President Muhammadu Buhari says the initiative by the National Peace Committee to commit all political actors to issue-based campaigns devoid of incitement, personal insults and attacks, because the country needed peace for credible elections. The president made his position known in a video-message to the signing of the 2023 election Peace Accord by the presidential candidates, organised by the National Peace Committee, on Thursday in Abuja. Buhari warned that the rise of fake news and misinformation had continued to pose a significant threat to democracy in Nigeria. According to him, fake news and misinformation have shifted focus away from issue-based…
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Nigeria’s Supreme Court has affirmed Ademola Adeleke as the authentic Osun candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the state governorship election held on July 16 and the state governor-elect. The panel of five justices in a unanimous judgement, dismissed an appeal against Adeleke by Prince Dotun Babayemi who, through a parallel party primary, claimed to be the governorship ticket bearer of the PDP. Counsel to the Appellant, Mr. Adebayo Adelodun, SAN, withdrew the appeal after the panel led by Justice Amina Augie, drew his attention to the fact that the case was statute barred. The panel had maintained…
A bench presided by Justice D Y Chandrachud has relied beyond the 1971 Act to rule that all Indian women could have legal abortion. According to him, while the Act was concerned with married women, the statement of objects and reasons to the 2021 amendment does not differentiate between married and unmarried and therefore, “all women entitled to safe and legal abortion.” The bench ruled that pregnancy is the sole prerogative of a woman and the circumstances may vary for each and various economical, cultural or social factors play a part in this. The Supreme Court Thursday ruled the rights…
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has finally accepted the Federal High Court ruling and recognised Bashir Machina as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District election in 2023. A Federal High Court in Yobe on Wednesday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise Machina as the authentic candidate for the senatorial district. His acceptance is contained in a statement he personally signed titled: “Court Judgement on Yobe North Senatorial District Candidacy. “Yesterday, Wednesday, 28th September, 2022, the Federal High Court in Damaturu delivered judgement on the rightful candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District for the…
By Justina Auta The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has sought for increased participation of women in politics and agricultural sector to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the country. Dr Osasiyi Dirisu, Deputy Director on Policy Innovation Centre, NESG, made this known on Wednesday at a press conference on the maiden edition of the Policy Innovation Centre (PIC) Gender and Inclusion Summit (GS-22) in Abuja. Dirisu said involvement of women in political sphere and the agricultural sector would aide in achieving the SDGs and promote gender inclusion. She said the forthcoming summit in November 16…
The National chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adamu Abdullahi has conveyed the National Working Committee’s queried to the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu on the release of the 422-member Presidential Campaign Council. The letter written on Wednesday, accused Tinubu of breaching the agreement entered into with the NWC on the composition of the campaign council for which a three-member committee was set up to harmonize the campaign membership list with Tinubu’s team. The NWC members were the National Organising Secretary, the National Legal Adviser and Deputy Women Leader which was set up to harmonize the council membership list…
I am indeed delighted and honored to be associated with this National Colloquium on Election and Security Management with a focus on the upcoming electioneering campaigns and the General Elections of 2023. As attested to by many studies and analysis, election is a major trigger of violence in Africa today. The cream of critical stakeholders assembled here today to discuss initiatives and ways of reducing election-related violence is a testimony of the importance of the subject matter. In effect, as this Colloquium assembles key national stakeholders, it is important to analyze the root causes of electoral violence and to examine…
By Justina Auta The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) says gender equality is critical to accelerating the achievements of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the country. Mr Laoye Jaiyeola, the group’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) stated this on Wednesday at a press conference on the maiden edition of the Policy Innovation Centre (PIC) Gender and Inclusion Summit (GS-22) in Abuja. Jaiyeola explained that Nigeria lagged behind in achieving the SDGs with a performance score of 46.4 and the lowest in the global gender index. He, therefore, stressed the need for joint efforts toward abating gender inequality and inclusion -related…
A critical stakeholder of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa state, Ahmed Lawan has backed the calls by many Nigerians that there must be power rotation from the North to the Southern zone of the country no matter the political intrigues, dynamism, and interest of political game-changers of Nigeria. The former Organizing Secretary of the APC, said Northerners would be more of power gluttons and desperadoes if they insist to maintain the Presidency at the expiration of Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure or beyond 2023. He called on Northern elites not to discard the principles of social justice that emphasized on…
A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Wednesday, revoked the N100 million bail granted to the Briton, James Nolan, a director in the Process and Industrial Development Limited (P&ID). Justice Ahmed Mohammed, in a ruling, issued a bench warrant against Nola. Justice Mohammed ordered that the British national should be arrested by security agencies, including the Interpol, anywhere he is sighted within or outside Nigeria and be produced in court to stand his trial. “As far as this court is concerned, the absence of the 2nd defendant (Nolan) in court implies he has jumped bail. “The bail is hereby recalled and a…