Month: March 2023
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Breaking: INEC Postpones Governorship, State Assembly Elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed the governorship and state assembly elections till March 18. The exercise was previously scheduled to hold on March 11, but INEC, citing a logistics crisis stemming from BVAS configuration and transportation, said the election could not hold again as scheduled following a meeting of its executives on Wednesday evening.…
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Election: Court Grants Tinubu’s Request
The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Wednesday, granted the request of President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to have access to the sensitive materials used by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the presidential election. The court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel led…
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Election Results: Peter Obi Sends Message To Supporters Over Protest
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has urged his supporters against protesting on court premises when the presidential election tribunal commences. The Appeal Court will today hear the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) application seeking to set aside earlier order granted to both Obi and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic…
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Tinubu Seeks Court Order To Inspect Election Materials
The President-Elect, Bola Tinubu is seeking an order by the Court of Appeal to access sensitive materials used by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of the February 25 presidential election. His counsel, Akintola Makinde, said he would need to inspect, scan and make photocopies of some of the electoral materials to…
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Labour Party Dissolves Rivers Exco Over ‘Anti-Party, Corruption’
The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure has dissolved the party’s State Executive Council in Rivers State for alleged anti-party activities and corruption in the management of party’s funds. Abure, in a statement on Tuesday, said the dissolution is with immediate effect. He said those “who were at the helm of affairs in…
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Rivers Labour Party Adopts PDP Governorship Candidate
Labour Party in Rivers State has adopted the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Sir Siminialaye Fubara, ahead of the Saturday’s gubernatorial election. This was as the party has abandoned its standard bearer, Mrs. Beatrice Itubo. The Rivers State Chairman of the party, Dienye Pepple, disclosed this position in Port Harcourt today in…
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Education: ASUU Sends Message To President-elect, Tinubu
Punch Newspaper The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has urged the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, to treat academics in the country with “utmost respect.” The academic union also advised the former Lagos State governor to ensure that university education becomes a priority. Speaking with our correspondent, the Chairman of ASUU, Federal University of Technology, Minna,…
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Former AGF, Olanipekun, 48 Other Legal Titans To Defend Tinubu’s Election Victory
The Nation Newspaper Legal icon Wole Olanipekun and 49 other lawyers have offered to defend the victory of President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Election Tribunal. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and one-time President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is leading the team of legal giants. The lawyers are waiting to…
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INEC Releases List of Senators-elect For 10th Assembly
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released list of Senators-elect, following the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections. The list was posted on INEC’s verified Twitter handle on Monday night. The Commission had announced in a statement at the weekend that it would present certificates of return to those whose names are on…
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Governorship Candidate Declared Wanted Over Gruesome Murder of Traditional Ruler
The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, Prof Bernard Odoh has been declared wanted by Ebonyi state police command over the gruesome killing of the traditional ruler, Igbokwe Ewa. Odoh, a former Secretary to the State Government was declared wanted alongside nine other suspects. Recall that Ezego Ewa, a traditional ruler of Umu-Ezekoha…