The African Bar Association, AFBA, yesterday flayed plot by the Department of State Service, DSS, to arrest governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, for alleged terrorism financing. The regional legal body, in a statement, said though it does not meddle or interfere in the local governance and political issues of … [Read more…]
Sen.Walid Jibrin, the Chairman, Atiku/Ombugadu Campaign Council in Nasarawa State, says the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) is a solution to election rigging in 2023. Jibrin, who is a former Chairman, BOT PDP, stated this during the party’s campaign in Akwanga Local Government Area of the state. He said that BVAS would curtail electoral fraud … [Read more…]
Frank Nweke Jr, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Gubernatorial Candidate for Enugu state, celebrated the official opening of the newly renovated exam hall at Ozalla High School, delivered by Ozalla Union, USA, on Tuesday, January 10, 2023. The hall is to serve as a learning center and a more conducive environment for students taking … [Read more…]
TEXT OF PRESS CONFERENCE ADDRESSED BY THE ENUGU PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP) CAMPAIGN COUNCIL AT THE CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS AT INDEPENDENCE LAYOUT ENUGU ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2023 Gentlemen of the press, It is no longer news that some members of the Enugu State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), staged a massive protest against … [Read more…]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited is selling Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, at a loss because of its mandate from the Federal Government as regards PMS subsidy, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, said on Monday. Sylva’s remarks came as oil marketers stated that the supply hitches in the … [Read more…]
An aide to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Terver Akase, has debunked reports which claimed that the G-5 governors has endorsed the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, in the 2023 elections. Akase, Ortom’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, made this known in a statement on Tuesday. The PDP G-5 governors … [Read more…]
The Federal Government has insisted that no threat from any quarter can stop the conduct of the 2023 general election, which is just over a month away. The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the government position clear while responding to claim by the Independent National Electoral Commission that the elections might not be … [Read more…]
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi says he is running for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as a Nigerian. Obi said he is not contesting to support the agitation of the sovereign state of Biafra which is popular among some sections of the South East region. … [Read more…]
Over 20 Deposit Money Banks on Monday began the implementation of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s new cash withdrawal limit policy across the country with bank customers expressing anger over the new rule. The Governor of the CBN, Godwin Emefiele, had on December 21, 2022, bowed to pressure and revised the bank’s earlier cash withdrawal … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has again raised fresh fears that the forthcoming general election faces serious threats of cancellation and postponement if security challenges across parts of the country fails to improve. Its Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, who expressed the concerns, also warned that the cancellation or postponement of elections due to insecurity in … [Read more…]
One of the pillars of the entertainment industry in Nigeria and the Founder of the prestigious AMAA Awards, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe is dead. She reportedly gave up the ghost at St. Nicolas Hospital, Lagos after being in a coma since Saturday. While colleagues and close friends, some of whom went to see her at hospital wouldn’t … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC said youths constitute the highest number of registered voters, who would vote in the February and March elections with 48 million out of the entire 93.5 million eligible voters. The National Commissioner at INEC in charge of Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Festus Okoye, stated this during the … [Read more…]