Day: February 24, 2023

Suspected hoodlums on Friday night attacked ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission camped at Tudunwada Primary School in Gombe metropolis. The PUNCH reports that no fewer than three phones, back packs, power banks were lost to the attackers. However, three persons have been rushed to the hospital having sustained machete cuts, while

The Central Bank of Nigeria has appointed Dr Isa Abdulmumin as its acting director of Corporate Communications Department. Abdulmumin, formerly a deputy director, took over from Osita Nwanisobi, who retired from the bank on Friday, after serving as the director of Corporate Communications since 2021. The CBN had approved Nwanisobi’s appointment as the director of

An international gender rights organisation under the aegis of Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre has called on anti-corruption agencies to beam their searchlights on vote-buying as Nigerians go to the polls on Saturday. The organisation said the commercialisation of votes had continued because agencies like the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and Independent Corrupt

The Central Bank of Nigeria has revised the regulatory requirements for the tenure of executive management and non-executive directors of Deposit Money Banks and Financial Holding Companies in the Code Of Corporate Governance For Banks And Discount Houses (Ref: FPR/DIR/CIR/GEN/01/004). In a circular titled ‘Review of tenure of executive management and non-executive directors of Deposit

The Independent National Electoral Commission has promised that the results of Saturday’s general elections will be announced swiftly. The INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, on Friday, made this known to journalists in Abuja. He said, “I just want to say that we will ensure that result declaration will be done speedily. I can’t put a

  Manor Solomon extended his hot streak as the Fulham forward came off the bench to rescue a 1-1 draw against Wolves in Friday’s Premier League clash. Marco Silva’s side trailed to Pablo Sarabia’s first goal in five appearances for Wolves since his January move from Paris Saint Germain. But Israel international Solomon netted after

The Ondo State of the Labour Party has raised the alarm over the omission of its logo on the ballot papers sent to the state. This is noticed barely 24 hours before the presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled to hold Saturday. The party’s state secretary, Mr Agbaje Abiodun, at a press briefing in Akure,

China has blocked new artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT over fears that its American owners would use the tool to spread propaganda in the country. ChatGPT is the latest chatbot from OpenAI, founded in 2015 by Elon Musk, Sam Altman and others, but has only been publicly available since November. The AI tool has the ability

Barely 24 hours to the 2023 general election, the Kogi State Police Command has revealed that some workers of CCECC construction company, who were caught destroying roads leading to Kogi Central Senatorial district, have been arrested. It was alleged that the state government engaged the workers to destroy the roads in order to prevent the

  Residents of Sabon Gari area of Zaria, Kaduna State, were thrown into mourning following a fire that gutted the residence of a couple, killing them and their six children. It was gathered that the fire incident happened around 2am on Thursday when the family members were asleep. A source, who preferred to be anonymous,