ISWAP Exploiting WhatsApp, Telegram And Others To Destabilise Nigeria
A report by the Institute for Security Studies has revealed that the Boko Haram terrorists’ breakaway group, the Islamic State of West Africa Province, are skillfully exploiting digital platforms, particularly, WhatsApp and Telegram, to organise and carry out their criminal activities in the West African region. This is as the institute urged governments across the African continent to pressure tech...
Group Rejects Bello As Youth Coordinator Of APC Presidential Campaign Council
A youth group under the aegis of Presidential Support Council, has rejected the appointment of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, as the National Youth Coordinator of the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign council for the 2023 general election. The APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu had approved the Bello’s appointment to lead youths of the party into the presidential campaigns which...
The Best Time To Restructure Nigeria Is Now, Says Rev Okotie
The Founder of Household of God Church, Reverend Chris Okotie, has stated that the 2023 presidential election will not produce the change desired by Nigerians. Okotie, who said this during an interview with the Silverbird TV, insisted that meaningful change could only happen after the country undergoes restructuring. This was contained in a statement made available to reporters on Tuesday. The interim...
Youths Across The Country Have Accepted APC, Tinubu Will Be President Says Ramatu
FCT Minister of State, Ramatu Aliyu said youths across Nigeria have accepted the All Progressives Congress (APC). The minister added that the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, will emerge victorious next February. Aliyu made the comments in Abuja on Monday when she received ex-National Youth Leader of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Paul Ogudu, into the APC. She noted that the defection...
CVR: INEC Denies Preventing 7Million Nigerians From Registering
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has debunked insinuations that it denied over seven million Nigerians the opportunity to complete their online pre-registration during the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) ahead of the 2023 general elections. The electoral body described the claims as false and misleading, saying those in that category were to be blamed for not doing the needful at the right...
INEC Denies Disenfranchising About Seven Million Nigerians
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied playing any adverse roles in the failure of about seven million potential voters to complete their registration to vote in next year’s election. Its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, refuted the claim in Abuja on Monday. Okoye said that INEC’s attention was drawn to media reports...
Nigeria’s Public Debt Stock Hits N42 Trillion
Nigeria’s total public debt stock, which was N41.60 trillion ($100.07 billion) in March, increased to N42.84 trillion ($103.31 billion) by June. This information can be found in a statement that was obtained on Tuesday from the website of the Debt Management Office. According to the statement, the total debt represents the domestic and external debt stocks of the Federal Government of...
2023: Court Orders INEC To Accept LP Candidate’s Name For House Of Reps Poll
A Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow the Labour Party (LP) to submit the name of its candidate, Clarita Ogar, for the 2023 Cross River House of Representatives election. Justice Donatus Okorowo, in a judgment, held that the Electoral Act, 2022 is superior to INEC guidelines on elections. Justice Okorowo stated further that...
2023: Expect Surprises From Nigerians, Says Gov. Obaseki
Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki on Tuesday asked political leaders across the country to step up and assuage the pains of Nigerians on many fronts due to poor governance and inefficiency or expect a surprise from the electorate in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. Obaseki also stated that Nigerians are fed up with the inefficiencies and failures of government officials...
Federal Government To Leave Behind N60.9tr Debt In 2023
The Federal Government’s total debts and contingent liabilities have hit N60.9 trillion even as the figure could balloon to near N65 trillion before the end of the year, as President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration scrambles for any available funds to survive the current financial squeeze before its expiration in May, next year. The figure does not include undocumented contingent liabilities to...
