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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that accreditation of voters for the 2023 general election will be through electronic means only, meaning the manual voters accreditation adopted in previous elections will no longer be used.
The regulation is contained in the newly published Regulations and Guidelines for 2023 general election as presented by INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu. In clause 20 of the guidelines stated that;

Where a voter cannot be identified by the BVAS for the Polling Unit using the methods outlined in Clause 19 (d) of these Regulations and Guidelines or where the voter’s fingerprint or face cannot be matched with the details in the BVAS
after three trials, the voter shall not be allowed to vote. In that case, the APO I shall:
(i) Advise the voter to use appropriate channels to notify the Commission of his/her failure to accredit;
(ii) Politely request the voter to leave the Polling Unit; and
(iii) Tick the appropriate box against the voter’s name labelled FA (denoting “Failed Accreditation”) at the left margin of the voter’s details on the register.

In the events of malfunctioning of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), INEC explicitly stated the following;

(a) In the event of sustained malfunction of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), the Presiding Officer (PO) shall:
(i) Immediately inform the LGA and RA Supervisors, the Supervisory Presiding Officer (SPO), the Electoral Officer (EO), and the Election Monitoring and Support Centre (EMSC) for replacement.
(ii) Suspend Accreditation and Voting until a new BVAS is made available.
(iii) File a report of the incident to the designated Official.
(iv) Inform the voters and polling agents of the situation.
(b) Where a replacement BVAS is not available by 2:30pm, the Presiding Officer shall:
(i) Inform the LGA and RA Supervisors, SPO, EO, and EMSC of the situation.
(ii) File a report of the incident.
(iii) Inform the voters and polling agents that accreditation and voting for the affected Polling Unit shall continue the following day.


https://www.naijabusiness.com.ng/news/2022/2023-general-election-inec-cancel-manual-voters-accreditation-download-guidelines/

It is imaginary, same manner there was craze for Toyota Camry pencil type back then.

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Nigeria problem is more of injustices, than financial management.

United States Consulate General, Lagos Logistics Centre- Auction Sales Of Furniture, Appliances, Generators, Used Boat, Forklift And Others

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This is pathetic

Hope it won't encourage massive procreation by the citizens, since the government will be available to take care of them.

It is no new that Forbes rated richest man in Africa, Alhaji Aliko Dangote is building one of the biggest petroleum refineries in the world referred as the Dangote refinery in Lagos.

We bring to you latest visuals of the massive refinery project which is billed to commence production in the first quarters of 2022 and seven facts about the projects. Watch the video below;


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1. Dangote refinery occupy about 2500 hectares, more than 6000 football pitch and have capacity to process 650,000 barrel of crude per day
2. 40,000 personnel are currently working on the project daily, comprising of less than 11000 expatriates
3. Dangote ensures every foreigners hired on the projects are matched by four Nigerians in order to build local skills and capacity.
4. 25% of Nigeria's generated forex currently goes into fuel importation, the Dangote refinery is expected to help Nigeria in import substitution, which is targeted at stabilizing the Naira.

Source: https://www.naijabusiness.com.ng/news/2021/video-new-visuals-of-dangote-refinery-and-7-facts-about-africa-biggest-oil-refinery-in-lagos/

Lagos state is currently experiencing one of the worst traffic in the history of transportation today, December 15, 2021. Motorist has been held in and around Ifako for hour now due to a fallen truck at Ifako bridge inward Tollgate which is causing the heavy gridlock.

The backlog of the traffic for vehicular movement into tollgate from Oshodi, extending all the way to Toyota bus-stop (a distance of about 9km) and covering the entire stretch of the 11.8km Third mainland bridge into Osborne road in Ikoyi (about 16km) and all other adjoining road in the whole Lagos island. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority and LRU are currently working to evacuate the container.

https://www.naijabusiness.com.ng/news/2021/record-breaking-traffic-hit-lagos/

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DEADLINE: 17TH DECEMBER, 2021
ROYAL EMBASSY OF SAUDI ARABIA, ABUJA
BID FOR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER
The Royal Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Abuja wishes to express its interest to enter into a contract with a reputable and Competent internet service provider.

