The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, has granted leave to President-elect Bola Tinubu to access sensitive materials used by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of the 2023 presidential election. The three-member panel led by justice Joseph Ikyegh granted Tinubu ‘s...
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The Court of Appeal on Wednesday granted INEC permission to reconfigure its Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the Saturday Governorship and State Assemblies Elections. A three-member panel of the appellate court , led by Justice Joseph Ikyegh, granted leave to the applicant for the purposes of configuring the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Former Senate leader, Senator Ndoma Egba has decried a worrying trend where the Christian clergy in Nigeria are involved in partisan politics and turning their altars to political campaign platforms. Ndoma Egba said this on Wednesday in Calabar, during the Breakfast Prayer session organized...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) says it has no alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State for the March 11 governorship and state assembly elections. Alhaji Ibrahim Ahmed, the state Legal Adviser of the party, confirmed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria...
An estranged husband, Ismail Adegoke, on Wednesday told a Mapo Grade A Customary Court at Mapo in Ibadan, that he abandoned his matrimonial home because of his wife’s inclination for charms.” In his testimony, Adegoke told the court that though his cohabitation with his wife, Tawa, had produced two...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it suspended the Feb. 25 National Assembly Election in Sokoto State after discovering some anomalies in the process. Retired Maj. Gen. Modibbo Alkali, the INEC National Commissioner redeployed to oversee the state, said this at a stakeholders’ meeting on Wednesday in Sokoto....
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the death of a 65-year-old security guard in a fire incident at Akere Spare Parts Market, Ajegunle in the Apapa area of Lagos State. The police spokesman in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Mr Christopher Maikalangu, has warned hoteliers within the area council to pay their revenues or have them sealed. Mr Maikalangu gave the warning in a statement signed by his media aide, Mr Kingsley Madaki, on Wednesday...
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 31- year-old man, Stephen Alabi, in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly cutting his neighbour’s two- year old daughter with a cutlass. The Magistrate, Mrs H. B Mogaji refused to listen to the suspect’s plea. She ordered him to be remanded in...
The governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in Lagos State, Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran “Jandor” sits with Chude Jideonwo, host of #WithChude on a Lagos Election Special, Ekol’on pebi, featuring the leading candidates in the Lagos Governorship Election, asides the incumbent Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu who was unavoidably unavailable for the interview. On the interview, Jandor discusses his choice to run for office and his plans for Lagos State. On...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) issued operational guidelines for open banking in Nigeria on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the guidelines establish principles for data sharing across banking and payment systems. In the guidelines, the CBN shall provide and maintain an Open Banking Registry...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the removal of the name of Mr Idu Onyiloyi, Labour Party (LP) deputy governorship candidate for Benue elections from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s list. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, also stopped Onyiloyi from further parading himself as the...
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At least 110 terrorists were killed in Burkina Faso within a few days as the government targeted rebel groups in the north and the south of the West African country with airstrikes. The state news agency AIB reported on Tuesday evening. An army spokesperson confirmed the offensive without saying...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to exclude its staff engaged in malpractices during the Feb. 25 elections from participating in the March 11 governorship and State assemblies elections. The NBA made the call on Wednesday in Abuja in a statement signed...
A lawmaker in Ondo State, Mr Sunday Olajide, has advised former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and his Labour Party counterpart, Mr Peter Obi, to accept their defeat in the Feb. 25 Presidential election. Olajide, representing Akure South Constituency 2 in the Ondo State...
As the gubernatorial elections in Lagos State draw near, Chude Jideonwo Presents, producers of ‘Awaiting Trial’ and ‘Gen Z goes to vote’ releases Eko l’o npe bi, a Lagos Election special. The series feature interviews with the candidates running for governor, providing an in-depth look into their backgrounds, political parties, and plans for the state. “On 11th of March, 2023, voters in Lagos including myself,...
US nominee for World Bank Group President, Ajay Banga, has emphasised the need to develop strong partnerships with the African Development Bank (AfDB) with a view to achieving transformative results. Banga, in a statement issued on AfDB’s website, said this when he visited the bank’s president, Dr Akinwumi Adesina,...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said the aggregate Value Added Tax (VAT) stood at N697.38 billion in Q4 2022. This is according to the VAT Q4 2022 Report released in Abuja on Wednesday. The report shows a growth rate of 11.51 per cent on a quarter-on-quarter basis from...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has rejoiced with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on the occasion of his 66th birthday, March 8, 2023. The president’s congratulatory message is contained in a statement issued by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Wednesday in Abuja, He equally felicitated the entire...