Babajide Sanwo-Olu The immediate past Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos State Signage and Advertising Agency, Mobolaji Sanusi, has said the governorship candidates of the Labour Party and Peoples Democratic Party, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and Jide Adediran, respectively, are no threat to the re-election bid of Governor Babajide …
Read More »Racism: FG revokes Seplat CEO, Roger Brown’s visa, residence, work permits
Seplat CEO, Roger Brown The federal government has revoked the Work Permit, Visa, and Residence Permit of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Seplat Energy PLC, Mr. Roger Brown, over allegations of racism, favouring of foreign workers, and discriminating against Nigerian employees levelled against him by employees of the company. …
Read More »JUST IN: Court grants Tinubu permission to inspect election material
Bola Tinubu The Appeal Court in Abuja has granted the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, access to inspect electoral materials used by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during February 25, 2022, general elections. Details later…
Read More »JUST IN: Court okays INEC request to reconfigure BVAS
The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Wednesday, gave the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the nod to reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, it used for the presidential election. The court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of …
Read More »BVAS data intact, INEC tells court, parties
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that information in the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System used for February 25 presidential poll is intact. The electoral commission lead counsel, Tanimu Inuwa, gave the assurance on Tuesday at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, while opposing an application filed by the Labour …
Read More »Traders, drivers refuse old N500, N1000 notes despite S/Court order
Nigeria’s Supreme Court ruling had declared last week that the government’s rollout of newly-designed currency was unconstitutional and that old notes remain in circulation until Dec 31st. The judgment was a result of a lawsuit filed by 16 State Governors asking that the old 200,500 and 1000 naira note be …
Read More »Oshiomhole: How National Assembly will function under Tinubu’s presidency
Senator Elect, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has said president-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not expecting the National Assembly that will be a rubber stamp of his policies, but a robust one that can help to contribute to knowledge. Oshiomhole, a member of ruling All Progressives Congress, APC said this while …
Read More »ECOWAS to honour Buhari as Democracy Icon
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it has made arrangements to honour President Muhammadu Buhari with an award in recognition of his achievements in the defence and promotion of democracy as a system of government throughout the sub-region as he prepares to leave office upon the …
Read More »BVAS reconfiguration won’t affect data from presidential, NASS polls – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured that no data would be lost while configuring the bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS) ahead of the governorship and state assembly elections. Tanimu Inuwa, counsel to the INEC, spoke on Tuesday while moving an application seeking to vary the orders of the …
Read More »Obi Cancels Governorship Campaign Tour, To Appear In Court Over Inspection Of BVAS Machines
The candidate of the Labour Party in the just concluded presidential elections, Peter Obi, will on Wednesday appear in court over the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow the party inspect materials used during the 25th of February polls. Obi said in a Twitter post on …
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