ASHENEWS reports that the Appeal Court in Sokoto has upheld the result of the primary election of the Zamfara state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in which Dr. Dauda Lawal-Dare emerged its candidate. The appellate court in a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Abubakar Talba on Friday, held that the Appellants succeeded in proving the seven grounds of appeals canvassed by the Counsels and all resolved in their favour. The court then dismissed all the preliminary objections based on competency of the appeal, and on the basis of judicial provisions, and in the interest of fear hearing. Justice…
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A Nigerian female journalist, and publisher Sky Newspaper and skynewsline.com, Jennifer Nwosu seek help for her sister, Chinyere Nwosu Nwaorgu, who was diagnosed with kidney failure. For six months, the family of the diagnosed patient have made efforts to save the life of their beloved sister at Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Ebute Metta Oyibo Lagos, and have spent all they had. To save Nwaorgu’s life, the doctor advised them to go for the two kidneys transplant which are both bad. The Nwosus are seeking help from well meaning Nigerians to save a life. You can contact her at FMC Ebute…
…Expresses optimism it will benefit citizens Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State has signed over N243 billion 2023 budget into law. The budget is N5 billion above the estimate presented to the State Assembly for consideration. The capital expenditure stood at over N152 billion while recurrent expenditure is over N91 billion. Under the sectoral breakdown, Administration had over N9 billion, Economics got over N102 billion, Law, and Justice had more than N1 billion and the Social sector gulped over N38 billion. The brief ceremony took place at the Council Chamber of Government House, Minna. Governor Abubakar Sani Bello explained…
The Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has banned cash withdrawals from the federal government accounts, and those of its agencies or parastatals, as well as state and local governments. The head of NFIU, Moddibo Haman Tukur made this known while addressing journalists in his office on Thursday, According to him, this became necessary in order to arrest the rate by which monies are taken out of public accounts without recourse to the money laundering laws and sometimes for corruption purposes. He added that the rate of withdrawals above the threshold from public accounts has been alarming and that over N701…
The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), has expressed worry over the Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) data revealed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According to data released by INEC, 6.7 million PVCs were uncollected in 17 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Worried by the fact that the deadline for PVCs collection is January 22, 2023, the TMG in a statement by its chairman, Auwal Musa-Rafsanjani on Thursday, called on Nigerians to come out and collect their PVCs ahead of the deadline. According to Rafsanjani, Nigerians should grab the opportunity provided by INEC to be able exercise their civic…
ASHENEWS reports that the Independent National Electronic Commission (INEC) has expressed concern that 6.7 million PVCs remain uncollected in 17 states, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The concern, which is about avoiding repeat of voter apathy, is coming barely less than two months to January 22 deadline for the collection of the PVCs. According to data from the 2019 presidential election, the 6.7 million uncollected PVCs would have been sufficient to determine the outcome of an election in which winner Muhammadu Buhari received 15 million votes and his main opponent, Atiku Abubakar, received 11.2 million votes. Uncollected PVCs by…
ASHENEWS reports that former Nigeria’s Ambassador to Jordan, and All Progressive Congress (APC) stalwart, Faruk Malami Yabo dumped the party to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Sokoto state. He attempted to contest governorship under the APC in 2015 but stepped down for Aminu Tambuwal. Also in 2019, he contested fort the party’s flag during which primary election against Ahmed Aliyu, he stormed out the venue claiming irregularities. Yabo, who announced his defection during the PDP’s campaign rally in Yabo town, Yabo local government area of the state, described his defection as homecoming. “I have always been a PDP family…
ASHENEWS reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has received the last batch of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation (BVAS) machines. This online platform further reports that the INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, and some top officials of the commission received the materials at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of the commission, Festus Okoye made this known in a statement, Wednesday. “In furtherance of the preparations for the 2023 General Election, the Commission, yesterday, 3rd January 2023, received the last consignment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation (BVAS) machines with…
By Fatima Zahra Muhammad, Minna A former Deputy Governor in Niger state, Ahmed Musa Ibeto has dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Before his resignation, Ibeto was a member of the APC’s Presidential Campaign Council. Ibeto served as deputy governor under the Muazu Babangida Aliyu administration between 2007 and 2015. He announced his resignation in a letter dated January 3rd, 2023 and addressed to the Ibeto Central Ward of the APC chairman in Magama local government area of the state and sighted by ASHENEWS. He cited lack of cohesion among party members as his reason for dumping the party,…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has blamed poor and inconsistent reporting of cholera cases from states as one of the major challenges to the country’s response to the cholera outbreak. The NCDC said this in its latest weekly Cholera situation report for weeks 44–47, on Tuesday via its official website. Cholera is a highly contagious disease that occurs in environments without clean water and proper sanitation. It causes profuse diarrhea and vomiting, and without treatment can quickly lead to death by intense dehydration. For most states, the current surge of cholera is due to specific, local…