archiveMarch 2023

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed that total repayments as of the end of February 2023 under its Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) now stands at N0.503 trillion, representing 52.39 per cent, adding that the balance of N0.119 trillion was not due for repayment. The apex bank said it...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged the Presidential Election Petition Court to vary the orders that were granted to the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi respectively, to inspect materials used for the last presidential election. INEC, in a...

  The South-East leader of the Tinubu Support Organisation, George Agbakahi, has claimed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) also has evidence of voter intimidation and suppression against the party members during the February 25 presidential election. Agbakahi who said this when he appeared on Arise TV Morning Show on...

The Akwa Ibom Integrity Alliance has joined in the call for security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission to probe reports of thuggery, vote buying, rigging and voter intimidation in Ikot Ekpene Senatorial district during the February 25, 2023, Presidential and National Assembly elections. The Civil Society Group claimed...

  The Senior Pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa, has called on the President-elect, Bola Tinubu to stop rejoicing over his victory at the just-concluded elections.   The popular clergy who addressed journalists in Akure, Ondo State, on Sunday, asked Tinubu to return the certificate...

Leaders of Labour Party (LP) in Oyo State have dumped the party’s governorship candidate, Mr Tawfiq Akinwale, and adopted Governor Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Saturday’s governorship election in the state. However, Akinwale has said he has not stepped down for Makinde despite the position of...

    *Archbishop to VP: "You serve well, we are proud of you." Appointment to an important position is not just one to be celebrated with pomp and pageantry, but a high call of service and responsibility to God and the people, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof....

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on developed and developing nations to grant duty-free and quota-free market access for products originating from the world’s 46 least-developed countries to ensure their integration in regional and global value chains. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman in a statement, said Buhari, who made the...

There are indications that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will approach the Court of Appeal seeking to set aside its earlier ruling concerning the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS). A senior official of the commission, who did not want his name mentioned, informed Daily Trust about the development over...

  The Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has described the promise by  the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu to deliver credible governorship elections on Saturday, March 11, as a medicine given after death Yakubu, had in a meeting with Resident...