Members of the All Progressives Congress in the Senate on Thursday voted against electronic transmission of results. The Committee had, in the report, recommended in Section 52(3) that, INEC “may transmit results of elections by electronic means where and when practicable.” But an APC senator from Niger North, Sabi Abdullahi, amended the …
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2023 Enugu Guber: Justice, Equity Shall Prevail, Says Ugwuanyi
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of #Enugu State, yesterday, reiterated that justice and equity shall prevail regarding the senatorial district of the state where his successor will emerge from in 2023. Gov. Ugwuanyi who spoke when the people of Awgu Egbeleli Community in Awgu Local Government Area, led by the Council Chairman, …
Read More »Reps To Pass Electoral Bill Today, Panel Pegs Presidential Poll Expenses At N5bn
The House of Representatives is billed to pass amendments to the Electoral Act, 2010 today (Thursday) barring any last-minute change in plan. The Committee on Electoral Matters laid its report on the Electoral Act, 2010 (Amendment) Bill at the plenary on Wednesday. The Chairman of the committee, Aisha Dukku, prayed …
Read More »Governor Diri Imposes Dusk-to-dawn Curfew On Bayelsa Communities
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Bassambiri and Ogbolomabiri areas of the Nembe Local Government Area of the state. Diri said the curfew, which takes effect from Wednesday, was in a bid to prevent the escalation of violent crisis. This was contained in a …
Read More »Debt Servicing Rises, Gulps 72% Of FG Revenues
• Debt servicing to revenue ratio jumped from 54.66% in 2019 to 72% in 2020 • Ratio high because of indiscipline, we may lose infrastructure to creditors – Utomi The Federal Government made a total of N3.25tn in 2020, according to a review of the budget performance of the 2020 …
Read More »State Of The Nation: Obasanjo Holds Closed-Door Meeting With SDP Leaders
The former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has met privately with national leaders of the Social Democratic Party, SDP on the state of the nation. Vanguard reliably gathered that the meeting was held today ( Wednesday) at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, OOPL in Abeokuta behind closed doors. The National Chairman …
Read More »Nnamdi Kanu seeks transfer from DSS custody to Kuje Correctional Centre
Detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has filed an application before the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking to be transferred from the custody of the Department of State Service, DSS, to the Nigerian Correctional Service Centre in Kuje. Kanu, in the application he …
Read More »INEC Is A Fraud – Pastor Paul Adefarasin
Head Pastor of the House on The Rock Church, Pastor Paul Adefarasin has described the Independent National Electoral Commission as a fraud. The clergyman disclosed this during a sermon in his church. The cleric noted that the numbers obtained during census and elections in the country are all lies. Adefarasin …
Read More »Enugu: Ugwuanyi Has Done Well In Peace, Security, Development – ALGON Chairman
Enugu: Gov. Ugwuanyi has done well in peace, security, development – ALGON National Chairman …Declares support for State Police The National Leadership of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (#ALGON) has commended #Governor Ifeanyi #Ugwuanyi of #Enugu State for the state’s secure and peaceful atmosphere as well as …
Read More »Israeli Film Crew’s Family Blame Separatists Groups For The Arrest Of Their Sons
The families of three Israeli arrested in southeast Nigeria have called for the release of their children. In a press statement released by the family on Tuesday, the families of the Israelis, Rudy Rochman, a Zionist activist, filmmaker Noam Leibman and French-Israeli journalist E. David Benaym said they were in …
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