archiveFebruary 8, 2023

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday elected the General Secretary of the Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees, Comrade Joseph Ajaero, as its new national president. Ajaero, who until his emergence as president was the deputy national president of the labour union, made history by emerging unopposed as the union’s...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday appealed the judgment of the Election Petition Tribunal that nullified the victory of Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, in the July 16 governorship poll. The electoral body in the Notice of Appeal dated 30th January 2023, filed before the Court of Appeal,...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on Nigerian voters to take the elections with all the seriousness it deserves, saying their voices matter. He spoke when members of the Board of Trustees of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) visited him at his residence located within the premises of the Olusegun...

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to remove the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Lagos, Olusegun Agbaje, for alleged partisanship and compromise. In a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku said...

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo socio-cultural organization has urged the Federal Government to block the Supreme Court ruling temporarily halting the deadline extension for the old N200, N500, and N1000 notes. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court temporarily halted the move by the Federal Government to ban the use of the old naira...

The apex organisation of all civil society groups in Nigeria, Civil Society Central Coordinating Council (CSCCC), on Wednesday, February 8, stormed the headquarters of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Abuja, to protest against the ruling of the supreme court on the deadline for use of old naira notes. The...

  The Supreme Court ruling restraining the federal government from implementing the February 10, 2023 deadline phase out of the old N1000, N500, and N200 notes is irrelevant, non-binding and a distraction, according to a CBN legal opinion on the matter said to be seen by THEWILL. “Neither the CBN...

    The Senator representing Delta North in the National Assembly, Peter Nwaoboshi, who has been on the run months after the Court of Appeal Lagos Division convicted and sentenced him to 7 years imprisonment for money laundering, is finally in prison custody. The lawmaker who was intercepted by operatives...

This report is developed for the purpose of providing the true representation of events to the narrative as expressed by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) in a tweet late on Tuesday, February 7, 2023. Background A regulatory monitoring team visited our Abuja Central Business District (CBD) Complex on February...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, February 8, 2023, arraigned one Ali Bello, a nephew of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court Abuja. Bello was docked alongside Abba Adauda, Yakubu Siyaka Adabenege, Iyada Sadat, Rashida Bello (at large) on...