Sokoto state governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has declared Thursday and Friday, as work free days to enable civil and public servants to fully participate in the ongoing voters registration across the country. A statement by the spokesperson to the governor, Muhammad Bello on Wednesday, said “the break is also to allow local government chairmen and their councilors as well as the teeming workers to mobilize and sensitize eligible voters to register as well as collect their Personal Voters Card (PVC) in order to be part of the upcoming General Elections in the country.” Tambuwal appealed to all citizens in the…
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Security agencies have launched a manhunt for a suspected member of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who recently threatened to kill the supporters of the presidential candidates of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. and All Progressives Congress, (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.A security source told PRNigeria that operatives would soon arrest the suspect over the violent threat.“The young man, suspected to be an IPOB militant issued his ‘murder’ threat in a viral 30-second video which has been circulated on various social media platforms.“It is quite disturbing and worrisome when the armed criminal vowed that come 2023, he will…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission before a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, seeking the delisting of legislative candidates of the All Progressives Congress in the state for the 2023 general elections. The case before Justice Stephen Daylop-Pam is filed on the basis that the primaries that produced the Senatorial and House of Representatives Candidates of the APC were done in violation of the provision of the Electoral Act (amended). The past few days have seen the Rivers PDP appear before judges at the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned eligible voters against multiple registration during the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise. Dr Baba Bila, INEC’s National Commissioner in-charge of North-East zone, made the call while monitoring the CVR exercise in some local government areas in Yola on Wednesday. He said that double registration could lead to the cancellation of both registrations, and urged voters to search for their cards before engaging in another registration. The Commissioner advised those who have already registered to come and collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to enable them to vote candidates of their choice…
A Federal High Court sin Kano on Wednesday, refused to transfer a breach of fundamental rights suit filed by a Kano Cleric, Sheikh Abduljabbar Kabara. The application for enforcement of fundamental human right was filed by Kabara through his counsel, Dalhatu Shehu-Usman. The respondents in the suit are the Kano Upper Shari’a Court and Kano state government. The applicant in his prayer is challenging the proceedings of the Upper Shari’a Court. Shehu-Usman informed the court that his client wants the suit to be transferred to another vacation court judge in Abuja. “My Lord, my client said he has lost confidence in…
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP’s) Senate caucus on Tuesday, met with the party’s Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates, Mr Atiku Abubakar, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and the national party of the party. The meeting is part of efforts to reconcile aggrieved party members ahead of the 2023 general elections. PDP chieftains such as Nyesom Wike are believed to be unhappy about recent developments in the party. Mr Wike lost the party’s presidential ticket to Mr Atiku and was also passed over for the Vice Presidency candidate slot. Another eminent PDP stakeholder, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, has questioned…
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) on Wednesday reacted to the claim by the Independent Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) that the attacks and killings of northerners and their cows at Lokpanta in Abia state was carried out by its armed terror wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN) IPOB’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful had in a statement admitted that IPOB and ESN are responsible for the killing of cows encroaching into people’s farm lands and hailed the ESN for the attack and killings. “We also warn the fulani terrorists not to venture attack on any community in the area as is in…
The president of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan on Wednesday during plenary, blocked senators of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from moving to commence impeachment proceedings against president Muhammadu Buhari over lingering insecurity in the country. As a result of the blockade, the Senate Minority Leader, Philip Aduda led other PDP senators to walk out of the green chambers of the National Assembly. Briefing journalists after the caucus stormed out of plenary, Aduda said the Senate had agreed in a closed door session to give the president an ultimatum of six weeks to address insecurity in the country, but the…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday selected Senator Abdullahi Gobir (Sokoto East Senatorial District), as the new leader of the Senate. This decision by the ruling party is contained in a letter by the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu and read by Senate President Ahmad Lawan during the plenary session on Wednesday. Senator Gobir replaces Senator Yahaya Abdullahi following his resignation as Senate Leader wing to the latter’s defection from the APC to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party. Meanwhile, senators from opposition parties staged a walkout following a call to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari. This followed…
The Katsina state chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Sani liti has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel the recent primaries conducted by All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja. He also asked INEC to disqualify all the aspirants that contested the primary elections. Liti who made the call in an interview in Katsina on Wednesday, said that the ways and manners the two parties conducted their conventions contravened the electoral laws. He said that the aspirants violated Part Five, Sections 88 and 94 of the electoral laws. “I…