A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept and publish Godswill Akpabio’s name as the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for the 2023 Akwa Ibom North/West Senatorial District election. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a judgment, held that INEC’s refusal to accept and publish Akpabio’s name was in contradiction with the law, having received the name from the APC as its valid candidate Nwite, who said that the electoral umpire acted illegally, said the commission lacked power to have disqualified the 2nd plaintiff (Akpabio). “I hereby declared that the defendant (INEC)…
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Goalkeeper Alexander Nübel, on loan at Monaco from Bayern Munich, has refused to return to the Bundesliga champions while Manuel Neuer is still active. Nübel, 25, was signed on a free transfer from Schalke 04 in 2020, but any hopes of rivalling Neuer as Bayern Munich number one were over soon after. He then went to Monaco on loan. “It is out of the question for me to come back while Manu is still there. I certainly won’t do that, I can rule out sitting on the bench again at Bayern Munich,” he said on Thursday. Nubel’s Bayern Munich deal…
The Electoral Forum, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to compel political parties to present regular audit reports of their accounts, in line with the provisions of the law. This is contained in a communiqué issued and signed by Prof. Adebayo Olukoshi, the Chairman, The Electoral Forum, at the end of the 7th Technical Session of the organization on Thursday in Abuja. Olukoshi said that INEC must also publish the audit reports after receiving them. He said that the forum expressed various concerns about elections in Nigeria and recommended strategies to improve the…
Nigeria and French Development Agency(AFD) on Wednesday signed a grant of €25 million for the Northern Corridor Project to boost power supply in the country. The Northern Corridor Project is jointly funded by the European Union and AFD, while it is being implemented by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). The project is meant to strengthen a low-carbon economic growth in West African by improving the quality of electricity network in Nigeria and support the development of a regional electricity market under the West African Power Pool. Speaking at the signing of the agreement in Abuja, Mr Clement Agba, Minister…
The Debt Management Office (DMO), has reviewed its bonds issuance calendar for third quarter of 2022. According to the revised calendar, the DMO is scheduled to raise about N720 billion through some re-opened Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) bonds. On July 19, the office was scheduled to re-open a March 2025 FGN bond valued at between N70 billion to N80 billion, and at interest rate of 13.53 per cent per annum. It has a two years, eight months maturity period, with original tenor of seven years. On the same date (July 19), the DMO re-opened an April 2032 FGN bond…
Democratic and Republican U.S. senators introduced legislation on Wednesday that would designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, a label pushed for by Ukraine but opposed by President Joe Biden’s administration. “The need for this measure is more pressing now than ever before,” Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal, one of the bill’s sponsors, told a news conference, citing the killings of civilians and other “brutal, cruel oppression” in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, another bill sponsor, said the designation would send a strong signal of support for Ukraine to Kyiv but also to U.S. allies, while imposing…
The Sokoto State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday, received 1,868 people from 10 business communities from the All Progressives Congress (APC). Chairman of Furniture Makers Association, Lawali Aminu Lalala who spoke on behalf of the defectors, said they were convinced with the leadership style of governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. According to him, the APC government they voted for had failed Nigerians in all the sectors. They promised their total loyalty and support to the PDP and promised to cast their votes to the candidates of the party in the forthcoming general elections. Receiving the decampees, the…
The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) has called on banks’ managements to stop setting unreasonable targets for their staff. The Institute made the call in Abuja on Wednesday while presenting a research report with title ‘The Analysis of Human Capital Attrition in an Evolving Global Context: A Case Study of the Nigerian Banking Industry.’ The research was presented at the 15th Annual Banking and Finance Conference of the institute with title, ‘Repositioning the Financial Services Industry for an Evolving Glocal Context.’ Dr Grace Makinde, the Coordinator of the research, said undue targets given to bank staff by their…
Oyo state governor, Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Wednesday insisted that Dr Iyorchia Ayu, the National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), must step down to allow Southerners in the top hierarchy of the party. Makinde made the position of South-West leaders of the party known at the zonal stakeholders’ meeting held at the Prof. Theophilus Ogunlesi Hall, University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. According to him, PDP is talking about unifying the country, talking toward the government of national unity. “Well, the issue is that we must practice what we preach. If we want to unify Nigeria, we must…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the commencement of a process that will enhance the indigenisation of vaccine production in Nigeria. Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, made this known when he briefed State House correspondents at the end of the Council’s meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday in Abuja. “The council considered a memorandum from the Ministry of Health today, which has to do with the first stage in indigenising vaccine production in Nigeria, the standard programme on immunization, not COVID-19 vaccine. “As you know, the government has a joint venture agreement and formed the…