The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has threatened that it would sanction any state government that tried to stifle the electioneering activities of opposition political parties and their candidates. There are reports that some state governments were stifle campaign activities of opposition parties across the country. The chief press secretary to INEC chairman, Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi disclosed this in an exclusive interview with LEADERSHIP in Abuja on Tuesday. According to him, there are penalties for contravening the provisions and the law is no respecter of persons, no matter how highly placed. He added that all parties participating in the 2023…
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The people of Zaria in Kaduna State have been elated as their son, Retired Chief Justice of the Federal Capital Territory, Ishaq Usman Bello was conferred with the National Honour of Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday. There were jubilations and flow of felicitations across the Emirate as elders, the young and women described the award to Justice Bello as well deserved saying Bello is an illustrious son of the soil. Already holding the esteemed traditional title of Kuliyan Zazzau, Bello’s philanthropy has rang all across the Emirate and endeared him to the hearts…
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has alleged that there is an ongoing plot to remove the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu to pave the way for compromising the 2023 general election. The coalition also claimed that it has uncovered fresh plots to deactivate the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) from being used in the election. The national chairman of CUPP, Ikenga Ugochinyere, who spoke on behalf of the opposition parties, made the allegation at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday. According to him, similarly efforts were geared towards stopping electronic transmission of results…
President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria at the Council chamber of the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday. The swearing in of Ariwoola followed his confirmation by the Senate on September 21, three months after his appointment by the president. Ariwoola took the judicial oath of office in a brief ceremony shortly before the commencement of the weekly virtual meeting of Federal Executive Council (FEC), chaired by the president. The event was witnessed by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, some cabinet Ministers, other justices of the Supreme Court, the Governors of Oyo and Ondo States, Seyi Makinde…
The Attorney-General of the Federation(AGF), Abubakar Malami has given the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) approval to prosecute former Aviation Minister, Sen. Stella Oduah and others on alleged N5 billion fraud. Prosecuting counsel, Hassan Liman, SAN, on Wednesday, informed Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja at the resumed hearing on the matter. Justice Ekwo had, on May 10, fixed today for arraignment of the defendants following a letter from the office of the AGF in response to a petition written by counsel to the 8th defendant in the suit, Ogbu James, SAN. Onoja had, on November…
The Debt Management Office (DMO) has re-opened three Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) Bonds valued at N225 billion for subscription, for the month October. According to a statement by the DMO, the bonds are a 14.55 per cent, April 2029 FGN Bond, a 12.50 per cent, April 2032 FGN Bond and a 16.24 per cent, April 2037 FGN Bond. The bonds have original tenors of 10 years, 10 years and 20 years, respectively. Opening date for the auction is October 17, while the settlement date is October 19.” The bonds are offered at N1,000 per unit subject to a minimum…
Edwin Clark has alleged that a syndicate of military officers have been working in cahoots with officials of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to steal trillions Naira worth of crude oil. He made the allegation while speaking with journalists in Abuja on Monday. Clark enjoined Nigerian government to constitute a judicial panel of inquiry to probe those behind oil theft and sabotage of the nation’s economy. According to him, the decision to engage Government Ekpemupolo’s Tantita Security Services Limited, to get rid of oil theft in the Niger Delta, is laudable. Clark said it was unfortunate that those…
By Justina Auta Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, on Tuesday decried the increasing cases of rape and other forms of violence against the girl-child by their fathers and members of the society. Tallen stated this at the state of the Nigerian Girls Summit (SONGS) in Abuja, in commemoration of the 2022 International Day of the Girl-Child (IDGC). The IDGC is commemorated every October 11, to celebrate the importance, power, and potentials of adolescent girls around the world, as set aside by United Nations. According to her, the ministry receives on a daily basis reported cases of rape and…
Olakiitan Adetutu Communications Limited, a subsidiary of Gbolahan Adetayo Media Network, the brain behind the prestigious Yoruba Movie/Music Gist Awards, has finally unveiled the first batch of the much anxiously anticipated nominees list for the 2022 Yoruba Movie Gist Awards. The biggest award ceremony in the Yoruba movie industry, is set up to reward hardwork and diligence among both the onscreen and off-screen movers and shakers of Nollywood, and its scheduled to hold in November 13th amidst pomp and pageantry. The first batch nomination list for this year edition is here and you can start Voting your favourite nominees by…
…Obajana Cement PLC was incorporated in 1992 with no paid up shares as at 2002 …Kogi state has no equity interest in Obajana Cement Plc …The plant and machinery were conceived, designed, procured, built, and paid for solely by DIL, well after it acquired the shares in Obajana Cement Company …The land on which the Obajana Cement Plant is built was acquired solely by Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) in 2003 …Taxes paid to Kogi government yearly since production commenced in 2007 The management of Dangote Industries Limited has insisted that its acquisition of the Obajana Cement Plc in 2002 followed…