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2023 Election: EU Report Sparks Fresh Controversy
Nigeria’s 2023 general elections comprising the presidential, National Assembly, governorship, and state houses of assembly elections might have come and gone, but the echoes have continued to reverberate; they are not in a hurry to fizzle away. Following the outcome of the elections, particularly the presidential election, and the Independent National Electoral Commission’s eventual declaration of the then-candidate of the...
Ex-Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed Denies Bypassing Due Process To Get World Bank Job, Says Buhari Approved It
The former Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has urged naysayers to back off, as her appointment as an Alternate Executive Director (AED) of the World Bank was fully endorsed by former President Muhammadu Buhari before he left power. The comments spring from some media reports alluding to the fact that she bypassed the federal government’s...
President Tinubu, Newly Appointed Service Chiefs In Closed-door Meeting
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently having a closed-door meeting with all the Service Chiefs he appointed recently. The meeting which began a few minutes ago at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday, has in attendance the Chief of Defence Staff, Major-General C.G Musa; Chief of Army Staff, Major-General T. A Lagbaja; Chief of Air Staff, AVM H.B Abubakar; Chief...
EU Election Report: Igbos Insulted Yorubas, Arise TV Contributed Negatively – APC’s Oladotun
Oladotun Hassan, a former member of the defunct All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council, has accused Igbos of supporting ethnic intolerance in the run-up to the 2023 general elections. Oladotun also accused Arise Television and one of its hosts, Rufai Oseni, of fueling the fire with bad reporting. He alleged that Oseni chose questions as if he were a member...
Presidential Election Petition Tribunal: Absence Of Witness Stalls Opening Of INEC’s Case
On Monday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) could not present a witness to support the petition Mr. Peter Obi and the Labour Party (LP) filed to challenge the election of Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as president. The electoral body, the first respondent in the lawsuit, was given until Monday by the Presidential Election Petition...
Taraba Govt. Imposes 24-Hour Curfew On Taraba Community Over Communal Clash
Governor of Taraba State, Agbu Kefas has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Karim town, headquarters of the Karim LGA, as a result of communal clashes in some parts of the area which has reportedly led to the death of 30 persons. This was contained in a statement released on Sunday by Yusuf Sanda, chief press secretary to the governor. He said...
Kogi Community Laments Blackout For Several Months
Residents of NASFAT community, Felele phase II, a suburb of Lokoja, the Kogi State Capital, have lamented the absence of power supply by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, (AEDC), for several months. The Community Chairman, Hon Sani Ibrahim, and Chairman Committee on Electricity, Raji Omuya disclosed this on Monday in a Save Our Soul letter addressed to the Lokoja office...
Tinubu Carpets EU Over 2023 Election Report, Says It’s “Jaundiced Report”
President Bola Tinubu, Sunday said he has rejected the report by the European Unions Electoral Observer Mission on the 2023 general elections, describing the final report as a product of a poorly done desk job that relied heavily on few persons. The president said that he has many reasons to believe the “jaundiced report”, based on the views of fewer...
Chinese Warship Arrives Nigeria
China’s warship, MSL Destroyer NANNING has arrived in Lagos on a diplomatic visit to Nigeria. ABN TV reports that the arrival of the Chinese vessel was met with a warm reception by officials from the Western Naval Command, with Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Rear Admiral Joseph Akpan leading the delegation. Details soon…
4.3 Million Nigerians Face Hunger, Malnutrition In North East – UN
According to Matthias Schmale, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, approximately 4.3 million Nigerians are suffering from extreme hunger and malnutrition in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states. In a statement posted on the UN website, he said the number of children under the age of five at risk of life-threatening severe acute malnutrition has doubled in a year to...
