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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…

Federal Government Lists Four Borders In Ukraine Nigerians Can Cross To Safety The Nigerian government has listed four borders in Ukraine where its citizens seeking to leave the country can be evacuated. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chief executive officer (CEO) of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), spoke on Saturday. She said the borders are Hrebenne-Rawa Ruska, Korczowa-Krakowiec, Medyka-Szeginie and Budomierz-Hurszew. “For Nigerians in Ukraine trying to cross over to Poland, there are eight borders between Poland and Ukraine, four borders are recommended,” she said. “Nigeria volunteer groups, as well as staff of the Nigerian embassy, will be at these borders to…

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar is currently in a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Atiku arrived the Pent house residence of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, around 10am on Saturday. Atiku was Obasanjo’s deputy when they both ruled the nation from 1999 to 2007. The former Vice President has made various attempts to rule the nation, but to no avail. In 2019, he contested under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), but he lost to the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC). It is not clear…

The Federal Government has met with envoys of the G7 countries in Nigeria, expressing worries over the Russian-Ukraine conflict with a call for peace to resolve the conflict. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, met with the envoys on Friday in Abuja, saying that the Nigeria government call for peace and use of diplomacy in resolving all differences. Onyeama said that the Federal Government had stated that Nigeria does not condone the approach of aggression by Russia, calling on Russia to pull back. “Peace and diplomacy to be prioritised by both sides. “We support every effort being made to stop…

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law on Friday. Kalu in a statement signed by his media office on Friday, applauded President Buhari for his patriotism and commitment to the advancement of the nation's democracy. According to Kalu, President Buhari has proven to Nigerians that he is a committed democrat and a reliable leader with the much-sorted Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and now the Electoral Act Amendment Bill signed into laws. He congratulated the president while appreciating his patriotism and visionary leadership style…

......Describe him as a Progressive Partner. The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Education Community Development Service Group, CDs, Batch A Stream One posted in Abam, Arochukwu LGA has expressed profound gratitude to the Arochukwu State Constituency Aspirant and the Founder, IOK Educational Foundation, Prince Ike Okorafor for his tremendous support that facilitated the success of her Pet Project, the hosting of Debate competition for secondary schools in Arochukwu LGA of Abia State. The NYSC CDs group who were on a thank-you visit to Prince Ike Okorafor at his Ozu Abam residence on February 05, 2022, described him as a progressive…