Presidential Poll: Obi tells court to nullify Tinub’s victory

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPresidential Poll: Obi tells court to nullify Tinub’s victory

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)March 23, 2023

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25, presidential election has asked the presidential election tribunal to nullify the victory of Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the president-elect. Obi who is at the court to challenge Tinubu’s victory, is seeking among other reliefs, the disqualification of the former Governor of Lagos State in the petition he filed at the Court of Appeal on Monday,...

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Review of Constitution: We’ll ensure Buhari assents to 19 remaining alteration bills – Lawan

NewsNigeriaPoliticsReview of Constitution: We’ll ensure Buhari assents to 19 remaining alteration bills – Lawan

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)March 23, 2023

Ahmad Lawan, the Senate President has disclosed that the National Assembly (NASS) will ensure that President Muhammadu Buhari assents to the remaining 19 of the 35 alteration bills on the review of the 1999 constitution. While speaking at the resumption of plenary which was postponed from March 11 to 18 to pave way for the just concluded governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections, Lawan said that “I believe that there is need for us...

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Guber/HoA Polls: Tiunbu expresses disappointment over physical and verbal attacks

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGuber/HoA Polls: Tiunbu expresses disappointment over physical and verbal attacks

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)March 23, 2023

President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has expressed disappointment over the reported physical and verbal attacks that trailed the governorship and State Houses of Assembly polls in some states across the country. Tinubu noted that such low descent are antithetical to democracy and therefore unacceptable, even as he called for a healing process to commence in earnest, with winners showing magnanimity. In a statement signed on Tuesday, Tinubu said that the election ought to be a celebration...

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Lagos Guber/HoA Polls: US Foreign Mission expresses concern over ethnic Profiling

NewsNigeriaPoliticsLagos Guber/HoA Polls: US Foreign Mission expresses concern over ethnic Profiling

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)March 23, 2023

The United States (US) Foreign Mission has expressed concern over ethnic profiling during the just concluded governorship and State House of Assembly elections in Lagos State. The US Foreign Mission office in Abuja, in a press statement on Tuesday, also expressed concern over what it referred to as “disturbing acts of violent voter intimidation and suppression that took place during those polls in Lagos, Kano, and other states”. The statement further noted that plans to...

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14 senior police officers pull-out from the force

NewsNigeriaPolitics14 senior police officers pull-out from the force

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)March 23, 2023

Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) Johnson Kokumo, 13 other senior officers have pulled-off from the police force  after 35 years in service. The officers and the current Inspector-General of police, IGP Usman Baba, were the last set of the first graduate of police officers from the Nigeria Police Academy (POLAC), Wudil, Kano, Course 1/88, to retire. The POLAC pioneers, who participated in the pull out parade at the police College, Ikeja were AIG Isaac Akinmoyede,...

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Release result of Enugu gubernatorial election, IPAC tells INEC

NewsNigeriaPoliticsRelease result of Enugu gubernatorial election, IPAC tells INEC

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)March 22, 2023

The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Enugu State chapter has told the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to release the result of the Saturday, March 18, Enugu State governorship election. Chief Edwin Alor, the chairman of Enugu State chapter of IPAC made the call while speaking with journalists in Enugu, stressing that INEC has no powers under the law to review collated results. The political body recalled that INEC had on Monday, March 20, suspended further...

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Enugu Guber Election Result Suspension: Police warn against inciting utterances

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEnugu Guber Election Result Suspension: Police warn against inciting utterances

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)March 22, 2023

Enugu State police have warned against inciting utterances, against the backdrop of the suspension of governorship election result in the state by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The police have also expressed readiness to deal decisively with trouble makers and appreciated the peaceful disposition of the electorate during the elections Ahmed Ammani, the Commissioner of Police (CP), Enugu State Command urged political parties and supporters  to remain law-abiding and patiently wait for further actions by...

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NFF debunks viral story alleging sack of Super Eagles crew members

NewsNigeriaSoccerSportsNFF debunks viral story alleging sack of Super Eagles crew members

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)March 21, 2023

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has debunked media reports that it sacked two members of the Super Eagles’ technical crew, Messrs Finidi George and Ike Shorounmu. NFF in a press statement noted that the organisation has established a rotation policy among assistant coaches. The statement reads, “As part of cost-cutting measures instituted at the beginning of the new administration, we established a rotation policy among the assistant coaches, based on the high number, which was...

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There’ll be suppression of human rights under Tinubu’s government. – Atiku

NewsNigeriaPoliticsThere’ll be suppression of human rights under Tinubu’s government. – Atiku

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)March 21, 2023

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has warned  that there will be suppression of human rights, the right to vote and speak in Nigeria under a Bola Tinubu Presidency. The former Vice President, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communication, Mr. Phrank Shaibu, said that the governorship election in Lagos where thugs asked those who were not planning to vote for the All Progressives Congress (APC) to return...

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Inconclusive Election Results: Yiaga Africa appeals for calm among political parties, Nigerians

NewsNigeriaPoliticsInconclusive Election Results: Yiaga Africa appeals for calm among political parties, Nigerians

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)March 21, 2023

Yiaga Africa, an election observer group has appealed to political parties, their supporters and Nigerians across the affected states to remain calm and peaceful in respect of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) decision to declare some state governorship elections inconclusive. The group made the appeal just as the electoral body declared the Adamawa, Imo, Enugu, Abia States elections inconclusive on Monday evening, while presenting its second report on the conduct of March 18, 2023...

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