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Economic hardship in Nigeria: Inflation or Emefieletion?
February 1, 2023
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Dr. Oludare. POLITICAL OPINION.By Marindoti Oludare  FOR the past eight years, Nigeria has been on a rollercoaster ride of economic uncertainty. Prices have risen astronomically and the people’s purchasing power had dipped dramatically. One should not be remiss to mention that owing to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, prices have significantly gone up globally. However, this pales in comparison to the rate of hike in price in Nigeria since 2014. We all know that…

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IPOB’s lawyer laments Kanu’s life-threatening condition in DSS detention facility
January 31, 2023
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IPOB’s leader, Nnamdi Kanu, before his present predicament. By Advocatenewsng.com COUNSEL for the Indigenous People of Biafra, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has raised concern over the denial of adequate medical attention to his client and leader of the IPOB group, Nnamdi Kanu. In a letter dated January 30, the lawyer revealed that the DSS has no adequate medical facilities to treat Kanu’s worsening health condition or care for his left eardrum which was badly affected following his ordeal in the hands…

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Reps approve Buhari’s request to borrow another N1 trillion from CBN
January 31, 2023
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House of Representatives in session. By Advocatenewsng.com THE House of Representatives has approved the request by President Muhammadu Buhari to secure an additional N1 trillion loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to fund the 2022 supplementary budget. The CBN has already violated its enabling law by loaning the federal government more than the approved limit, PREMIUM TIMES reported. This did not, however, deter the lawmakers from approving the fresh loan from the Central Bank. Also, the House…

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Osun tribunal judgment: APC presented incomplete BVAS report – Ex-INEC director
January 30, 2023
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Ex-Gov Gboyega Oyetola and Governor Ademola Adeleke. By Advocatenewsng.com A former Director of Voter Education and Publicity of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, has thrown more light on the election petitions tribunal judgment that sacked Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party as the winner of the 2022 governorship election in the state. The Osun State Election Petitions Tribunal had on Friday ruled and nullified the election of Adeleke and directed INEC to withdraw his certificate of…

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Court sentences Amadi to 18 months jail term for N2.9b fraud, liquidates IDID Nig Ltd
January 30, 2023
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The convict, Kenneth Amadi. By Advocatenewsng.com  A Federal High Court, Lagos sitting before Justice Ambrose Lewis-Alagoa today convicted and sentenced a businessman, Kenneth Amadi, the chief executive officer (CEO) IDID Nigeria Limited, to 18 months imprisonment over fraud of N2.4 billion. The judge arrived at the decision after finding him guilty of counts 4 and 5 of the criminal charge made against him by the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), through the office of the Attorney General of the…

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Confusion as INEC BVAS fails in Osun, Adeleke loses again, tribunal faults umpire over over-voting
January 28, 2023
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Governor Adeleke heads to Appeal Court. By Advocatenewsng.com THE Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) which worked in Anambra to produce Professor Chukwuma Soludo, Edo, to produce Godwin Obaseki, Ekiti, to produce Biodun Oyebanji, eventually failed in Osun to produce Governor Ademola Adeleke as a clear winner of the election, since the election tribunal has voided his mandate, attributing it to over-voting in nine local government areas which INEC allegedly failed to acknowledge before announcing the final result of the…

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Anambra Reps member goes amok with own thugs, inflicts injuries on constituent
January 25, 2023
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The injured victim, Chinedu Anaukwu in a hospital bed. By Advocatenewsng.com POLITICIANS are at it again as Nigeria goes into another cycle of politicking in an election year. Like every other election cycle over the yeas, it has not been devoid of violence, maiming of citizens, attacks on innocent people and indeed, in several occasions, outright killings of opponents and other people who are critical of the particular politicians’ ambitions. Recent reports wafting from Kaduna, Katsina, Imo, Ebonyi, Enugu,…

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Court summons Emefiele over $53m Paris Club debt
January 18, 2023
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Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor. By Advocatenewsng.com A Federal High Court, Abuja has summoned the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, over a $53 million judgment debt arising from the Paris Club refund. In an application for garnishee made on October 20, 2022, Justice Inyang Ekwo, ordered Emefiele to appear on Wednesday, January 18 as the hearing date for the matter. Prior, on January 23, 2020, the court ruled that Emefiele must appear “to be examined on oath…

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Presidential election: Agbakoba writes INEC chairman, seeks S.134 of 1999 Constitution clarification
January 17, 2023
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INEC chairman, Professor Yakubu. By Advocatenewsng.com AHEAD of the February 25, 2023 presidential election, a former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA), and a front-line social and human rights advocate, Olisa Agbakoba, Ph.D, SAN, has addressed an open letter to the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mamoud Yakubu seeking his attention to the interpretation of Section 134 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), as it concerns the requirements a candidate for the office of…

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DSS allegedly takes over CBN, sacks Emefiele as governor
January 17, 2023
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CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele. By Advocatenewsng.com THERE was confusion Monday afternoon at the Central Bank of Nigeria’s headquarters in Abuja as the embattled governor of the bank, Godwin Emefiele, resumed duty weeks after he left the country on alleged health grounds. Mr Emefiele has been out of the country for several weeks amidst fears he would be arrested by operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) who are investigating allegations against him, including corruption and terrorism financing, even though…

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