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House of Representatives member-elect for the Esan South-East/Esan North-East Federal Constituency, Prince Odi Okojie, has dedicated his certificate of return to his actress wife, Mercy Johnson. He made this known on his Instagram page on Saturday, where he shared photos of himself and his wife. Praising his wife, Okojie stated "I want you to know that my love and appreciation to you for all your effort to this victory for our Constituency is immeasurable and may God in His infinite Love and Mercy, continue to shine His light of glory on you, for in me is the reflection of that…

Former Abia State Governor, Theodore Orji, has stated that he is strong and healthy while dismissing the rumour that he is dead. The Abia Central Senator, in a Facebook live video on Saturday afternoon shared by his aide, Ifeanyi Umere described the rumour as wicked. "Dead man dey talk? Rumours doesn't mean anything to me; I am used to rumours. I am used to serious rumours, so it doesn't mean anything to me. It is you my friends that are worried, and you have come here to see that I am alive; I dey kampe," he said. Concerns had been…

Barrister Friday Nwosu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) national welfare secretary, is dead. The ruling party announced his demise in a tweet on Thursday night. The cause of his death is unknown. He is said to have passed on at a hospital in the federal capital territory (FCT). “Words are not enough to describe the monumental loss brought by the passing of the party’s National Welfare Secretary, Sir Friday Nwanozie Nwosu on the APC family. May his soul rest in peace,” the party tweeted. In the build-up to the 2019 general election, Nwosu was a governorship aspirant in Abia state…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the governorship and state house of assembly elections scheduled for Saturday, March 11. In a statement on Wednesday night, INEC National Commissioner for Voter Education, Festus Okoye, said the elections will hold on Saturday, March 18.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has concluded arrangement to postpone the governorship and state house of assembly elections scheduled for Saturday, March 11. The polls have now been rescheduled by one week to March 18, 2023, credible sources in the commission told Daily Trust. It was learnt that the postponement was due to the inability of the commission to commence the re-configuration of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines used for the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections, to enable their use for the state elections. Authoritative sources told Daily Trust that the commission management is currently…

Tax is a compulsory contribution to state revenue levied by the government on workers' income and business profits, or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions. But for the sake of clarity, this piece will be focusing on tax as citizen's obligation or contribution towards national development. Nigeria like every other nation around the world needs revenue for the smooth running of governance and also to perform other civic operations. Although revenue can be gotten from various sources, one source that stands out the most in our contemporary time is revenue generated through taxation. Every country has…

The House of Representatives member-elect for Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency, Chief Ibe Okwara Osonwa has received his Certificate of Return following his victory at the just concluded National Assembly election. Osonwa, a candidate of the Labour Party (LP), was on February 27, declared as the winner of the Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency seat by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He polled 8,946 votes to defeat his closest rival, Chief Dan Okeke of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who scored 6,635 votes. After receiving his certificate of return on Wednesday in Abuja, Osonwa told newsmen of his determination to make the people…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday said it has not issued a fresh directive to commercial banks on last Friday’s judgement of the Supreme Court ordering the circulation of the old naira notes alongside the new ones until December 31. A seven-member panel of justices presided over by Justice Inyang Okoro had described as unconstitutional, President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to the CBN for the redesigning and withdrawal of old notes of N200, N500 and N1,000, without consultation with the states, Federal Executive Council, the National Council of States, and other stakeholders. Daily Trust reports that there was confusion among…