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THE Labour Party (LP) has denounced some Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) personnel conduct during the current nationwide collection of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs). Yunusa Tanko, the spokesperson for the LP presidential campaign committee, charged INEC officials for disappointing the majority of PVC collectors in various regions of the nation in a statement made on January 11th. According to reports made available to the party, the exercise is progressing slowly, according to Tanko. He asserted that many Nigerians might lose their voting rights if nothing was done to address the issue. The LP campaign spokesperson claimed that despite INEC decentralizing…

Gunmen have attacked and killed four operatives of the Anambra Vigilante Services and also set five buildings ablaze. It was gathered that the incident happened in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State at 2 am on Thursday. A source in the area said after attacking and killing the vigilante operatives at the local government secretariat, the gunmen beheaded one of them. He said the gunmen also used Improvised Explosive Devise to burn down about five buildings in the area. An unconfirmed source also added that one of the affected buildings was housing the office of the Independent National Electoral…

The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, says the commission received “repeated assurance” from the military, police and SSS to go ahead with the presidential, parliamentary, and governorship elections. Mr. Yakubu walked back comments that the electoral body contemplated adjusting the election timetable, including postponing the polls. On Monday, Mr Yakubu, represented by the chairman of the Board of Electoral Institute, Abdullahi Zuru, revealed that “if the insecurity is not monitored and dealt with decisively, it could ultimately culminate in the cancellation and/or postponement of elections in sufficient constituencies to hinder declaration of election results and…

Uganda Professional Health Workers. The most recent Ebola outbreak in Uganda, which claimed 55 lives, has been declared to be over. The statement was made on Wednesday by the World Health Organization and the government of Uganda. Ruth Aceng, the minister of health, told reporters that no new instances had been reported in the previous 42 days. At a ceremony on Wednesday to commemorate the end of the outbreak, health minister Jane Ruth Aceng declared, “We have successfully contained the spread of Ebola in Uganda. Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, Africa head for the World Health Organization, added that the outbreak has…

Big Brother Naija season 7 winner, Phyna Big Brother Naija season 7 winner Phyna has revealed further information following her admission of two abortions. The 25-year-old granted an interview to Punch.She was questioned about her message in which she acknowledged having two abortions in response to someone labeling her a “abortionist” on Twitter. In her family as a whole, Phyna stated to the publication, “We are quite open. People simply give things significance and say whatever they want; I couldn’t give a damn. Because I am an open book and everyone who knows me knows that, I was just laughing…

AAC Presidential Candidate: Omoyele Sowore. Omoyele Sowore, the AAC’s presidential candidate, accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday of being unqualified to oversee the general elections in 2023. Sowore made this claim during a PUNCH Newspapers show called “The Roundtable,” claiming that the country’s electoral authority could not be trusted with the people’s vote during the elections since it had previously conducted selections rather than elections. In order to make the electorate lose interest in the poll, he charged INEC with conspiring with the ruling party every election year to agitate the political system. He said, “You know…

President Muhammadu Buhari has finally signed into law the Mental Health Bill 2021 after two failed attempts at overhaul in 2003 and 2013. The bill, which was harmonised by both the upper and lower chambers of the National Assembly in 2021, is the first legislative reform adopted in the field since the country’s independence, and will also replace the Lunacy Act of 1958. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Ibrahim Oloriegbe, confirmed the development in a post on his Twitter handle. Mr Oloriegbe, who defeated the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, during the 2019 general election, is a first-timer in…

New Nigeria re-designed Naira notes. Commercial banks are currently holding back new naira notes for political candidates’ campaigns while informing bank clients that there aren’t enough or any available. According to a number of sources, politicians in Enugu State, for instance, have been given bundles of new naira notes that they distribute to their supporters at campaign rallies; in contrast, customers at banking halls are given old notes and informed there are no new naira notes. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has threatened commercial banks with fines if they continue to use outdated naira notes in its automated teller…

For failing to submit its annual accounts, authorities in the United Kingdom, UK, have struck off Next International (UK) Limited, a company largely owned by Nigerian top politician and presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. Checks by SWITCH NIGERIA revealed that the company was removed from the record in September 2021 following a first and second gazette notice of “compulsory” strike off of the entity. In the UK, a compulsory strike off is imposed on a company by creditors or by the Companies House for non-submission of annual accounts or failure to notify Companies House about a change of…

“The mini-bid round will be managed by the NUPRC, in line with the provisions of the PIA, as the statutory body responsible for ensuring compliance with petroleum laws.” President Buhari and Oil Rig The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has begun the 2022 mini-bid round process in accordance with the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021. The mini-bid round is an opportunity to spur new oil exploration and drilling activities in the prospective deep waters offshore Nigeria. Gbenga Komolafe, NUPRC’s chief executive, announced this on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime in a statement on Tuesday. Mr Komolafe said the…