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INEC suffered 50 attacks on its offices nationwide – official
Abuja, Jan. 18, 2023 – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has suffered 50 attacks on its offices across the country between 2019 and 2022. It said 11 of these attacks were in Imo State alone. Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, said this at a virtual meeting organised by the International Press Centre with support from the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria. The meeting was held to enhance capacity of journalists on conflict-sensitive reporting ahead of the general elections. “Between …
Aregbesola calls for review of Nigeria’s federalism
Abuja, Jan.18, 2023 – Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of the Interior, has called for a review of the nation’s model of federalism to enable the federating units unlock their potential for the benefit of the country and its people. He blamed the poor state of development in the country on the huge population of unemployed people. The minister made the suggestion at a one-day dialogue on tracking campaign promises for good governance in Abuja. He dismissed the notion in some quarters that once elected, politicians do not care about fulfilling …
Cross Rivers sacks 12 principals, sanctions others for misdemeanour
Calabar, Jan. 18, 2023 – Twelve secondary school principals have been sacked and others transferred in Cross Rivers State for collecting illegal levies Dr Godwin Amanke, the state Commissioner for Quality Education, disclosed this during a ministerial briefing in Calabar. “We have given a lot of queries. Twelve principals were removed, six suspended and 16 were transferred for the misdemeanour,’ he said Amanke said he heard that principals were paying as much as N300,000 to be transferred. He confirmed the existence of cultism in secondary schools in the state and …
Governors’ Forum to meet Emefiele on CBN policies
Abuja, Jan 18, 2023 – The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) will on Thursday meet with Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on some of the bank’s recent policies. Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, the Spokesman for NGF, said on Tuesday night that the governors’ plan was to engage Emefiele on the economic and security implications of naira redesign and withdrawal policy. He said the NGF Chairman, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, had sent an invitation to Emefiele on the meeting to be held virtually at 9.00 pm on Thursday. …
Free trade zones attract N30bn investments
Kano, Jan. 18, 2023 – Free Trade Zones (FTZ) in Nigeria have attracted over $30 billion in investments. President Mohammadu Buhari said this on Tuesday at the inauguration of Kano Free Trade Zone’s new administrative building and Nigeria Special Economic Zones Institute in Kano. He said that the investments would continue to increase in the next few years with sustained incentives and an aggressive investment drive. The president, who was represented by the Minister of State, Industry, Trade and Investment, Maryam Katagum, said his administration had recorded geometric increase in …
President Buhari re-appoints 7-member board of ICPC
Abuja, Jan. 17, 2023 – President Muhammadu Buhari has re-appointed seven members of the board of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Their names have been sent to the Senate for confirmation. The letter from the president was read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, at the start of plenary on Tuesday. Their appointment, he said, was in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(3) and (7) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act. The president’s letter will be sent to the appropriate senate committee to …
INEC to conduct mock accreditation before polls
London, Jan. 17, 2023 (NAN) The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will conduct mock accreditation nationwide ahead of the 2023 general elections. The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, said this on Tuesday while speaking at the Chatham House in London. He said the mock accreditation would be carried out across selected polling units to ascertain the integrity of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System before the main elections would begin in February. The INEC boss said the BVAS machines to be deployed in the 774 local government areas had been tested and …
32-yr-old sentenced to death for robbing nurse of N57,000
Lagos, Jan. 17, 2023 – An Ikeja Special Offences Court presided over by Justice Mojisola Dada on Tuesday sentenced a 32-year-old vulcaniser, Chidozie Onyinchiz, to death by hanging for robbing a nurse of N57,000. Justice Dada held that the prosecution had proved the three-count-charge of conspiracy, armed robbery and membership of an unlawful society against Onyinchiz. Dada said the convict’s attempt to wriggle out of the charges was futile. This, she said was because he had earlier confirmed to the police at Igando, Lagos, that his victim, Mrs Veronica Uwayzor, sighted …
Insecurity: Ogunewe sues for peace In Imo
Owerri, Jan. 17, 2023 -Maj.-Gen. Lincoln Jack Ogunewe (RTD ), the Gubernatorial Candidate of Labour Party in Imo State, has called for peace and calm over the rising insecurity in the state. Ogunewe, who made the call made the call in Owerri, called on “all Imolites and the government to condemn the killings and destruction going on in the state. “Enough of the destruction and killings in the state. Imo belongs to all of us,” he said. Ogunewe, a former Nigerian Defence Adviser to the United Nation, wondered how once …
Senate to adjourn for election campaigns
Abuja, Jan. 17, 2023 – The Senate will adjourn plenary next week to allow lawmakers to have time for campaigns for the forthcoming elections. The senate had just resumed plenary from a three-week break from after December 28, 2022. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, announced this on Tuesday. He said that the break would enable lawmakers contesting for various offices during the general elections to carry out necessary campaigns in their various constituencies. He, however, hinted that the Senate might suspend activities this week if it could deal with urgent …