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The leader of the Yoruba Nation self-determination struggle, Professor Banji Akintoye, has said he did not authorise a congress of the apex body of the Yoruba self-determination struggle, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, being rumoured to take place in Ibadan on Tuesday, November 1 (today). Akintoye accused the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, AsiwajuContinue reading “Yoruba Nation: APC Kicks As Akintoye Attacks Tinubu”

By Dennis Agbo The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disclosed that the infrastructure it has put in place for the 2023 general election cannot allow rigging to take place during the elections. INEC named those infrastructure to include the INEC Voter Enrolment Device, IVED, which eliminates voting by identity theft through the use ofContinue reading “2023 Elections: Our infrastructure obstructs rigging – INEC”

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has placed a ban on the holding of political rallies in public schools in the state with effect from 1 November. Mr Umahi also banned commercial motorcyclists from operating between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. in order to check insecurity in the state. The governor announced the ban inContinue reading “Governor Umahi Bans Use Of Public Schools For Political Rallies”

Following the advisory on security threat in the country especially in the Federal Capital Territory, issued last week by the embassies of the United State of America and the United Kingdom, security personnel at the National Assembly have commenced thorough search of all vehicles coming into the complex. grin There was no exception to theContinue reading “Terror Threat: National Assembly Commences Stop And Search”

The Better Oyo Movement (BOM), a sociopolitical group committed to the all-round development of Oyo State, said it is in receipt of credible intelligence on purported moves by the Oyo State governor, Engr Seyi Makinde, lobbying for the retention of newly re-appointed Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barrister Mutiu Agboke, in Oyo State. In a release inContinue reading “Group Raises Alarm As Makinde ‘Lobbies’ For Return Of INEC REC, Agboke”

President Muhammadu Buhari declares Open Senior Police Officer’s Retreat in Imo State on 31st Oct 2022 President Buhari with L-R: Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni, Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma and IG of Police Usman Alkali Baba as he declared Open Senior Police Officer’s Retreat in Imo State on 31st Oct 2022

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has taken a swipe at Dele Momodu, the Director of Strategic Communications of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), describing him as jobless. Momodu had warned Wike and his allies, consisting of four governors, not to cross the lines . “People get angry, there is nothing wrongContinue reading “Wike: Dele Momodu Is Jobless, Wants To Use Me To Become Relevant”

Babagana Monguno, national security adviser (NSA), says the security situation in Nigeria does not warrant travel advisories and terror warnings from the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK). While the US authorised the evacuation of non-critical staff in the country, the UK had asked its citizens not to embark on “non-essential” movements inContinue reading “Security Situation Not Bad Enough To Warrant Terror Warning, NSA Replies UK, US”

By Victor Ahiuma-Young The ongoing fuel scarcity across the country may worsen in Lagos and neighbouring states, as the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, weekend threatened to shut fuel supplies to the state over alleged violent attacks, intimidation, harassment and extortion of members by hoodlums. Specifically, NUPENG claimed that hoodlums alongContinue reading “Fuel scarcity may worsen in Lagos, others as NUPENG issues Nov 6 strike notice”

THE newly sworn-in Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Olukayode Ariwoola, weekend, warned politicians to stop interfering in the functions of the judiciary as the 2023 elections approach. Ariwoola, who spoke during a reception organised in his honour by the Oyo State Government, also warned the judiciary to leave politics for the politicians. The CJN said:Continue reading “2023: Stop interfering in judiciary, CJN warns politicians”

The Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah has urged Christians to make wise decisions in electing a new crop of political leaders in 2023. Kukah made the comment in Yola at the 2022 Church Leaders Summit. He also asked the Christian community not to worry about the choices made by political partiesContinue reading “Kukah: No One Can Force You As A Christians To Vote One Way Or The Other”

Could there have been a better and more appropriate platform to interact with and relate to the North than the one provided by the North itself? Certainly no! This is because sensing the need to come together and present a charter of demands to top presidential candidates in the country in order to procure aContinue reading “2023: Bola Tinubu And The North – Tunde Rahman”

PRESS STATEMENT30th October, 2022. ……LABOUR PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PETER OBI WANTS TO TALK TO NIGERIANS DIRECTLY . The Labour Party, Presidential Campaign Council wishes to announce that His Excellency the Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi wants to talk to Nigerians directly. He wants to feel the pulse of Nigerians one on one for an effective reachContinue reading “Peter Obi Wants To “Speak Directly To All Nigerians”