Niger state governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has said that for the All Progressives Congress (APC) to be victorious in the 2023 elections, there is the need for unity among all members of the party. He stated this when the governorship candidate of the party, Umar Mohammed Bago visited members of the state executive council at the Government House, Minna shortly after the weekly council meeting on Wednesday. Represented by the deputy governor, Ahmed Mohammed Ketso, Sani-Bello said reconciling all aggrieved members of the party after the primary election, is important, pointing out that doing so would help in achieving victory…
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The Sokoto state governorship candidate of the Accord Party (AP), Dr Ibrahim Liman has lamented the exclusion of his name on the list of governorship candidates on the server of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Liman, who addressed newsmen at a press conference in Sokoto on Wednesday also complained about the exclusion of names of candidates who contested and won other positions under the party in the state. The guber candidate, who expressed displeasure over the omission, said it became pertinent to inform party supporters as well as concerned citizens on the situation at hand. “This is following the…
TAJBank Limited, Nigeria’s leading non-interest bank, has secured the approval for nationwide banking operations from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The bank’s Managing Director, Mr Hamid Joda made this known in a statement on Wednesday. Joda said that the license was coming on the heels of several awards bagged by the bank in its past two years of operations in recognition of its outstanding banking services. According to Joda, it is another feat achieved by the bank to leverage on our cutting-edge and impressive products and service delivery scorecards. “We want to thank the regulatory authorities for issuing a…
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…
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…