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The Nigerian government has announced that it will postpone the 2023 census, originally scheduled for March 29, to May 2023.

The announcement was made by Information and Culture Minister Rai Mohammed while briefing state parliamentary correspondents at the end of a meeting of the Federal Executive Committee chaired by President Mohammed Buhari in Abuja on Wednesday.

The minister said the decision to postpone the census was necessitated by the postponement of gubernatorial and state legislative elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from March 11 to March 18. .

“They asked for parliamentary approval on a Np 2.8 billion contract to procure census software,” he said.

The Lagos State Ministry of Education has summoned the principal of Odmora Secondary School, Epee, for sending home a secondary school student, Marvelous Ballinada, for having a bag with a sticker of Labor Party presidential candidate Peter Obi. bottom. to school.

A distraught mother had gone online to focus her attention on punishing her 10-year-old daughter.

Ballinaada appealed to Nigerians to come and help her family, saying Marvelous had no political inclinations or affiliation and was only a minor.  

She lamented: “This is to inform you all, that my daughter, Marvelous Barinaadaa, was exited from Odomola Secondary School today 14th March 2023. by the School Principal, just because my daughter used Peter Obi’s poster paper to wrap her notebook for school. And this girl is just ten years old.

”She didn’t know anything about politics, but she was sent away from school without informing the parents because they say we support Peter Obi and Labour Party. Please, Is this act by the School Principal good? See what the school principal wrote in that letter. And after we will say we are one Nigeria.”

A JSS2 student was given an expulsion notice to leave school for violating instructions allegedly given to public schools by the Lagos state government.

According to a photo of the resignation letter, the principal of Odomora Middle School told Marvelous to go home and stand up for Obi, saying it was "against the wishes of Lagos residents."

Mr. Pidom, an investigative journalist, and Mr. Apagun Saka Shola, president of the Odomora Secondary School Students' Association OSSOSA, confirmed that the Lagos State Ministry of Education had intervened in the matter.

The principal was said to have been invited to the Araussa State Secretariat to answer questions.

However, Shola said he was sent home on charges that Marvelous allegedly harassed and distracted him by distributing posters of Obi throughout the classroom.

He pointed out that the principal's move is to reduce the annoyance caused by students sharing posters with other students. 

The OSSOSA president said: “I have been able to reach the principal. The issue circulating is far from the truth. There is a directive to stop all forms of campaign in the classroom. As some political parties use the students to campaign in class.

“The principal did not expel or suspend the student. She sent her home for causing havoc and disturbance in the class during recess by chatting and sharing LP posters to her mates.”

” Again, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education is on the issue,” Shola added.

Meta CEO, Marck Zuckerberg has reported a arrange to pillage more 10,000 staff from the company.


Zuckerberg made the declaration nowadays, Tuesday, Walk 14, 2023, on the background of Meta offers that hopped 6% on the news.

The broadly expected work cuts are portion of a more extensive rebuilding that will too see the company cancel enlisting plans for 5,000 openings, scrap lower-priority ventures and straighten layers of center administration.

“I think we ought to get ready ourselves for the plausibility that this unused financial reality will proceed for numerous years,” Chief Official Stamp Zuckerberg said in a message to staff.

Tensions of an financial downturn due to rising intrigued rates have started a arrangement of mass work cuts over corporate America:
from Divider Road banks such as Goldman Sachs (GS.N) and Morgan Stanley (MS.N) to Huge Tech firms counting Amazon.com (AMZN.O) and Microsoft (MSFT.O).


Meta, which is contributing billions of dollars to construct the cutting edge metaverse, has confronted challenges with a post-pandemic droop in promoting investing from companies stressed approximately the financial viewpoint.

In reaction, Zuckerberg has guaranteed to turn 2023 into the “Year of Efficiency”. With the most recent move, Meta anticipates costs in 2023 to come in between $86 billion and $92 billion, lower than the $89 billion to $95 billion estimate already.

