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The National Peace Committee NPC on Friday revealed details of some behind-the-scenes maneuvers by partisans and other unnamed elements during the 2023 Presidential Election, disclosing how it came under immense pressure to get INEC to either halt collation of the results or cancel the election. The committee led by a former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar disclosed this on Friday in Abuja when it presented to the public its 106-page report of the 2023 General Elections. Before presenting the report to the public, the committee had earlier met with the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and other management staff…
Paetongtarn Shinawatra, has been appointed as Thailand’s new prime minister, becoming the country’s youngest-ever leader and marking the return to power of the Shinawatra family, which has dominated Thai politics over the past two decades. Her father was ousted from power by a military coup in 2006. Her aunt’s government suffered a similar fate eight years later. But now 37-year-old Paetongtarn Shinawatra, known by her nickname ‘Ung Ing’ is now the new Prime Minister of Thailand, CNN reported. This is indeed groundbreaking as her election makes her the youngest person and second female after her aunt Yingluck Shinawatra to hold…
Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Company Limited, the Chinese firm involved in a high-profile contract dispute with the Ogun State Government, has accused Nigerian authorities of unlawfully detaining and brutalising its top officials. The firm claims that these incidents played a significant role in its decision to pursue the seizure of Nigerian assets overseas. The controversy took a new turn on Thursday when news broke that a French court had ordered the seizure of three Nigerian presidential jets. The jets, including a Dassault Falcon 7X and a Boeing 737, were part of Nigeria’s presidential air fleet, with one additional aircraft, an…
Kwaghaondo Aondona Kingsley, tweets from captivity in the kidnappers’ den.
The FIRS says an executive bill which seeks to restructure revenue administration in Nigeria, including regulation of the cryptocurrency industry, is being drafted for transmission to the national assembly. Zacch Adedeji, FIRS chairman, spoke on Saturday at a stakeholders’ engagement with a joint committee of the national assembly in Lagos. According to a statement by the special adviser on media to Adedeji, the FIRS chairman said the objectives of the bill include simplifying tax laws, harmonising collection of revenue as well as seeking the replacement of obsolete tax laws with new ones in line with the current economic realities. “By…
The Lagos State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has explained that the N35,000 wage award in the state should not be taken as part of or in lieu of the N70,000 new minimum wage recently passed into law. NLC Lagos State Chairman Funmi Sessi explained this in Lagos on Friday. The congress expressed concern about a statement from a certain commission that the state was already paying more than N70,000 prescribed minimum wage to its employees. It called for a new wage structure starting from the approved N70,000 to be worked out to reflect various cadre and salary…
Three kingpins and 16 others have been convicted and sentenced to a total of 302 years in prison for trafficking and dealing in illicit drugs, such as, cocaine methamphetamine, cannabis and other hard drugs. Femi Babafemi, Director, Media and Advocacy of NDLEA in a statement on Friday, August 16, 2024, revealed that the convictions followed their arrest and prosecution by the anti-narcotics agency. The statement reads in part, “The 19 convicts top the list of 414 drug traffickers and dealers convicted by the Federal High Court in Benue, Bauchi, Edo, Lagos, Ogun, Gombe and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the results of the 2023 presidential election valid and authentic, dismissing claims of discrepancies between the results on its website & those presented by returning officers at the National Collation Centre, which were broadcast live on national television and VanguardLive. Relying on the Freedom of Information Law, the Centre for Collaborative Investigative Journalism in a letter dated August 7 and addressed to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, alleged that in the televised announcements, INEC reported 1,578 polling units where voting was cancelled because of irregularities. It said no figures were given…
The Enugu State government has issued a 90-day ultimatum to all churches and mosques in the state to remove outdoor loudspeakers and install soundproofing measures within their worship centres. The decision was made during a stakeholders’ meeting on Thursday, aimed at implementing the Enugu State Anti-Noise Pollution Policy. The meeting, organised by the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, brought together Christian & Muslim leaders, government officials & media practitioners to address the issue. It is reported that the state government had in December 2023 as part of its urban renewal policy, directed all night clubs, beer parlours and other entertainment…