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A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to resume the continuous voter registration (CVR) exercise. Inyang Ekwo, the presiding judge, said the exercise ought to last until 90 days before the 2023 general election. In June 2021, the commission launched a portal where Nigerians can register or request to update their voter information before they complete the process physically at designated centres. INEC had earlier fixed June 30 as the deadline for the CVR ahead of the 2023 elections. But a federal high court in Abuja had stopped the commission from ending the…

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says he can’t condemn the Eastern Security Network (ESN) because he is unsure of their activities. Speaking on Monday at ‘The Candidates’, a presidential town hall series, the former governor of Anambra said agitations in parts of the country is a result of leadership failure. He said if elected president, his administration will adopt dialogue to address the issue. “The first of our seven-point agenda is to ensure the security of the lives and properties of Nigerians, and to show a united and one Nigeria by ensuring that there is equity,…

The senate committee on special duties has summoned Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, over the insertion of N206 billion into the 2023 budget of the humanitarian affairs ministry. Yusuf Yusuf, the committee’s chairman, issued the summon when Sadiya Farouq, minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, appeared before the panel for the defence of the ministry’s 2023 budget on Monday. Ishaku Abbo, a member of the committee, asked Farouq about the nature of the projects to be implemented with N206 billion the minister plans to borrow. “In 2023, you intend to borrow N206 billion…

Former Governor of Abia state, Sen. Orji Kalu and PowerChina, Monday, in Abuja, signed the deal for the establishment of five Agro-Industrial parks, worth $500 million, in different parts of Abia state. Sen Kalu is facilitating the parks through SWIBER Africa in Alayi, Igbere, Ozu Item, Abiriba and Ukwueke.   According to him, PowerChina and SWIBER Africa would jointly fund the project to be handled by the Chinese firm. The former governor said that the industrial parks would fulfill objectives of providing employment opportunities for members of the communities and raising foreign exchange for the country, especially the weak foreign…

The Supreme Court on Monday in Abuja ordered that the legal action which arose on the conduct of the primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the nomination of the governorship candidate in Ogun State be retried by the Federal High Court in Abuja. Justice Ibrahim Saulawa in a judgment delivered held that it was wrong of the Federal High Court in Abuja to have declined jurisdiction when in actual fact the constitution of the country conferred jurisdiction on it. In a unanimous judgment of a five-man panel of the apex court, it was ordered that the suit…

The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of seventeen internet fraudsters before Justices Bayo Taiwo, Ladoke Akintola, and Mohammed Owolabi of the State High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State and Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu of Ogun State High Court, Abeokuta, on a separate one count charge each. The jail terms range from two to nine months community service, and one year in prison. The convicts are Oduola Kunmi Ireola, Igbamidun Joshua Olamiposi, Ismael Fatai Olatunji, Osundele Oladapo Daniel, Olawale Isaac Adeleke, Olorunyomi Idowu Babatunde, Aneh Ojonimi, Olaide Iyanuoluwa Sadare, Akintola Babatunde…

The First Lady Aisha Buhari has been rushed to an Abuja hospital (name withheld) after suffering a leg fracture at the weekend. Details of the incident leading to the injury is still sketchy as sources simply told Daily Nigerian that “she fell down and suffered leg fracture”. Prior to the incident, the online newspaper gathered the first lady is billed to host a wedding reception in honour of Bilkisu Rimi, the daughter of Nigerian Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, UAE, Mohammed Rimi, on Sunday night at the Presidential Villa. Sources however said she may not attend the dinner tonight.…

Anambra Governor Chukwuma Soludo has given presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) two weeks to clear debts of posters and billboards or have them defaced. Anambra State Signage and Advertising Agency, (ANSAA) threatened other candidates and parties to pay up too or face similar action. A statement by ANSAA MD/CEO Tony Odili Ujubuonu on Sunday warned it would deface billboards and-posters of political parties and candidates owing the agency. The agency said the enforcement of the order would begin on December 5,2022 The statement reads: “Anambra State Signage and Advertisement Agency through a letter dated 14th November, 2022, urged all…

The leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abia State, has said that the former Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Uche Ogah, who secured a court victory over the governorship ticket of the party, does not have their support. The party leaders, who shunned Ogah’s celebration of his court victory on arrival from Abuja, explained that the absence of the Abia APC hierarchy at the event was a clear message to the former minister that his court victory meant nothing to his party. Chairman of Abia APC, Dr. Kingsley Ononogbu, stated that Ogah was celebrating a dummy…