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Walter Onnoghen, the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), has pleaded not guilty to the six-count charge preferred against him over fraudulent declaration of assets. He is standing trial before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). After initially refusing to appear before the CCT, a bench warrant was issued for his arrest on Thursday. He eventually showed up before the …

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The number of extremely poor Nigerians has risen to 91.6 million, according to the World Poverty Clock. This implies that virtually half of Nigeria’s population now lives in extreme poverty. The World Poverty Clock had named Nigeria the poverty capital of the world last June when it revealed that Nigeria had 87 million people living in poverty. The latest figure …

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Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on Nigerians to use radio as a tool for building peace across political, economic, religious and ethnic divides particularly at this period when Nigeria is holding general elections to elect a new set of leaders. MRA made the call in a statement issued in Lagos by Mr. Ayode Longe, MRA’s Programme Director, to commemorate …

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Director of the International Press Centre (IPC), Mr. Lanre Arogundade has enjoined journalists to be security conscious and embrace professionalism as they cover the 2019 general elections. Arogundade gave the advice at a media round-table and presentation of report of monitoring of print and online newspapers’ reporting of the 2019 electoral process. “My appeal is that we must know that …

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…Borders On Huge Non-Performing loans, High Cost Of Funds …Exorbitant Administrative And High Emoluments To successive CEOs …Poor Corporate Governance Practices The Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), has debunked insinuations that the liquidation exercise carried out on Fortis Micro-Finance Bank Plc was done in bad fate. The NDIC said that the Micro-Finance Bank came specifically under the hammer when the …

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The concessionaire of the Warri Port Terminal B, Ocean and Cargo Terminal Services Limited, has taken possession of the terminal after the formal handing over by both the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE). The handing over was done by the Managing Director, NPA, HajiaHadizaBala Usman, who was represented by the Executive Director, Marine and Operations, …

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United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has collaborated with Google and ISP partner to launch Google Station in 11 key UBA branches in Lagos State as part of plans to roll out 200 stations in the country. Google Station, a platform for providing free, high-speed Wi-Fi hotspots in public places, began in Lagos last year, and extended to Abuja in …

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Tayo Olanipekun A Nigerian journalist, Kingsley Ediale, has continued to impress celebrities with his personalized and beautifully worded letters he churns out on a regular basis, focusing on their strong points and general comments about the public figures. On Facebook and Instagram, his letters have gathered thousands of comments, likes and shares by readers and the individuals he writes about …

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The Code of Conduct Tribunal has ordered both the Inspector-General of Police and the Director-General of Police to arrest of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen. Delivering a ruling of the three-man tribunal, the Chairman of the CCT, Danladi Umar, ordered the security agencies to produce Onnoghen at the tribunal on Friday. He dismissed the objection raised …

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says any of the ten fingers — not only the index — can be used for marking the ballot papers when voting. The electoral body said it got wind of “false reports” that the only the index finger is approved for marking the ballot papers. It described the rumour as “false”, saying any of …

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