Meta CEO said the tech firm will conclusion different layers of administration, inquire supervisors to gotten to be person supporters and allow them less than 10 coordinate reports, which would in turn make the organization “flatter.”

“We do not anticipate to develop headcount as rapidly, it makes more sense to completely utilize each manager's capacity and defragment layers as much as possible,” he said.

Meta's move in November to slice its headcount by 11,000 checked the primary mass cutbacks in its 18-year history. Its headcount stood at 86,482 at 2022-end, up 20% from a year prior.

A 33-year-old woman, Ifeoma Ossai, has reportedly killed her 50-year-old landlord, Monday Oladele, during a disagreement after grabbing his manhood and dragging him till he died.

The Ogun state Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, March 14, 2023.

According to the PPRO, Ifeoma was arrested following a report lodged at Sango-Ota divisional headquarters


Oyeyemi said the police were hinted by one Olaleye Taiwo, who reported that his brother, Oladele, had a disagreement with his tenant over the payment of electricity bill.

According to Oyeyemi in the process of disagreement, the tenant grabbed the manhood of the deceased and dragged him with it.


“Consequently, the landlord fell unconscious on the ground and he was rushed to the General Hospital, Ota, where the doctor on duty confirmed him dead.

“Upon the report, the DPO Sango Ota division, CSP Saleh Dahiru, quickly led his detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested and taken to custody for investigation.

“On interrogation, the suspect claimed that the deceased asked her to pay for the electricity bill, but she insisted that until water is directly connected to her apartment as promised by the landlord before she packed in, she will not pay the electricity or any other utility bill.

“This led to a scuffle between them consequent upon which the suspect grabbed the manhood of the deceased and dragged him with it.

“The deceased subsequently slumped, and he was rushed to the hospital but was pronounced dead by doctor on duty.


“The corpse has been deposited at the hospital mortuary for postmortem examination.”

The PPRO, however, said the Commissioner of Police, Frank Mba, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the Homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and diligent prosecution.

China has announced the full reopening of its borders after three years of strict anti-Coronavirus measures.

The Chinese foreign ministry announced in Beijing, the country’s capital on Tuesday, March 14, 2023.

The ministry said; “all types of visas for foreigners will be issued again” from Wednesday.

China reopened its borders at the beginning of January primarily for business travellers and family visits.

Now tourists can regularly travel to the country again, while visa-free entry to some regions is restored.

Long-term visas issued before the border closure on March 28, 2020, can also be used again, according to the statement.

Areas in China that required no visas before the pandemic will revert to visa-free entry.

This will include the southern tourist island of Hainan, a long-time favourite destination among Russians, as well as cruise ships passing through Shanghai port.

Visa-free entry for foreigners from Hong Kong and Macau to China’s most prosperous province, Guangdong, will also resume, a boon particularly to high-end hotels popular among international business travellers.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has barred agents from using Point of Sale (PoS) terminals meant for merchants to carry out cash-in and cash-out transactions.

The CBN also warned agents against carrying out a transaction where a receipt or acknowledgment cannot be generated.

CBN disclosed this in a circular announcing the Exposure Draft of the Regulatory Framework for Agent Banking in Nigeria.

The Circular signed by Musa I. Jimoh, Director, Payments System Management Department also stressed that agents are not allowed to carry out transaction in foreign currency.

Agent banking is a financial inclusion service which the bank has adopted to extend retail reach across all segments.

This service include First Monie, EcoBank express, UBA Moni, Zenith mobile money, among several others.

According to the CBN, the agent banking initiative has resulted in the proliferation of financial services agents across Nigeria, resulting in a significant and growing portion of financial transactions being conducted through the agents.

“This has necessitated the review of agent banking regulations to streamline activities in agent banking while ensuring that appropriate risk mitigation measures are taken by stakeholders”, it said.

Section 8.3 of the guidelines which highlighted prohibited activities for agents stated: “An agent shall not accept deposit or allow withdrawal above an amount which shall be prescribed, from time to time by the bank.

