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Opinion: Can we Escape this Gathering Storm? – John Nnia Nwodo

25Feb

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News, Nigeria

Opinion: Can we Escape this Gathering Storm? – John Nnia Nwodo

Forty-eight hours after our elections, we still have no results. There is hardly any voter in Nigeria, who does not know the results of elections in his polling booth. The INEC server is down, yanked off by INEC. Conflicting results dominate the social media. The two major national parties claim contradictory victories. Returning officers in Rivers and Imo claim to be under siege, being executed by a minister and a governor respectively. Igbos in Lagos are being threatened for exercising their civic rights to vote. This morning, they were stopped from opening their market stalls in Oshodi. The Acting Inspector General of Police refused to pick my three calls to him. The Oba of Lagos remains quiet. The Governor of Lagos State makes no broadcast. The safety of more than four milli...

Nigeria: INEC Postpones Election Result Announcement to 11am Monday

24Feb

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News, Nigeria, Press Statement

Nigeria: INEC Postpones Election Result Announcement to 11am Monday

The Independent Electoral Commission has postponed to opening of the national collation center to 11am Monday morning. The commission had earlier told reporters that the collation center will be opening bu 6pm on Sunday 24th February 2019. With this shift, Nigerian's are concerned about what could happen to the results in the intervening hours. According to Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the reason for the postponement was because no state returning officer had gotten to Abuja with their results. In a different post, a concerned Nigerian, Jude Ndukwe had made a suggestion to INEC. He said "It was not easy, but Nigerians braved the odds, including intimidation and threats to their life, to come out and cast their votes for their preferred candidates at the 2019 presidential/national assemb...

23Feb

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Economy, News, Nigeria

Nigeria: Google Issues a Statement on Inaccurate Currency Converter Issue with the Naira

Following the curious 50% drop recorded in Nigeria's exchange rate on Google's currency converter yesterday, Google has issued a statement. In a tweet, the IT giant twitted that they were aware of the situation and will remove the converter box until the issue is resolved. The rate normalized shortly after but not before sparking off some theories as to what could have exactly happened."We’re aware of an issue causing inaccurate conversions for Nigerian Naira currency, so we will remove the conversion onebox from appearing in search results until we are able to diagnose the issue."

Breaking News: Naira Returns to 361 to a Dollar

22Feb

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Breaking News: Naira Returns to 361 to a Dollar

Google currency converter shows naira to dollar has now returned to 361 to a dollar. A few hours ago, Nigerians were shocked to see on Google currency converter that the exchange had dropped to 184 to a dollar and 240 to a pound. See Also: Breaking News: Dollar Exchanges $1 to N184 Though the official rate on CBN did not reflect any of these changes, there are speculations that some heavy transactions might have been done secretly by the government at 184 to a dollar to have triggered this. Following that argument, getting it back to the current rate will also require some heavy transactions. No official statement has however been made by the government on this brief anomaly.

Breaking News: Dollar Exchanges $1 to N184

22Feb

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Economy, News, Nigeria

Breaking News: Dollar Exchanges $1 to N184

In a shocking development, the exchange rate today dropped by half across board. Dollar to the Naira dropped from N360 to N184 while the Pound dropped from over N400 to N240. There is no clear indication of why this exchange rate is reflected on internation exchange rate calculators while the Central Bank website does not reflect these new exchange rate. This looks like a move meant to influence the on-going elections. It will be recalled that the Presidency had earlier lamented the amount of foreign currency in circulation in the country. With this drop in the exchange rate, the value of any foreign currency in circulation is automatically halved. We shall await further developments on this issue.

Nigeria: PDP Demands Immediate Release of Kwara Senator Ibrahim

22Feb

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News, Nigeria, Press Statement

Nigeria: PDP Demands Immediate Release of Kwara Senator Ibrahim

…Charges Members To Resist Intimidation The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) demands the immediate and unconditional release of our Kwara South Senatorial candidate, Senator Rufai Ibrahim and other members of the party framed-up, arrested and detained by the Police in Kwara state. The PDP holds that the continued detention of Senator Ibrahim on the eve of a crucial election, in which he is a lead contender, is completely provocative. The party also cautions the police to stop harassing, arresting and detaining its members on flimsy charges, as such will directly pitch security agents against the people in a manner that might spark off violent resistance with regrettable consequences. This resort to police brutality by the APC is a script by a losing team which seeks to introduce vi...

