Day: March 13, 2023

NIGERIA’S ELECTORAL SHOW OF SHAME

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*Punch Editorial* The conduct of the 2023 presidential/National Assembly polls on February 25 has once more stirred deep questions on the credibility and integrity of the Independent National Electoral Commission. A host of domestic and international observers agreed that the polls grossly fell short of minimum global standards. It is a shame that after seven election cycles, balloting in Nigeria remains riddled with inefficiency and tainted by accusations of result falsification, vote buying, voter suppression, calculated disenfranchisement, and violence. Just like the previous general elections that were defiled by malpractices,…

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Naira scarcity made my daughter board BRT bus – Father of NYSC member killed in Lagos train accident

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Femi Aina, father of Oreoluwa Aina, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member killed in a Lagos train accident last week, has disclosed that his daughter took the BRT bus involved in the disaster because of naira scarcity. BBC Yoruba quoted Mr Aina as saying “if not for the money the authorities have withdrawn from circulation, my daughter would not have boarded that bus. “But because she had no money on her, that’s why she boarded the bus.” The bereaved father said he was in Abuja when the accident occurred on Thursday,…

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Emefiele told me banks can now pay and receive old notes – Soludo

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Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo on Monday said the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele confirmed to him that banks can now receive and dispense old naira notes. Soludo stated this in a release which he also shared on social media. He used the medium to urge Anambra residents to begin transacting with the old banknotes. Prof Soludo, a former CBN governor, said Emefiele personally confirmed the development to him in a phone conversation on Sunday night after a bankers’ committee meeting. According to him, tellers…

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Tinubu did not win 2023 presidential election — Obi

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… faults process Mandy Park  The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was wrong to declare the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu  winner  of the February 25, 2023 presidential election. Obi faulted the process that gave him victory, insisting that ”Tinubu never won the presidential election” Obi spoke today, Monday 13th, on Arise Television breakfast programme, The Morning Show, declaring that ‘winning the election is about the process, is about winning the people and not just…

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