Off-season polls: Labour Party slashes guber nomination fees by N10m
Labour Party has announced a reduction in the cost of its nomination fees for governorship elections coming up later in the year in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo states from N25 million to N15 million. Mr Julius Abure, National Chairman of LP, made this known while addressing newsmen after a meeting with its elected Senators and House of Representatives members in...
FG $22bn loan request rejected by Chinese bank – Reps
N’Assembly extends 2022 budget implementation to June The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, approved the request by the Federal Government to borrow $973,474,971.38 from China Development Bank. This followed the decision by the China-Exim Bank to reject Nigeria’s $22,798,446,773 loan request earlier approved by the National Assembly. The Chairman of the House Committee on Rules and Business, Abubakar Fulata, moved a...
Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Wednesday morning
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, who stepped aside from his position on Tuesday, is set to fight his suspension by a Benue State High Court. His Special Assistant on Communication, Simon Imobo-tswam, disclosed that Ayu would challenge the suspension order in court. 2. The Federal...
PDP crisis: Ayu out, Damagum named acting chairman
LAGOS — Stakeholders in the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who want the National Chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, to quit the position, have succeeded, at least in the interim. He will cease to function as national chairman until the court says otherwise. A Benue High Court on Monday ordered Ayu to stop parading himself as national chairman of the PDP...
Bode George considers relocating to Togo, Ghana after Tinubu’s victory
A former Deputy National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George has said his decision to leave Nigeria for a choice location abroad should Bola Tinubu wins the presidential election has not changed after his victory at the poll held nationwide on February 25. Speaking during a monitored interview on Channels Television on Monday, George said it is his...
State Assembly Polls: 9 days after, results of 183 constituencies not released
Nine days after the March 18 Governorship and State Assembly elections, the results of 183 constituencies across seven states have not been published by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Some of the polls have been declared inconclusive while the commission is withholding the results in some states. Also, governorship election results in Kebbi and Adamawa, two of the 28 states...
Tinubu marks 71st birthday Wednesday, seeks prayers
The president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has directed that special prayers and thanksgiving service be held on Wednesday to mark his 71st birthday instead of the annual birthday colloquium. A statement from his office on Monday issued by his media officer, Tunde Rahman, indicated that special prayers would be offered at the Central Mosque in each of the five divisions of...
Don’t travel to state of origin for census – NPC
The National Population Commission has said it had put up measures to guard against all forms of malpractices ahead of the forthcoming population and housing census. The commission also stressed that citizens living away from their states of origin do not need to travel to home for the purpose of the exercise. It said people would be enumerated at their places...
Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Tuesday morning
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, on Monday, appealed to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, to prevail on the leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over its planned protest slated for Wednesday. 2. A high court sitting in Makurdi has granted an ex-parte order stopping...
INEC votes N3bn to fight electoral cases
The Independent National Electoral Commission has budgeted over N3bn to defend the results of the February 25 presidential and national assembly election and the March 18 governorship and state assembly polls. The PUNCH reports that several candidates who lost in the elections have filed petitions at the presidential and state election petition tribunals to challenge the outcome of the polls. So...
