Cash swap policy: Buhari, CBN remain silent after Supreme Court’s order

On Friday, March 3, 2023, the Supreme Court annulled the naira redesign policy introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) late last year with the backing of the federal government. The court ruled that the old N200, N500, and N1000 notes will remain legal tender until December 31 and compelled the CBN to issue the old notes to Nigerians. The Supreme Court’s judgment came three weeks after President Muhammadu Buhari, in a national broadcast,...

Banky W reacts to defeat at Feb. 25 polls

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Eti-Osa federal constituency seat in the House of Representatives, Olubankole Wellington, has broken his silence since losing the election. Banky W, as he is popularly known, lost the seat, contested on February 25, to Thaddeus Attah of the Labour Party (LP). Attah polled 24,075 votes to beat Banky W who had 18,666 votes. In a video that he shared of himself speaking during a church service on...

Don’t turn court to protest ground, Obi charges supporters

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has urged his supporters against protesting on court premises when the presidential election tribunal commences. The Appeal Court will today hear the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) application seeking to set aside earlier order granted to both Obi and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to inspect the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) machines. Obi and Atiku had obtained the order of the...

Soludo to OBIdients: I Created Safe Environment for Obi’s Bulk Votes in Anambra

Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo has said that the secure environment created by his government was what enabled the huge turnout of voters in the presidential election in the state, which led to the bulk votes received by Mr Peter Obi. The governor who spoke through his Press secretary, Mr Christian Aburime, during an interactive session with journalists said about eight local government areas in the state which had previously been annexed by criminal...

Breaking: INEC postpones governorship/House of Assembly elections to march 18

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reached a decision to postpone Saturday’s governorship and state Assembly elections to March 18, 2023, According to a report from the Commission, the postponement is due to the commission’s inability to promptly commence reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines used during the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections to enable their use in the state elections. It would be recalled that INEC was earlier...

Presidential Election Result: Atiku inaugurates legal team  

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has inaugurated his legal team to challenge the controversial presidential election of February 25, 2023. While inaugurating the legal team at his headquarters in Abuja, the former Vice President, charged the team to establish the claim of illegality in the February 25 presidential election and reclaim the mandate of the Nigerian people. He also told the team that apart from reclaiming the mandate from...

Gubernatorial/HoA Polls: protect electorate, INEC officials, sensitive materials, IGP charges CPs, others

Ahead of the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections, the Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba has charged all the Commissioners of Police (CPs) and Strategic Commanders posted for election duties to mobilise all resources at their disposal to defend the electorate, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials,  sensitive materials and the electoral process during the conduct of elections. Alkali Baba has also ordered strategic deployments in accordance with the developed standard operating...

Presidential Election: INEC’s Plea To Reconfigure BVAS, Granted By Appeal Court

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been granted its request by the Court of Appeal in Abuja to allow it reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation (BVAS) machines used during the February 25, presidential and National Assembly elections. The appellate court had upon two separate ex parte applications on March 3, granted leave to presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar and Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party to inspect the election materials used by...

IWD23 REPORT: Women still largely under-represented in Nigerian politics

As the world celebrates the 2023 International Women’s Day (IWD), it is important to take a look at women’s participation in politics in Nigeria. First observed in 1911, the IWD is marked yearly on March 8 to draw attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights and violence, and abuse against women. Since 1999, when Nigeria returned to democratic governance following years of military rule, no woman has been elected as president, vice president...

BREAKING: Court grants INEC request to reconfigure BVAS

The Presidential Election Petition Court sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Wednesday, granted the request of the Independent National Electoral Commission to reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System it used for the presidential election. The court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of justices, held that preventing the electoral umpire from reconfiguring the BVAS would adversely affect the forthcoming governorship and State Assembly elections. It dismissed objections by the Labour...

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