The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has faulted the Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project SERAP on its alleged neglect and non-prosecution of offenders arising from the 2023 General Election, especially Governors and Deputies found wanting for violations of electoral laws, describing the assertion by SERAP as misleading. INEC in a statement by a National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun said the allegations are untrue and fly in the face of facts already in the public domain. INEC stressed that Governors and Deputy Governors have constitutional…
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Power Outage: Filling Stations reduce hours of fuel sell in Kaduna due to high diesel consumption
Major oil marketers in Kaduna metropolis and environs have drastically reduced their hours of operations as a result of high consumption of diesel which they utilised to service the motoring public. This has led to queues by motorists who have to buy within the limited time in the filling stations across the state, despite the availability of the products in some of the stations. A visit by Voice of Liberty to some of the major stations saw some selling for between 6 and 8 hours, then shut down to sell…
Read MoreBreaking… President returns to Abuja after 2 weeks in UK.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu returned to Abuja from the United Kingdom where he spent a two-week vacation. President Tinubu was received at the presidential wing of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja on Saturday 19th October, 2024 by Abubakar Bagudu, the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning; Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Adviser; Wale Edun, the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance. Others at the airport include Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State; and Abdullahi Ganduje, the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC); among others.
Read MoreLabour Party raises alarm over arrest of S/East Zonal Vice Chairman Igala, accusses Abia Gov. Otti of being responsible
The leadership of the Labour Party has decried the arrest of the National Vice Chairman, South East, Comrade Ceekay Igara on Saturday 19th October, 2024 by the men of Nigerian Police allegedly on the orders of Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti. Comrade Igara was arrested in Aba while holding a party meeting with some of the party leaders when they were surrounded by the Police and whisked away without any warrant. A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of Labour Party Obiora Ifoh said the leadership of the party is…
Read MoreState Congress: Kaduna PDP says exercise holds as scheduled, no court order
Kaduna State Peoples Democratic Party PDP says it is not aware of any court order restraining it from conducting its Congress and it would hold as scheduled tomorrow Saturday 21st September, 2024. The State Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Party, Felix Hassan Hyat, says the rumours going round that that the schedule State Congress slated for tomorrow Saturday 21st September, 2024 has been postponed is false. A statement by Abraham Albera Catoh, a member of the state caretaker committee says the party wish to categorically State that the State Congress…
Read MoreBreaking; PDP Congress: Court puts Kaduna Exercise on hold
An Abuja Federal High Court has restrained the Peoples Democratic Party PDP Kaduna State chapter and the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC from conducting the state congress to elect new executives for the party. Five aggrieved members of the PDP in Kaduna State obtained an exparte order from the Federal High Court, restraining the party and INEC) from holding the state congress and elections scheduled for tomorrow Saturday September 21, 2024 pending the determination of motion on notice for interlocutory injunction. The exparte-motion was filed by counsel to the aggrieved…
Read MoreNigerian Doctors’ strike over kidnapped colleague enters day 2
National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) in public hospitals seven-day nationwide strike demanding the release of their colleague, Dr. Ganiyat Popoola, who has been in kidnappers den for over eight months, enters second on Tuesday. Popoola, a mother of five was kidnapped in official quarters at National Eye Centre, Mahuta Kaduna in the night of 27 December alongside her husband and a nephew. While her husband was released in March after the payment of the initial demanded ransom, the kidnappers are still holding the ophthalmologist and her nephew. President of…
Read MoreNDA 76RC intake Cadets get resumption date
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), has fixed Monday, Aug. 26 for the resumption of new cadets of 76 Regular Combatant Course (RC). The academy’s Public Relations Officer, Major Mohammed Maidawa, made the announcement in a statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna. Maidawa said there should be strict adherence to the resumption date. He said, “NDA wishes to inform the public of an important update regarding the resumption date for the successful candidates admitted into the 76 Regular Combatant Course. “In a previous notification, it was stated that the resumption dates for 76RC…
Read MoreMpox: NMA task C’River on strengthening surveillance
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called on Cross River Government to urgently enhance its surveillance mechanisms against Mpox, amidst increased vulnerability. The Cross River chapter of the association also warned that the state was more vulnerable than others. Dr Ukam Edadi, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the NMA, made the call in an interview in Calabar. The mpox virus, which initially broke out in Central Africa, has since spread to several West African countries, including Nigeria, where 39 cases have been officially recorded. Edadi emphasised the importance of proactive…
Read MoreWoman sets self ablaze after divorce, depression
A 40-year-old woman,(name withheld) set herself on fire after her husband divorced her in Guri Local Government Area of Jigawa. DSP Lawan Shiisu, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, confirmed the incident in a statement in Dutse, on Friday. Shiisu said the woman, who resides in Garin Mallam village, poured petrol to her body and set it on fire. “On Thursday at about 0740hrs, the command, received heartbreaking and pitiful news of an incident from Guri which indicated that a 40-year-old woman at Garin Mallam village poured…
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