“Use the wrong option for transactions e.g agents shall not use the purchase option PoS Terminals for cash in and cash out transactions.”


Others are Agent banks are not allowed to provide, render, or hold itself out to be providing or rendering any banking service which is not specifically permitted in the contract.

“Open accounts, grant loans or carry out any appraisal function for purposes of opening an account or granting of a loan or any other facility except as may be permitted by any other written law to which the agent is subject.

“Undertake cheque deposit and encashment of cheques. Accept deposit or allow withdrawal above an amount which shall be prescribed, from time to time, by the bank.

“The agent bank employee also should not be a staff of financial institution and also provide cash advances.”

Controversial singer, Habeeb ”Portable” Okikiola has commenced self-defense training in boxing following a physical assault by his friends.

CorrectNG reported few weeks ago that the Zazuu star raised alarm after he and his sister were attacked by people close to him.

He alleged that they were beating up his sister and he decided to come to her defence but the matter escalated. Portable said he was stabbed in the neck and hand by an old time friend he helped after becoming a successful artiste.


He said their friendship go way back to when they were hustling in the same neighbourhood and he chose to take him off the streets but he paid him back with evil. In a video the singer posted online, he showed off the bodily injuries he sustained as a result of the assault he from the same person he bought a motorcycle for.

He said that after they brutalised his sister, she landed in the hospital and it was while he was with her by her bedside that the supposed friend stormed the place to inflict bodily harm on him. Portable advised fans run from certain people in their lives and not be like him who was moved to help a longtime friend, he said many people are not happy about ones success.

A clip which just surfaced on social media platforms shows him learning how to box with gloves in an open space. Residents gathered to watch the singer who parked his Range Rover close to his side.

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele has reportedly dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to join Peter Obi’s Labour Party (LP) following the announcement of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the President-Elect of Nigeria.


In an exclusive report by The Nation, Godwin Emefiele was alleged to have ramped up a cash sum of ₦500 million to fund the campaign of the Lagos State Labour Party in the upcoming governorship elections.

The CBN governor who currently faces heavy criticism over the unending Naira scarcity in Nigeria was also said to have secured the services of high military officials to ensure Tinubu’s party, the APC, does not win the Lagos governorship race.

Recall that Godwin Emefiele contested unsuccessfully for the presidential ticket of the APC, a move many Nigerians described as illegal and politicisation of the country’s treasury.

The CBN which Emefiele is controlling served as the main banker of the Federal government and undertakes most of the Federal Government banking businesses within and outside the country.


The Bank also provides banking services to the state and local governments and may act as banker to institutions, funds, or corporations set up by the Federal, State, and Local Governments. The CBN also finances the government in periods of temporary budget shortfalls through Ways and Means Advances subject to limits imposed by law.

Sources told that The Nation that the apex bank has released N500 million in new bank notes to shore up the campaign of the Labour Party (LP) in the state.

LP secured an upset against APC in the February 25 presidential polls in the state when its candidate, Peter Obi, polled 582,454 votes as against the 577,606 scored by Tinubu’s APC.

It was learnt that the N500 million windfall was mobilised through high-level CBN agents in Lagos. It was described as “Oga’s own contribution to the takeover-Lagos-from- Tinubu’s-influence, now that he has become the president-elect and will be relocating to Abuja”.

It was also learnt that Emefiele had worked to ensure that Tinubu did not emerge as presidential candidate and president-elect.

Aside Emefiele’s N500 million cash, the LP has also reportedly received $2 million cash from a famous retired billionaire general, who hails from the North.

Sources told The Nation that the cash bonanza is intended to give undue advantage to the LP candidate, Mr. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, over the two other major contestants – incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the APC and Mr. Olajide Adediran of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), whose campaign and mobilisation have been seriously affected by the cash squeeze caused by Emefiele’s Naira redesign policy.

