Coalition for Peter Obi (CPO), made up of 17 support groups for the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against disenfranchising millions of Nigerians ahead of the 2023 general elections. CPO also called on the electoral body to extend the deadline for collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVC). The 17 groups have embarked on massive voter education campaign, supporting citizens to register and collect their PVC, online and at various INEC offices. The Coalition currently has six Zonal Coordinators for each Zone of the federation, 17 State Coordinators, representing each group in…
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Some members of the All Progressives Congress, under the aegis of Gaskiya Youth Movement, are asking a Federal High Court in Abuja, to disqualify the former Lagos State Governor and presidential aspirant, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, from the party’s presidential primary, scheduled for Monday 6 and 7. The members made the request in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/774/2022, filed before the Court. The APC and Tinubu are listed as first and second defendants, while the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is listed as the third defendant. Tinubu is among the leading aspirants in the race for who would become the…
Coalition for Peter Obi (CPO), made up of 17 support groups for the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against disenfranchising millions of Nigerians ahead of the 2023 general elections. CPO also called on the electoral body to extend the deadline for collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVC). The 17 groups have embarked on massive voter education campaign, supporting citizens to register and collect their PVC, online and at various INEC offices. The Coalition currently has six Zonal Coordinators for each Zone of the federation, 17 State Coordinators, representing each group in the 36…
US diplomats will begin returning to Ukraine this week, the US State Department has said, after secretary of state Antony Blinken and secretary of defense Lloyd Austin returned from a secretive visit to Ukraine to meet president Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The top US envoys also promised more $300m in foreign military financing and have approved a $165 million sale of ammunition, according to Associated Press. The news agency reported: They also said Biden would soon announce his nominee to be ambassador to Ukraine and that American diplomats who left Ukraine before the war would start returning to the country this coming week.…
The consultation between former President Goodluck Jonathan and some leaders of the All Progressives Congress for Jonathan to emerge as the presidential candidate has been rejected by support groups working for some presidential aspirants of the party.Groups loyal to presidential aspirants of the party, including the APC National leader and former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; in separate interviews, dismissed the consensus plot for the ex-President.It was also gathered that those who were behind the plot and some members of the National Working Committee of the party feared that it might not sail through.It was…
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has commenced a raid of mountains in the territoryIt was gathered that bandits, kidnappers and other criminal elements terrorising the FCT, especially in border communities, have their enclaves built around the mountains in Abuja.The Command, acting on intelligence, raided mountains and destroyed the hideouts of kidnappers in the Kwali Area Council of the FCT.It said mountains in Yangoje and Old Chukuku in the Kwali Area Council have so far been cleared of criminal hideouts by the police. The Deputy Commissioner of Police in Charge of Operations, Ben Igwe, said the operation would be sustained…
Two suspected ritualists, Wasiu Omonose (35) and Akanbi Ibrahim (32) were on Sunday nabbed with a fresh human head and wrists in Kwara. They were arrested by the police at the Oke Oyi/Jebba road while on a motorcycle.According to the Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Kwara State Command, Ajayi Okasanmi (SP), the suspects attempted to evade the officers on a stop and search duty when they were apprehended. “Their action aroused the suspicion of the operatives who subsequently gave them a hot chase. A bag containing a fresh human head and wrists were found in their possession,” Okasanmi said.He added…
Nigerian fashion industry has undergone several changes over the years. It is constantly renewing itself by taking parts of the old and mixing it with the new, yet retaining its attraction, flavour, grandeur and elegance. In the 1960s down to the early 90s, so many fashion trends were adopted in Nigeria by both men and women to reflect the prevalent fashion signs of the times. During these times, women predominantly wore long dresses and head ties of different locally-made fabrics, made into oversized and fitted outfits depending on their choices, and complemented them with neatly trimmed afros sprayed with hair…
Musa Yahaya is a successful businessman and a philanthropist. He is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Topflyers Magazine Int’l and Pysmaco Ltd, a multifaceted company which cuts through entertainment (event management, magazine publication, fashion, modeling, pageantry, artiste sponsorship, promotion) and the business sector. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology and Anthropology (B.Sc) and a Master of Science (M.Sc) Degree in Industry Sociology and Labour relations. He is well travelled and vast in seeking knowledge for a positive society. His odyssey for publication and talent discovery began in Toronto, Canada (2010), paving way for the company into being a…
Plans to get immediate past President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, to run for the presidency on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, are facing attacks across the divides. Sources told Vanguard that the Otuoke, Bayelsa State-born politician, who is still a member of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is weighing his options on whether or not to contest the 2023 elections on the platform of the APC. The APC has zoned its presidential ticket to the South, while the PDP has left its ticket open, with a plan to take a decision a few days to…
