The state leadership of the Labour Party (LP) in Kwara State has suspended its governorship candidate Comrade Basambo Abubakar over issues bordering on anti-party.

Addressing a cross-section of pressmen in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State, the state party chairman, Comrade Kehinde Rotimi noted clarify that the party has made no pact with any other party in Saturday’s election...

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Recent developments in our polity have proved once again that our strongman mentality rather than strong institutions has rubbed off on some institutions we thought were fairly independent. Instead of ensuring strong institutions, we have only succeeded in institutionalising failures in high places. For the purpose of this write up, we draw examples from the unending fuel scarcity, the impact of the CBN currency redesign and recent fallouts from the conduct of the presidential and National Assembly election by INEC which has been very controversial.
As much as one tries to ignore cries of rigging, where voting in the last presidential election defied agelong voting patterns, some key issues have cast doubt on INEC’s performance and may need to be interrogated. But for the resort to litigation, which makes it sub-judice to comment on the grouses of aggrieved parties, I would have dissected all concerns without restraint. For now, let me reserve some comments. But one cannot help but observe that, despite their assurances and preparations, INEC messed up big time, and it is disheartening, knowing that they (INEC) promised much and delivered little....

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The African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the African Finance Corporation are investing roughly $16 billion in oil and gas projects throughout Africa (AFC).

The African Refiners and Distributors Association (ARDA) convention, which is now taking place in Cape Town, South Africa, made this information public yesterday. This occurs as conference participants urged Africans to keep money on the continent in order to support the roughly $190 billion in annual energy investments required on the continent....

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The 2023 governorship Election in Adamawa State promises to be a fight to finish between Aisha Binani of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Who will outlast the other?

Women are on the move in Adamawa State. When Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri hastily shuffled his pack to pluck Professor Kaleptwa Farauta from her position as the Vice Chancellor of Adamawa State University,Mubi, and pick her as his running mate in the 2023 Governorship election, he was not acting out of volition. His hand had been forced by a formidable foe in the form of Aisha Dahiru Binani...

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The governor of Anambra State, Charles Soludo has said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed banks to dispense old naira notes. The governor also vowed to punish any bank that fails to comply with the directive.

Taking to his verified Facebook page, the governor who himself was a former governor of the Central Bank disclosed that he had a telephone conversation with the CBN governor Godwin Emefiele on Sunday night.

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Mr. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the governorship candidate for the Lagos State Labour Party (LP), claims that Nigerian youths are 90% closer than they think to assuming power and making their ideal nation a reality.

At a gathering on Thursday in Ikeja with the hashtag “Youth O’ Clock,” the 40-year-old LP candidate revealed this. He stated: “We know that the goal and what we are going through is far bigger than I and any of us.”

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned in very strong terms the “barbaric and unprovoked burning of Akere Motor Parts and Allied Dealers Market in Lagos by suspected hoodlums alleged to be agents of the All Progressives Congress (APC).”

In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologubagba, the PDP bewailed “the heartless killing of 65 years old Baba Hakeem, the brave security guard at the market, who was reportedly shot dead by the arsonists before touching the market to destroy goods worth hundreds of millions of Naira and devastate the lives and means of livelihood of innocent, hard-working Nigerians....

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Growing up, two proverbs stuck out for me, one by my father, and the other was a Pidgin English saying. One was: “If one person buries himself, one hand will stick out”. Young, impressionistic, and inquisitive, I asked for an explanation. My father explained it away both as an idiomatic expression and a literary saying. According to him, if one person tries to bury himself, certainly the hand that covered his body with sand would need another hand to cover it. And left that way, the man wouldn’t be fully buried.

The other was: “If a cunning man die, a cunning man go bury am”....

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Following the exodus of Paris Saint-Germain from the Champions League that has opened up fresh arguments between the fans of Cristiano Ronaldo and that of Lionel Messi, popular social media adviser, Daniel Regha has knocked fans of the former.

Goals from Serge Gnabry and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting on Wednesday had seen Bayern Munich knock out PSG from the UCL, halting the dream of Messi to chase another UCL title since 2015.

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President Muhammadu Buhari has learned with deep sadness the death of a 65-year-old security guard, the loss of personal property and means of livelihood of some hardworking Nigerians at the Akere Spare Parts market in the Apapa Ajegunle area of Lagos State.

