archiveMarch 2023

The order also restrained INEC from engaging individuals or companies who are members of political parties in the distribution of electoral materials. The Lagos State Division of the Federal High Court on Friday issued an order mandating the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to upload the results of the March...

  The North West zone of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, to resign for “misleading” President Muhammmadu Buhari on the naira redesign and swap policy. The Supreme Court...

    Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Friday alleged that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele introduced the naira redesign policy to help the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) win the 2023 general elections. “Emefiele was appointed Central Bank Governor by the PDP originally....

    A former Accountant, Pensions  Account, Office of the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation, Garba Abdullahi Tahir, also known as Tahir Garba, was today, March 3, 2023 convicted and sentenced to 21 years imprisonment  for stealing N26.1million meant for pensioners. Abdullahi was prosecuted by the...

Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to abide by the judgment of the Supreme Court reversing the naira redesign policy. Last October, with approval from Buhari, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) initiated the redesign of the N200, N500, and N1,000 banknotes, fixing...

Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Mr.Peter Obi, has filed a petition to obtain documents used by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the just concluded presidential elections. The motion exparte, dated March 2, 2023, was lodged at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEC). A portion of the petition read: “Motion...

  The 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections have just been concluded. INEC has declared the winner of the Presidential Election.  Results from the National Assembly elections are gradually trickling in. What is becoming clear, is that a lot of the elections will be challenged at the election petitions tribunal....

Following the controversy generated over the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections held on February 25, 2023, the National Coalition for Unity and Peace has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to explain to Nigerians what actually transpired. Rising from their meeting in Abuja, the coalition which...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Friday expressed his delight that a Southerner, Bola Tinubu, emerged Nigeria’s next president after the 2023 election held last Saturday. Wike spoke in Oyo State where he was invited by his ally, Governor Seyi Makinde, to commission a project, Wike said: “I am...

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has said that he was ready to form an alliance with the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. He stated this on Thursday, 2nd March 2023, during a press conference in Abuja. Atiku said, “So, as far as...