- We’ve been borrowing to fund petrol subsidy — Finance MinisterThe Federal Government through the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, yesterday said Federal Government has been borrowing money to fund petrol subsidies.
She insisted that the subsidy regime had become totally unsustainable.
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Former President Obasanjo, has the history of endorsing presidential candidates who later became president.
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News headline today - Elections: INEC sets aside 8,809 BVAS as backup
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has imported additional Bimodal Voters Accreditation System machines that will be deployed nationwide in all the polling units for the 2023 elections.
INEC explained that 176,846 polling units would receive a BVAS each, adding that each registration area amounting to 8,809, would also get at least two BVAS as backup in case of malfunction, bringing the total to over 194,464 BVAS machines.
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An FCT High Court has stopped an application seeking to remove the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu from office over alleged false asset declaration.
