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Over 10 million new voters have registered in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise across the country. This is according to the update for Week 11 in the Fourth Quarter released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday. A breakdown of the figure showed that while fresh registrants hit 10,487,972, completed registration was pegged at 8,631,696. Online registration as of 7 am, Monday 27th June 2022 was pegged at 3,250,449, and physical registration, at 5,381,247. Furthermore, the update noted that the fresh registrants are made up of 4,292,690 males; females: 4,339,006; Persons Living with Disabilities (PWDs): 67,171…

Trouble, when it comes, doesn’t come alone. It comes with a retinue of family members, so goes a popular saying. And so when it visited a former Senate President, who is a serving senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Ike Ekweremadu, it came with an avalanche that has so far threatened to consume and obliterate his many years of hard work. It is worthy of note that Ekweremadu has come under serious condemnation from various quarters even as the veracity of the allegation is yet to be determined. On Tuesday, June 21, 2022, the Specialist Crime Team of the…

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Sen Ahmed Bola Tinubu, attended Chicago State University. Farouk Kperogi, a Nigerian professor of mass communication based in the United States, confirmed this on his Facebook page after his inquiry from the university. His inquiry followed speculations that Tinubu might not have attended a higher institution. This followed his admission that he did not attend primary and secondary schools. Kperogi wrote, “In light of renewed doubts about Tinubu’s qualifications, I again reached out to a colleague of mine at Chicago State University to help me verify if Tinubu graduated from the school.…

Anosike Chimobi, one of the suspects arrested over the murder of Ahmad Gulak, has confessed committing the crime. Chimobi, who hails from Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo state, was paraded by the police on Monday. Gulak, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was murdered on May 30, 2021, at Obiangwu along Aba-Owerri road in Imo State, while on his way to the airport, apparently to board a flight to Abuja. The deceased was a political adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan. Parading the suspects, Public Relations Officer of the Imo State Police Command, Mr Mike Abattam,…

President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn Justice Kayode Ariwoola in as Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). He performed the ceremony in the Executive Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Justice Ariwoola became the presumptive lead justice of the Supreme Court, following the sudden resignation of Justice Tanko Muhammad as CJN over health reasons. Ariwoola, who arrived in the company of fellow Justices of the Supreme Court at about 2.45pm in a white tinted coaster bus, headed straight for the Council Chambers. Ariwoola is the third Supreme Court Justice to occupy the top judiciary job of the country in…

The former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), who is currently the Executive Governor of Anambra State, Prof Charles Soludo is expected to deliver the Keynote Address at the forthcoming " ANNUAL INTEGRITY LECTURE/ Award" organized by Nigerian Association of Christian Journalists (NACJ). In a Press Statement signed by the President of the Association, Dr Charles Okhai, Prof Soludo will deliver the Keynote Address alongside Prof. Pat UTOMI who is also expected to give a brief speech on the theme of the event tagged, "INTEGRITY IS EVERYTHING", while the title of the Keynote Address is," INTEGRITY; THE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT…

The International Fiscal Association (IFA) has thrown its weight behind Nigeria for refusing to endorse the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) G20 inclusive Framework two-pillar solution to the taxation of the digital economy, saying it will be an infringement on Nigeria’s sovereignty. The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) had last month said Nigeria’s cautious approach to the agreement was in the best interest of the country, and to ensure that Nigeria does not lose out on potential revenue from the digital economy. Chair of the IFA Africa Region and IFA Nigeria, Dapo Oladimeji noted that the OECD proposal…

Following the resignation of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed on Monday over alleged ill-health, Justice Olukayode Ariowoola is expected to be sworn in any moment as the acting CJN. He is the next in rank to Mohammed who suffered a vote of no confidence from 14 of the 15 Surpreme Court Justices. Justice Ariwoola was born on August 22, 1958. His Lordship studied law at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile Ife and bagged his bachelor of laws degree with honors in July, 1980. In July 1981, Olu Ariwoola was called to…

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad has resigned. Sources told Channels Television’s Judiciary correspondent, Shola Soyele that he resigned last night on grounds of ill-health. Information also has it that arrangements are now on to swear in the next most senior justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria. Reports also indicate that a formal announcement will be made shortly. Until his resignation, reports had it that Justice Tanko Muhammed was seriously ill. Only last week, 14 justices of the Supreme Court had written him a letter to lament the decrepit…