A civil society group, the Enugu Good Governance Group, E-3G, has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to sanction the Enugu State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), its governorship candidate, Chief Uche Nnaji, and the State Chairman, Chief Ugochukwu Agballah.
The group hinged its petition on the claim that the party is deceiving Enugu people with โa fake deputy governorship candidateโ.
It said the final amended list of candidates for the 2023 governorship election published by INEC on its website on 30th January 2023 had further confirmed that the Enugu APC was parading a fake deputy governorship candidate in George Ogara.
The group said the reason for parading Ogara, who hails from Enugu North zone as the deputy governorship candidate, was to hide the fact that the real governorship candidate of the APC, Chief Robert Ngwu, and the governorship candidate, Uche Nnaji, hail from Enugu East senatorial zone.
In a statement issued on Thursday by its National Coordinator, Comrade Odinaka Okechukwu, the group said it petitioned the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to stop what it called โfraudulent governorship campaigns by the Enugu State chapter of the APCโ.
โThe INEC published the final list of candidates for Governorship and State House of Assembly elections on 4th October, 2022, which had the name of Uche Nnaji, serial number 277, as the governorship candidate of the APC in Enugu, and Robert Ngwu, serial number 778, as the deputy governorship candidate.
โOn 30th January 2023, INEC published the โAmended List of Final Candidates Pursuant to Court Orders, Death, and Corrections of Errors Made by Political Partiesโ in line with Section 287 of the 1999 Constitution.
โWe observed that the changes did not affect any political party in Enugu, hence Robert Ngwu remains the deputy governorship candidate of the Enugu APC.
โWe, therefore, wonder why the Enugu APC has continued to deceive the electorate by parading a fake deputy governorship candidate in the person of George Ogara.
โWe hold that it is fraudulent, ignoble, anti-democratic, and must be immediately sanctioned by the INECโ, the group stated.
A Nigerian TikTok star, identified as Murja Ibrahim Kuya, has been arrested by Operatives of the Kano State Police Command.
Kunya was picked up by the police while she was trying to book hotel rooms for guests who came from distant places to attend her much-publicized birthday bash, Daily Nigerian reports.
The TikTok skit maker was reportedly arrested for using vulgar words in her videos, and by implication corrupting the morals of people in the society.
The spokesperson of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who confirmed the arrest, said the State Commissioner of Police, CP Mamman Dauda, has ordered that she undergoes psychiatric evaluation.
Murjaโs arrest comes after a Shariโah Court in Bichi petitioned the state commissioner of police to arrest and investigate her and other TikTok users.
In other news, a young man and his sister have been banished from their community in Lude, Mbaise, Imo state, for allegedly committing incest.
Sandra, already furious returns to the kitchen and tells Blue Aiva about what she had just seen. She further tells Blue that Nelisa had protection with her.
She notes that it means that Nelisa was ready to have s3x with her man should the chance present itself. Nonetheless, she promises to deal with Nelisa if she does not get evicted on Sunday.
Four weeks to the general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has resolved to conduct mock accreditation on Saturday, February 4, 2023, in 436 polling units nationwide.
This, according to the electoral body, was to test the functionality of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, before the full deployment on election day.
INEC National Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made this known Friday at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs, held at the national headquarters of the commission in Abuja.
He said the purpose of the meeting was to put the finishing touches to the preparations for the 2023 general election.
Yakubu further revealed that 12 polling units had been designated in each state of the federation and four in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on the equality of the countryโs 109 senatorial districts for the exercise.
Yakubu said: โAs you are already aware, the Commission has taken delivery of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines for the election. We have also dutifully tested each machine in our offices nationwide to ensure its functionality.
โThe next step is to conduct field tests across the country involving actual voters. For this reason, and in readiness for nationwide deployment, the Commission is conducting a mock accreditation of voters similar to what was done ahead of the recent Ekiti and Osun State Governorship elections.โ
He said a comprehensive list of the polling units, including their names and PU Code numbers, as well as their distribution by State, Senatorial District, Local Government and Registration Area (Ward), would be uploaded on the Commissionโs website.
The chairman said at the end of the exercise, the 436 BVAS machines involved would be reconfigured before they are deployed for the General Election.
He appealed to registered voters in the affected polling units to appear on the scheduled date with their PVCs for the mock exercise.
