fake news …Says sit-at-home enforcers not after Nnamdi Kanu’s freedom Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, has declared that the state was wining the war against sit-a-at-home enforcers and would never take orders from people he described as murderers and … [Read more…]

The Yoke Upon the Judiciary

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Oseloka Henry Obaze

By Oseloka H. Obaze Well before the 25 February date arrived, it was predicted that the 2023 general elections will be another milestone in Nigeria’s political journey: if effected with transparency and fairness, it will launch Nigeria on the path of democratic consolidation, and if poorly managed; degrade the democratic process further. Beyond imponderables, the … [Read more…]