The International Criminal Court (ICC), yesterday, formally acknowledged receipt of a petition written by Prof. Gideon Christian to investigate election and post-election violence in Nigeria as well as alleged incitement to ethnic hate by Mr. Bayo Onanuga, the Media Director of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. The ICC, in its acknowledgments letter dated March 27, 2023,…
BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY: JPMorgan is seizing on the rising popularity of biometrics technology, which uses unique body measurements to authenticate a person’s identity. JPMorgan Chase & Co. is planning to test new technology that would let consumers pay with their palms or faces at certain US merchants. The bank, home to one of the world’s biggest payment-processing…
The national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Iyorchia Ayu, has dismissed his purported suspension from the party by his Igyorov Ward party executives in Benue State, describing those who instigated the action as ignorant. Ayu said he cannot be suspended by his Ward leadership because the party’s constitution prohibits any organ of the…
One of the leading Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) companies, Unilever Nigeria Plc, has disclosed that its exit from the home care and skin cleansing markets would only affect three brands. In a statement, the firm stated that the brands are OMO, Sunlight, and Lux, noting that the decision to stop the production of these products was to…
The Zamfara State House of Assembly comprises a 24-member Parliament ANKAPDP: Rilwanu Marafa ‘Nagambo Anka’✓ BAKURAAPC: Ibrahim Tudu Tukur✓ BIRNIN MAGAJIAPC/incumbent: Nura Daihiru Makama (9459)✓PDP: Muhammed Ibrahim (8941) BUKKUYUM NORTHAPC/incumbent: Muhammed Ibrahim (4356)PDP: Bashir Abubakar Masama (11025)✓ BUKKUYUM SOUTHAPC/incumbent: Dahiru Sani (5209)PDP: Hamisu A Faru (12242)✓ BUNGUDU EASTAPC: Mansur Muhammad (9628)PDP: Yakuba Almajir Bela (13204)✓…
The federal government has announced that the National Population and Housing Census will begin on 3rd May 2023, IGBERETV reports. Dr. Garba Abari, a member of the Publicity and Advocacy Committee on 2023 National Population and Housing Census, said the three-day exercise would start on May 3 and end on May 5 across the country. Abari,…
Barely two months to the end of the second term of the present administration, the presidency is convinced that like Jonathan, Nigerians will yearn for President Muhammadu Buhari when he leaves office. In an interview with Channels Television, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on media and publicity, Mr Garba Shehu lamented over the level…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has ordered the payment of N5 million compensation to an Uber driver, Adedotun Clement, who was assaulted on October 20, 2021, during a rally to mark the one-year anniversary of the #EndSARS protest in the state. The governor in a statement on Saturday said he had “directed the Honorable Attorney…
PRESS RELEASEI’ll never validate an illegitimate outcome of a flawed process I have been notified of a fake press release attributed to me and purportedly giving legitimacy to the widely rigged presidential election of February 25. The so-called press release did not emanate from me or my office, and it should be treated with repudiation,…
THE DRAMA IN TRYING TO CONVERT ELECTION PDFs TO SPREADSHEETS My phone pinged: “Tell Mark Essien they are coming for him.” I had no idea what that even meant.It was a forwarded WhatsApp message that someone had sent to a friend of mine. All I was doing was trying to convert PDFs from the 2023…