Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will build on the successes recorded in the recent off-cycle elections in Ekiti and Osun states by improving on the delivery of election materials and timely commencement of voting. In this regard, the commission said it would continuously improve its processes and procedures to give Nigerians a pleasant experience on election day. INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, gave the assurance yesterday at the “Expert Meeting on Election Logistics for 2023 General Elections” in Lagos. Yakubu recalled that in 2018, the commission organised a similar meeting with critical stakeholders ahead of the 2019…
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Counsel for Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, Governor-elect Senator Ademola Adeleke and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have agreed on procedures to be adopted for hearing a petition challenging Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) victory during the July 16, 2022 governorship election. As the sitting resume yesterday, lead counsel for the petitioners, Lasun Sanusi, SAN, told the tribunal that they and respondents’ counsel had agreed on the procedure to be adopted for hearing the petition. He said: “The panel should start sitting by 10am on Mondays to Fridays, while sitting will end by 4pm every day, except Friday when sitting…
The African Council for Communication Education (ACCE) has postponed its 2022 annual conference, in solidarity with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The 2022 annual conference of the ACCE, themed ‘Communicating Science, Technology, and Innovation in Times of Economic Distress, Terror, and a Global Pandemic’, was initially scheduled to hold from October 25 to 28. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 to press home the demand for improved funding for universities, review of salaries for lecturers, among other issues. Several meetings between ASUU and the federal government have ended in deadlock. Consequently, the federal…
Members of the Board of Trustees, Peoples Democracy Party led by its acting Chairman, Adulphus Wabara, have arrived at the Government House, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. They have already begun a meeting with their host and the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, over the lingering crisis rocking the PDP, as they await the arrival of the BoT members from Rivers. Also in the delegation is a former Governor of Kogi State, Ibrahim Idris. The emergency meeting convened by the Wabara-led BoT was part of moves to find a lasting solution to the crisis in the party,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has removed Oladipupo Adebutu from its list of candidates in the 2023 Ogun governorship election. The entry for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate was vacant in the form sighted by Peoples Gazette on Tuesday. INEC’s decision was in line with the ruling of Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of the Federal High Court in Abeokuta, which nullified the primary election of PDP held in May. The ruling nullified the candidacy of Mr Adebutu, who had to recontest the ticket. Delivered on September 30, the ruling barred INEC from recognising Mr Adebutu as PDP’s…
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced an increase in salaries for over 100,000 public workers in the state. Sanwo-Olu, who did not confirm the increment, promised it would be above the Federal Government’s minimum wage standard. He also promised to pay all the outstanding backlog of pensions to workers by the end of October. Sanwo-Olu disclosed these on Tuesday while speaking to a large crowd of workers who converged on the Head of Service, HOS’ office in Alausa, Ikeja, during his working visit. He said: “We know there is inflation and high cost of…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has declared a profit after tax (PAT) of N674 billion for the year ended 2021. Mele Kyari, group chief executive officer (GCEO), NNPC Limited, made this known in a briefing on Tuesday. “Today I’m happy to announce that the Board of NNPC has approved 2021 audited fin. statements & NNPC has progressed to a new performance level,from N287Bn profit in 2020 to N674Bn profit after tax in 2021, climbing higher by 134.8% YoY profit growth,” he said. The 2021 financial year made it the fourth consecutive year that the NNPC…
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, is set to issue a certificate of recognition to a factional trade union in the university system, the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA). The move gathered, may not be unconnected with the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) which has spanned more than seven months. Our reporter gathered the information through a press invitation extended to reporters covering the sector on Tuesday. The invitation issued by Oshundun Olajide, Deputy Director/Head Press and Public Relations of the Ministry, reads, “The Honorable Minister of Labour…
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday present the 2023 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly, it has been learnt. Senate President Ahmad Lawan read Buhari’s letter of request to present the budget at plenary. The presentation, according to the letter, will take place by 10:00 am at the temporary Chamber of the House of Representatives due to ongoing renovation works in both Chambers.
Femi Falana, human rights advocate, says the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) did not engage in contempt of court on the recent verdict of the national industrial court. On September 21, the industrial court ordered ASUU to call off its ongoing nationwide strike. Polycarp Hamman, the judge, granted the federal government’s application for an interlocutory injunction to restrain ASUU from continuing with the strike. Subsequently, the union filed an appeal seeking a stay of execution of the judgment. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 to press home the demand for improved funding for universities,…