The President’s deepest sympathies are with the traders and their families, who bear the brunt of this unfortunate incident and are at crossroads of what to do after this temporary setback....

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Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar has inaugurated the legal team to challenge the controversial presidential election of February 25, 2023.

The PDP presidential candidate, while inaugurating the legal team at his campaign headquarters in Abuja, charged it to establish the claim of illegality in the February 25 presidential election and reclaim the mandate of the Nigerian people...

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Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election, Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday, expressed appreciation to civil servants in the state for their overwhelming support towards the success of his administration since it came on board in 2015.

Okowa gave the commendation at an interactive session with civil servants in the state in Asaba, and acknowledged that the successes recorded by his administration wouldn’t have been possible without the cooperation and input of the civil service...

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Given the often false bravado and braggadocio of Nigerian politicians, it would not be hard to find among those who make up the putrid ranks of the All Progressives Congress (APC) those who would swear on their lives that Bola Ahmed Tinubu won the February 25 polls. Among many of those who would put forward this spurious argument would be some people who claim to be more Nigerian than others.

However, beyond the triumphalism of the All Progressives Congress at another suspect victory, and the monumentally embarrassing performance of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), would be found those who lament the incurable kind of leprosy that has now befallen a country that was already struggling with so much....

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Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has appealed to religious leaders and Deltans to rally round the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate in the state, Sheriff Oborevwori in the March 11 gubernatorial election.

Okowa made the appeal on Friday at a meeting with members of Isoko Church Leaders Council held at God’s Fountain of Life Mission, Oleh, Isoko South Local Government Area of the state...

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In reaction to the latest controversy regarding 25% electoral requirement in FCT, an eminent professor of law, Itse Sagay (SAN), on Tuesday said a presidential candidate does not necessarily need to secure 25 per cent of the votes in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to be declared the winner.
He opined that in as much as the candidate meets the threshold of 25 per cent in 25 states, he is fit to be declared the winner even if Abuja is not inclusive.
In his opinion, the ongoing debate about the 25% vote requirements in FCT is needless.
He added: “The constitutional provision does not mean that a candidate that does not score 25 per cent in Abuja cannot be declared the winner.”....

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The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of an ex-soldier, Sgt. Ado Kabiru to seven years imprisonment on a two count charge of obtaining by false pretence before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri.

The defendant had pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charge, setting the stage for trial. The prosecution counsel Mukhtar Ali Ahmed presented four witnesses and tendered several documents which were admitted as exhibits...

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CLAIM: A Twitter user as well as other blogs claim that the Presidential candidate of the
Labour Party (LP) polled 1,125,400 votes in Plateau state.

A Twitter user with the name Alpha De Great tweeted, “Plateau State Presidential.
APC 150,134
PDP- 450,329
LP- 1,125,400
(The tweet has since generated over 254,400 and over 2000 retweets.)
VERDICT: FALSE
As of the time of writing this report, INEC Headquarters has not collated Plateau State
Presidential election.
However, according to the state collation officer, the LP candidate scored 466,272 votes, the
PDP candidate scored 243,808 votes and the APC candidate scored 307,195 votes.

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The Federal Government has urged former President Olusegun Obasanjo not to truncate the #2023GeneralElections with his “inciting, self-serving and provocative letter on the elections”.

In a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said what the former President cunningly framed as an ‘appeal for caution and rectification’ is nothing but a calculated attempt to undermine the electoral process and a willful incitement to violence...

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In the second half of this year, oil prices could approach the $90-$100 per barrel area due to rising global demand and supply constraints. According to Vitol Group CEO Russell Hardy, the company is the largest independent oil trader in the world.

In an interview with Bloomberg, Hardy stated that “The prospect of higher prices in the second half of the year, in the sort of $90-$100 range, is a real possibility,”...

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With all the predictions of Armageddon and doubt about whether Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly polls would hold it does sound a bit silly to contemplate life after. Even those who grudgingly concede a life after fear it might be worse. Optimism is like playing the Ostrich.

Nigeria’s history of electoral violence in the sixties and even in the mid-nineties might justify these concerns. But the last six election cycles in 24 years have proved that in spite of the hysteria about its viability, Africa’s largest democracy defies the odds....

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Less than three days to the 2023 Presidential Elections, Anambra youths have announced that they are supporting the presidential bid of former Governor of the state and Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi.

