The Director General (DG) of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Global Campaign Council, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman has said the party will be going into the 2023 general elections without a presidential candidate after having withdrawn its sponsorship of Dumebi Kachikwu. Speaking to journalists on the sideline of a sensitisation programme for the 2023 polls in Kaduna on Friday, the DG said the party’s hitherto presidential candidate, Dumebi Kachukwu, had been expelled and his expulsion duly communicated to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). When asked what the crisis in the party was about, he said, “we do not see what is…
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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, nullified the nomination of Osun state governor, Gboyega Oyetola and Benedict Alabi that enabled them participate as governorship and deputy governorship candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the July 16, 2022 governorship election in state. Justice Emeka Nwite in his judgement said the decision of the court was predicated on the ground that Yobe state governor Mai Mala Buni, who submitted their names to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) violated the provisions of Section 183 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Section 82(3) of the…
By Nefishetu Yakubu Ibrahim Gusau, a member of the immediate-past Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Friday emerged as the Federation’s new president. Gusau polled a total of 39 votes to beat other contestants in the race which went into a run-off. In the first ballot, Gusau scored 21 votes but could not be declared winner because he did not have 50 percent of the total votes cast, which would have amounted to 22 votes. In this ballot, former NFF First Vice-President Senior Akinwunmi had 12 votes, while ex-national goalkeeper Peterside Idah polled one vote. Also, Abba…
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, has advised the general public, especially Nigerian youths that are desirous of applying for empowerment programmes, to distance themselves from anyone asking them to pay any amount of money before they are considered for the opportunity. Wamakko, in a statement by his special assistant on New Media, Bashar Abubakar on Friday, was reacting to some unscrupulous elements who are duping unsuspecting job-seeking youths of various amounts of money. “The attention of the office of His Excellency, Sen. Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, at the National Assembly (NASS), has been drown on activities…
A day old baby on Friday, was rescued from a dustbin by the Lagos Police Command. The spokesperson of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin who said that the baby was found wrapped in a polythene bag, added that if not for quick detection, the baby would have died. According to him, the baby has been saved and is doing fine. ”A day old baby was found wrapped in a polythene bag in a dustbin. Save for quick detection, baby would have died. Baby is doing fine. Prevent the pregnancy. It’s better than killing the baby. Infanticide is a crime!”
The Yobe chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says it would appeal the judgement of the Federal High Court delivered in favour of Bashir Machina, the Yobe North senatorial candidate. ‘The party’s position is coming in spite of Senate President Ahmad Lawan’s Thursday concession to his defeat. The court had in Damaturu, recognized Mr Machina as the bona fide candidate for the Yobe North Senatorial District and ordered the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), to include his name in their list. However, the state chapter chairman, Mohammed Gadaka in a statement on Friday, insisted that the senate president remained the…
Chelsea is at the head of the queue to sign Christopher Nkunku next summer. The RB Leipzig striker is thought to have undergone medical tests for Chelsea this year, but with an eye on a potential transfer in 2023. The France forward is thought to have a 52 million pounds ($57 million) release clause at RB Leipzig. And Chelsea’s new owners have already made inroads towards securing a transfer. The prolific striker netted 35 goals last term and has already hit the ground running this season with six in 11 games. Co-controlling Chelsea owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali are…
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on African countries to tackle the forces that are inhibiting business integration among African countries. Addressing the second African Sub-Sovereign Governments Network (AFSNET) Conference, organised by the Afreximbank in collaboration with the secretariat of AfCFTA and the Nigeria Governors’ Forum in Abuja on Friday, Buhari also emphased that intra-regional trade still accounts for a very tiny fraction of total trade in Africa. The president, therefore, maintained that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) would only succeed if African governments demonstrate a higher level of commitment to tackle the slow pace of physical integration, political…
The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room (Situation Room) has called on political parties, candidates and their supporters to desist from cyber bullying and respect the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022. Ms Ene Obi, Convener of Situation Room, a coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) made the call at a news conference on Friday in Abuja it organised as political campaigns begin. Obi said the Electoral Act 2022 has provided a legal framework and model to which electoral activities should be conducted. Obi said: “Situation Room calls on all political parties and candidates to respect and uphold the provisions of Section…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed the document to formally annex four Ukrainian provinces occupied by Moscow’s troops. Putin said the regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson are now part of Russia, during a televised ceremony in the Kremlin. Russian occupation authorities staged referendums in the four areas in the past week which they said showed an overwhelming majority in favour of leaving Ukraine and joining Russia. Ukraine and Western powers have dismissed the vote, saying the results were a foregone conclusion that would never be recognized internationally. dpa