President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria after a four-day trip to Doha, Qatar, where he participated in the 5th United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries, LCDs. In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Garba Shehu, the Nigerian leader arrived in Katsina at 4.50 pm. On the ground to receive the President at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua International Airport were the State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, and his cabinet members. Thereafter, he proceeded to his hometown, Daura, by chopper. The Emir of Daura, Alhaji Faruk Faruk, and the Emirate Council were at the helipad to…
Author: Victor Fola
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has granted permission to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the governorship and state house of assembly elections. In an application, the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate Peter Obi had sought an order from the court restraining INEC – the Ist respondent – from tampering with the information in the BVAS machines until the due inspection is conducted and certified true copies (CTC) of them issued. But on Wednesday, a three-member panel of the court of appeal led by Justice Joseph Ikyegh granted…
The Appeal Court in Abuja on Wednesday granted the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, access to inspect electoral materials used by the Independent National Electoral Commission during February 25, 2022, general elections. The court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel led by Justice Joseph Ikyegh, said there was merit in Tinubu’s request to have access to the electoral materials to enable him defend his victory at the polls. It held that both Tinubu and his party, the All Progressives Congress, are entitled to have access to the materials in INEC’s possession to enable them to inspect, scan and…
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has debunked claims made by Labour Party governorship candidate in Lagos state, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour that he attended the institution and graduated with a Masters Degree. According to the institution, it has no record of Gbadebo ever attending the institution. In a verification message sent to the institution and shared online, the institution distanced itself from the Labour Party flagbearer, exposing the lies in his educational claims. Gbadebo had in his Wikipedia profile listed MIT as one of the institutions he attended and got awarded a masters degree in Architecture. The Labour Party gubernatorial candidate is…
Former Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo has called on the Igbo community in Lagos and other Yorubalands to show more respect to their hosts. This is coming on the heels of the ethnic claims from some section of the Igbo community regarding Lagos being a ‘no man’s land’. Dokubo, in a video, described the Yoruba as an accomodative and good-willed people. He added that such qualities of them should not be taken for granted by the Igbos and other non-natives residing in their land. He said, “When you put Yoruba people with other people, I found out that Yoruba…
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has expressed confidence that on the premise of the performance of his administration, he will be getting highest number of votes from Igbo traders in Lagos State in the March 11 governorship election. The Governor said this during his campaign tour of major markets populated by people from the South-East in Lagos ahead of the Saturday gubernatorial election His second term bid had earlier been endorsed Ndigbo community in the state. Sanwo-Olu received rousing welcome at an open forum organised by traders, under the aegis of the Auto Spare Parts And Machinery Dealers Association (ASPAMDA), in Trade…
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of Lagos State, set out on a campaign tour of significant South-East Asian markets on Tuesday. After receiving the state’s Ndigbo community’s unreserved support for his reelection, Sanwo-Olu visited the markets in advance of Saturday’s governorship poll. There was a boisterous greeting for Sanwo-Olu during an open forum sponsored by traders, under the banner of the Auto Spare Parts And Machinery Dealers Association, in Trade Fair Complex, Ojo. At the open forum, the governor vowed to protect Ndigbo businesses and assets in Lagos State. He said his administration would continue to foster security and promote peaceful…
Ebonyi Governor, David Umahi has revealed that he prayed for the victory of Bola Tinubu and other candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February 25 presidential and national assembly election. The Governor said this on Tuesday in Abakaliki, while addressing stakeholders and people of Izzi clan ahead of the March 11 Governorship and House of Assembly polls. According to Umahi, he did not hide his supplications to God that Tinubu and all the APC candidates should win at the polls. “I prayed to God to bring Tinubu on board, give me a voice to stand with the…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed 12 Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) led by legal luminary, Wole Olanipekun to defend the mandate of its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu in the just concluded 2023 presidential polls. Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes in 12 of Nigeria’s 36 states, defeating his closest rival, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by almost two million votes The candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, came in a distant third with 6,101,533 votes. However, both Atiku and Obi have protested the outcome of the election, vowing to challenge the result…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Lagos chapter has backed Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat for a second term. The association said that Sanwo-Olu merited being returned as governor by virtue of his profound achievements in his first tenure. Lagos CAN chairman, Bishop Stephen Adegbite, said this at a briefing in Lagos. He said: “His achievement in the critical sectors of the economy of the State are endearing and we are convinced that it needs to be sustained. “The recently completed multibillion naira lmota Rice Mill project, foreign direct investment coming through…