…Warns that failure to tender a public apology may necessitate legal action Phrank Shaibu, the Special Assistant on Public Communication to Atiku Abubakar has said that the Director of Special Projects and New Media of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Femi Fani-Kayode, should apologise to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and the military over allegation of coup. Shaibu made the remark in a press statement on Tuesday, stressing that...

….says Atiku-Okowa ready to carry everybody including Wike along when they win The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has given the reason it called off its planned presidential rally slated for Port Harcourt Rivers State. Mr. Charles Aniagwu, Spokesperson of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, disclosed on Tuesday while speaking on AIT noted that rising spate of insecurity in the state was the reason the party called off the rally. He said that the...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has discovered 240 polling units without registered voters in 28 States and the Federal Capital Territory. INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu who revealed this on Monday in Abuja during a consultative meeting with leaders of political parties explained that elections would hold in 176,606 out of 176,846 nationwide on the 25th February and 11th March 2023. “The polling units range from one polling unit to 12 polling units in...

Ahead of 2023 general elections, Murtala Muhammed Foundation (MMF) has called on the need to have a decisive leader like Late Gen. Muritara Muhammed to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. The call was made in Lagos on Monday in commemoration of the 47th anniversary of the death of former Head of State, Late General Murtala Muhammed. The late Head of State, on the 13th of February, 1976, paid the highest price for service to the country...

Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA), an election monitoring group, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of not doing enough to educate voters about migration to other polling units. According to the group, such information was necessary in order not to create confusion on the day of the election proper. The group believes that lack of publicity and mobilisation was a major factor that contributed to the low turnout of voters during the exercise,...

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Business Facilitation Bill, also Omnibus Bill, into law so as to provide an enabling environment for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the country to thrive The new law also codifies Executive Order 001 on Transparency and Efficiency in Public Service Delivery, the Administration’s first executive order, aimed at strengthening ease of doing business reforms across the country. The Bill popularly referred to as the  Executive Bill was...