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British High Commission, Abuja- Invitation To Bid For Sales Of Used Vehicles (7 Lots)
DEADLINE: 15TH DECEMBER, 2021 BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION ABUJA INVITATION TO BID FOR SALES OF USED VEHICLES

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48 hours after the acquisition of a majority stake in First Bank of Nigeria Plc, by highly revered and astute billionaire, Femi Otedola, the First Bank share price of the oldest bank in Nigeria has gained about 2.45% in value, printing an all-year highest of N12.55 per share, findings by naijabusiness.com.ng reveals.
According to the data tracked by our analysts, the shareholders of the bank also gained about N10.8 billion in value since the famous deal was announced, as the bank’s market capitalization closed at N450.49 billion on Monday 25th of October, 2021, compared to the sum of N439.72 billion printed as of Friday, 22nd of October, 2021 (prior to the announcement of the deal).

Recall that famous business tycoon and philanthropist had recently (during the weekend) purchased a majority stake of about 1,818,551, 625 units of FBN shares, translating to about 5.07% of its total shareholdings. The billionaire acquired the majority stake through a vehicle, Calvados Global Services Limited, and also indicated interest to acquire. Although this development was initially denied by the Bank, however, the tier-1 bank later admitted the deal. It is pertinent to note that prior to the deal, no single individual or entity held up to 5% of the bank’s total shareholdings.

READ: First Bank MD Purchases Additional 17.1 Million Shares Worth N121.6 Million

Sequel to the deal, naijabusiness.com.ng reliably gathered that the Tier-1 bank sustained the rally throughout the day’s trading session as investors maintained a bullish stance trading over 350 million units of shares valued at N4.35 billion and taking the share price up 2.45% from the opening price of N12.25 to close the day at N12.55, although the shares traded as high as N12.90 during the trading session.

Our data revealed that First Bank opened trading for the year on January 4, 2021 (first official trading day of the year) with a share price of N7.85 per share, thereby implying a 59.9% return on investment for shareholders during the aforementioned periods.

READ: https://www.naijabusiness.com.ng/news/2021/otedola-effect-first-bank-share-price-hit-all-year-high-of-n12-55-as-investors-gain-n10-8-billion-in-48-hours/

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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has mandated commercial banks in the country to unfreeze the account of one of the fintech companies operating in Nigeria-RiseVest Technologies Limited. The order is coming two months after all bank accounts linked to the company and three others (Bamboo Systems Technology Limited, Chaka Technologies Limited and Trove Technologies Limited) were freezed by the apex banking authority in the country, CBN.
Recall that the CBN further clarified that it had obtained a federal high court order to freeze the accounts of the aforementioned fintech companies for a period of 180 days. By the virtue of this development, the affected fintech companies will be unable to accept new deposits.

Rationalizing the harsh move, the CBN accused RiseVest and other affected firms of using forex obtained from the Nigerian FX market in buying foreign bonds/shares and other assets, an action that is clearly against the statutory provisions of the CBN.

Consequently, RiseVest engaged the CBN, in a bid to thrash out the contentious issues and return back to business. Owing to its engagements and wider consultations, the fintech company in a mail to naijabusiness.com.ng confirmed that the issues have been amicably resolved and that a federal high court in Abuja had ordered for its accounts to be unfreezed.

READ: Why CBN suspended the account of Bamboo, RiseVest and other fintech companies

Excerpts of the mail sent by the firm to naijabusiness.com.ng read thus: ‘’In a positive and very welcome development, the Abuja Federal High Court has unfrozen our bank accounts. According to them we now have ’’unfettered access’’ to our accounts.