Nigeria: President Buhari’s Address to Nigerians on the Eve of the Presidential Elections

22Feb

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Nigeria: President Buhari’s Address to Nigerians on the Eve of the Presidential Elections

For a president who has not been known to relish speaking to Nigerians, these last few days have witnessed more addresses than Nigerians ever thought possible. On this eve of the new date of the Presidential elections, President Buhari again addressed the nation. Below is the full text of his address. "Dear Nigerians, Finally, we have reached the eve of the rescheduled first round of this year’s general elections. 2. Tomorrow, the polls open. Tomorrow, we affirm that Nigeria stands as a democracy and that no worldly hand can deter us from this wise and fitting path we have chosen for ourselves. 3. While democracy is the most beneficial way to select a nation’s leaders, it is far from the easiest thing to achieve and maintain. 4. It requires a combination of pa...

Nigeria: DSS Summons Prof. Okechukwu Ibeanu and Other Top INEC Officials

19Feb

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Nigeria: DSS Summons Prof. Okechukwu Ibeanu and Other Top INEC Officials

The Department of State Service (DSS) has summoned the senior official who substantively heads the Independent National Electoral Commission’s operations and logistics, Okechukwu Ibeanu. See Also: Nigeria: Kaduna State Commissioner Calls Prof. Okechukwu Ibeanu of INEC a Biafra Apologist This is an indication the secret service may have moved to investigate the circumstances that led to the postponement of Nigeria’s elections earlier scheduled to hold last Saturday. Mr Ibeanu, a professor of political science, was asked to report at the SSS office by 2:00 p.m., multiple sources close to INEC told this paper. Apart from Mr Ibeanu, others asked to appear before the SSS include Chidi Nwafor, the Director of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Ken Ukeagu; Osaze Uzzi, the...

Nigeria: Kaduna State Commissioner Calls Prof. Okechukwu Ibeanu of INEC a Biafra Apologist

19Feb

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Biafra, Justice, News, Nigeria

Nigeria: Kaduna State Commissioner Calls Prof. Okechukwu Ibeanu of INEC a Biafra Apologist

A commissioner commissioner of Women Affairs & Social Development in Kaduna State, Hafsat M Baba, has referred to Prof. Okechukwu Ibeanu as a Biafra-apologist. In a tweet that has sparked off outrage from Nigerians, she said "The unsung hero, in this very anticlimactic turn of events, is our dear Amina Zakari. She was bullied out of the logistics position in INEC and replaced by a male, Biafra-apologist Prof. Okechukwu Ibeanu. She has been vindicated, one of our very own Arewa Sheroes." In her tweet, she had been commenting on the agitation for the removal of Amina Zakari. Supporting her position, another Twitter user with the handle @TweetKhalifa said "It wasn't bigotry/sexism when they were fighting Amina Zakari tooth and nails. It is now, that @HafsatMohBaba decided to turn i...

Breaking News: Elections Postponed to 23rd February

16Feb

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Breaking News: Elections Postponed to 23rd February

After the initial denials by INEC, it has officially come out to announce the postponement of today's scheduled elections to the 23rd of February. See Also: Breaking News: Elections not Postponed – INEC While giving his reasons for the postponement, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu said "Following a careful review of the implementation of its logistics and operational plan and the determination to conduct free, fair and credible elections, the Commission came to the conclusion that proceeding with the elections as scheduled is no longer feasible, said Yakubu. “Consequently, the Commission has decided to reschedule the Presidential and National Assembly Elections to Saturday, 23rd February 2019. Furthermore, the Governorship, State House of Assembly and Federal Capital Territory...