After enduring the emotionally charged cross-examination of Beatrice, his wife on Tuesday, former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, provided a shoulder for her to lean on. Both husband and wife had their chance soon after the Judge adjourned proceedings for the day and had made his way back to his chamber. Ekweremadu, who with his […]
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Group Managing Director, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mele Kyari (right); Group Executive Director, Downstream, NNPC, Adeyemi Adetunji and Group General Manager, Public Affairs, Garbadeen Mohammed during their summon to explain alleged distribution of adulterated fuel in the Country before the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum (Down Stream), at the National Assembly Complex in […]
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Deputy Inspector General of Police, DIG Hafiz Mohammad Inuwa said security operatives would not hesitate to deal ruthlessly with any political element bent to disrupt Kano State gubernatorial election. The police warning came when the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kano began the distribution of sensitive and non-sensitive materials to the 44 local government […]
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Former Imo State commissioner of transport, Laseberry Okafor Anyanwu, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment on a four-count charge of abuse of office and fraudulent diversion of ₦180 million. Anyanwu was a commissioner during the tenure of Rochas Okorocha as governor. A spokesman for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, […]
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Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Cross River State has agreed to sign result sheets for Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Cross River State, Prof. Gabriel Yomere, disclosed this to stakeholders and newsmen, yesterday, at Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Calabar during inspection and distribution of sensitive […]
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INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu A lawyer, Bob James, has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to court over its alleged refusal to electronically transmit presidential and National Assembly election results from polling units onto its IReV portal. In the suit filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, 15 March, the plaintiff […]
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By By Rasheed Ojikutu Nigeria is not only an interesting country in terms of its comic nature. It is also a place with people who are unconcerned about the way the world sees them in terms of ignorance and naivete. In this country, people say and do things that makes the country and its people […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has withdrawn a fresh application they filed against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). PDP and Atiku on Wednesday decided to withdraw a fresh lawsuit they filed so as to compel INEC to allow their agents to participate in the process of […]
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Gender Action Group in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has asked the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Akali; the Director-General of Department for State Security Service, Yusuf Magaji Bichi; the Nigeria Peace Committee, among others, to be aware of alleged plot by officials of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to manipulate the governorship elections on Saturday in […]
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Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, during the collation of the presidential election results; Photo: Olukayode Jaiyeola The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday began the distribution of sensitive materials for Saturday’s governorship and house of assembly elections. Also on Wednesday, political parties warned the electoral body against a repeat of the Bimodal […]
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