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Reps urge INEC to extend voter registration by 60 days
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Do You Have Your PVC?
2023 is another election year, and we are barely 6 months away!
While online voter registration has closed, you can still register in person at the closest registration booth to you.
Visit the INEC portal here to check your registration status and other details.
DO NOT CARRY OUT DOUBLE REGISTRATION!!! If you are already registered, you might only be required to update your profile.
Local Stories
VP: APC still consulting as PDP screens Wike today
Barring any last-minute change, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential standard-bearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will today release the name of his running mate, 24 hours before the deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Read more…
Families decry mental condition of 11 freed train passengers, task FG
Families of the 11 Abuja–Kaduna train victims, who regained freedom recently, have cried out to the Federal Government that their loved ones are now mentally unstable and in critical condition. Read more…
Uzodimma denies advocating a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket for APC
Imo State Government has debunked the allegation by some media outlets that Governor Hope Uzodimma advocated a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Read more…
WHO issues advisory on vaccines for monkeypox
World Health Organisation (WHO), yesterday, released interim guidance regarding the first recommendations on the use of vaccines for monkeypox. Read more…
Reps urge INEC to extend voter registration by 60 days
The House of Representatives has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to extend the voter registration exercise by 60 days. Read more…
Tinubu’s wife sponsors a bill to prosecute officials behind unlawful child imprisonment
Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the lawmaker representing Lagos Central and wife of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has sponsored a bill seeking prosecution of officials behind the unlawful incarceration of minors. Read more…
Strike: ASUU issue more complicated than Nigerians think —FG
THE Federal Government said, yesterday, that the issue concerning the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and three other university-based unions was not as simple as people think. Read more…
Owo massacre: Senate demands raid on killers’ hideouts, helicopter, drones deployment
The Senate on Wednesday condemned the June 5 terrorists to attack St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo State which left about 40 persons dead and many others hospitalised. Read more…
Bayelsa women demand inclusion in oil spill compensation benefits
Community women leaders in Bayelsa State have demanded the inclusion of women as beneficiaries of the benefits that accrue from oil spill-related incidents in their communities as they suffer huge livelihood losses as a result of pollution. Read more…
International Stories
The US makes the biggest interest rate rise in almost 30 years
The US central bank has announced its biggest interest rate rise in nearly 30 years as it ramps up its fight to rein in soaring consumer prices. Read more…
European trio in Kyiv as Ukraine pushes for more weapons
The leaders of France, Germany and Italy have arrived in Kyiv for talks, after taking a night train from Poland. Read more…
North Korea expands work at the nuclear test site to the second tunnel
North Korea appears to be expanding work at its nuclear test site to include a second tunnel, a US-based think tank said on Thursday, as South Korean and US officials say North Korea might conduct a nuclear test any day. Read more…
The U.S., Allies Pledge New Help to Ukraine Against Russia Amid Growing Strains
The U.S. is sending $1 billion in new military assistance to help Ukraine repulse Russia’s invasion, in response to urgent pleas from Kyiv for better weapons and amid growing strains among Western capitals. Read more…
Teenager turns down Elon Musk’s $5000 offer and meets billionaire Mark Cuban for business advice
19-year-old Sweeney has said he agreed to stop tracking billionaire Mark Cuban's jets on Twitter after the billionaire reached out to him, offering business advice. Read more…
Business Matters
Rising transportation costs, naira depreciation, and others push inflation to 17.71%
The rising cost of transportation, depreciation of the Naira as well as the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has been identified as factors pressuring Nigeria’s inflation rate which hit a new high of 17.71 per cent in May. Read more…
Nigerian banks donate N24.1 billion as Corporate Social Responsibility in 2021
Twelve listed commercial banks on the Nigerian stock exchange donated a sum of N22.82 billion as part of corporate social responsibility in 2021, increasing by 27.5% compared to N17.8 billion donations made in the previous year. This is according to data compilations by Nairalytics – the research arm of Nairametrics. Read more…
Local airlines risk collapse as Jet-A1 hits N714/litre
Local airline operators, yesterday, said that a number of them now risk collapse barring the availability of affordable aviation fuel to sustain commercial operations. Read more…
Food price volatility pushes headline inflation to 17.7 per cent
Extreme food price volatility has resumed in earnest, pushing Nigeria’s headline inflation to 17.7 per cent, last month’s consumer price index (CPI) has shown. Read more…
LCCI to leverage Lagos international trade fair for SME development
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has announced plans to drive Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) development in the country. Read more…
Nigeria’s FX reserves to fall, CBN plans $1.7bn arrears payment
Nigeria’s forex exchange reserve will fall in 2022 as the Central Bank of Nigeria plans to clear about $1.7bn in FX backlog to foreigners and FX forward contracts, the World Bank has said. Read more…
Nigerian Stocks: List of Dividends announced in 2022
As audited accounts start to trickle in, companies will propose dividend payments to their shareholders as recommended by their respective boards of directors. Read more…
Tech Updates
Elon Musk Expected to Reiterate Desire to Own Twitter in Meeting Thursday
Elon Musk is expected to confirm his desire to own Twitter Inc. when he speaks to the social-media company’s employees on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the matter. Read more…
Metro
Filmmaker Edgard Leroy dies weeks after AMVCA win
Fast rising filmmaker, Edgard Leroy, has died in a fatal auto crash, which happened at the Sagamu area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Saturday. Read more…
Spotify to Slow Its Hiring by 25%
Audio streaming giant’s move is latest signal companies are bracing for possible recession. Read more…
Quote of the Day
"Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude."
—Ralph Marston