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The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Abeokuta, Rev. Peter Odetoyinbo, has charged Nigerians to exercise their civic right to vote for credible leaders in the 2023 general election. Odetoyinbo gave the charge on Thursday while speaking with newsmen during the celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Catholic Diocese of Abeokuta, held at Saint Peter and Paul Catholic Cathedral, Itesi, Adatan, Abeokuta. He prayed for a peaceful election that would transform the country into a better position. His words, “We pray that the state of the country should be better. Electing the right person to the right position will…

Deposit Money Banks in the country are not to blame for the scarcity of the new Naira notes, Switch Nigeria has authoritatively gathered.Daily business activities have become more difficult for many Nigerians due to the scarcity of new Naira notes ahead of the deadline given by the Central Bank of Nigeria.The apex bank has insisted on January 31 deadline for withdrawal of old notes from circulation.But with still four days to the deadline, some Nigerians and businesses are complaining that banks are not issuing new notes to customers except through the Automatic Teller Machines (ATM) at a maximum of N20,000…

Hundreds of people attended a memorial service of a Zambian student, Lemekani Nyirenda who died fighting for Russia in Ukraine in September 2022. Nyirenda, a Tanzanian was laid to rest in Lusaka, the Zambian capital on Tuesday at a Baptist church. MSN said the 23-year-old was a regular worshipper of the church that buried him yesterday before he traveled to Russia to study nuclear engineering. Family members broke down as they filed past Nyirenda’s coffin. Hundreds of people attended a memorial service of a Zambian student, Lemekani Nyirenda who died fighting for Russia in Ukraine in September 2022. His death…

President Muhammadu Buhari (left) with All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, during a meeting at the State House, Abuja…yesterday The presidential candidate of the ruling All progressives congress (APC) has faulted the notions held in certain quarters that he blamed President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration over the fuel scarcity and the naira redesign policy. Bayo Onanuga Director, Media & Publicity APC Presidential Campaign Council in a statement explained that the opposition peoples democratic party (PDP) working in cahoots with fifth columnists were the ones bent on inflicting avoidable pains on hapless Nigerians to achieve political end. Tinubu frowned at the opposition…

WASHINGTON (AP) — In what would be a reversal, the Biden administration is poised to approve sending M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Tuesday, as international reluctance to send tanks to the battlefront against the Russians begins to erode. The decision could be announced as soon as Wednesday, though it could take months or years for the tanks to be delivered. The PBS NewsHour independently verified the planned announcement. U.S. officials said details are still being worked out. One official said the tanks would be bought under an upcoming Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative package, which provides longer-range funding…

FINLAND FOREIGN MINISTER HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s foreign minister suggested Tuesday that the country may consider joining NATO without neighboring Sweden if Turkey continues to block their joint bid to enter the military alliance. Pekka Haavisto later backpedaled, but his comments were the first time a leading government official in either Nordic country appeared to raise doubts about becoming NATO members together at a time when the alliance is seeking to present a united front in the face of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Sweden and Finland rushed to apply for NATO membership following Moscow’s invasion, abandoning their long-standing non-alignment policy. Their accession needs the…

FILE: Tinubu was Lagos State Governor between 1999 to 2007. The Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade has declared the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the only presidential candidate with the capacity to move Nigeria forward. Governor, Ayade who is the APC senatorial candidate for Cross River North made the declaration at Ogoja, the political capital of Cross River North senatorial district during an electioneering campaign. Ayade said Tinubu would make the infrastructural and economic development of Cross River a priority if elected. “If Tinubu can fix Lagos, then Tinubu can…

The pledge was made on the occasion of the High-Level Conference on the Lake Chad Region, held in Niamey on January 23rd to 24th.  A map showing the Lake Chad Basin countries The European Union has allocated €102.5 million in humanitarian aid to help vulnerable communities in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon, as the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate in the Lake Chad region. The organisation, in a statement, said violence in the region, where the civilian population is increasingly the victim of targeted attacks, is resulting in large-scale displacement, disruption of livelihoods, and lack of access to basic services.…

The United States Justice Department sued Google on Tuesday for its dominance of the online advertising market, launching a fresh legal battle against the California-based tech giant over its world-leading search engine. A filing in the federal antitrust suit accused Google of “unlawfully maintaining monopolies” in the market for online advertising, search advertising, and other activities linked to Google’s search engine. Details later…

The Electronic Information For Libraries, on Monday, asked the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to sign the 2022 Copyright Bill into law. The Bill, which was passed by the National Assembly on July 22, 2022, overhauls and modernises Nigeria’s copyright system. It supports the use of works in the digital environment to help foster a creative, tech-friendly ecosystem, and introduces new exceptions for libraries, education and people with disabilities. The organisation notes that new Bill will enable libraries and other cultural heritage institutions in Nigeria to preserve Nigerian creative expression for future generations. In particular, it will spur efforts…