‘’We have been engaging with CBN to make sure that all the issues raised in the initial announcement and all relevant issues around our business are properly resolved and that we continue to do our work in a safe, compliant and beneficial way. So this news pleases us greatly. We’ll continue to work with them and all regulators to ensure that our operations stay on the right side of the law.

‘’During this time, users have been funding and withdrawing as normal and all our services have continued to run. Also, our US operations continue unhindered.

‘’We thank everyone especially our amazing users, investors and community for their counsel, encouragement and support. Our mission to connect our users to the best wealth opportunities locally and globally continues and we are excited to continue that journey with you all.’’

SOURCE: https://www.naijabusiness.com.ng/news/2021/breaking-federal-high-court-orders-banks-to-unfreeze-account-of-risevest-technologies/

OKAY
How to open an eNaira account (Individual and Business) – Step by step Guide

Food prices? I doubt that is feasible, what government could do is to mop up food produce and subsidize, unfortunately, that will still be riddle with corruption.

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The official website of the upcoming Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) digital currency, the eNaira, has gone live, exactly one week to the planned launch of the initiative.
Naijabusiness.com.ng understands that in just 24-hours after the website went live, it recorded over one million hits, a reflection of increased interest in the initiative.

According to the optics carried out by our team, the website which is available HERE, appears to offer easier financial transactions for users of eNaira, and an opportunity for peer-to-peer payments which allows users to send money to one another through a linked bank account or card; allows customers to move money from their bank account to their eNaira wallet with ease. Registered users can monitor their eNaira wallet, check balances and view transaction history; and make in-store payment using their eNaira wallet by scanning QR codes.

In addition, customers are allowed to scan the QR Code on the website to get started.

READ: CBN Releases Guidelines on eNaira, Peg Maximum Transfer Limit to N50000

CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, while speaking to a gathering of foreign investors in New York, recently, had told his audience that because of activities surrounding the country’s Independence celebration on October 1, the earlier planned launch of the eNaira on same date would likely be rescheduled to October 4, 2021.

“The central bank would not want the event to take the shine away from the Independence celebration,” he said.



“We are going to be the first country in Africa to launch a digital currency. It is a novel idea because we think it will facilitate trade, Nigeria being the biggest economy in Africa, this will set the tone to tell Africa that we are ready to lead and we would indeed lead in trade and we would make sure that happens.

“Between all central bankers in ECOWAS, we are already working on certain collaboration to make trade, payment and banking system integrate in such a way to set example on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA),” he added.

In line with global trend, the CBN recently took a major step towards the launch of its digital currency with its formal announcement of its engagement of global fintech company, Bitt Inc. as its technical partner for the project. To choose the technical partner, the CBN went through a rigorous vendor selection process in line with the Public Procurement Act, conducted by seven departmental directors and a Deputy Governor whereby several companies were evaluated. The evaluation was based on the following criteria: technology ownership and control; implementation timeline; efficiency, ease of adoption; support for anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT); platform security; interoperability; implementation experience.

Emefiele expressed optimism that the eNaira, would bring about increased cross-border trade, accelerate financial inclusion and lead to cheaper and faster remittance inflow. He said the digital money would lead to easier targeted social interventions, as well as improvement in monetary policy effectiveness, payment systems efficiency, and tax collection.

According to him, after its unveiling, Nigerians should be able to download the eNaira app from either Google plays store or Apple app store, on board themselves and fund their eNaira wallet using their bank account or with cash at a registered agent location.

“If you are a bank customer and you have say N10 million in your bank account, for your comfort of spending and making purchase, you can tell the bank to load N2 million out of your N10 million into your wallet.

“So, your bank balance in physical cash drops to N8 million, while your e-wallet carries N2 million. With that you can make purchases both within and across the country.

“There are so many variance of the eNaira. But this is where we would start because we are not going to pretend that there are not risks in opening your system up. We would look at the various products, determine the risk, determine the best way to mitigate the risk before we now open it up more and more,” Emefiele added.

