Day: March 28, 2023

Northern IPAC Chairmen Forum commends 2023 election exercise

Aminu Imam

… Warns LP’s Yusuf Datti Ahmed, co-anarchists against endangering civil rule The Northern leadership of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), has praised the conduct of the just-concluded 2023General Elections, saying Nigeria has taken another significant step in its democratic journey.  According to an issued statement by the Forum, signed by Abubakar Dogara, “The 2023 General Elections have come and gone, and we believe that Nigeria has taken another significant step in its democratic journey”. The Forum, however, noted with serious concern the inconsistency of some INEC staff, particularly in the…

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2023: INEC reveals date for supplementary elections

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The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has fixed 15th of April, 2023 for the completion of all pending governorship, national, and state assembly supplementary elections. The Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, disclosed this yesterday at a press conference. Although governorship and legislative elections have been concluded in most parts of Nigeria, the elections were declared inconclusive in some states and legislative districts. The Commission, therefore, said it would announce a new date for the election. INEC wrote on its Twitter page yesterday afternoon: “Arising from its…

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“We arrested 781 electoral offenders during 2023 Polls – IGP

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The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) said a total of 781 electoral offenders were arrested during the 2023 general election. Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, who made this known during a meeting with Strategic Police Managers of the Nigeria Police Force yesterday, said the suspects were arrested over a total of 489 major electoral infractions across the country. Speaking at the meeting which comprised Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs) and members of the Force Management Team, Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs), Commissioners of Police (CPs) and other Tactical Commanders…

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Chris Ngige meets NLC, CBN officials over planned ‘stay-at-home’

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Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, yesterday met with representatives of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in an effort to prevent the NLC’s planned nationwide picketing of CBN offices over the lack of naira notes. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, was joined by two Deputy Governors, Kingsley Obiora (Economic Policy) and Ade Shonubi, while the NLC delegation, which consisted of ten people, was led by Comrade Joe Ajaero and Emmanuel Ugboaja (Organised Private Sector). Recall that the Congress threatened to launch…

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Pro-Tinubu groups storm Abuja streets, protest against Interim Govt.

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Supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday, stormed the streets of Abuja, the federal capital, in protest against calls for an interim government after President Muhammadu Buhari’s exit on May 29. The protesters, under the auspices of ‘The Natives’, staged what they termed as a peaceful walk, just as they cautioned opposition parties and their candidates in Nigeria to kill the thought of an interim government when a democratic government had been elected and was waiting to be sworn in. According to the group,…

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“10 names on our visa ban watch list” — UK

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The United Kingdom, (UK), has said no fewer than 10 individuals are on its watch list following the outcome of the 2023 general elections. British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ben Llewellyn-Jones, disclosed this while reacting to controversial comments made by a former minister of aviation and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Femi Fani-Kayode. Fani-Kayode, in a series of tweets, was said to have used words and phrases deemed derogatory, divisive and inciting against the opposition. The former minister had tweeted: “The single greatest lesson that the 2023…

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PDP denies suspending Iyorchia Ayu

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…Signatures were forged for purposes of mischief The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), in the home State of the National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, Benue State, yesterday denied the letter of suspension, saying that their signatures were forged. In a letter addressed to the PDP Chairman in Gboko local government area of Benue State, the executive members of Igyorov Ward, explained that they never endorsed Ayu’s suspension for any reason. Describing the letter as a height of mischief, the Exco said the purported suspension was not in line with due process and…

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“Obasanjo is Igbo in spirit” – Ohanaeze chieftain replies Fani-Kayode

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A chieftain of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo socio-cultural organisation, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo as an Igbo in spirit but a Yoruba biologically. Isiguzoro made the remark in response to a remark made by former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode. Obasanjo’s father, according to Fani-Kayode, may not be a true Yoruba man because his ‘silence’ over a comment by Igbo businessman, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, that Yoruba people are “political rascals,” was an indication that the former president’s father was an Igbo man, not a Yoruba man. In response, the Ohanaeze…

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“Insecurity will be defeated”, Says ex-British PM, Boris Johnson, as he visits Nigeria

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Former British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has expressed optimism that banditry and terrorism will be defeated in Nigeria, and eventually, law and order will prevail in the country. The former UK Prime Minister gave this assurance while speaking at the 16th Anyiam-Osigwe lecture series titled ‘Re-humanising human experience: A synopsis of Anyiam-Osigwe’s treaties. The event, organised by the Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe Foundation in collaboration with the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, was held at the Marriot Hotel, in Ikeja, Lagos. According to the ex-British Prime Minister, “I know some of the…

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