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2023: UK Will Deny Election Riggers Visa, British High Commissioner Says

20May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

2023: UK Will Deny Election Riggers Visa, British High Commissioner Says

British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has disclosed that the United Kingdom will not grant visas to Nigerians who rig election in 2023. Laing in an interview with Vanguard urged Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and his predecessor Rotimi Amaechi, to ensure peaceful conduct of elections in the state in 2023. She said, "I do have some sympathy for Nigeria because if we as the UK have one of these problems your country has today, we will be struggling. Here, you deal with everything, from insurgency to kidnapping, to piracy off the Gulf of Guinea and you don't have such a large army and police force for a country of this size. "The only way you turn this thing around is that the government has to build the trust of its people, to have the people working with the g...

BREAKING: Two INEC Offices Razed in Ebonyi

19May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Breaking News, Elections, News, Nigeria, Security

BREAKING: Two INEC Offices Razed in Ebonyi

Unknown attackers on Tuesday razed two offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Ebonyi State, marking the fourth incident of an arson attack on an INEC office in one week. Recall that hoodlums also attacked an INEC office in Enugu State on Monday, burning about six cars though the prompt response of the security personnel preempted further damage. It marked the third attack on the electoral umpire’s facility in the state. Also, one of the commission’s offices in Akwa Ibom State was set ablaze by unknown persons on Sunday, May 2. The attack was announced by Festus Okoye, INEC's National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee in a statement titled 'INEC Local Government Are Office In Akwa Ibom State Set Ablaze'. According...

Why Fire Razed INEC Office in Udenu LGA, Enugu – Police

15May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria, Power

Why Fire Razed INEC Office in Udenu LGA, Enugu – Police

The Nigeria Police Force, Enugu State Command has said the fire incident at the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, office in the Udenu local government area of the state was caused by a power surge. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Force Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe on behalf of the Commissioner of Police. Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi visited the scene where he took a brief from the INEC Electoral Officer in charge of Udenu LGA, Dustan Eke, to ensure effective intervention of the newly constructed fire service stations in Udenu and Igbo-Eze North Local Government Areas, as well as the one in Nsukka LGA. The governor charged the security agencies to ensure the safety of the lives and property of residents of the area. The statement...

How El-Rufai tackled Ex-President Jonathan Over Personal Interest – Omokri

6May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

How El-Rufai tackled Ex-President Jonathan Over Personal Interest – Omokri

Reno Omokri, a former Presidential aide has disclosed how Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has been maligning former President Goodluck Jonathan because he was not picked as Vice President. Omokri said this in reaction to El-Rufai’s indictment of Jonathan having harboured plans to jail him. He stated that the Kadu State governor went on self-imposed exile during the tenure of former President Umar Yar’adua and only returned to the country on May 5, 2010, the exact day Yar’adua passed on. According to Omokri, El-Rufai came back due to his conviction that the Jonathan administration would be favourable for him. The former aide said El-Rufai visited Jonathan at the State House six days after his return and held a press conference where he made “unsolicited comments” asking ...

Ekiti By-Election Violence Proof Nigerians Have Rejected APC – Fayose

21Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Ekiti By-Election Violence Proof Nigerians Have Rejected APC – Fayose

Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has said the killings that took in Omuo Ekiti on Saturday by suspected political thugs is clear evidence of terrorism against citizens, who have rejected the party in government. Reacting to the violence, Fayose said the killing of innocent citizens because of the House of Assembly by-election was barbaric. He said: “I thought we have gone past this barbarism in Ekiti State, especially when we are confronted with national insecurity to which the government have no solution. “What was witnessed today in Omuo Ekiti is nothing but terrorism against the people of Ekiti, knowing that time has caught up with them and they are no longer popular. “This will remain guilt in the conscience of the perpetrators and their sponsors perpetually for...

Uganda: Court Orders Soldiers to Vacate Bobi Wine’s Home

25Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Armed Forces, Elections, Human Rights, Judiciary, Justice, News, Uganda

Uganda: Court Orders Soldiers to Vacate Bobi Wine’s Home

A court in Uganda has order security operatives to vacate the home of opposition leader, Bobi Wine, whose house arrest since the recent presidential poll has drawn international pressure, his lawyer said on Monday. Security forces have laid siege on the home of the 38-year-old musician turned politician, preventing him from leaving his home in Kampala since he cast his vote in the January 14 election where he contested against the long-serving incumbent, President Yoweri Museveni. The opposition leaders counsel, George Musisi told Reuters, "The judge ordered that the state and its agencies should immediately vacate his property and his right to personal liberty should immediately be reinstated." The 76-year-old Museveni has been in power for 35 years prior to winning a new term in...

INEC Mulls Making NIN Compulsory for Voter Registration

20Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

INEC Mulls Making NIN Compulsory for Voter Registration

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is considering making the National Identity Number, NIN, compulsory for registering voters when the continuous voter registration exercise begins soon. This was disclosed by a national commissioner at INEC during an interview with The Punch on Tuesday. According to him, the Nin would help tackle challenges of underage voting, alien voting and other challenges associated with registration. The INEC commissioner who chose to remain anonymous said a final decision would be reached soon. He said that the permanent voter card was only supposed to be in use for a maximum of 10 years, adding that most countries rely on a national database and not the Permanent Voter Card for voting. He said, “The NIN is the ideal. When we want to...

2023: Why Power Should Rotate to South – Zulum

16Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

2023: Why Power Should Rotate to South – Zulum

Prof Babagana Zulum, Governor of Borno State, has advocated for the return of power to the south in 2023 in fairness to other regions of the country. Zulum frowned at the sentiment that any part of the country could not be trusted with power, because of fear of succession. This was contained in his speech at the 17th Chief Gani Fawehinmi annual lecture, organised by the Nigerian Bar Association, Ikeja Branch in commemoration of the life of late Fawehinmi. The event was themed, ‘The constitutional history of Nigeria’s dysfunction: Any pathway to indivisibility and common progress?’ The Borno State governor stressed that of the bedrocks to sustainable growth was fairness to all in the country. He said, “I’m persuaded that other sections of the country should be given the oppor...

Obiozor, Former Ambassador to US, Emerges Ohaneze President

12Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Obiozor, Former Ambassador to US, Emerges Ohaneze President

George Obiozor, a former Nigerian ambassador to the US, has been elected the president-general of Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohaneze Ndigbo. The election which was conducted in Owerri, Imo State on Sunday saw Obiozor emerge the winner after seeing off two other contenders for the position. Obiozor was the Nigerian ambassador to the United States, from 2004-2008. Prior to the election, there were reports making the rounds that Obiozor had been chosen as the consensus candidate but the outgoing president, John Nwodo debunked supporting any candidate for the position. Nwodo in a statement said, “The attention of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has been drawn to a spurious, mendacious and malicious news item making the rounds that a candidate has been chosen to occupy the post of the Pre...

APC Weighs in on US Controversy, Asks Trump to Emulate Buhari

10Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria, United States of America

APC Weighs in on US Controversy, Asks Trump to Emulate Buhari

The All Progressive Congress has asked US President Donald Trump to emulate his Nigerian counterpart, President Muhammadu Buhari after losing an election. This was contained in a statement issued by the Secretary of the party’s Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee, John Akpanudoedehe. Akpanudoedehe in the statement titled “The integrity of a leader is as important as strong institutions,” condemned the invasion of the Capitol Hill by pro-Trump protesters and faulted Trump’s refusal to concede defeat in the presidential poll. The party said President Buhari contested and lost elections a couple of times and followed the process through to the Supreme Court on all accounts, lauding his example as ‘an outstanding credential of a true democrat’. The statement ...