INEC PLANS ELECTORAL REFORM TO ALLOW INMATES AND ESSENTIAL DUTY WORKERS TO VOTE
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is planning an electoral reform system that would allow individuals engaged in essential services during elections, such as security agents and journalists, as well as inmates in correctional centres, to cast their votes during general elections.
AWARD- WINNING MIGRANT ACTOR EARNS VISA TO STAY IN FRANCE AS A MECHANIC
An undocumented 23-year-old Guinean migrant living in France who won a prize at the Cannes film festival last year has been granted a work permit, enabling him to avoid deportation, his lawyer said Wednesday.
CBN STOPS EXTENSION OF EXPORT PROCEEDS REPATRIATION FOR EXPORTERS
Still on the Economy,The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced the suspension of approvals for the extension of export proceeds repatriation on behalf of exporters.
COURT SUMMONS MINISTER AND AGF OVER PROPOSED EXPATRIATES TAXATION
Still on AGF,Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja has ordered the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, to show cause why the implementation of the proposed expatriates taxation regime should not be stopped.
PENSION FUND INVESTMENT IN REAL ESTATE SHRINKS TO 20 BILLION NAIRA
The Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria has revealed that the dearth of real estate investment trusts on the market has seen investment in that segment shrink over the years.
BUDGET DEFENCE FAILS TO TAKE OFF ON TUESDAY AT HOUSE OF REPS
The defence of this year’s budget estimates by ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) of government before the various House of Representatives committees could not have begun yesterday in the House of Representatives.
EX-US PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER’S BODY LIES IN STATE AFTER WASHINGTON PROCESSION
The body of late United States President, Jimmy Carter, was transferred on Tuesday in a grand and solemn military ceremony to the US Capitol, where it will lie in state until a national funeral later this week.
NIGERIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL SAYS NIGERIA AT ‘MODERATE’ RISK, OF HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS,
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, reassuring Nigerians that there is no imminent threat of Human Metapneumovirus, HMPV, spreading into the country.
AGGRIEVED DISENGAGED STAFF SUE CBN WITH DEMANDS OF THIRTY BILLION DOLLARS COMPENSATION
Disengaged staff members of the Central Bank of Nigeria who were relieved of their jobs in a mass layoff last year have dragged the bank before the National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Abuja.
GHANA’S JOHN MAHAMA SWORN-IN AS PRESIDENT
John Mahama has taken the oath of office as Ghana’s new president in a ceremony attended by world leaders.