Ahead of the forthcoming election, the United Kingdom has advised critical stakeholders and political parties to ensure a violence-free poll. The UK’s Minister of State for Development & Africa, Andrew Mitchell, who gave the advice in his statement to Nigerians yesterday, noted that the UK and its government remained committed to supporting credible and inclusive…
The Supreme Court has insisted that the dispute over naira redesign and swap policy must be decided today. The seven-member panel led by Justice Inyang Okoro said new parties wishing to join the suit would no longer be allowed. He said new parties would abide by the outcome of the existing suits or file a…
The Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organization charges Nigerians to see the February 25, 2023 Presidential election as an opportunity to deal the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its Presidential Candidate, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a devastating electoral punch for the anguish, pain, sufferings, mass killings and untold hardships they visited on Nigerians in the almost eight…
● Mammoth Reception at Ifeland, Ijeshaland and Igbomina lands. Governor Ademola Adeleke today criss-crossed Osun state with campaign visitations to four federal constituencies, calling on voters to vote Peoples Democractic Party (PDP) and eschew violence.From Ile Ife to Ijeshland down to Ila Orangun, the Governor addressed mammoth crowd of supporters while listing reasons why Osun…
My dear people of Rivers State, represented physically here today by a cross section of leaders, opinion leaders and citizens from various walks of life, I welcome you. I want to start by acknowledging the circumstances and turn of events that have led us to this unique style of a Campaign Rally. Although we did…
AGF keeps mum Governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), are currently mounting intense pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), to settle the cases over Naira redesign policy out of the Supreme Court, a former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of…
Some customers of various banks have resorted to the use of Payment Service Providers (PSPs), for their electronic transactions due to epileptic banks’ networks. Some of the customers, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said that electronic transactions using PSPs were faster, more reliable and cheaper. Some of the service providers that…
First Lady Aisha Buhari is currently trending on social media, but for a controversial reason. Earlier on Tuesday, the president’s wife shared a statement allegedly issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) extending the validity of old N200, N500 and N1,000 notes to May 1, 2023. The alleged release allegedly issued by the Director…
Barely one week to the February 25 National Assembly elections, the Supreme Court has affirmed Architect. Austin Asema Achado as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Gwer-East/Gwer-West Federal constituency of Benue State. A 5-man panel of Justices of the Apex Court in a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Akomaye Agim dismissed…
The Nigerian National Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI) has asked the Nigerian government and all security agencies in the country to respect the constitutional rights of journalists to freely cover and report on the general elections commencing this Saturday, 25 February, 2023, without obstruction or impediment. In separate letters to heads of all…