Besides, Emefiele, who hails from Delta North, is said to be an enthusiastic promoter of the “Igbo agenda” to install “our own in Alausa come May 29”.

To perfect the plot, the cooperation of a senior military officer in command position in Lagos, is said to have been secured by Emefiele.

The commander, the sources said, is expected to provide “military muscle” to the “agenda” to take over Lagos.


He was said to have similarly played a “spoiler role” on February 25 by deliberately deploying troops to provide “cover” for the massive rigging in Ajah, Lekki areas in favour of LP’s Obi.

The commander also allegedly provided “cover” for the massive rigging reported in Amuwo-Odofin, Ojo, Alaba and Iba areas. For instance, troops at his behest, reportedly “detained” the Oniba of Ibaland in his palace, ostensibly to “prevent him from being able to mobilise his people to vote Tinubu”. Troops similarly invaded the palace of Elegushi in Ikateland and openly brutalised APC supporters in viral videos. Oba Saheed Elegushi is known to be a staunch Tinubu supporter.

The latest secret cash largesse to the LP candidate’s campaign is coming at a time many Nigerians groan under acute cash scarcity as daily languish in endless queues at banking halls and ATM centres across the country without being able to access their savings, despite a Supreme Court order on March 3 mandating the revalidation of the N200, N500 and N1,000 notes till December 31, 2023.

Nigeria’s first female senator, Franca Afegbua has died at age seventy-nine.

According to a family source, Afegbua died on Sunday, March 12, 2023.

“The Afegbua family of Edo state has confirmed the demise of the first woman senator in Nigeria, Senator Franca Afegbua, whose sad event occurred this morning, Sunday, March 12, 2023.


“She combined beauty and brain during her service to Nigeria. Funeral details will be announced by the family soon,” the family said.

From running a premium salon in Lagos, winning an international hairdressing competition in London, Chief Afegbua made history when she contested and won the Bendel-North Senatorial District seat in the 1983 elections.

She contested on the platform of the National Party of Nigeria (NPP) against the incumbent at the time, a seasoned politician from the opposition Unity Party of Nigeria in control of old Bendel State (present-day Edo and Delta States).

Some Nigerian universities have shifted their resumption date to Tuesday, March 21, 2023.

Recall that the Federal Government directed all Universities and Inter-University Centres to shut down and academic activities suspended from February 22 to March 14 over the February 25 and March 11, 2023, general elections.

However, the schools decided to extend the break after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) shifted the March 11 election to March 18.

A statement signed by the University of Lagos on Friday, March 10, 2023, stated that the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, approved that the resumption of academic activities be postponed to Tuesday, March 21, 2023, adding that all other activities of the university, including inaugural lectures and meetings (excluding teaching), should continue as scheduled.

It explained that the postponement of resumption to Tuesday, March 21, 2023, was due to the re-scheduling of the governorship and state House of Assembly elections from Saturday, March 11, 2023, to Saturday, March 18, 2023.


It read, “It would be recalled that the federal government had directed that students of higher institutions across the country should vacate their schools ahead of the 2023 general elections. As a result, the University Senate had approved the suspension of academic activities (teaching) from Tuesday, February 21, 2023, to Tuesday, March 14, 2023.

“Once again, members of the university community are implored to remain safe and security conscious as well as orderly, civil and responsible in utterances and engagements, online and offline.

“Further updates would be provided as the need arises in the coming days.”

Similarly, the management of Godfrey Okoye University (GOUNI) in Enugu has shifted the institution’s resumption date to March 21.

In a statement on Thursday, Christian Anieke, GOUNI’s vice-chancellor, said the institution will no longer resume on March 15 as earlier scheduled.


“They said the shift in the resumption of academic activities by the students had been approved by the Senate of the University. The students are now expected to resume on March 21st for the second semester of the 2022/2023 academic session,” he said.

The vice-chancellor said the move was to allow students of the institution to participate in the elections.

Anieke said the senate of the university did not want a situation where the students would resume and then return to places they registered to cast their votes on election day.

