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<strong>104-Year-Old Woman Endorses Peter Obi For Presidency</strong>

23Feb

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

104-Year-Old Woman Endorses Peter Obi For Presidency

Iyom Josephine Ezeanyaeche, a 104-year-old woman, has expressed her support for Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to become the president in Saturday’s election. Ezeanyaeche, popularly known as Mama Africa, during a visit to the LP’s office in Abuja, said Obi would make Nigeria an investment hub. She said the endorsement of Obi to win the forthcoming election was given his qualification as the best out of the four major contestants. She said, “The searchlight for his selection was nationally oriented and accepted for his visionary leadership, integrity, transparency, competence, capacity, character, selflessness, enlightenment, education, and nationalism. “Calling him for this honourable task in our assessment will comfort Nigerians for a new begi...

Akeredolu Tells Buhari Parting Gift To Give Nigerians

19Feb

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Economy, Elections, Finance, News, Nigeria

Akeredolu Tells Buhari Parting Gift To Give Nigerians

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has told President Muhammadu Buhari to allow the old and new naira notes to both be in circulation as legal tender. Cash scarcity has been witnessed across the country as a fallout of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s naira redesign policy. This has resulted in protests and attacks on banks in some states across the country in the past few days. Reacting to the development in a statement issued on Saturday, Akeredolu said the crisis may upset the forthcoming general election. He said the “failed implementation” of the policy is as a result of “miscalculation, error of judgement and disinformation“ from the apex bank. The governor insisted that as appealing as the policy appears to be, its implementation drives curiosity as regar...

<strong>Kano LP Governorship Candidate Decamps To Opposition Party</strong>

13Feb

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Elections, News, Nigeria

Kano LP Governorship Candidate Decamps To Opposition Party

Bashir Bashir, the governorship flagbearer of the Labour Party, LP, in Kabno State has dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress, APC. According to an associate of Bashir who spoke to TheCable under the condition of anonymity, on Sunday night, that the defection was informed by the “exclusion of major northern stakeholders in the decision-making process of the party’s campaign”. The associate also said another reason for the defection was the “lack of clear direction on the interest of northern Nigeria”. See Also: Labour Party Assembly Candidate In Imo Dies Reports say Bashir held meetings with the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and Kashim Shettima, Tinubu’s running mate. The meetings were said to have been held in Lagos and Abuja, where an agreement ...

<strong>We Will Set Aside $10Bn To Support, South-East Businesses, Revive Abia Dry Port</strong>

12Feb

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Elections, Finance, News, Nigeria

We Will Set Aside $10Bn To Support, South-East Businesses, Revive Abia Dry Port

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has said that his administration would set aside a $10 billion fund to boost business in the south-east if elected. Abubakar stated this at the PDP campaign rally in Abia State on Saturday. The former vice-president said the fund is part of a promise he made to traders in the region during his campaign in 2019. He said, “My vice president has announced that we are going to set aside $10 billion to make sure that we support businesses, particularly in this part of the country. “I remember in 2019 when I came here, I addressed a group of businessmen from the south-east generally because Aba is the capital of the southeast as far as business is concerned. See Also: ‘PDP Has Brought Us Shame’ – Ayu...

<strong>Why I Won’t Stop Backing Tinubu – Nnamani</strong>

7Feb

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Why I Won’t Stop Backing Tinubu – Nnamani

Chimaroke Nnamani, senator representing Enugu East Senatorial District, has insisted that he won’t stop supporting the presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, to win the forthcoming general elections. Nnamadi who was a former Enugu State governor and a serving senator under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said that his support for Tinubu was informed by the decision of southern politicians in the PDP to support any candidate from the sub-region for the presidency, his right for freedom of choice, among others. Recall that the PDP had on January 20 suspended the Senator for alleged anti-party activities. However, Nnamani in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja described the suspension as a peculiar mess that will collapse...

