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February 8, 2023 No Responses

Naira Re-design Won’t Affect 2023 General Election, Says CBN

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says naira re-design won’t affect the 2023 general election, as it will provide required cash and other support needed for smooth conduct of the poll. Godwin Emefiele, the CBN Governor, said this when he...

January 19, 2023 No Responses

Catholic Bishops Urge Nigerians To Elect Patriotic, Servant Leaders

For the desired change in the country, Nigerians must vote for leaders who will be true patriots and servants of the people, the Catholic Bishops of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province have said. The Bishops also advised the electorate to ensure that...

January 3, 2023 No Responses

661,783 PVCs Remain Uncollected In Edo

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Edo office, has disclosed that 661,783 old and new Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were yet to be collected in the state as at December 31, 2022. Mr Timidi Wariowie, the Head, Voter Education and...

January 3, 2023 No Responses

Vote Only Leaders That Can Fix Nigeria’s insecurity Problem’

The President of Laity Council of St. Christopher’s Catholic Church, Games Village, Abuja, Dr Ralph Igweh, has urged Christians to vote the right leaders that are capable of addressing Nigeria’s security challenge. In his New Year message on Sunday, ...

September 6, 2022 No Responses

2023: Catholic Bishop Prays For Emergence Of God’s Chosen Leaders

Bishop Peter Chukwu of the Abakaliki Catholic Diocese on Monday prayed for God’s chosen leaders to emerge from the 2023 General Elections.Chukwu said the prayer during the grand finale of the 2022 Abakaliki Catholic Diocese Communications Week.He further pra...

August 4, 2022 No Responses

INEC Projects 95m Voter Population For 2023 Poll

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday projected a voter population of about 95 million for the 2023 General Election in the country. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at an election security management training in ...

July 18, 2022 No Responses

Atiku Congratulates Adeleke, People Of Osun

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar congratulated the winner of the Osun governorship election, Sen Ademola Adeleke. Abubakar in a statement on Sunday described Adeleke’s victory in the election as a well-fought vi...

June 19, 2022 No Responses

APC Wins Ekiti Governorship Election

Mr Biodun Oyebanji, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared the winner of the Saturday’s Ekiti Governorship election. Declaring the winner, Prof. Oyebode Adebowale, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Re...

April 26, 2022 No Responses

CVR: Fresh Registration Hits 8.56m

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says fresh registration in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) has hit 8,564,512, as at 7am, Monday April 25, 2022. The commission disclosed this in a CVR Update on quarter four, week two, releas...

April 25, 2022 No Responses

Opinion: Lagos, Delta 2023 Guber ‘Endorsements’ Of A Kind

By Ehichioya Ezomon — The settings are similar, but the endorsement of governorship aspirants by pressure groups in Lagos and Delta States is affecting the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in differing ways. In Lagos, the Governance Advisory Cou...

February 19, 2022 No Responses

NAJA Reelects Ocheoma As Chairman

The Nigerian Auto Journalists Association (NAJA) has reelected Mike Ocheoma of Business AM Newspaper as Chairman to pilot the affairs of the association for another three years. In the keely contested election held in Lagos on Friday, Ocheoma emerged ...

February 12, 2022 No Responses

INEC Upgrades Election Result Viewing Portal

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has upgraded its Result Viewing Portal (IReV) to ensure optimum performance and accountability. INEC disclosed this in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Educa...

January 22, 2022 No Responses

INEC: Disregard Misleading Report On Validity Of PVCs

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged Nigerians to disregard misleading story trending in some reports that Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) issued in 2011 needed revalidation. The commission gave the advice in a statement by the Chi...

December 2, 2021 No Responses

AMACOS 94/99 Set Plans Reunion, To Elect New Executives

Plans have been concluded by the 1994/1999 set of the Association of Mass Communication Students (AMACOS) of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State to hold its annual reunion party. Slated for December 11, 2021,at the prestigious...