Yakubu noted that doing so would help to reassure the public of the robustness of the system and to strengthen our processes ahead of the general election.
He said civil society organisations, the media and the general public are welcome to observe the process
Cregx had earlier kissed Blue Aiva, a fellow housemate after she requested for it.
He had also told her, โI want you, I want to vibe with you.โ
โIt is easier to flirt. Iโm also a flirt! I donโt want you to get shocked when you go out there and you hear stuff,โ said Khosi, adding, โhow could you do that when you are with someone?โ
โMy level of flirting is different,โ Yemi replied.
Yemi after enjoying the moment with Khosi, went downstairs to spend some time with Blue Aiva
On the very last day of this month, January 31, 2023, old naira notes of N200, N500 and N1,000 shall cease to be legal tenders in Nigeria. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned that there will be no extension of the deadline for the use of the old notes.
Following up on this, the CBN commenced an aggressive nationwide sensitization to update the people on the need to pay in all old notes into their bank accounts to help them beat the deadline.
Meanwhile, the CBN has said that old notes which are not paid into the banks before January 31, 2023, will become invalid. It said that the bank has taken steps to ensure that everyone is able to meet the deadline, by ensuring that firstly, no charges are imposed on customers who want to pay any amount of money into the bank, and that banks will open even on Saturdays to ensure that no one missed the opportunity of paying their old notes into the bank.
Last week, officials of CBN took time to move round many markets in Anambra State to sensitise the people both on the deadline, the security features of the notes, the quality and the dangers of not accepting the notes as legal tenders.
Early in January, there have been incidents of people rejecting the notes, maybe as a result of the ignorance of the changes, while some said the rejection was about the inferior nature of the notes, which they said was susceptible to being counterfeited.
Some traders who had spoken to ๐น๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐’s known Media during an independent interview, including an Awka based commercial driver, Mr Edward Ezediuno said: โAll the new notes look fake already, so we are afraid that if they give us the fake ones, we will not be able to differentiate it with the authentic ones.โ
There were incidents of many consumers having problems with traders, but the recent sensitization tour of markets in Anambra, and the complaints received, showed that the issue is no longer about the authenticity of the notes, but the availability. This may be because the CBN had insisted that there will be no grace period after January 31, and that Nigerians have no option other than accepting the new notes.
During the CBN sensitization exercise, which happened in major markets in Awka, Nnewi and Onitsha, DAILY POST monitored reactions of traders who were being sensitised about the new notes. Though a few traders still complained about the inferiority of the notes, the major complaints were about the availability and the high cost of getting the notes from black market retailers.
During a visit to the Onitsha Main Market, which is reputed to be the largest market in the entire West Africa, many traders who spoke to our correspondent complained of availability and quality of the notes. Mr Igwemba Uzor, a trader in the market removed a white handkerchief from his pocket to show the stains made on it by the N1,000 note.
โThis white handkerchief was stained by the new naira notes. See the ink. One of my friends just asked that we try it, and this is the result. From what this note did to this handkerchief, I am sensing that if you wear white dress and you have the money on you, if rain beats you, or you sweat very well, the money can stain your clothes.โ
In Nkwo Nnewi Spare Parts Market, traders sang a different tune. They welcomed the money, but protested that the notes are virtually unavailable in banks, and that they have made efforts to take their old notes to the bank, hoping that when they withdraw, they will get the new notes, but that has not always been the case.
A trader in the market, Pastor Frank Ejimbe accused CBN officials of playing politics with the new notes.
He said: โYou people are doing business with the new naira notes. How can black market people have the new notes to the point that any amount you want, they can sell to you, but banks donโt have it. Does that make sense?โ
Two traders, Mr. Nwabueze Igwe and Mr. Sylvester Ekweonu in the same market, expressed worry that commercial banks and Point of Sell Operators were still issuing the old naira notes to customers.
Nwabueze said: โWe want CBN to be sincere about the introduction of the new notes. We need to know why each time we take old notes to the banks, it is usually the old notes that they use to pay us, when we come to withdraw.โ
For two other traders, Mrs. Nkechi Ogbu and Mr. Solomon Ejike, the deadline was too short to mop up all the old notes in circulation across the country and appealed for the extension of the period.
