A fact-checking organisation, Dubawa, has revealed that the Independent National Electoral Commission’s result-viewing platform (INEC IReV) portal proved that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, did not win in 19 states during the February 25 election. Dubawa disclosed that the trending claim that Obi won 19 states in the poll was misleading. The report read in part, “DUBAWA visited the INEC’s result viewing portal. As of the time of filing this report at 05:47 pm on March 7, 2023, only results from 164,233 polling units have been uploaded on the IREV portal representing 92.87% of the total…
Author: Victor Fola
The Presidency has informed opposition parties: the People’s Democratic Party and the Labour Party that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) results stands. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this in in a piece chronicling key takeaways from the President’s recently-concluded trip to Doha, Qatar, where he attended the 5th United Nations summit on Least Developed Countries. He said despite alleged irregularities and harsh criticism of the INEC, the results of the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections still stand until otherwise proven in court. Recall that INEC declared the All…
The governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has vowed to chase the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, the National Chairman of the PDP, Iyorchia Ayu and some other leaders of the party out of the PDP. Wike made the vow at the commissioning of a road project in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. Wike added that PDP loss in the just-concluded presidential election on those who he said refused to obey the Constitution of the PDP. The governor described the move as the “second phase of the war. These people left our party…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Command has arraigned one Odeleye Moses Oluwabukola and his firm, Beedel Strategic Investment Company Nigeria Limited, for fraud. Odeleye was arraigned before Justice Mohammed Owolabi of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan, on a three count charge which borders on forgery, altering of document and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N9million (Nine Million Naira). The defendant iapproached his victim, Ololade Desmond-Eke with a forged “Local Purchase Order”, asked for a loan of N9million, with an agreed interest of N495, 000.00 (Four Hundred and Ninety-five Thousand Naira), under…
The Federal High Court Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow the use of Temporary Voter Cards (TVC) in the March 18 Governorship and Assembly elections. Justice Obiora Egwuatu made the order while delivering judgment in a suit filed by two aggrieved Nigerians seeking the use of TVCs in the general elections in the absence of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). “An order is made compelling the defendant (INEC) to allow the plaintiffs to vote using their Temporary Voter Cards issued by the defendant, the plaintiffs having been duly captured in the National Register of Voter’s…
Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared the next three days to mourn the victims of the gory accident involving a train and a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle along PWD railway crossing, Ikeja. Six people have been declared dead and several injured following the accident that took place on Thursday morning. The train trapped the bus on its rail and dragged it from Shogunle to PWD area of Ikeja. Sanwo-Olu visited those injured in the accident at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH). The governor, who is seeking a second term in office, announced that he will suspend…
Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has cancelled all of the public activities in the state scheduled for Thursday after the death of three persons in a gory accident involving a train and a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle, along PWD railway crossing, Ikeja. Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mr Segun Dawudu, made this known at a programme at the Point View Event Centre Ikeja, where the Governor was scheduled to meet over 2,000 youths. Dawudu said the cancellation was in honour of the victims of the crash. The fully loaded bus collided with the train in the early hours of…
President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has sent his condolences to the victims and families affected by the gory accident involving a train and a bus in the Ikeja area of Lagos State on Thursday morning. In a statement made available by Tinubu’s media office, the former Lagos state governor said his thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families and Lagos state government. Tinubu also stated that he is on top of updates concerning the incident, pledging to support the survivors where necessary. He said, “I am praying for all, including those who died and those who sustained injuries in…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved the operation of Open Banking in Nigeria. Open Banking in Nigeria refers to data sharing across the banking and payment systems in the country. According to the guideline establishing Open Banking, the idea behind the initiative “is to promote innovations and broaden the range of financial products and services available to bank customers”. The CBN in its guideline said “open banking recognises the ownership and control of data by customers of financial and non-financial services”. It also recognises the right of the customer “to grant authorisations to service providers for the purpose…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the governorship and state house of assembly elections scheduled for Saturday, March 11. According to a statement on Wednesday night by INEC National Commissioner for Voter Education, Festus Okoye, the elections will hold on Saturday, March 18. Okoye said following the ruling by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (EPT) on the reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) used for the February 25 Presidential election, the Commission met to assess its impact on its preparations for the governorship exercise. “The Commission has taken the difficult but necessary decision to reschedule the…