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Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) say the national convention scheduled for March 26 in Abuja will hold. Atiku Bagudu, governor of Kebbi state and chairman of the progressive governors’ forum, said this on Tuesday after the governors met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. There had been speculations that some APC members were pushing for the postponement of the national convention so that the election of the national executives and the primaries to select candidates for the 2023 polls can be done simultaneously. Speaking with state house correspondents, Bagudu said the governors met with the president to congratulate…

• More vessels avoid Black, Mediterranean seas over attacks, sanctions The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine may further prolong the over three-week scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, in Nigeria, as bulk of the refined products coming into the country from the warring region and its adjoining areas are likely to face some delays. It was also gathered on Sunday that traders who supply Nigeria with refined petroleum products might pause a little due to the deficit in the supply of crude oil cargoes from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. NNPC brings in refined petrol into…

After weeks of political dilly dallying, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has constituted 20 sub-committees, ahead of its March 26 National Convention. According to a document by the National Secretary, Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC, of the party, most of the sub-committees are headed by state governors. The Central Planning Committee also has the full complement of the 12-man CECPC, while the Secretariat Support Committee has a 7-man team, the Accreditation Committee has 41 members, even as other committees are made up of 40 members each. The Screening Committee is under the chairmanship of Governor Abdulrahaman Abdulrazaq (Kwara)…

Russia-Ukraine Crisis: One Love Foundation Sues For Peace, Reveals Legal Implications U.S. provided Ukraine with US$1.5 billion in military aid from 2014 to 2019. In 2021, The Sunday Times reported that the amount of military aid given was US$2.5 billion. In January 2022, the United States put 5000 to 8500 troops on high alert. The relationship between Russia and United States was generally warm under the Russian President Boris Yeltsin (1991–99) until the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in the spring of 1999, and has since deteriorated significantly. Prior to Vladimir Putin regaining control of the Russian government in 2012, relations…

INEC Announces New Dates For 2023 Elections The INEC boss also said the Electoral guidelines will also be published in due course. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced new dates for the 2023 elections. This was announced by the National Chairman of the commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu at a news conference in Abuja, the Federal capital. According to him, the Presidential and National Assembly elections will now hold on Saturday, February 25, 2023, while governorship and state houses of assembly elections will hold on March 11, 2023. Yakubu explained that the new date is to allow for conformity…

A former Independent National Electoral Commission National Commissioner, Prof. Lai Olurode, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the amended Electoral Bill into law. Olurode, a Professor of Sociology at the University of Lagos, who said this in a statement on Friday, however said the new electoral act would not guaranteed credible polls. He also applauded the steadfastness of all stakeholders in their advocacy and interests in improving Nigeria’s electoral landscape. He said, “The additional technology being introduced into the electoral process at the back end and front would arrest the audacity of electoral fraudsters. “As commendable and as necessary…