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IPOB Not Funded Through Sports Betting – Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer, Ejimakor Replies FG

IPOB leader, Mazi Nnnamdi Kanu and his lead counsel, Aloy Ejimakor
Aloy Ejimakor, the lead counsel to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Saturday, reacted to reports that the group is funded through sports betting and crowd-funding. He described such claims as false and laughable. The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, had revealed that global crowdfunding, online transactions, and sports betting fund terrorist organizations in Nigeria like Boko Haram, ISWAP, IPOB, bandits, and other such groups. In its newsletter, NFIU revealed how IPOB and Eastern Security Network, ESN, received funds through affiliates in 22 countries that have registered at least 27 entities under the group’sRead More

Senate: National Assembly Can’t Produce New Constitution

Nigerian Senate
The Senate yesterday asked Nigerians who are agitating for a brand new constitution in the country to perish the thought as the National Assembly lacks the powers to do so.Read More

INEC Chair: Yakubu Gets Second Term As Senate Confirms Nomination

INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu
Our electoral processes far from perfect, says APC The Senate yesterday confirmed the reappointment of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu by President Muhammadu Buhari, as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral CommissionRead More

Shema Debunks Plan To Defect To APC

Ibrahim Shehu Shema
Former Governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shehu Shema, on Sunday said he has no intention of defecting to the All Progressives Party (APC) or any political party for that matter.Read More

INEC Spends N444.5bn On Three National Elections With 35% Turnout

Yiaga Africa
Wastes billions on large number of unused ballots Yiaga Africa urges National Assembly to cut election spending The last three national elections of 2011, 2015 and 2019 cost the nationRead More

INEC: We Have No Powers To Determine Candidates For Parties

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
Says only duly-nominated candidates by parties or court orders will be recognised Ahead of the December 5 National and State Houses of Assembly by-elections in some states, the Independent NationalRead More

Politicians’ Bizarre Empowerment Schemes

A member of Anambra State House of Assembly, Patrick Obalum Udoba, distributed bundles of cassava stems to his constituents
Politicians at various levels carry out different initiatives to empower people at the lowest ebb of the society, as part of efforts to alleviate poverty. But some of the empowermentRead More

Kwankwaso, Ganduje At Loggerheads Over Sale, Relocation Of Public Properties

Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Governor Abdullahi Ganduje
The Kwankwasiyya Movement and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano State have threatened to embark on a public protest against the alleged land grabbing and destruction of historical monumentsRead More

Atiku, APC, PDP Trade Words Over 2023, One-party State Claim

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday engaged in a verbal war over the ruling party’s claim that Atiku isRead More

Senate Committee Screens Yakubu For INEC Chair Today

Nigerian Senate
The Senate will today screen Prof. Mahmood Yakubu following his nomination as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a second term of five years by President MuhammaduRead More

Elections: Albino Foundation Urges INEC To Make Disability Materials Sensitive

Albino Foundation
Albino Foundation has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to make voting materials for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) sensitive ones during elections. The founder of Albino Foundation, MrRead More