Off-cycle Polls: Coalition of United Political Parties rates INEC high

…Says Kogi best in conduct, outcome The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has lauded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for upping its game in the just concluded off-cycle elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states in spite of the overwhelming challenges it had to cope with during the polls. The group stated that, as the foremost opposition group in the country, it was pertinent to give kudos to the umpire in situations where...

Gov. Mbah Announces 5-month Wage Award For Enugu State Workers

The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah has announced cash awards for the state workers and an increase in the number of indigent persons to be enrolled in the state’s social register. Speaking to newsmen and the Labour leaders on Wednesday at the Government House, the Governor said his administration’s focus is on the welfare of her citizens so as to achieve a zero percent poverty headcount index by 2031; As a palliative to...

Three Local Government Chairmen In Jigawa State Suspended

For allegedly traveling to Rwanda without seeking permission from the state executive or legislative, the Jigawa State House of Assembly has suspended three local government council chairmen. The suspended chairmen are Hon Mubarak Ahmed of Birniwa LGA, Hon Rufai Sunusi of Gumel LGA local, and Hon Umar Baffa of Yankwashi LGA. The Chairman House Committee on Local Government Affairs, Hon Aminu Zakari Tsubut, said the House moved a motion for the suspension of the affected...

Feds Reduces Charges Against Former CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele

…Now face six procurement charges out of Initial 20 charges The immediate-past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele is to face six procurement charges out of the earlier 20 charges filed against him by the Nigerian government. The Federal Government in the original charge filed in August charged Emefiele alongside a female CBN employee, Sa’adatu Yaro, and her company, April 1616 Investment over procurement fraud to the tune of N6.5 billion....

Nigerian workers resume work after two-day strike

Public and private sector workers in Nigeria returned to their various workplaces on Thursday after a largely successful two-day industrial action following directives from the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC. Workplaces were shut down across Nigeria’s 36 states and the capital city Abuja on Tuesday and Wednesday. While the strike was observed strictly in some states, it wasn’t in others. The NLC and TUC suspended the strike...

Inflation rate jumps to 27.33%, food inflation falls to 1.91%

Nigeria’s inflation rate jumped in October to 27.33 per cent, which is a 0.61 per cent rise from September’s 26.72 per cent. On a year-on-year basis, the inflation rate is 6.24 per cent higher than the 21.09 per cent recorded in October 2022. The data is from the Consumer Price Index, CPI, report for October 2023 published on Wednesday by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, Nigeria’s statistical office. The latest figure marks the tenth...

Liberia’s Presidential run-off: Jonathan, West African Elders warn against unofficial declaration

The West African Elders Forum (WAEF) Mission to Liberia has called for caution and restraint as Liberians wait eagerly for the final results of the November 14 presidential run-off elections which is currently being collated by the country’s National Electoral Commission (NEC). Head of WAEF Mission and former Nigerian President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan in a statement issued in Monrovia on Wednesday urged leaders of the two political parties to desist from premature declaration of results...

Guber Poll: Kogi Indigenes occupy INEC headquarters, back outcome of election

…Warn losers against blackmailing commission Indigenes of Kogi State, on Wednesday, marched, in their numbers to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja, to declare their confidence in the umpire and also affirm support for the Governor-elect, Usman Ododo. The Kogites, also warned mischief makers in the state, under the guise of opposition parties, to desist from blackmailing the Commission, stressing that the good people of Kogi State “stand by the...

Appeal Court Judgment:  PDP says it’ll review, take appropriate action 

The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said that it will review the Appeal Court judgment which upheld the judgment of the tribunal in favour of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) A press statement on Wednesday signed by Hon. Hakeem Amode, the state Publicity Secretary of the party noted that   it is in the process of reviewing the judgment of the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos,...

Guber Poll: Traditional rulers in Kogi commend INEC, congratulate governor-elect, Ododo

Traditional rulers in Kogi State have commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), security agencies and other stakeholders for the peaceful conduct of the Saturday, November 11 governorship election in the state. The royal fathers congratulated the governor-elect, Usman Ododo and affirmed the traditional institutions’ commitment to continued collaboration with the Kogi State Government to enhance the unity and development achieved under the current administration. The remarks were made when they paid a congratulatory visit...

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