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January 9, 2023 Akpabio Makes Final Cut, as INEC Releases Presidential and National Assembly Canditates List

Akpabio Makes Final Cut, as INEC Releases Presidential and National Assembly Canditates List

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of presidential and National Assembly candidates of all political parties contesting the February 25 Presidential and National assembly elections.

The final list of candidates for national elections (presidential, senatorial and federal constituencies) was pursuant to section 32(1) of the Electoral Act 2022 and item 8 of the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2023 General Election.
The publication of the full names and addresses of all nominated candidates followed the conduct of primaries and completion of the nomination exercise by political parties’.

INEC National Commissioner in charge of Information and Chairman, Voter Education, Festus Okoye, had earlier said validly nominated candidates had the opportunity to voluntarily withdraw their candidature by notice in writing and personally deliver such notices to the political parties that nominated them for the election.

The list contained the names of Senator Godswill Akoabio from Akwa Ibom state, Senator Peter Nwaobishi of Delta State as well as Bashir Machina, who replaced the senate president, Ahmed Lawan.

January 7, 2023 CBN Stops Banks from Over-The-Counter Withdrawal of New Notes, Orders Banks to Load ATMs.

CBN Stops Banks from Over-The-Counter Withdrawal of New Notes, Orders Banks to Load ATMs.

The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed banks to load their Automated Teller Machines with only new notes to ensure that the currency circulates across the nation ahead of the January 31, 2023, deadline when the old notes will no longer be legal tender.

CBN also ordered Deposit Money Banks not to pay customers making over-the-counter withdrawals of new naira notes again.

This was contained in a memo issued to all the branch managers to enforce the CBN order, which takes effect immediately.

The memo, which was titled., ‘Urgent update on currency redesign’ and signed by the Group Head, Retail Operation, stated, “The CBN has mandated that we immediately stop the Over-the-Counter payment of the new N200, N500 and N,1000 currency. Instead, all new notes should be loaded into the ATMs for customer withdrawals.

“This is effective immediately please,”

It was learnt that as of Friday, the banks had not been able to comply with the directive as they complained of inadequate supply of the new notes, prompting them to load their ATMs with the old notes.

Bankers have complained that the new notes were in short supply, hence hence the decision to load a mixture of the old and new N1,000 and N500 notes in the ATMs for customers to withdraw.

However, sources in the CBN, confirmed that the apex bank indeed issued the directive to the banks.

He explained, “From this weekend, new notes will be available for disbursement to bank customers. We are pushing the N1,000 and N500 notes through the ATMs for now. The N200 will be available later.

“The aim is to check inflation and currency abuse. A research was conducted and it showed that the demand for the N1,000 and N500 is higher, hence the decision to start with them.”

January 6, 2023 Former Chelsea and Italian Striker Gianluca Vialli Dies at 58

Former Chelsea and Italian Striker Gianluca Vialli Dies at 58

The world of football has been hit by another tragedy as former Italian striker and manager Gianluca Vialli has died at the age 58.

Vialli was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2017 but given the clear in April 2020,but he was later re-diagnosed in 2021.

He announced a temporary leave from his role with Italy’s national team in December, 2022 to focus on his health.

Vialli made 59 appearances for Italy, making his debut in 1985, a year after joining Sampdoria where he would win the Serie A title and European Cup Winners’ Cup during his 8 seasons with the club. He  helped Sampdoria reach the 1992 European Cup final but after losing to Ajax, he moved to Juventus for a world record fee of £12m. Vialli spent four seasons with the old Ladies of Turin, winning the Champions League, Uefa Cup and Serie A titles.

He joined Chelsea on a free transfer in 1996 and became player-manager in 1998. He was the first Italian to manage a Premier League side, taking over from Ruud Gullit late in the season, and went on to lead the Chelsea to victory in the League Cup, Uefa Cup Winners’ Cup and Uefa Super Cup.

He also guided Chelsea to victory in the 2000 FA Cup final and Charity Shield but was sacked early in the following season after a poor start.

The striker also had a short spell at Watford, then in the second tier, during the 2001-02 season but was dismissed after the Hornets only finished 14th.

January 4, 2023 INEC Laments Poor PVC Collection Rate, Plans More Sensitization

INEC Laments Poor PVC Collection Rate, Plans More Sensitization

Atleast 6.7 million Nigerians are yet to collect their permanent voter cards (PVCs) as we get closer to the 2023 general elections.

Data obtained from the state offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission  revealed that 6.7 m PVCs were locked up in INEC safes across 17 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

INEC began the  the collection window for PVCs since December 12,2022 and to end on January 22.

The INEC National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, disclosed in a statement that with effect from January 6 -15,2023  the collection of the PVCs will be devolved to the ward level after which collection would be moved to the local government areas.

The FCT has 460,643 uncollected PVCs as of December 24, while In Edo state, 661,783 voter cards have not been collected as of December 29. Ondo and Ekiti states accounted for  300,000 and 205,127 uncollected cards, respectively, as of December 15.

He explained that the collection of PVC is going on daily including Saturdays and Sundays (excluding public holidays) from 9am to 3pm at INEC offices across the 18 local government areas of the state.

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