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Don’t incite Nigerians to violence, FG replies Obasanjo over latest letter

The Federal Government has warned the former President Olusegun Obasanjo, not to truncate the 2023 general elections with his “inciting, self-serving and provocative” letter on the elections.Obasanjo had on Monday worried over the conduct of the 2023 presidential election, accusing the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of having failed the

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EU Observers says INEC lacks planning, transparency

The European Union Election Observation Mission to Nigeria (EU EOM)  has observed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) lacks planning and transparency in the 2023 presidential election.The EU noted that voters’ earlier trust and confidence in INEC before the election decreased due to the manipulation of results alleged by

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U.S. increases tourist, business visa validity to five years for Nigerians

The United States of America (USA), yesterday, announced that starting March 1, 2023, it will increase visitor visa validity from 24 months to 60 months for Nigerians who want to enter the United States temporarily for business and/or tourism. This was contained in a press statement by the U.S. Consulate

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Archbishop of Canterbury Welby urges INEC to Ensure Nigerians’ Votes Count

Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Rev. Justin Welby has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that the ballots cast by Nigerians in Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections reflect the wishes of the citizens.In a Tweet published on his official Twitter handle, he wrote: “Nigeria has voted,

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Banky W Loses Reps election to Labour Party candidate

Nigerian Musician Bankole ‘Banky W’ Wellington has lost his second attempt to represent Eti-Osa federal constituency of Lagos at the House of Representatives after losing in the Saturday, February 25, 2023, election to Labour Party candidate Thaddeus Attah.The music star who ran on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party

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CUPP Spokesman Ikenga Ugochinyere wins Ideato Federal Constituency

Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Spokesman of CUPP has been declared winner of Ideato South and North federal constituency.Announcing the result, the INEC Returning Officer for Ideato North and South federal constituency, said Ugochinyere polled a total of 13,026 votes to floor his closest rival

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IS INEC SUBVERTING NIGERIA?-NLC Press Release

NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS (NLC)PRESS RELEASE26TH OF FEBRUARY, 2023IS INEC SUBVERTING NIGERIA?We have had recourse to alert Nigerians earlier yesterday of our observations and reports that reached us from across the nation on the shoddy handling by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of their early Election Day activities. We talked

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