Day: March 8, 2023

IT’S OFFICIAL: INEC Postpones Governorship, State Assembly Elections

Abibat Babalola

“Why we did it,” full statement issued by Barr. Festus Okoye, National Commissioner & Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee   The Nigeria’s election umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has officially announced a postponement of the governorship and state houses of assembly elections from March 11 to March 18, 2023. Rising from a meeting led by the INEC’s  Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the commission gave details of the reason itsdecision was inevitable. Here, below, is the fill statement. RESCHEDULING OF GOVERNORSHIP AND STATE HOUSES OF ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS Following today’s…

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Shift In Date For Gov Poll Tops Agenda As INEC Chairman, Commissioners Meet

Abibat Babalola

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is considering postponing the governorship and state assembly elections. Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, and his commissioners are currently in a meeting. They are expected to take a decision on a new date. This may not be unconnected with the governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections scheduled to take place on 11 March. It was learnt that the meeting commenced around 7 pm and was still ongoing as of the time of filing this report. Since the conclusion…

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BREAKING: Court Grants INEC Permission to Reconfigure BVAS for Gov Election

Aliyu Aliyu

The tribunal noted that INEC had in an affidavit assured that the accreditation data contained in the BVAS could not be tampered with or lost. The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has granted the request of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) which it used for the presidential election. In a unanimous decision on Wednesday by a three-member panel of justices, the tribunal held that stopping the electoral body from reconfiguring the BVAS would adversely affect Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections. The…

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‘We Need N869bn For Census’ — Nigeria Seeks Donations

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian government says over $1.88 billion (N869 billion) is needed to conduct the 2023 population and housing census.  In April 2022, the government announced that it would conduct the census in April 2023 after the elections. Speaking at a high-level partner engagement in Abuja on Monday, Clement Agba, minister of state for budget and national planning, said the federal government has provided 46 per cent of the budget. READ ALSO: We Didn’t Direct Banks To Disburse Old Notes – CBN 2 Nigerians Arrested At Mumbai Airport For Drugs Trafficking Actor, Fadeyi Oloro, Dies…

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We Didn’t Direct Banks To Disburse Old Notes – CBN

Abibat Babalola

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday said it has not issued a fresh directive to commercial banks on last Friday’s judgment of the Supreme Court ordering the circulation of the old naira notes alongside the new ones until December 31. A seven-member panel of justices presided over by Justice Inyang Okoro had described as unconstitutional, President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to the CBN for the redesigning and withdrawal of old notes of N200, N500 and N1,000, without consultation with the states, Federal Executive Council, the National Council of States,…

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2 Nigerians Arrested At Mumbai Airport For Drugs Trafficking

Abibat Babalola

“They smuggled drugs worth Rs 30 Crore in stomach from Lagos airport to India” – Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)       In a major operation, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a drug smuggling network and arrested two Nigerian nationals at the Mumbai International Airport. The accused were found to have smuggled drugs worth crores of rupees inside their stomachs. READ ALSO: Actor, Fadeyi Oloro, Dies Months After Begging For Money On His Health One Dies As Fire Guts Major Auto Spare Parts Market In Lagos…

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Actor, Fadeyi Oloro, Dies Months After Begging For Money On His Health

Abibat Babalola

“Let’s check up on people when dey (they) are alive, Let’s show love when people can feel. Let’s help when it can be seen.” Woli Arole pens emotional tributes. Veteran Nollywood actor, Ojo Arowosafe, popularly known as Fadeyi Oloro, is dead. He died Tuesday after a protracted illness. He had begged Nigerians and colleagues for financial assistance to stay alive and fight an undisclosed ailment. READ ALSO: One Dies As Fire Guts Major Auto Spare Parts Market In Lagos Shell Announces Another Deepwater Oil Discovery Offshore Namibia Bill Gates’ Daughter Suffers…

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One Dies As Fire Guts Major Auto Spare Parts Market In Lagos

Abibat Babalola

Goods worth millions of naira have been destroyed in a fire incident that occurred at Akere Spare Parts Market, Ajegunle in the Apapa area of Lagos State. The lifeless body of a 65-year-old security guard was also said to have been recovered near the scene of the incident. The Director of Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Adeseye Margaret, in a statement on Wednesday, confirmed that the fire started at about 3:28 am, adding that the Ajegunle Fire Station was the first respondent. READ ALSO: Shell Announces Another Deepwater Oil…

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