Also shedding more light on Bitts, he said, “we chose them as a partner. In some other climes where they are, they have their software and they earn their money. But we chose that they would establish their company in Nigeria. “The CBN will own substantially stake in that company. It is a company that will be established in Nigeria and majority holding will be the CBN,” he added.

https://www.naijabusiness.com.ng/news/2021/enaira-platform-goes-live-records-1-million-hits-in-24-hours/

Not may, but WILL
Nigeria need a leader with gut, that will jettison the existing political structures, they corrupt good intentions.

kambili999:
Hmmm. This man may be good. But APC as a party may still be controlling him and prevent him from working to improve this country.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has finally renewed MTN Nigeria operating spectrum and licence in Nigeria for another 10 years, effective until August 2031.
The recent development is following an earlier disclaimer issued by the NCC in August which denied renewing the operating licence of the telecommunications giant. The regulator (NCC) admitted that it had received an application from MTN as to that effect but emphatically stated that the application is still being processed.

Barely a month after the contradicting experience, naijabusiness.com.ng can authoritatively report that the NCC has finally approved the operating licence of the aforementioned telco. In a statement signed by the company’s secretary, Uto Ukpanah, MTN Nigeria revealed that the NCC approved the renewal of its Unified Access Service (UAS) Licence and Spectrum licence for wireless local loop in the 900MHz and 1800MHz band.

READ: How to register for the Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme; Eligibility Requirements and all you need to know

The approval will further strengthen the telecommunications giant in further extending its data network and telecom coverage in Africa’s biggest economy. It is pertinent to note that these licences which expired on 31st of August, 2021, have now been renewed for a further ten-year period, starting from 1st of September, 2021.

Furthermore, the Nigerian Communications Commission acknowledged the receipt of the sum of N7.16 billion for the spectrum licence, and N374.6 million for the UAS licence in settlement of their invoices for the period 1st of September 2021 to 31 August, 2031.

Commenting on the renewals, the CEO of MTN Nigeria, Karl Toriola said: ‘’Renewing our licences for another ten years is very important to our business and enables us to continue to provide services to ensure the benefits of modern connected life for our people. MTN Nigeria is delighted with its strong partnership with the NCC and looks forward to working closely with the Commission, and the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, to accelerate the growth of Nigeria’s digital economy.’’

https://www.naijabusiness.com.ng/news/2021/ncc-renews-mtn-nigeria-operating-licence-for-another-10-years/


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MTN Nigeria - Invitation For Expression Of Interest For Business Partnership

INTRODUCTION
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc. (MTNN) is Nigeria’s leading provider of connectivity, communication and enterprise collaboration solutions.

MTNN hereby invites reputable companies with requisite expertise and proven capacity to provide business solutions that are relevant to the Nigerian business environment. Interested companies are required to submit an expression of interest for the purpose of prequalification for business partnership with MTNN.

Upon successful prequalification, companies with identified solutions and/or market opportunities will be invited for further engagement.

SCOPE OF PARTNERSHIP
MTNN seeks to collaborate with innovative organisations to jointly develop business solutions, expand channels to market, and provide opportunities to scale for identified solutions. Considerations for selection will include but are not limited to solutions that:

Are scalable and relevant within the local context;
Will enable organizations to drive efficiencies and reduce cost;
Will digitize/transform customer engagement and customer journeys;
Will drive technology adoption and transformation within the private and public sector;
Will deepen citizen engagement and help to address social challenges.

GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS To be considered for prequalification, interested companies are required to visit the MTN Business website mtnbusiness.com.ng/partner and fill out the Expression of Interest form. The following documents will be required (in PDF format) to complete the process:

(1) Company Profile
(2) Certificate of Incorporation
(3) Solution Brief

https://www.naijabusiness.com.ng/tenders-contract/2021/mtn-nigeria-communications-plc-invitation-for-expression-of-interest-for-business-partnership/

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Arthur Okonkwo is listed for arsenal, maybe it's time for Arteta to try him out...
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