February 3rd Sitting over the Abuja Federal High Court, Justice Inyang Ekwo, has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept the nominations of candidates of the Labour Party (LP) in 24 states of the Federation. Delivering judgement on Thursday, Justice Ekwo held that INEC violated Sections 31, 33 and 36 of the Electoral Act 2022 in rejecting the LP candidates in the affected states on the ground of non-functional of its nomination portal. Justice Ekwo held that the electoral umpire was bound to accept the party’s candidates’ list manually if its electronic nomination portal was faulty. He subsequently ordered INEC to...
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APC Spokesperson Fumes Over Unavailability Of Cash In Circulation
February 3rd By Adeoye Olorunseun Femi Fani-Kayode, the spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Friday, makes fumes about the unavailability of cash in circulation, he described it as “errand of destruction”, as he accused the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele of weaponising the apex bank. The APC spokesperson submitted that the newly redesigned notes and naira swaps are policy meant to disrupt the election processes and should have waited till after the election and voice out that Emefiele should be “stopped and caged”. According to Fani-Kayode: “Emefiele has weaponsed the CBN and is an...
VIDEO: Joe Igbokwe Laments The Scarcity Of Naira Notes, He Advices Necessary Authority To Do The Needful.
February 2nd. Joe Igbokwe, the spokesperson to All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos State chapter, and Special Adviser on Drainage Services and Water Resources on a fact finding mission in Lagos on Thursday, arising from Naira scarcity complaint from Nigerians, expressed his disbelief at lack of network and unavailability of cash. He faulted the Central Bank of Nigeria, its method of Naira swap as a means to curb vote buying, pointing out that if the Apex bank was going to withdraw from the public the sum of ₦1trillion, it should have produced more than it is withdrawing, especially as the election...
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I Have Told Rivers People The Presidential Candidate They Should Vote For – Wike February 2nd.
Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike has replied those mocking him for not naming his preferred presidential candidate after his January deadline. The Governor spoke on Wednesday at Elekahia where the Rivers PDP inaugurated its campaign for Port Harcourt Capital City. According to Wike, Rivers people have been notified of his choice. The Governor asked the crowd of Port Harcourt residents, who gathered to witness the campaign kick-off in the city: “Are you not already aware of our preferred presidential candidate?” “We are aware,” the crowd answered implying that they would carry out the Governor’s directive.
VP Osinbajo’s Wife Celebrate Five Years Of Surviving Helicopter Crash
Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, the Vice President of Nigeria’s wife, Dolapo Osinbajo, on Thursday, is celebrating the fifth anniversary of the helicopter crash her husband survived during the presidential campaign of 2019. Dolapo took to Instagram to express gratitude to God for sparing her husband’s life. She Wrote; “Lord I remember…Lord, I thank You…. A dupe fun ohun t’Oluwa se fun wa. Remembering God’s great deliverance and His faithfulness on the anniversary of the helicopter crash on 2nd February 2019.”
The Hassles Of Unavailability Of New Naira Notes In Circulation.
Between wanting to curb vote buying by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and reduce inflation, with the newly redesigned Naira note, Nigeria citizens has been caught in the fracas, as getting cas from financial institutions is proving tedious. The apex bank has initially given 31st of January for the deadline of the old Naira swap, but had to extend it till February 10th, as there had been complaint from different quarters that there are people yet to change the money and financial institution’s Automated Teller Machine (ATM) has refused to dispense the new notes. There has been outcries as...
ICPC Arrests Woman Offering New Naira Notes for Sale February 2nd
Independent Corrupt Practises and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Wednesday arrested Omoseyin Oluwadarasimi Esther, with the Twitter handle of Lala, offering new naira notes for sale on social media. The arrest was as a result of information received which led the ICPC operatives to seek out and promptly arrest the suspect. According to the commission: “It is believed she is in collusion with key elements in the financial services sector diverting the newly released notes away from banking halls and payment channels into a “ black market” “She is currently in ICPC detention and is helping the Commission with its findings...
Supreme Court Dismisses Suit Against Oyetola’s Participation In Osun poll February 2nd
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking to restore the nullification of the participation of Osun’s ex-Governor and his Deputy, Gboyega Oyetola and Bendict Alabi in the July 16, 2022 governorship election. Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja had, in a judgment on September 30, 2022 nullified the participation of Oyetola and Alabi in the governorship election on the grounds that their nomination forms were endorsed by an acting Chairman of APC, who was also a serving governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni. Justice Nwite’s judgment was set...
