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2023 Elections: Families of 39 slain Nigerians, victims seek justice

2023 Elections: Families of 39 slain Nigerians, victims seek justice

With the 2023 general elections over, victims of electoral violence wait for justice. At least 39 persons were reported to have lost their lives in different parts of the country during the polls. Violence was witnessed in states like Lagos, Abia, Nasarawa, Benue, Akwa Ibom, Osun, and Taraba during the 2023 general elections. Those who lost their lives during the elections include policemen, politicians, hired thugs, and a yet-to-be-identified ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. While the Nigeria Police had vowed to arrest and prosecute those behind election violence, many of the cases have gone unreported,…
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LP responds to DSS on Interim Govt – We are not intimidated, arrest MC Oluomo, others first

LP responds to DSS on Interim Govt – We are not intimidated, arrest MC Oluomo, others first

The Labour Party on Wednesday said Nigerians would not be intimidated into abandoning their legitimate and legal right to seek redress in court to reclaim their mandate “which was freely given to its Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi but brazenly stolen by highest bidders.” Yunusa Tanko, Chief Spokesperson of the Labour Party, stated this in Abuja while reacting to the alarm raised by the Department of State Services, DSS, over an alleged plot by some politicians or groups of people to create an Interim National Government. Recall that the DSS had alleged that some politicians were plotting to truncate the country’s democracy through…
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Fire guts five-storey building in Balogun Market, Lagos

Fire guts five-storey building in Balogun Market, Lagos

Fire on Tuesday gutted a section of a five-storey In Balogun Market, Lagos building. The fire which started in the early hours of Tuesday led to the loss of properties worth millions of naira. Confirming the incident, the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service in a statement signed by the Director Adeseye Margaret said the fire was under control. The statement said, “Fire at Balogun under control. “The fire is however under control as mitigation is on to limit its spread update to follow as the situation unfolds.”
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CBN Clears Air On Suspending OPAY & PALMPAY Accounts

CBN Clears Air On Suspending OPAY & PALMPAY Accounts

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has debunked claims going around that it has suspended accounts of some Fintech companies like OPAY and PALMPAY. The apex bank in reaction to the reports described it as fake news. The Acting Director of Corporate Communications of CBN, Isa AbdulMumin, on Friday, March 24, 2023, in Abuja described the viral news as “simply fake’’. The report which was credited to AbdulMumin claimed that the CBN was about to suspend accounts of the Fintech companies because they were being used to perpetrate fraud. The viral news partly read, “Please if you are using OPAY,…
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Alleged move by APC to arrest Peter Obi, Datti Ahmed, raising tension in Nigeria

Alleged move by APC to arrest Peter Obi, Datti Ahmed, raising tension in Nigeria

Tension has continued to build up across the country, particularly among the supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi over purported plans by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to get him arrested. The alleged move was sequel to the activities of the former Anambra Governor, his running mate, Datti Ahmed and their supporters after losing the February 25 presidential poll. Recall that Peter Obi, his party and supporters, popularly known as Obidients, rejected the outcome of the just concluded presidential poll that produced Bola Tinubu of APC as president-elect. Peter Obi, who through…
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