<strong>Presidential Candidates Own Banks, Naira Notes Scarcity Don’t Affect Them – Kwankwaso</strong>

2Feb

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Elections, Finance, News, Rwanda

Presidential Candidates Own Banks, Naira Notes Scarcity Don’t Affect Them – Kwankwaso

The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said that his counterparts are not affected by the naira redesign policy because “they are owners of banks”. Recall that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele had in October 2022, announced the plan to redesign N200, N500, and N1,000 notes and fixed January 31, 2023, as the deadline when the old notes will cease to be legal tender. Despite the apex bank recently announcing the postponement of the deadline to February 10, several Nigerians have found it hard obtaining the new naira notes. President Muhammadu Buhari has backed the policy and described it as having the potential to deter politicians from “mobilising resources to intimidate voters in the 2023 general election”. ...

<strong>Why Cashless Policy is Important – Osinbajo</strong>

31Jan

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Elections, Finance, News, Nigeria

Why Cashless Policy is Important – Osinbajo

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said that when Nigeria operates an effective cashless policy, illicit election financing can be curbed. Osinbajo stated this when he received a delegation of the EU election observation mission led by Barry Andrews, on Monday. According to a statement issued by his media aide, Laolu Akande, the VP said that a functional cashless policy will facilitate seamless tracking of funds and be helpful for financial inclusion. He said, “I think that what we should be looking at is to provide more infrastructures. “The cashless thing has been really advantageous and helps with tracking. “That sort of infrastructure is useful for more financial inclusion and the more financial inclusion you have, the easier it is to track. “So much money can be s...

<strong>We Will Shun Any Forum With PDP ‘Agents of Violence’ – Sanwo-Olu</strong>

29Jan

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Elections, Lagos News, News, Nigeria

We Will Shun Any Forum With PDP ‘Agents of Violence’ – Sanwo-Olu

Lagos State Governor, Babjide Sanwo-Olu, has said that he won’t attend any forum where he would share a stage with Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, members. There was an alleged attack in the Surulere area of Lagos State on Friday. While the opposition PDP has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of deploying thugs to attack supporters of its governorship candidate, Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, the APC has maintained that it was Adediran’s thugs that carried out violence on residents of the area. Reacting to the development, Gbenga Omotoso, Lagos State commissioner for information, in a statement on Saturday said the state would not tolerate being portrayed in a bad light. Omotoso said, “The Lagos state government has noted the flood of comments sp...

<strong>INEC Announces Extension Of PVC Collection Deadline</strong>

28Jan

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Elections, News, Nigeria, Uncategorized

INEC Announces Extension Of PVC Collection Deadline

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced an extension of the deadline for the collection of permanent voter cards, PVCs. This marks the second time the electoral umpire will extend the deadline for PVC collection. The collection was scheduled to stop on January 29. According to the national commissioner and chairman, information and voter education committee, Festus Okoye, the decision was reached after a meeting on Saturday. INEC said that the new deadline for PVC collection is February 5. The statement read, “The Commission met today, Saturday, 29th January 2023 a day after its meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) from the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal capital Territory, Abuja and deliberated on a numb...

<strong>2023 Election: Suspend Academic Activities In All Tertiary Institutions – Reps Tells FG</strong>

27Jan

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Education, Elections, Legislature, News, Nigeria

2023 Election: Suspend Academic Activities In All Tertiary Institutions – Reps Tells FG

The house of representatives has asked for the suspension of academic activities ahead of the elections. The lower legislative chamber asked the regulatory bodies of tertiary institutions, the National Universities Commission, NUC, National Board for Technical Education, NABTEB, National Commission for Colleges of Education, NNCE, and the ministry of education to shutdown tertiary institutions to allow students travel to the areas where their polling units are located. The National Electoral Commission, INEC, was also asked to make special arrangements for students to collect their PVCs. It followed a motion which was sponsored by Kabir Ibrahim, a lawmaker representing Zuru/Fakai/Danko-Wasagu/Sakaba federal constituency of Kebbi. Ibrahim’s motion of urgent public importance w...