Don’t involve the military and other security agencies to undermine the credibility of the popular demand and aspirations of Nigerians to have free, fair and credible elections The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) has raised an alarm on plans by undemocratic elements to use the military to mar the 2023 general elections. TMG in a statement signed by its chairman, Comrade Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, warned politicians not to involve the security agencies to undermine the credibility of the popular demand and aspirations of Nigerians to have free, fair and credible elections. Already similar incident in 2019 has negatively impacted the legitimacy…
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Nothing can be so mockingly debasing than going out for a political campaign only to be welcomed by a scanty crowd in a metropolitan city like Lagos. The PDP candidate, Atiku Abubakar was in Lagos this week and what he saw was not only palpably discomforting, it also revealed many lows about his chances in the 2023 general election. His Lagos scanty crowd was being covered up by his publicists through a deliberate distraction, using Asiwaju Tinubu’s appearance in London as a subject of scorn just because Atiku was not welcome in Lagos. Reno Omokri, Atiku’s diaspora attack dog, was earlier…
President Muhammadu Buhari has presented National Environmental Compliance Award 2022 to 16 organisations for their voluntary compliance with environmental standards, rules and regulations effectively. This is contained in a statement by Assistant Director, Public Relations and Protocol, National Environmental Standards Regulation and Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Mr Adeleke Adebayo, on Thursday in Abuja. Buhari gave the awards to the organisations at the maiden edition of the National Environmental Compliance Awards (NECA). The President who was represented by Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, said that his administration is committed to ensure a healthy environment for all citizens. He announced the elevation…
Zuru Community residing in Kaduna have committed to giving the All Progressive Congress (APC) 100% of their votes in the 2023 general elections. Wakilin Sarkin Zuru, Kaduna, Engr Kabiru Danjuma made this known when he led the Zuru Community Traditional Council on a courtesy call on the Acting Governor, Dr Hadiza Balarabe, on Thursday in Kaduna. He also commended the El-Rufai administration for the rapid transformation of the state in seven years of being in power. Danjuma, who noted that the Zuru community has a large number of people living in Kaduna for a long time, said “Kaduna is our…
“It is hoped that decriminalization will reduce human rights violations against sex workers” – Justice Minister Ronald Lamola The South African government has introduced a plan to decriminalize prostitution, hoping to combat the growing violence against women. The offer and use of sexual services will no longer be treated as a crime, according to the legislation presented by the Justice Department. According to associations, the country has about 150,000 prostitutes. “It is hoped that decriminalization will reduce human rights violations against sex workers,” Justice Minister Ronald Lamola said at a press briefing on Friday (December 9). “It would also allow…
By Kelechi Okoronkwo Success thrills: The Executive Chairman of FIRS, Muhammad Nami, takes his message of rethinking utilisation of tax revenue to ATAF General Assembly. A major take-away from the just concluded Seventh General Assembly of the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) which held in Lagos, Nigeria, from October 31 to November 4, 2022 is that tax money must be put into good use if more tax revenue is to be generated. Heads of tax agencies from 42 African countries and more than 500 other participants, comprising of 380 registered participants who attended physically, 100 registered participants who participated virtually…
The CBN has decided, you can’t take more than 20k out of your own money from your own bank account in one day. In a country in which the majority of Nigerians have no bank accounts or smart phones, they want us all to engage in cashless transactions using bank cards and Apps. They want the transition to be immediate and seamless. They know it is impossible but the decision has been taken, the majority of Nigerians must suffer. We all know this is bad for us as ordinary Nigerians. I wonder whether it is good for the banks and…
“The gesture would also improve the agency’s eco-friendliness and carbon footprint, a positive contribution to climate change and service to humanity” The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), has donated 3,000 ‘save 80 efficient cook stoves’, to widows IDPs and other indigent women across Nigera. The stove was designed and manufactured by Atmosfair, Germany in collobaration with the agency. The Executive Vice Chairman of the agency, Prof. Mohammad Haruna disclosed this at the unveiling of the stoves on Thursday in Abuja. He said that the gesture would be extended to the benefitting women in the six geopolitical zones…
The Secretary of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mrs Rose Oriaran-Anthony, has assured Nigerians that the members of staff of the commission would work as a team for the success of 2023 general election. Oriaran-Anthony made the pledge on Wednesday in Abuja in her acceptance remark during her swearing-in on her re-appointment as secretary to the commission. She said that the staff members would work to ensure that the technologies to be deployed for the elections are successful for other nations to emulate. “I wish to state that the commission is focused to deliver an election that is driven…
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday provided 1,121 residents with free and comprehensive medical in Igboeze South local government area of Enugu. The exercise featured free health counseling, various medical tests and checks, dental checks, drugs, free eye checks and glasses as well as insecticide-treated nets given to pregnant/nursing mothers, multi-vitamin for children and referral services. Declaring the medical outreach open in Unadu community of the council area, the Commander, 82 Division Garrison, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Ibrahim, said that the exercise is part of activities meant to strengthen Civil-Military-Cooperation (CIMIC) for the ongoing Exercise Golden Dawn – 2. Ibrahim noted that “the…