After months of internal party primaries and intense campaign across the nooks and crannies of various states by political parties, the stage is set as Nigeria’s governorship election holds today (Saturday). The governorship election, which takes place simultaneously with the state House of Assembly elections, holds a week after its initial scheduled date of March […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Sulaiman Ishola, accountant-general of Kwara state, for allegedly setting aside N1.5 billion for vote buying. In a report, the commission listed Nurudeen Banu, commissioner for finance, and Yusuf Abdulkadir, commissioner for water resources, alongside some top officials of the state government that were rested. “Those arrested and […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (lNEC) said it has replaced and reconfigured the 198 Smart Card Readers that were on Friday burnt in its office in lbesikpo Asutan Local Government, Area of Akwa lbom State. Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chair, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), in a statement issued on Friday in […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Uzoho Casmir, accountant-general of Imo state, for allegedly helping Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, to launder N1.05bn for Saturday’s elections. Casmir was alleged to have laundered the money through a new generation bank. Okorocha, who won the senatorial election in Imo east two weeks ago, […]
Continue ReadingThe Court of Appeal has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow Atiku Abubakar and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have access to all certified copies of the materials used in conducting the 2019 presidential election. This, according to the court, is in pursuant to section 151(1 &2) of the Electoral […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has promised Nigerians that he will work harder in his second term and will not let Nigerians down. He said this on Wednesday when the leadership of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) paid him a congratulatory visit at the presidential villa in Abuja. “This is my last lap, I will try to […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party has filed an application to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) grant it access to materials used for the conduct of the presidential election. The party filed the motion ex-parte alongside Atiku Abubakar, its presidential candidate, before the presidential election petition tribunal in Abuja on Tuesday. In the application filed […]
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The national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, says Nigeria is currently experiencing full blown dictatorship. Secondus stataed that the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has never been as compromised as it was in the just concluded presidential election. Speaking at the PDP expanded national caucus meeting in Abuja […]
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Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), says the tough decisions President Muhammadu Buhari will take during his second term, will be in the interest of Nigeria. Speaking with reporters in Yola, capital of Adamawa, Mustapha allayed fears that the second term of Buhari would be tough on Nigerians. Buhari had said […]
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Billionaire businessman and president of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, says there are better days ahead for the business community in Nigeria, despite the elections ongoing in the country. The business mogul said there is a lot happening in Nigeria, and elections did not deter his companies from investing in the country. “I think from the […]
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