The vice-chancellor informed the students that there would not be another break once they return on March 21.

He said the institution would operate three months of uninterrupted teaching followed by examinations as soon as students return to the campus.

Fast-rising Nigerian singer, Spyro has revealed that he’s becoming fond of melodious singer, Tiwa Savage ever since they met.

The artiste featured her on the remix of his hit single, “Who’s Your Guy” which was released last week.

According to Spyro, he often speaks with her on phone and he is thinking of stopping because the more that happens, he falls harder for her.

The singer said the mother of one said that Tiwa Savage is an amazing soul, and he is happy about choosing her to be on the remix of his song.

He wrote; “Yo guys, TIWA is such an amazing soul. Super Glad I chose her for my remix

I actually think I need to stop talking to her on phone the more we talk the more I fall for her MY GUYEST GUY IS TIWA.”

No fewer than 300 passengers have been left stranded as a train on Warri-Itakpe route derailed.


This is coming barely a month after no fewer than 20 passengers were abducted from a train station in Igueben, Edo State.

According to sources in the train, the incident happened inside Kogi forest, with many of the passengers said to have abandoned the train for fear of being taken hostage.


It was gathered that the train left Warri early Sunday and got derailed at around 12pm inside the forest between Ajaokuta and Itakpe.

The Delta and Kogi State police commands could not immediately confirm the incident, however, the Manager, Warri/Itakpe railway, told our correspondent he was just on his way to the scene and would give the details later.


According to a staff member of the Nigerian Railway Corporation at the Itakpe Station, the incident took place at about 20km from the the destination of the train.

The source also said some of the NRC workers got vehicles that evacuated the passengers from the forest where the incident took place.

“The place is not far from the last bus stop, so some of our staff members called cab from the station at Itakpe to evacuate all of them.


“It’s not far just 20km from the incident scene. Nobody was injured,” he told newsmen.


Speaking on what caused the train to derail, he said, “We can’t access the cause now, our engineer went there to check, just that the locomotive dropped form the track.

Confirming the incident, another source within the NRC said, “it’s today, in the morning, at Kogi Station, it’s a station where passengers don’t stop; they closed the station. It’s like somebody tampered with the track and when the train reached there, it derailed; almost four coaches derailed they almost capsised,” the source said.

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President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, received an award from the Abu Dhabi Peace Forum for his role in “strengthening peace in Africa”.


The award was presented to Buhari by the Abu Dhabi Peace Forum (ADPF) in Nouakchott, the capital of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

The Forum for Peace was founded in Abu Dhabi in 2015 and is “dedicated to strengthening Islamic narratives of peace building and tolerance in a world of religious pluralism”.

Present at the event were Mohamed Ghazouani, president of Mauritania; Abdallah Bin Bayyah, president of the Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies; and Al Mahfoudh Bin Bayyah, secretary-general of the Abu Dhabi Forum for Promoting Peace.

According to ADPF Buhari was honored because of his leadership role in promoting peace in Africa through regular interventions counsels and conciliatory position reports.



Meanwhile, Buhari also participated in the African Conference For Peace 2023.

The president during his speech thank the Abu Dhabi Peace Forum under the leadership of Sheikh Abdallah Bin Bayyah for the honour of norminatting him as the recipient of “strengthening peace in Africa”.

See the images below

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The Vice President of Gambia, Badara Joof has reportedly died in India.


This was disclosed by Gambia’s President, Adama Barrow, in a tweet on Wednesday, January 18, 2023.

“Fellow #Gambians, it is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing away of my #VicePresident, His Excellency, Badara Alieu Joof. The sad event took place in India after a short illness. May Allah grant him Jannahtul Firdawsi,” he tweeted.


The vice-president died after a short illness. The president neither mentioned the time of his death nor state whether he was receiving treatment in India.

According to his profile on Wikipedia, Joof was a student at Armitage High School and trained as a teacher himself at Yundum Teachers’ College

He held a bachelor of education degree from the University of Bristol, a master’s degree in English literature from the University of London, and a master’s degree in development economics from the University of Bath.

