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Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday, declared Neda Imasuen of the Labour Party (LP) as the winner of the Edo South senatorial district election of Saturday. The Returning Officer, Prof. A. Obasuyi, announced that Imasuen scored 167,250 votes to defeat his PDP and APC opponents, who scored 57,933 votes and 61,749 respectively. The LP candidate…
Ahead of the Governorship and States House of Assembly’s elections coming up on 12March,2023, a Civil society group, under the auspices of Coalition of INEC Accredited Civil Society Organizations, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), to correct all problems encountered in the last Saturday’s presidential election, urging them to ensure results were uploaded…
Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has advised governors in Nigeria against excessive borrowing.Okonjo-Iweala said this on Monday in Abuja at the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) 2023 induction for newly elected governors with the theme “Governing for Impact (Building Sub-national Governance).She tasked the governors to improve on the Internally Generated Revenue…
Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Godwin Emefiele said the newly inaugurated Dangote Refinery will help Nigeria to generate 12, 000 more Megawatts of electricity and create over 135,000 jobs. He stated this while speaking at the commissioning of the refinery in Lagos on Monday. Emefiele added that the facility is also expected to…
PDP supporters came out enmasse for the rally which was held on Friday, January 27,2023. The G5 Governors, Nyesom Wike, (Rivers),Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) Samuel Ortom(Benue) and Seyi Makinde(Oyo), Enugu state deputy governor, Hon(Mrs) Cecilia Ezeilo, Speaker ENHA,Rt. Hon Edward Ubosi, Enugu PDP governorship candidate, Peter Mbah, the deputy governorship candidate, Ossai, were in attendance. Abia…
It was a joyous moment, on Friday, February 27, 2023, when the G-5 governors ,members and supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,,Enugu state, stormed Michael Okpara square , Enugu in thousands, for the flag-off of the party’s campaign in preparation of the 2023 general elections coming up on February 25 and March 11, respectively….
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for the collection of Permanent Voters Card (PVC) across the country by one week. The commission made this known in a statement by INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, on Saturday. He noted that the ongoing collection of PVCs nationwide…
No fewer than 8,150 persons were displaced from Galadima-Kogo and environs in Shiroro Local Gover9 Not fewer than8,150 persons were displaced from Galadima-Kogo and environs in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger when an aircraft bombed the area on Jan. 24. Many members of a vigilance group in the area were killed, while their commander…
International Federation of Women Lawyers ,FIDA, Enugu branch, on Friday, January 28, paid a visit to Mrs Virginia Eze, a mother of 7 and a widow at her village ,Obiofia ,Okpuno Nsude in Udi local government area of Enugu state ,to ascertain her challenges in taking care of her aged mother. Virginia was the woman…
Buhari approves Feb 10 deadline for new currency swap Nigeria’s President , Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Daura, Katsina State, approved a 10-day extension of the deadline for the swapping of currency to new notes. Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),Godwin Emefiele who was in Daura on Sunday morning, had a closed door meeting…