INEC chairman meets leaders of 18 political parties in Abuja

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The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu held a meeting with the leadership of the 18 political parties at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. The meeting, the first this year, was intended to present the 2023 voter register to the parties ahead of the elections as required by the 2022 Electoral Act. In attendance at […]

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Elections under threat, says INEC, PDP demands fairness

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The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, on Monday raised the alarm that the forthcoming elections risk cancellation or postponement if there is no improvement in the security challenges being witnessed across the country. But the Peoples Democratic Party has replied the INEC boss, saying that nothing short of free, fair and credible elections will be […]

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Scarcity: FG orders NNPC to reduce petrol price

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited is selling Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, at a loss because of its mandate from the Federal Government as regards PMS subsidy, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, said on Monday. Sylva’s remarks came as oil marketers stated that the supply hitches in the downstream oil sector that often […]

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I’ve fulfilled my promise on Boko Haram — Buhari

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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said that “God has helped” his regime to “clear Boko Haram” in the North-East. The President noted that the threat of terrorism was the most critical security challenge inherited by his regime but expressed delight that normalcy had returned to affected states in the North-East. Buhari, therefore, declared that he had fulfilled […]

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Nobody can blackmail me, says Buhari

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President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that nobody can blackmail him on inexplicable wealth and illicit enrichment while in office, saying “I do not have one square-inch outside Nigeria.” Speaking at a State banquet, Monday night, organised in his honour in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, the President restated his commitment to serve God and Nigeria until his last day in […]

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Peter Obi’s VP candidate, Datti weeps on national TV over insults to family

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The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Datti Baba-Ahmed broke down in tears during the Town Hall meeting organized by Channels Television while speaking about insults directed at his family by political opponents. During the event, which was held on Sunday night, Baba-Ahmed recalled how his family and the memory of his late father became objects of ridicule by […]

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