By Dyepkazah Shibayan, The Cable GovIndex Leadership Empowerment and Development Foundation, a civil society organization (CSO), has given the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) a 20-day ultimatum to publish presidential election results from 2003 to date. The CSO asked the electoral commission to provide the results according to the 774 LGAs of the country. In
By Ogar Monday Claim: Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, recently claimed that the country’s 7.5% VAT rate is the lowest in the world. Verdict: False. At least three other countries have a lower VAT rate than Nigeria. Full Text As Nigeria struggles with a rising cost of governance and depleting revenue, the government continues
By Dennis Erezi, Guardian Newspaper On Wednesday, the Department of State Services (DSS) said it has confirmed plots by some political actors to introduce an interim government in Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari will finish his second tenure on May 29 when president-elect Bola Tinubu is expected to be sworn in as the next Nigeria president.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A Trustee of CSED Initiative and sport for change activist, Mr. Cornelius Ehimiaghe, and members of the Naija Netball Stakeholders have kicked against plans by some individuals to “hijack netball in Nigeria” by registering a Nigeria Netball Federation. In a statement seen by CrossRiverWatch, the stakeholders “condemned the brazen actions of some
By Gbenga Oloniniran, Punch Newspaper The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has announced that it will go after some outgoing public officials after May 29. The EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, disclosed this in an interview with Daily Trust, published Friday. Bawa who did not give names or the number of public officials that would be brought under
By Abiodun Alade, Daily Post The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has confirmed the evacuation of banknotes from its vaults to commercial banks across the country as part of a coordinated effort to ease the circulation of banknotes of various denominations. The CBN has also directed all commercial banks to open for operation on Saturdays
By Kingsley Charles, Rest of World As inflation rises above 20%, middle-class Nigerians are forming WhatsApp groups to buy food items in bulk directly from producers and share among themselves. Rest of World tracked nine such WhatsApp groups across six Nigerian cities, where members could save up to 22% on food items compared to market
This is a column by Ken Henshaw, Executive Director of We The People. WITTY THOUGHT is a brisk review of situations in Nigeria with the intent to revive social consciousness. If they could bribe delegates to win their party primaries, then, then hire thugs to intimidate people during the election, then bribe the police to