The appeal court has declared section 84(12) of the Electoral Act, 2022 as unconstitutional. A three-member panel of judges held on Wednesday that the provision violates the rights of section of people. More to follow…
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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Tuesday reaffirmed that there would be no going back on the mass action declared by the association to ensure that the nation’s economy is grounded and that no political activities including primaries by political parties take place in Abuja or any part of the country until the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is called off. Public Relations Officer of NANS, Comrade Victor Ezenagu, in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday, gave an update on the national action declared by the leadership of the association…
ABUJA—Cross River State governor, Professor Ben Ayade, yesterday in Abuja, received the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential nomination and expression of interest forms purchased for him by various groups, including Arewa youths. Ayade, who was overwhelmed by the gesture, promised to fix the country, starting with security and power. He said he understands the challenges of the country and was bringing to the table, a commitment to effect change. “I have a commitment to effect change, I have the commitment to accelerate progress. I have a clear picture of the prosperity I want to bring to this country. It is…
Former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, visited Katsina State on Monday in connection with the forthcoming presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress. Tinubu who is also a presidential aspirant under the umbrella of the APC met Governor Aminu Masari, the state’s party executives, and delegates to the congress where he solicited their support for him to emerge as the party’s candidate in the 2023 presidential election. He told them that apart from possessing track records and experience to lead Nigeria, he would serve the country with all his strength, adding that he is not among candidates with fake agendas…
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Ltd, airline operators and marketers have resolved on a common ground in the interim to take measures that will keep the aviation sector functioning in the country. The agreements were reached at a meeting with stakeholders and the leadership of the House of Representatives led by the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila on Monday. In his remark at the meeting, the speaker informed that there were three resolutions reached in the interim between the stakeholders According to him, recommended ten marketers will get a steady supply of Jet A1 fuel for three months from the NNPC.…
Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has picked the N100 million presidential forms of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) amid the ongoing fuel scarcity. Nigerians have been spending hours at filling stations in the last three days, a situation the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) blamed on low depot loading. A group, Good People of Nigeria, said they obtained the forms on behalf of Sylva, a former governor of Bayelsa. Speaking in front of the NNPC Towers in Abuja, leader of the group, Alhaji Mohammed Abu Abaji, said the group had been closely monitoring the works of…
Senate President Ahmed Lawan on Monday joined the growing list of presidential aspirants under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He becomes the 24th aspirant to pick the party’s expression of interest and nomination forms for the May 30 primary. A group of his friends led by Chief Sam Nkire, a member of the National Caucus of the party and 15 other Senators, purchased the form for him at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. Details later….
A Federal High Court in Abuja has refused the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele’s request to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami preventing him from his presidential ambition. Emefiele’s lawyers Monday told the court in Abuja that he can run for the post of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria without vacating his position as the CBN Governor. The CBN Governor through his Counsel, Mike Ozekhome, told the court that Section 84 ((12) of the Electoral Act as amended, 2022 does not…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila on Monday, walked out the representative of the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele had shunned the invitation of the leadership of the House over the crisis in the aviation sector. Instead, the CBN governor sent a representative, Kingsley Obiora. It would be recalled that Emefiele is currently embroiled in politics over his attempt to participate in the 2023 general elections. At the commencement of the meeting today, the Speaker walked out Mr Obiora with a clear message directed to the CBN governor. “We all pull out of our recess to be…
Governor Godwin Emefiele of the Central Bank of Nigeria has filed a lawsuit seeking clarification as to whether or not he could remain in office while running for president. The suit was filed on Monday at the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court by Mr Emefiele’s lawyer Mike Ozekhome. Mr Ozekhome confirmed the development to Peoples Gazette on Monday morning, saying: “I have just completed filing the suit on behalf of my client and we are still in court now.” The CBN governor has come under intense public pressure to step down from office should he be adamant to…