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HSBC acquires failed Silicon Valley Bank UK for £1
HSBC Holdings Plc on Monday, announced that it has acquired the Silicon Valley Bank UK Limited for £1. In a statement released on Monday, HSBC said that the acquisition will strengthen its operations in the UK and that the transaction “completes immediately,” adding that “the acquisition will be funded from existing resources.” HSBC Group CEO,
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Obaseki mourns Nigeria’s first female senator, Afegbua
The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has mourned the passing of the former Senator who represented Bendel North Senatorial District of Old Bendel State, Franca Afegbua. Afegbua, who passed away aged 79 years, was Nigeria’s first democratically elected female senator. In a statement on Monday, the governor described Afegbua as a “pace-setter, trail-blazer and
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Presidential poll: I’m challenging the process, not outcome, says Obi
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections, Peter Obi, has said that he is challenging the process leading to the declaration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, as the winner of the election and not the declaration itself. Obi said this during
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170,000 PUs’ results uploaded on IReV – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday said over 170,000 polling unit results of the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections have been uploaded on its Result Viewing Portal. INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, stated this on Channels Television’s Programme, Sunday Politics. “As you are aware, we are reconfiguring the Bimodal Voter Registration Systems
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Ex-Falcons coach Mabo dies at 78
Former Super Falcons coach, Ismaila Mabo, died during the early hours of Monday morning, The PUNCH reports. He was aged 78. He died at his residence in Jos, the capital of Plateau State, after a prolonged illness. The legendary Mighty Jets of Jos captain and ex-international had in January confirmed to The PUNCH that he
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22 migrants die in Madagascar boat accident
No fewer than 22 migrants died when their boat sank off the coast of Madagascar over the weekend, the island nation’s maritime authorities said on Monday. “Forty-seven people had clandestinely taken a boat headed to (the French territory of) Mayotte, but that sank,” the Madagascar maritime authority APMF said in a statement. “Twenty-three of the
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New naira: CBN denies alleged plot against Tinubu
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has dismissed allegations that he had launched a fresh plot against the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. A media platform (not The PUNCH) had earlier reported that N500 million windfall was mobilised through high-level CBN agents in Lagos State. The report added that the money
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Obey Supreme Court’s new naira ruling, NBA begs FG
The National Bar Association has condemned the stance of the Federal Government on its naira redesign policy. The association in the statement signed by its president, Yakubu Maikyau, is demanding compliance with the judgment of the Supreme Court in suit no: SC/CV/162/2023 delivered on March 3. The NBA disclosed that in the wake of the
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Ogun Police rescue kidnapped journalist in Lagos
Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have rescued a journalist, Oduneye Olusegun, who some gunmen kidnapped at the Mobalufon area of Ijebu Ode. The journalist was kidnapped on Thursday and was rescued on Saturday, three days after, in Lagos. The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement
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Mr President, obey the Supreme Court
Every progressive society is governed by known laws and rules. Society develops through the rule of law and its due process and the eradication of arbitrary and autocratic decision-making. The recent redesign of the national currency, the naira, the emerging policy and legal issues, the Supreme Court decision and the hardship that has attended the
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