The endorsement was contained in a post shared on the personal Facebook page of Surveyor Obi Emeka Chukwudi, the State Chairman of National Youth Council, NYCN, the umbrella body of all youths organizations in the state....

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The Federal Ministry of Information and Culture has unveiled four different programmes aimed at preserving the legacy of the Buhari Administration.

In his speech at the occasion, which took place in the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji
Lai Mohammed, listed the four programmes as a Documentary; Testimony Series; Compendium of the Administration’s achievements and the Legacy Portal...

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Human Rights Activist, Deji Adeyanju has urged Nigerians not to vote for the candidates of the All Progressives Congress, Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party in the presidential election.

In a Facebook post, Deji averred that Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the APC, Atiku Abubakar of the PDP and Peter Obi of the Labour Party are thieves....

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Vice-Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, has urged Nigerians not to elect leaders who are not prepared for the office they seek.

He said that as a nation grappling with multifaceted challenges, Nigeria could not afford to elect those seeking office for personal aggrandizement....

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Less than 24 hours, after gallant officers of the Anambra State Police Command, neutralized five gunmen and foiled an attack a police station at 3-3 Nkwelle-Ezunaka in Oyi LGA, another three hoodlums have been killed today.

This time, it was when in the early hours of Monday, the gunmen staged a vicious attack on Awada police station, Obosi in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State....

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Addis Ababa met with Girma Wake, Ethiopian Airlines Board Chairman, during which they exchanged views on the operationalization of Nigeria Air.

Wake had requested a resolution of the legal obstacle halting Nigeria Air, which Ethiopian Airlines has 49% stake, from commencing operations....

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A Lagos State High Court has slammed 10 million Naira damages against Access Bank Plc, for wrongfully publishing Ms Bukola Bakrin’s name on the Bank’s list of Delinquent Debtors.

It was gathered that the debtors list was published in Thisday Newspaper of 18 June 2019 which was authored by Access Bank included the names of various companies and their Directors who were listed as delinquent debtors in line with Central Bank of Nigeria’s directive via circular No BSD/DIR/GEN/LAB/08/022 of April 2015 requesting Banks to publish certain details of Debtor Companies including names of Directors and outstanding debts....

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To continually improve transport operations in Lagos, the State Government has disclosed its plan to collaborate with the State Command of Man O’ War, in the area of intelligence gathering and enforcement.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, Engr. Abdulhafiz Toriola revealed this at the weekend while receiving the Lagos State Commander of the Organisation at Alausa, Ikeja, saying the partnership will complement the operations of Law Enforcement Officers in the State...

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The Advocacy Network on Religious and Cultural Coexistence (ANORACC), a civil society organization, has urged Daniel Bwala, the spokesperson for the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council, to retract his call for a state of emergency in Rivers State.

Odimegwu Onwumere, Director of the ANORACC, stated in Port Harcourt that Bwala was taking the internal skirmish within the PDP personal and that his call for the removal of Wike was a clear indication that the PDP candidate, Atiku Abubakar, was afraid of losing Rivers state....

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The News Chronicle gathered that Kaduna State Governor, Ahmad Nasir El-Rufai and his Kogi State counterpart, Yahaya Bello have stormed the Supreme Court to monitor proceedings in a suit by their states against the Federal Government on Cashless Policy Regime.

Recall that the governor of Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara States had filed an objection to the new naira note policy of the CBN.

The governors through their legal counsel, Abdul Hakeem Mustapha SAN had argued against the deadline set on old naira notes, leading to an ex-parte injunction barring the CBN from implementing the deadline...

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To ensure that he is truly remorseful of his self-confessed lie that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, met with army generals with the aim of executing a coup against the democratically elected government of President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Fani-Kayode, the Director of Special Projects and New media of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, has been asked to tender an unreserved public apology to the former Vice President of Nigeria.

The Department of State Services had on Monday grilled Fani-Kayode for six hours following a series of tweets wherein he irresponsibly claimed that Atiku had met with some army generals in a bid to perpetrate a coup....

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The governor via his Twitter handle has warned all commercial banks to continue to render services to the people of the state with the old Naira note.

Going by the CBN deadline, the old naira should have stopped circulating and be replaced with the new redesigned note. But unavailability and scarcity of the new notes plunge Nigerians into chaos....

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