The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu winner of Feb. 25 presidential election. Tinubu, who was former Governor of Lagos State, garnered a total votes of 8,794,726 to defeat his major rivals; Atiku Abubakar of the...
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Leaders in the West African sub-region have called on Nigeria’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to comply with the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022 on the collation of results for the presidential and National Assembly elections held on February 25, 2023. Mahama and other members...
The flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu is in the lead in Nigeria’s keenly contested presidential election with official results coming in from 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. According to results presented by state collation officers for the presidential election (SCOPs)...
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja 11, has appealed to all stakeholders in the ongoing presidential election to maintain peace in their various areas. He particularly appealed to politicians and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be matured in their conducts in order for peace to...
The Amalgamated Union of Northern Traders, on Saturday in Sokoto lauded the directives given by Gov. Bello Mutawalle of Zamfara state, for security men to arrest anybody who rejects the old naira notes during transaction. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Mutawalle was among the Governors...
Residents of Enugu on Saturday started rejecting the old naira notes for transactions, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. NAN investigation shows that many residents who are still holding the old naira notes are finding it difficult to spend them. Mr George Nweze, a resident of Awkunanaw...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government of Nigeria has commiserated with the Turkish authority over the recent earthquake that has left over 22,000 persons dead and many others injured. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, paid a condolence visit...
The Leadership of the National Assembly has again stressed the need for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to allow the old and new Naira notes to be used concurrently to cushion the hardship being experienced by citizens. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, made this position known when...
The European Union has pledged to support Nigeria in recovering its stolen assets in foreign countries, tackle corruption, curb illicit financial flows, and enhance credible elections in the country. Ms Samuela Isopi, Head of the EU delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, disclosed this on Friday, in Abuja at the...
The Coalition of Anti-Corruption Organisations has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to overhaul the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over alleged consistent disobedience of court orders. Mr Olufemi Lawson, Convener of the coalition comprising about 50 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), and Chairman, Centre for Public Accountability, made the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a work plan for the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC). The president conveyed his approval at the inaugural meeting of the Council chaired by him, with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo as Vice-Chairman and the Director-General of NCCC, Dr Salisu Dahiru, as Secretary, among other...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has affirmed that it would implement far-reaching, all-round security strategies along the Abuja-Kaduna rail corridor amd other rail corridors in the country. The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo stated this at a meeting of the Nigerian Union of Railway Workers. Sambo...
Pastors Alex Tapere, Jacob Obaro and Daniel Olawande and other most influential ministers of the Redeemed Christians Church of God (RCCG) are among main speakers at the forthcoming first International Billionaire Christian Conference (IBCC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two days IBCC, targeted at bringing...
The Council of State has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to print more redesigned naira notes or allow the new and old banknotes to circulate concurrently to ease the tension caused by the scarcity of cash. The Council approved the naira redesign...
Yiaga Africa, a Civil Society Organisation has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to rectify observed lapses at the recently concluded mock accreditation for a successful 2023 election. The Executive Director, Yiaga Africa, Mr Samson Itodo said this while presenting the organisation’s report on Bimodal Voters Accreditation System(BVAS)...
An Ilorin based legal practitioner, Mr Yusuf Ahmed has advised youths in the country to prioritise their lives before fighting for any politician during the upcoming 2023 general elections. Ahmed, who gave the advice in Ilorin on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said...
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has constituted an 11-member Commission of Inquiry to investigate the recent killing of no fewer than 40 volunteers (Yan-Sakai) by terrorists. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that recently, over 40 volunteers were ambushed and killed by terrorists in Bakori and Kanakara...
A lawmaker in Ondo state, Mr Sunday Olajide, has described as “choking’’ and pain inflicting the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) redesigned naira note policy introduced late last year. Olajide, a member of the Ondo State House of Assembly, representing Akure South Constituency 2, in a statement made available...
A meeting of the Council of State presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari went underway in Abuja on Friday. Top on the agenda are the 2023 general elections and the on-going cash crisis occasioned by CBN’s naira redesign and cashless policy. In attendance are Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and former...
Former Governor Donald Duke of Cross River State will be leading the launch on Wednesday 15 February 2023 of A Stranger in their Midst, the memoir of Mr Justice Charles Archibong (rtd) at The Wheatbaker Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos with Chief Anthony Ani, a former Minister of Finance, serving as...