โWhen we were young, the usual practice is that when there is a new currency, all the banks do is that once they get your old currency, you will never be able to get it again, because they pay the new currency. But today, banks receive the old currency as deposit and also pay out the old ones. How will they now mop up the old currency,โ Mrs Ogbu lamented.
Meanwhile, Officials of the bank, including the CBN branch controller, Awka, CBNโs Director, Other Financial Institutions Department, Mrs Nkiru Asiegbu, and many others, who spoke to the traders during the sensitization exercise, harped on the deadline for the use of the old currency.
The officials visited several markets in the State, including: Agbo-Edo Market in Nnewi, Main Market, Onitsha, Tools and Allied Materials Market, Bridge Head, Onitsha, Odera Market in Awka and Building Materials Market in Nkpor.
Speaking at Tools and Allied Material Market, Bridge head Onitsha, Mrs Asiegbu said: โYou must also strive to deposit all old notes of N200, N500, N1,000 before the last day of this month. We have met with heads of all commercial banks and directed that they begin the distribution of the new naira notes without further delay.โ
As of the time of filing this report, the traders are still sceptical about meeting the deadline since they also draw old notes each time they make deposits.
Mr Tony Eze, a trader at Odera Market said: โThey want us to pay our money into banks and wait for when new notes will be dispensed, not knowing that many people survive by making sales and taking the money to the market to purchase more goods. How can they now pay into the banks and leave their money there, waiting for when new notes will be available?โ
However, the bank officials also explained that soon, banks who fail to pay customers with the new naira notes will be sanctioned, adding that there has been strict monitoring, to ensure that banks dispense the new notes through their Automated Teller Machines.
It was, however, gathered that the shortage of the new notes is deliberate, and meant as a policy that will curb the rising inflation in Nigeria, as the mopped up funds will never be released to the public again, while the new notes will also be scarce, and this will give the naira some prestige.
โIf the naira becomes scarce, what it means is that less money will be chasing many goods, as against now that too much money is chasing less goods, because of the high volume of money in circulation,โ a source said.
President Muhammadu Buhari says some Nigerians hide under the canopy of religious misunderstanding to achieve their political and economic agenda, adding that continuous education is needed so that the larger populace would not be hoodwinked.
The President spoke at Nouakchott, Mauritania, Tuesday, while meeting with Rashad Hussain, United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.
According to a statement by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, the President recounted his private meeting at the White House with former President Donald Trump.
Buhari recalled that Trump asked him, โWhy are you killing Christians in Nigeria?โ and how he proceeded to tell him that the issue in the country was not religious, but rather criminal, and a usage of religion by some elements to further their economic, and sometimes, political interests.
โItโs a problem Nigeria has been struggling with for a long time, and it is completely unnecessary,โ he said.
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โSome people use religion as sentiment, but with adequate education, people are seeing through it now. Majority of the people just want to practice their religion without problem, but some people cash in on religious misunderstanding for their own ends.
โWhen people are educated, they are able to discern when others want to use religion for certain ends. They do it mostly for material reasons.
โAlso, when some people are incompetent, they bring in all sorts of excuses, including religion.โ
Also, Ambassador Hussain said the United States of America is interested in partnering with Nigeria in the areas of formal and non-formal education, towards religious harmony.
โThereโs so much we can do together to promote peace, promote communal harmony. We love what you are doing, and we would be glad to assist as appropriate,โ he said.
Emefiele will on January 23 and 24 chair the first Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the year.
โMr Emefiele remains committed to performing the task before him in line with his oath of office and the policy direction of President Muhammadu Buhari,โ Nwanisobi noted.
Emefiele is in the eye of the storm as he faces probe by the Department of State Services, DSS, for alleged terrorism financing, fraud and funds diversion.
On Monday, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, challenged the DSS to file the charges in court
It looks like Logan Paul will get his wish at WrestleMania 39.
Last month, Paul said that he would like to challenge Cena at WrestleMania. Other than a few cryptic social media posts, Cena has not addressed the challenge but ๐น๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐’s known Media is told that the match is scheduled for WrestleMania 39 in Los Angeles. (Watch Video Here)
The following matches have been confirmed to WrestlingNews.co:
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Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship The Usos vs. Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens
Logan Paul vs. John Cena
We are working to confirm more matches planned for the event. (Watch Video Here)
As always, there is always the possibility that plans can change but sources tell us that, barring any injuries, the matches listed above are very likely to happen as planned.
