The National Universities Commission (NUC), has ordered a closure of universities across the country to enable students to participate in the 2023 general elections. In a letter addressed to vice-chancellors of all universities and directors of inter-university centres, the regulatory agency for universities in Nigeria, noted that the directive was based on the directive of […]
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The Police Command in Enugu State says it has arrested the woman in a trending video allegedly extorting money before issuing voter cards to their owners. This is contained in a statement by the command Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on Thursday in Enugu. “Police detectives serving in the State Criminal Investigation Department of […]
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A former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said the biggest danger to the success of this year’s general elections are politicians and the electorate Speaking on Tuesday in Abuja while delivering a keynote address at the public sensitisation on peaceful co-existence and the need to have hitch-free elections, […]
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The Supreme Court Wednesday gave an interim order stopping the central bank of Nigeria (CBN) from ending the use of old naira notes from 10 February, the News Agency of Nigera (NAN) reports. A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court led by John Okoro, made the ruling on Wednesday in an ex parte application brought […]
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In less than 50 days to the general elections, Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has given assurance that the state is 90 percent secure and safe, before, during and after the elections. Zulum gave the assurance on Friday after a private visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in his office. The Governor while speaking to […]
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The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied that it is involved in a legal dispute with the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, over allegations of non-declaration of assets. DSS in a statement by it’s spokesperson Peter Afunanya, responded to a report in a newspaper that incorrectly claimed that a […]
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Ahead of the general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says the distribution of Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, at various Registration Areas/Wards will start from Friday, January 6, till 15. The Head of Department, Voter Education and Publicity, of the commission in Rivers State, Mr Mark Usulor, made this known in a statement issued […]
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In less than 50 days to the February 25, 2023 Presidential election in Nigeria, Chief Aare Afe Babalola has picked Peter Obi, Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP as his preferred candidate to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. According to Babalola, the only people opposed to Obi are those who participated in plunging the country […]
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Former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State has promised to deliver over 1.5 million votes from the State for Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the February 25, 2023, presidential election. Oyetola disclosed this at the inauguration of Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council in Osogbo on Thursday. The ex-Governor […]
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The Police Command of Kano State said it has arrested at least 61 suspected political thugs in the State in a bid to rid the State of all forms of criminality during political campaigns. The development was disclosed in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa. The statement said the arrest was […]
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