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I will make Igbo presidency a reality – Atiku

Awka, Dec. 15, 2022 – Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, the Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says he is the stepping stone to an Igbo presidency. He urged residents in the state to vote for him if they wanted that dream realised. Atiku made the pledge while on his presidential campaign in Awka on Thursday, saying he could make the presidential ambition of the Igbos a reality Peter Obi, an Igbo man and the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, was Atiku’s running mate in 2019. The two shared the …

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Osun State owes N407.32bn – Adeleke

Lagos, Dec. 15, 2022 – Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun State says the state is indebted to the tune of N407.32 billion as at the end November. Adeleke told a meeting of Osun State Traditional Rulers in Osogbo on Thursday that Oyetola must be made to explain how he accumulated the debts. He said that Oyetola took a bridging loan of N18 billion after he lost the governorship election on July 16, 2022. According to him, his administration inherited eight outstanding loans facilities, apart from salaries and pension debts, adding …

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Tinubu was not rushed off-stage in Minna rally – Onanuga

Lagos, Dec. 14, 2022 – Mr Bayo Onanuga, the Director of Media and Publicity of APC Presidential Campaign Council, has denied that his principal, Bola Tinubu, was rushed off-stage at his rally in Minna on Wednesday due to health reasons. Onanuga said the crowd that turned out to welcome Tinubu at the rally was so massive that the former governor of Lagos State had to address them briefly. He said this in a statement shared on the official website of the APC presidential candidate and his running mate, Senator Kashim …

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Politicians are trying to manufacture BVAS machines – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday alleged that politicians have been making efforts to manufacture the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines to enable them hack into the commission’s server during the general elections in 2023. Achumie Rex, its Head of Voter Education and Publicity Department, made the allegation in Abuja on Wednesday at a two-day workshop on voter education for civil society organisations organised by the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) and supported by the USAID. He said this had even rekindled INEC’s resolve to make the 2023 …

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Senate threatens Perm Sec over failure to honour invitation

Abuja, Dec. 14, 2022 – The Senate has threatened to arrest the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning if the ministry fails to provide documents on disbursement of Service Wide Votes and missing N113 million on salary adjustment of the Joint Admission Board Matriculation (JAMB).     The Senate particularly threatened to issue a warrant of arrest if the Ministry’s Director in the Cash Department failed to appear it to provide the details. Senator Matthew Urhoghide (PDP, Edo South), Chairman of Senate Committee on Public Accounts, on …

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Tinubu is not from Lagos – Bode George

Lagos, Dec. 13, 2022 – Chief Bode George, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says Chief Bola Tinubu, the Presidential Candidate of All Progressives Congress, is not an indigene of Lagos contrary to his claims. George, who spoke on Tuesday morning on Arise TV, said that Tinubu had yet to prove his Lagos roots beyond reasonable doubt, having failed to produce any evidence to support his claim.  “Tinubu is not from Lagos State. You can quote me. If he says he grew up in Isale-Eko, which school did …

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2023 Polls: Politicians already buying PVCs – INEC

Abuja, Dec. 13, 2022 -The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has accused politicians of buying-up permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) ahead of the 2023 general elections. According to INEC, two persons have already been convicted for illegal possession of PVCs in Sokoto and Kano states Mohammed Haruna, the INEC Acting Chairman and National Commissioner for FCT, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Plateau States, made the allegation in Abuja on Monday during the launch of the #YourVoteMatters# project by an election observer group, NESSACTION. “We are aware that some politicians are more or less …

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“I did not approve tweet on death of Deborah Samuel”  – Atiku

Lagos, Dec. 12, 2022 – Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, says his tweet condemning the murder of Deborah Samuel, a student who was allegedly lynched for blasphemy in Sokoto, was deleted because he did not approve of it. Deborah, a Christian 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, was killed by fellow students in May 2022 for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Muhammad. After the alleged lynching of Debora,  Atiku was said to have tweeted:  “There cannot be a justification for such gruesome murder. …

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Audited Accounts: CBN, NNPC, NDDC, RMAFC indicted for non-compliance

Abuja, Dec. 9, 2022 – The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has indicted some federal government agencies for their failure to remit their audited accounts in the last eight years. Prominent among the agencies indicted by the committee, Chaired by Oluwole Oke, which submitted it reports to the House on Thursday are the CBN, NNPC, NDDC and RMAF. In the report, the committee recommended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission prosecution, warrant of arrest issuance against chief accounting officers and sanctioning of various MDAs. The committee urged the …

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House of Representatives summons Emefiele over new policy on cash withdrawal

Abuja, Dec. 8, 2022 – The House of Representatives has summoned the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, to appear before the House on Thursday to explain the new policy cash withdrawals. The new policy introduced by the CBN early in the week which, has among others, set limits to cash withdrawals for individuals to N100, 000 per week and N500, 000 for corporate entities. Some members of the House criticised the new policy at today’s plenary, saying the policy would have serious consequences and adverse effects on businesses and Nigerians. The …