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According to the collation officer, a total of 482,990 voters were accredited out of the 2,112,793 registered voters in the state. The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has won Enugu State in the presidential election which took place on Saturday. According to the result declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission collation […]
Gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday destroyed the country home of the Imo State commissioner for Youths and Sports, Hon. Emeka Okoronkwo. Burnt also is the country home of the former Dean of Faculty of Law, Imo State University, Owerri, Prof. Nnamdi Obiaraeri, who served at different times as Commissioner for Information, Youths and […]
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has announced the removal of Naja’atu Muhammad as the North-West coordinator of the Commission for election duty in the February 25 and March 11 general polls. PSC spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, in a statement on Monday, said the commission is committed to free and fair elections and will contribute its quota […]
US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard said the official salary of the ex-governor during his tenure as a public servant from 1999 to his impeachment in 2005 did not match the said amount. The United States Government has returned $954,000 stolen by the former Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, to the state government […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to release old N200 notes into circulation to co-exist with new N200, N500 and N1,000 banknotes for 60 days. He, however, said old N500 and N1,000 banknotes are no longer legal tender in Nigeria. The President, who made this known in a nationwide broadcast […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met again with the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the State House in Abuja. The meeting is taking place shortly after the President returned the Police Force Headquarters, where he had unveiled some patrol vehicles to be deployed for the upcoming general elections slated to commence from […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said 240 polling units across the country do not have any registered voters, which will impede conduct of the general elections in those locations. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the disclosure after a meeting with political parties held in Abuja on Monday. Yakubu recalled that the […]
President Muhammmadu Buhari on Friday chaired the National Council of State meeting to address the current upheaval regarding the naira redesign and the currency swap. In attendance are the former Presidents Goodluck Jonathan; Yakubu Gowon, and Abdulsalami Abubakar as well as ex-President, Olusegun Obasanjo who attended virtually. Also present at the chamber is the […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is almost 90 per cent ready for the conduct of the 2023 general election. Mr Auwal Mashi, the Kaduna INEC Administrative Secretary said this on Thursday at a stakeholder meeting in Mellinium Hope, Kaduna. Mashi said that the commission held a successful mock accreditation to ascertain the […]
