There is disquiet in the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the disqualification of 21 out of the 40 House of Assembly candidates of the Party for the 2023 elections.Former Deputy National Chairman of the party, Chief Olabode George, raised an alarm that 21 of the 40 House of Assembly candidates…
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, on Monday in Abuja lamented that the commission is currently facing 600 court cases that arose over the nomination of candidates for the 2023 general elections. Yakubu revealed the situation became worrisome when a political party served 70 court summons on the electoral body in…
Mobile telecommunications giant, MTN Nigeria has announced some customers may experience service downtime for seven hours as it plans to effect a system upgrade. The network confirmed that its over 81 million telephony subscribers and 64.06 million internet subscribers would be shut out of voice and data networks on Tuesday due to the scheduled service…
The Biden administration has been privately telling Ukraine to signal willingness to hold talks with Russia or risk losing support from other nations, US media reported on Sunday. The request by American officials was not aimed at pushing Ukraine to the negotiating table, but a calculated attempt to ensure Kyiv maintains weapons aid, The Washington…
Twitter Inc., after laying off roughly half the company on Friday following Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition, is now reaching out to dozens of employees who lost their jobs and asking them to return. Some of those who are being asked to return were laid off by mistake, according to two people familiar with the…
To Lead a million-man march in EdoSays Tinubu can’t afford the resources to pay his supporters that are well over thirty million followers. As the political scene heats up, the Niger Delta Movement for Tinubu/Shettima NDMTS, a formidable grassroots organization based in the South-South with its headquarters in Benin City, has rebuked the opposition for…
The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU-NEC) has said that it will meet on Monday, November 7, to debate whether or not to resume its eight-month strike. ASUU had temporarily suspended its strike on October 14 after extensive discussions with federal government representatives led by Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House…
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A leading tech company and serial enterpreneurial agency in Nigeria, popularly known as Toast Technologies limited have introduced a carefully designed voting web application called Quickvote.ng. It is developed for transparent and quick digital polls with features that allows brands to launch both paid and free contests from any location and via any device. Speaking…
The sharp fall of the naira against the foreign currencies continues this weekend with the British Pound crossing N1000 in the parallel market.There are fears that the dollar which has also been on a steep rise in value against the naira may cross N1000 any moment from now. The current black market rate which is…