Lagos LP Rally: Peter Obi berates attacks on his supporters

…As supporters were stopped from accessing TBS venue of rally Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) has condemned the attack on supporters of his party in Lagos State on Saturday. Reports have it that suspected hoodlums attacked LP’s supporters who were said to be on their way to the venue of the party’s presidential campaign rally. While reacting to the development, Obi via his verified Instagram handle on Saturday, condemned the...

Bawa must go: more than 100 CSOs stage mass protest in Lagos

In a determination to protect the right of the third arm of the government, over 100 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and thousands of their supporters have staged a massive protest in Lagos State on Saturday in continuation of their call for the removal of the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, over alleged disobedience of court orders. The CSOs were joined by senior lawyers at the rally, staged through the...

Buhari prepares to hand over, sets up presidential transition council

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a presidential transition council to oversee the handing over of power by his government to his successor. The president also signed the executive order No. 14 of 2023 on the facilitation and management of presidential transitions to ensure the smooth transition of power from one administration to another. President Buhari disclosed this on his Twitter handle on Thursday, saying the presidential transition council would be chaired by...

Naira Redesign: Labour Party, SWAGA back council of state decision

The Labour Party (LP) and the South-West Agenda for Asiwaju (SWAGA’23) have thrown their weight behind the position of the National Council of State (NCS) that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), should print more new naira notes or recirculate the old ones. Dr Yunusa Tanko, Chief Spokesperson of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council (LP-PCC) noted on Friday that the best way the naira redesign policy can work is when more new naira notes...

NDDC asks contractors not to pay commission to middlemen

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has asked contractors not to pay commission to contractors and declares as illegal the payment of percentages on contract sums and all forms of financial inducements to middlemen who claim to be fronting for the Commission’s officials. The call was made on Friday during an interactive session with contractors at the Commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt by the Managing Director of the Commission, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, He described the...

Nigerian Universities To Shutdown Academic Activities

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has ordered the suspension of academic activities in all universities to enable students exercise their franchise in the 2023 general elections. The NUC said the decision is based on the directive by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, in a letter dated Thursday, February 9, 2023 sent to vice-chancellors of all universities and the directors of inter-university centres. Part of the letter reads “As Vice-Chancellors of all Universities and Director/Chief Executive...

National Population Commission To Conduct Census In Sambisa Forest

The National Population Commission (NPC) has said it is set to conduct a national census in all nooks and crannies of the country including those residing in Sambisa Forest in Borno state, the jungle of Boko Haram terrorists will also be counted during the exercise. Chairman of the Commission, Nasir Kwarra, who disclosed this during a presentation at the 24th edition of President Buhari Administration Scorecard on Thursday in Abuja, noted that insecurity will not...

2023: INEC bars partisan, card-carrying politicians from collation, returning officers’ jobs

Prof Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the electoral body is sticking to its previous arrangement to pick collation and returning officers from the ivory tower, and so has said that partisan, card-carrying members of political parties are not eligible to work as collation or returning officers in the 2023 general elections. He stated that despite some unpalatable experiences, the commission will continue to rely on the academic...

Naira Swap Deadline: CNPP accuses APC of using court to arm-twist CBN to buy notes

Conference Of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP), the umbrella body of registered political parties and political associations in the country, has stated that the action of Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in seeking to ambush the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is a plot to retain the old naira notes for the purpose of vote buying during the 2023 general elections. The group in a press statement issued on...

Naira Redesign: Allow Your Successor To Champion Cause, Miyetti Allah Tells Buhari

The Leadership of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to revise or hands up on the policy and allow his successor champion the Naira redesign policy. The Association alleged that the Policy was a plot by some politicians working in and around the President to paint him black after the expiration of his administration. leader of the association in South East, Alhaji Gidado Siddikki, who spoke to...

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