Category: Politics

The European Union observer mission has said that Nigeria’s 2019 general elections were not transparent and were marred by violence and harassment of voters. “Overall, the EU EOM concluded the 2019 elections were marked by severe operational and transparency shortcomings, electoral security problems and low turnout,” said EU Chief Observer, Maria Arena, at a press conference in Abuja on Saturday. The EU, which submitted its final report on the poll on Friday, said the elections were “marred by violence and intimidation, with the role of the security agencies becoming more…

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Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigeria President, has said the country is moving towards disaster under President Muhammadu Buhari. Obasanjo, who spoke in an interview, said the economy was unstable, adding that the current administration had destroyed the war against corruption, which he said  started during his administration The former Head of State  backed the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, ahead of the  February 23 presidential election. He based his decision on the situation in the country, saying Buhari, who he accused of nepotism, was also too old to run…

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Rochas Okorocha, the mmediate past Governor of Imo State, has finally gotten his certificate of return as the senator-elect for Imo west from the Independent National Electoral Commission. Okorocha, in a statement by his media aide, Sam Onwuemedo, in Owerri, said that he was happy that the issuance of certificate of return received national and international attention. He commended the INEC Retuning Officer, Prof Innocent Ibeabuchi who said that he declared him(Okorocha) senator-elect under duress. Okorocha said that without the don, his case wouldn’t have received public sympathy. The statement…

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The adopted candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Ahmad Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila, yesterday, emerged leaders of the Ninth National Assembly. The party successfully averted a repeat of what happened in 2015 when its adopted candidates lost to former Senate President, Bukola Saraki; former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and immediate past House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara. This time, immediate past Senate Leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan, APC, Yobe North, who was also the party’s adopted candidate in 2015 emerged victorious. Yesterday, he polled 79 votes to defeat…

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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has blamed the irregularities that characterised the 2019 general elections on President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to assent the amended Electoral Act passed by the Eighth National Assembly. Wike who said this yesterday while addressing a delegation of the British High Commission at the Government House, Port Harcourt, also advocated that the appointment of the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should not completely be in the hands of the Federal Government as suggested by the Uwais report. Wike regretted that despite the amended…

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Chief  Gbenga Daniel, a former governor of Ogun State, has told Governor Dapo Abiodun to probe the projects executed by the Ibikunle Amosun administration. Daniel  said this when members of  the Heritage Club of Ijebu hosted Abiodun at the Awujale Palace in Ijebu Ode on Sunday. He said the state  government  should  look into the alleged atrocities committed by Amosun  during  the course of executing some of his projects. Daniel alleged that the money spent on the projects done by the Amosun  administration was 20 times more than what he spent on the same…

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Rotimi Akeredolu, Ondo State Governor, says suspected kidnappers targeted his convoy on the Akure-Ibadan road which links different states in the South-West. Akeredolu, who did not mention the exact date of the incident, said the suspects ran into the bush when security men attached to him opened fire. Several kidnappings have been recorded on the road despite the heavy presence of security men on the highway. Recently, two officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps were abducted. Musibau Adetunmbi, an Ibadan-based lawyer, and Adeyinka Adegbehingbe, a professor of orthopaedic surgery…

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Foreign investors pulled out N1.77 trillion from the nation’s stock market in the last two years, citing insecurity and economic uncertainties. Many blue-chip companies quoted on the stock exchange also experienced huge losses within the period. Specifically, N435.31 billion in foreign portfolio investment outflow was recorded in 2017, while foreign investors withdrew N642.65 billion during the corresponding period in 2018. In the same vein, foreign transactions accounted for about 51 per cent of the total transactions carried out in 2018, while domestic transactions constituted about 49 per cent during the…

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He disclosed that the lawmakers would get a bill seeking to establish the Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency immediately after the inauguration. When the agency is established, it will be empowered to beam its searchlight on individuals and government institutions in the state. Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says his administration will soon establish an anti-corruption agency in the state and that he is ready to give up his immunity if found guilty of any corrupt practices. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa,…

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Femi Gbajabiamila, a major contender to the office of the Speaker, House of Representatives, has been dragged to court for allegedly lying under oath. He has subsequently been served criminal summons by an Abuja Grade 1, Area Court in Karshi, to appear on June 10 to clear his name. His accusers said he failed to disclose in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Form CF 001, which he filled, that he had been previously convicted by a court in the United States. A political party, African People’s Party, (APP), had…

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