The Labour Party, LP, has appointed former Political Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo, Akin Osuntokun as the new Director General of its Presidential Campaign.
This was confirmed by the partyโs National Chairman, Julius Abure, in Abuja, on Tuesday. (Watch Video Here)
According to Abure, the decision was reached after comprehensive consultations with party stakeholders across board.
Osuntokun will now replace Doyin Okupe who resigned from the position last week.
Okupe stepped down from the position following a federal high court judgment (Watch Video Here) which convicted him of money laundering.
The court sentenced him to two years imprisonment but with an option to pay a N500,000 fine on each count, totalling N13 million.
The senate has faulted the revocation of the Atala marginal oil field (OML 46) which was formerly managed by the trio of Bayelsa Oil Company Limited (BOCL), (Watch Video Here) Hardy Oil Nigeria Limited and Century Exploration and Production Limited (CEPL) by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC). (Watch Video Here)
But the operating licence was revoked in 2020 by the defunct Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and re-awarded to another oil firm, Halkin Exploration and Production Company Limited (Halkin E&P). (Watch Video Here)
The previous managers, however, kicked against the revocation, claiming that as original operators of the oil field exploration and production had been made and royalties paid to the federal government. (Watch Video Here)
The senate, after adopting the recommendations of its committee on ethics and privileges that investigated a petition by Sir (Watch Video Here) Daniel Chukwudozie on behalf of others, ordered the re-allocation of the oil field to the previous operators as earlier directed by the presidency. (Watch Video Here)
The senate said, โThis recommendation is in line with the presidential directive which was applied in returning the nine marginal fields to their original owners/operators.โ
One of the most important development areas of bilateral relations between Tรผrkiye and Saudi Arabia is the financial sector, Treasury and Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati said Thursday, inviting Saudi investors from all over the world, as well as international investors investing in Turkish financial markets, to take advantage of the opportunities in the markets.
Nebati was speaking at the Tรผrkiye-Saudi Arabia Business and Investment Forum, hosted by the Ministry of Treasury and Finance and organized by the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK).
He pointed out that Tรผrkiyeโs finance and banking sector is highly integrated with global financial markets, has a strong regulatory and supervisory infrastructure, strong human capital, serves as a pioneer in innovative applications and has carried the economy much further. Nebati added that the sector, which has successfully passed important stress tests such as the global financial crisis and pandemic, was appreciated by foreign financial circles and attracted increasing interest from foreign investors.
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Stating that this integration with the global financial markets is actually one of the most important pillars in boosting the economy much further, Nebati said: โOur stock market, which has an important place among the emerging markets, continues to offer attractive return opportunities to domestic and foreign investors with its market depth and high liquidity. The strong investor interest in Borsa Istanbul, whose indices have reached historically high levels recently, brings with it daily trading volume records.โ
Pointing out that Borsa Istanbul has ranked high worldwide in risk-adjusted returns over the past year, Nebati said: โIn addition to its deep-rooted bond tradition, our ministry has been issuing lease certificates, namely ‘sukuks,’ in both domestic and foreign markets since 2012.โ
The “sukuk” in particular is an Islamic financial certificate, similar to a bond in Western finance.
Nebati, further commenting on Tรผrkiye-Saudi Arabia business relations, said, the bilateral trade volume, which was $3.7 billion in 2021, increased to $4.3 billion in the January-October period of 2022.
โThis is pleasing, but we need to act faster to reach our goals,โ he said, noting that the trade volume is expected to reach $10 billion in a very short time and they aim to increase this figure to $30 billion quickly.
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This was disclosed on Saturday by JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, during a tour of some computer-based test centres in Abuja designated to conduct the forthcoming examinations.
Nick Carter broke down into tears while performing with the Backstreet Boys at the O2 Arena in London on Sunday. His brother, Aaron Carter, passed away the day before.
Carter had been performing his portion of the hit, โShow Me The Meaning of Being Lonely,โ before he became emotional and was unable to continue. From there, other members of the band came over and embraced him.
โTonight weโve got heavy hearts, because we lost one of our family members yesterday,โ Kevin Richardson told fans.
