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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kwara will on Saturday commence the distribution of over 44, 000 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to newly registered voters in the state.

INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Malam Garba Madami, stated this on Friday in Ilorin.

Madami said that the collection of the PVCs would take place in all the 16 local government offices of the commission and added that they were for those who registered between June and December 2021.

“In Kwara State, we have received 44,506 PVCs,” Madami said.

He urged the new registrants within the period to …

 The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba Ewuare II took social media by storm yesterday when he made some comments on the 2023 Nigeria elections.

He made these statements when he received the Vice President of Nigeria Yemi Osinbajo at his palace some which opined that many aspirants were only seeking positions to amass wealth.

“I think you are going to give a lot of problems to other contestants. There is no gainsaying that they all probably are shivering where they are.”

Oba Ewuare listed Osinbajo’s qualities as “calmness, humility, great respect for culture and being a true man of God”.…

As further sanctions arise as a result of the ongoing conflict between the Ukraine and Russia, the Russian foreign ministry announced that it has banned entry to 287 British MPs on Wednesday after the UK blacklisted Russian lawmakers over Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine. 

“In response to the decision taken by the British government on March 11 to add 386 State Duma deputies to a sanctions list, in a reciprocal move, personal restrictions are being placed on 287 members of the House of Commons,” the ministry said in a statement.

They announced that the MPs will be completely barred from …

The Federal Government has clarified that it is not re-naming the entire Lagos National Theatre complex, built in 1976 to host the 1977 Festival of Arts, popularly known as FESTAC.

The government clarified that it is merely renaming the complex housing the edifice.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the complex housing the National Theatre would be known as Lagos Creative and Entertainment Centre, with four creative hubs and other facilities currently under construction.

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Mohammed made the clarification when he featured on “Good Morning Nigeria’’, …

The New Trend Regarding Defections (continues)
Introduction

Last week, we discussed the new order and trend which emphasize that contrary to the earlier position in Amaechi’s case, votes are now held to belong to the candidates who are natural beings. Votes do not belong to political parties which are an abstraction, agent and mere vehicle that a candidate rides to victory. Political parties campaign, gather and garner votes for the candidates. It is the candidate that is recognized as the winner and owner of the votes cast at an election.

The Supreme Court has thus interpreted section 141 of the …

The 36 State Governors have prayed a Federal High Court in Abuja to restrain the Federal Government from approving the deduction of any money accruing to the states from the Federation Account for the payment of 418 million dollars judgment debt.

The Attorneys-General of the 36 states made this prayer known in a motion on notice marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1313/2021 dated and filed on March 28 before Justice Inyang Ekwo.

They prayed the court to restrain the respondents from proceeding with its judgment delivered on March 25 pending the hearing and determination of the appeal at the appellant court.

The application was …