2023: Shun money politics, vote for credible candidates, Archbishop  Chukwuma advises electorate

NewsNigeriaPolitics2023: Shun money politics, vote for credible candidates, Archbishop  Chukwuma advises electorate

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 23, 2023

Most Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma, the Archbishop, Province of Enugu and Bishop Enugu Diocese Anglican Communion has advised the electorate to vote for credible candidates and shun moment politics in the forthcoming general elections. He expressed optimism that the 2023 general elections have the capacity to restore Nigeria to greatness, if her people would shun money politics and vote with sincere heart. Chukwuma stated this while speaking to newsmen shortly after his Lenten Service at the...

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Election Day: IGP bans vehicular movement

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPoliticsElection Day: IGP bans vehicular movement

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 23, 2023

…Reaffirms ban on VIP aides, escorts, quasi-security participation The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has ordered a restriction of all forms of vehicular movement on roads, waterways, and other forms of transportation, from 12 am to 6 pm on election day with the exception of those on essential services such as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials, electoral observers, ambulances responding to medical emergencies, firefighters etcetera. CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi , in a...

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2023: Commonwealth warns Nigerians against electoral violence

NewsNigeriaPolitics2023: Commonwealth warns Nigerians against electoral violence

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 23, 2023

Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland, the Commonwealth Secretary General, has warned Nigerians against allowing those bent on leading the country into violence in the 2023 general elections. Scotland, who led a high level delegation to Geoffrey Onyeama, the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Abuja, noted that Nigeria has inspired the rest of the world by its fortitude and resolve to remain on the path of peace. While recalling her meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in 2016...

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Over 200,000 Corps Members Would Serve As Adhoc Staff – DG NYSC

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOver 200,000 Corps Members Would Serve As Adhoc Staff – DG NYSC

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 23, 2023

The National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC) says over 200,000 Corps members would serve as adhoc staff during the upcoming elections in the country. The Director General of the scheme, Brig-Gen. Yushau Ahmed disclosed this in Abuja while addressing Journalists in Abuja, warned corps members that would participate in the exercise to avoid any form of gratification and flash point areas. Brig-Gen. Ahmed said the corps members have received adequate training, and warned that any corps...

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2023 Presidential election is between Obi and Tinubu – Sen. Adeyemi

NewsNigeriaPolitics2023 Presidential election is between Obi and Tinubu – Sen. Adeyemi

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 21, 2023

The senator representing Kogi-West Senatorial District, Smart Adeyemi has stated that the Saturday’s presidential election will be contested between two major candidates, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) The lawmaker noted that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar is not in the race and therefore should not expect anything from Nigerians. He said that Peter Obi was to emerge...

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2023: Endorsement of Peter Obi is sacrosanct  – PANDEF

NewsNigeriaPolitics2023: Endorsement of Peter Obi is sacrosanct  – PANDEF

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 21, 2023

…Asks Nigerians to disregard purported youth wing rejection Of Obi’s endorsement The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has affirmed that the endorsement of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party by the Forum is Sacrosanct and Asked Nigerians to disregard the purported rejection of Obi’s endorsement by the non-existent youths of the Forum. Ken Robinson, the National Publicity Secretary of PANDEF in a press statement on Monday stressed that the report is borne...

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2023: Yoruba, south-west leaders of thought declare support for Tinubu

NewsNigeriaPolitics2023: Yoruba, south-west leaders of thought declare support for Tinubu

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 21, 2023

Ahead of Saturday’s presidential election, stakeholders in the South-West geopolitical zone have agreed that the region should produce the next president, even as they continue to drum up support for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The position of the region was made known at the Yoruba and South-West Leaders Of Thought Summit, tagged: “All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Interacts With Yoruba and South-West Leaders...

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2023: We won’t disappoint Nigeria, International community, Prof Yakubu promises

NewsNigeriaPolitics2023: We won’t disappoint Nigeria, International community, Prof Yakubu promises

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)February 21, 2023

The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu has promised Nigerians and the international community that the commission will not disappoint them in its resolve to deliver a credible poll on February 25. Yakubu made the promise when he received the Commonwealth Election Observation Mission to Nigeria for the 2023 general elections, led by former South African President Thabo Mbeki. He said that the commission, working with the security agencies, political...

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Oversight Group Reminds Security Agencies On Constitutional Rights Of Journalists

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOversight Group Reminds Security Agencies On Constitutional Rights Of Journalists

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 21, 2023

To ensure Journalists perform their constitutional role, Federal Government and all the security agencies have been tasked to respect the constitutional rights of journalists to free movement without obstruction or impediment to cover and report on the general elections commencing this Saturday. The Nigerian National Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI) in letters to heads of all security agencies and the electoral body reminded them that it is duty-bound Journalists to keep the public...

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INEC in Adamawa Receives 4,104 BVAS, Assures Credible Polls

NewsNigeriaPoliticsINEC in Adamawa Receives 4,104 BVAS, Assures Credible Polls

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 21, 2023

A few days after the Presidential and National Assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Adamawa State received 4,104 Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) for the 4,104 electoral units in the state. Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state Barr. Hudu Yunusa Ari who disclosed this to newsmen in Yola expressed the readiness of the commission to conduct fair, free, and hitch-free elections in the state. “As part of the Commission’s commitment to...

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