While he had a โcomplicated relationship,โ with Aaron, as Nick puts it, the Backstreet Boys singer remarked that his โheart is brokenโ in a statement he published on his Instagram page, Sunday.
โMy heart is broken. Even though my brother and I have had a complicated relationship, my love for him has never ever faded,โ Nick captioned a photo of the two of them. โI have always held on to the hope that he would somehow, someday want to walk a healthy path and eventually find the help that he so desperately needed. Sometimes we want to blame someone or something for a loss, but the truth is that addiction and mental illness is the real villain here. I will miss my brother more than anyone will ever know. I love you Chizz. Now you can finally have the peace you could never find here on earthโฆ.I love you baby brother.โ
Aaron was found dead by a housesitter in his L.A. home on Saturday morning. TMZ reports that he had drowned in his tub, although authorities havenโt confirmed an official cause of death.
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Adeniran claimed his daughter was hale and hearty when the school picked her up for the activities, saying the school had not said anything regarding the incident.
Twitter users have reacted to Kizz Danielโs announcement of a scheduled concert at the 02 Arena in London in 2023.
Kizz Daniel took to his social media platform on Sunday, October 16, 2022, to announce that he would be performing at the 02 Arena in London in a concert scheduled for 2023 as a stop in his planned Alcohol & Cigarette tour scheduled to kick off the same year.
Kizz Danielโs post read:
We doing the 02 arena next year LONDON Tickets going live soon koni baje Laye Laye #cough
Kizz Daniel, who recently released the single โOdo (Cough)โ saw his announcement receive numerous reactions from netizens on social media, and here are some of the reactions below:
I hope you do well ๐ we are expecting this . However king . Donโt let Twitter bant enter you , 02 arena isnโt an easy task , you have to make your songs chart over there asf . Your yansh wonโt open ๐ Amen.
David Adeleke popularly known as Davido and OBO, has allegedly been fined a sum of one hundred and ninety million Naira few hours after his concert at the O2 Arena.
According to Marvin Abbey, a twitter user in a post shared on the microblogging platforms reckon that Davido was supposed to roundup his concert at the O2 Arena at 11 pm.
Marvin, said โthe O2 Arena has a strict 11pm curfew, and for every minute a person goes past 11 pm, they are obligated to pay a fine of ten thousand pounds.โ
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The twitter user purported that Davido said he didnโt care about the rules and finished his concert at 11:34 pm and was fined three hundred and forty thousand pounds, equivalent to one hundred and ninety million Naira.
The post reads: Davido was supposed to finish his concert at the O2 at 11 pm. The O2 have a strict 11 pm curfew. For every minute you go past 11 pm you have to pay ยฃ10,000. Davido said he didnโt care. He finished the concert at 23:34. Thatโs ยฃ340.000 fine. Mental!
Though few days to Davidoโs O2 concert, rumour has it that the ticket to the concert did not sell out at the the London Arena.
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Davidoโs concert at the O2 Arena undeniably witnessed a horde of fans, family, friends and colleagues who had come to have fun and support the Nigerian singer.
The massive crowd confirmed that Davido sold out the concert, but some concerned fans have proved otherwise with evidence.
Some photos and videos of empty seats at the O2 Arena are making the rounds online, with some people claiming that Davido was lying about selling the show.
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While some true fans of Davido took to social media defending the Afro beat singer, saying that some people may have bought the ticket but didnโt attend the show.
Shan George who reacted with a fume over the photos and video, stating that bitter people are everywhere.
Davido made headlines after he sold out his O2 concert, a feat that has become something of a hallmark of success.
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In January 2019, Davido sold out the 20,000 concert venue which is considered to be a huge feat for any artiste.
At the time, the DMW record label boss had shared the stage with other Nigerian singers on the DMW roster including Mayorkun, Peruzzi, Dremo, Yonda & Idowest while Zlatan Ibile also took to the stage on that night.
Davido has, over his 11-year music career, made a name for himself in the entertainment landscape.
He has pulled off international collaborations and achieved four critically acclaimed bodies of work.
Triibe Energy Finessing at the O2, 2 day old song and yโall singing back at me like this. I love you guys to the moon and back, oh and let them haters know we wayyyy up now, nothing is stopping the Triibe. NOTHING. @davido love you always king ๐ #Finessepic.twitter.com/EWMLCin0z2
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