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Yahaya Bello: Real season I cut off roads to Natasha Akpoti’s constituency

NewsDeskNgMar 4, 2023March 4, 20230

The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has opened up on digging up and cutting off the roads to certain communities in the State. Bello had engaged a construction firm to cut off the roads to frustrate elections in certain communities by preventing the officials of the Independent National Electoral...

Wike mocks Emefiele over Supreme Court December deadline for old naira notes

NewsDeskNgMar 3, 2023March 3, 20230

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has backed the Supreme Court judgement extending the validity of old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes till December 31, 2023. Taunting the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele, Wike said he has no option but to comply with the decision of the...

Supreme court nullifies naira redesign policy, says old notes valid till Dec 31

NewsDeskNgMar 3, 2023March 3, 20230

The supreme court has invalidated the naira redesign policy introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The court made the declaration on Friday while delivering judgment in a suit instituted by three states of the federation. A seven-member panel of the apex court held that the old N200, N500...

Abia Warriors target maximum points against Rivers United

NewsDeskNgMar 3, 2023March 3, 20230

Abia Warriors head coach, Erasmus Onu is upbeat on the chances of his side against title holders Rivers United. The Umuahia club will host Rivers United in a rescheduled Nigeria Premier Football League fixture on Saturday. Abia Warriors suffered a setback on Tuesday after they were knocked out of the...

Work with Tinubu to move Nigeria forward – APC chieftain tells Atiku, Obi, others

NewsDeskNgMar 3, 2023March 3, 20230

A member of the Security and Intelligence Committee of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Ambassador Abayomi Nurain Mumuni, has urged opposition candidates to accept the olive branch the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu is extending to them. The 2011 gubernatorial candidate of the defunct Congress for Progressives Change (CPC) in...

PDP loses two Senate, six Rep seats in Cross River

NewsDeskNgMar 3, 2023March 3, 20230

The Cross River chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) failed in its bid to retain two Senate and six House of Representatives seats in the recently concluded National Assembly (NASS) elections. The opposition party in the state lost the Cross River Central and Cross River South to the ruling...

Labour Party bought votes with dollars, Atiku shared N200 – SDP’s Adebayo Adewole alleges

NewsDeskNgMar 3, 2023March 3, 20230

The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Adebayo Adewole, has accused the Labour Party, LP; the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; and the All Progressives Congress, APC; of cheating during the last presidential and National Assembly election. According to him, all the political parties, even those complaining after the election,...

Aggrieved persons should seek redress in court – Group advises

NewsDeskNgMar 3, 2023March 3, 20230

The Concerned Northern Forum (CNF) has called on those who feel aggrieved in the presidential and National Assembly elections to approach the law courts, follow the laid down procedures and lodge their case to avoid creating tensions and causing disaffection amongst Nigerians across tribal and political divides. The forum noted...

Nigeria’s presidential election not worthy legacy – Adegboruwa knocks INEC

NewsDeskNgMar 3, 2023March 3, 20230

Human rights activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has expressed disappointment over the conduct of Nigeria’s presidential poll. “The presidential election of February 25, 2023 cannot be portrayed as a worthy legacy for our dear country,” the Senior Advocate declared in a statement sent to newsmen. Adegboruwa berated the Independent National Electoral Commission,...

Your victory is temporal, evaporative – Dino Melaye assures Tinubu, makes allegations

NewsDeskNgMar 3, 2023March 3, 20230

A spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Campaign Council, PCC, Senator Dino Melaye, has declared that the victory of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu is temporary and would soon be upturned. In a video broadcast posted on his verified Facebook page, the former federal lawmaker alleged that the Independent National...