Joof began his career as a qualified teacher, teaching English at The Gambia College.

He was then head of the department of languages and literature at Nusrat High School. He was the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Education for many years. In March 2002, it was reported that he had been transferred to the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Local Government and Lands.


Joof worked as the World Bank Liaison Officer to the Gambia. In this role, he assisted higher education minister Mariama Sarr-Ceesay in introducing a new education policy to the Gambia.

In 2013, Joof visited various project sites in the Gambia along with Ministry of Agriculture officials to gain a better understanding of various challenges they faced.[8] In 2014, Joof was appointed as an Education Specialist in Dakar, Senegal to the World Bank.

On 22 February 2017, President Barrow appointed Joof as his Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology.

Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, and his partner, Chioma, have taken their love to a whole new level as they tattoo each other’s names on their fingers.

The couple who are reported to have secretly tied the knot went beyond using just wedding bands as a symbol of their love and got tattoos of each other’s names on their ring fingers.

Chioma’s name was inked on Davido’s finger, while Chioma also had her lover’s name, Davido, boldly written on her finger.

A video of the two showing off their tattoos found its way to the internet and stirred reactions from fans.

Watch video below,

This comes months after the pair lost their son together, Ifeanyi. Recall that Ifeanyi died by drowning at his dad’s Banana Island home on October 31st 2022.

In other news, a viral video of a woman eulogizing her husband’s manhood has left many social media users in stitches.

In the trending video, the woman’s husband stood and just watched his wife in awe as she knelt facing his manhood, pointing at it, and showering it with praise.

The quite dramatic wife, who maintained a kneeling position all through, thanked her partner’s manhood for its eighteen years of service to her.

“You have stretched me in ways that I never thought could be stretched with your hard work and dedication. You and your two disciples have spread the love of Jesus all across.

You have made me call on the name of the Lord several times. You have been places no man has ever gone before. Thank you for bringing me to the land of milk and honey”, she said.

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A young Nigerian lady, Angela Job Emodiae, who claimed she made one billion Naira from selling kuli kuli has said it was a public stunt.

Recall that Angela who is based in Jos, Plateau state with the business name: Anjees Food, on Saturday, January 7, 2023, posted on her Facebook page that she made N1bn selling Kuli Kuli also said she is targeting more than N2 billion in 2023.

She said her main clients are Nigerians who live abroad who order the product online and she sends it to them via freight services.

Angela said she has not begun exporting the product yet but just makes sales on social media, especially Facebook.


According to receipts and WhatsApp chats posted on her page, Emodiae showed how customers paid her for her services.

However, after her post stirred mixed conversations on social media, Angela reacted by saying that it was a kind of publicity stunt and that she is glad it worked well on Nigerians.

“You people should allow me sell Kulikuli in peace, was it my name you all saw on the account, Sheu una dey whine me ni. But it is great I pulled a stunt and it worked.” She said.

This has also generated mixed reactions among Nigerian social media users.


Ashiwaju opeyemi said; “Madam forget that thing, you have told us the truth let NOBODY box you to corner. My only concern is security reasons. Keep up the good work and continue to flourish.”

Olajumoke precious said: “People don craete content tire,even People wey no know Mathematics for school don calculate tire. I dey come make I come buy kulikuli and Honey!” Cynthia Richard said: “Coming out to say it’s a prank, is very good. Your security and safety are important.”

Rachael Lawal said: “You got caught in your lies con Dey form publicity stunt. That format don cast you hear?”

Chinonye Mgbenu said: “I know this is just for security reasons. I pray it works.” Lois Akahimbe said: “Did you really pull a stunt, or you truly sold kulikuli for 1billion naira at sales? If you did, own it and stand by it.”

Romnychuks Judith said: “And you pulled it down, after making your defenders look like fools. Internet doesn’t forget Man goes into snail business.