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By Halimah Olamide The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday began its process of ensuring that there is adequate supply of fuel for its logistics for the 2023 general elections. This was ad the commission highlighted how e unending fuel crisis nationwide puts the entire operations for the election at risk. Commission boas Prof Mahmud Yakubu during a meeting with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, listed how the company can ensure that the current complications being experienced by end users of petroleum products do not frustrate all the other plans INEC had put in place. During the meeting, the…

At least about six passengers are believed to have died after a container laden truck fell on a commercial bus in Ojuelegba area of Lagos on Sunday. NPO Reported earlier fears of many passengers being trapped in the compressed bus. There are efforts to rescue others who appeared to have been alive while others appear to have died immediately in the accident. The container was said to be coming from Apapa when it lost control and fell on the bus painted in Lagos colour. Officials of the Lagos emergency management agency and traffic officials had arrived to commence rescue efforts.…

A Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo on Saturday night, dismissed an alleged certificate forgery case brought by chief David Kente, against the governorship candidate of the APC, Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha, for lack of evidence. Justice Bala Usman,in his ruling, said the plaintiff and his counsel failed to provide evidence to back his allegation against the APC governorship candidate as required by both INEC and the constitution. Usman further held that having carefully listened to all parties involved in the matter, the plaintiff lacked proof of evidence to support his case and consequently struck it out. Reacting to the…

•Report by Kamil Opeyemi Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have successfully dismantled a trans-border drug cartel and arrested five leaders of the syndicates operating in parts of the world in a special operation that lasted weeks during which different quantities of skunk, methamphetamine and ephedrine as well as air compressors used to conceal and distribute them globally were recovered. Femi Babafemi, the anti-narcotic spokeman in a statement on Sunday said,leaders of the cartel which spreads across Dubai, UAE; Cotonou, Benin Republic; Togo; Oman, Thailand and Europe as well as Lagos, Imo and Onitsha in Anambra state,…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari “to direct the Inspector-General of Police Usman Baba to promptly, thoroughly, and transparently investigate the reported attack on the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, after a rally in Katsina state, and other cases of election-related intimidation, harassment and violence across the country.” SERAP also urged him to “direct Mr Usman Baba and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN to name and shame any politicians and other perpetrators of election-related intimidation, harassment, and violence, and to ensure that they are promptly…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Sunday said Nigerians now have a window of another 10 days within which to deposit their old Naira notes. Godwin Emefiele, CBN Governor, made the announcement while speaking to journalists Sunday morning after his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari I in Daura, Katsina state. He said President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the extension. The new deadline is now 10 February instead of the former 31 January deadline, he said. Mr Emefiele said Nigerians, who are yet to change their naira notes from the old to new ones, now have an opportunity to do…

By Halimah Olamide Amidst the anxieties over the deadline for the legal tender status of the old Naira notes in Nigeria, a message had gone viral during the week asking Nigerians to report any bank whose Automatic Teller Machines dispenses old Naira notes to the Central Bank of Nigeria. THE CLAIMS: One of the viral messages had read thus: “CBN DIRECTIVES: “If you see an ATM dispensing Old #500 or #1000, Please send a text, with the bank details to CBN on: 08176657641 or 08176657642. “Please Spread the message.” In the same vein, another…

Civil Society Organization Calls for Urgent Police Investigation of Viral Video of Criminality By Political Thugs A civil society organization, the Committee for the Protection of Peoples Mandate (CPPM) has called on the Nigeria police force Lagos State command to immediately commence investigation into a viral video of criminality committed by political thugs in vehicles including a branded bus of Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate Abdul -Azeez Olajide Adediran who unleashed violence by firing gunshots sporadically and the use of other dangerous weapons in a part of Lagos state. According to the press release issued in Lagos…

….Asks supporters to remain calm •Report by Kamil Opeyemi The Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has rejected the verdict of Tribunal that sacked him as the governor on the ground of over voting. This is as he described the judgement as “a miscarriage of justice”, vowing to challenge the ruling at the Court of Appeal. NPO Reports had earlier reported that,the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo declared Governor Adegboyega Oyetola as the winner of the July 16, 2022 governorship election. Reading the majority judgement, Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Tertsea Kume said the election…

Tragedy struck in the early hours of Thursday as fire has gutted a four storey building which houses many stores of fabric merchants at the popular Balogun Market, Lagos. Officials of the Federal Fire Service and the Lagos `state counterparts are busy trying to put the fire out. However, NPO Reports observed that the efforts are not until goods worth billions of Naira have been consumed by the inferno. The cause of the fire was unknown as at the time of filing this report. Ibrahim Farinloye, Zonal Head of the National Emergency Management Agency confirmed the incident. A twitter user,…