CONTRARY to the recent directive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) urging registered voters to visit their registration areas to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), voters under Phase 3 of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise have been told that their cards are not yet ready for collection. The handwritten notice A handwritten notice pasted at the gate of the INEC Area Office in Karu Site, Abuja stated that only PVCs for Phase 1 and Phase 2, covering CVR conducted before 2026, were available for collection. The notice, which is unsigned, specifically stated: “ALL P.V.C. FOR PHASE 3…
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THE CHAIRMAN of Sokoto State Zakat and Endowment Agency (SOZEA), Malam Lawal Maidoki, says Nigeria has no reason to remain poor, given its abundant natural resources, fertile land and human potential. Maidoki stated this on Thursday in Sokoto at the closing ceremony of a four-day training and capacity-building workshop on the Zero Out-of-School Children Model. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the training focuses on the Alnizamo Model adapted from Indonesia’s Pondok Model for Islamic boarding schools. The chairman said the country needed to harness its resources efficiently and distribute its wealth equitably to address poverty. “Nigerians have no…
THE CIVIL Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) says the inclusion of leading members of opposition parties into the presidential campaign council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will endanger Nigeria’s multiparty democracy. CISLAC’s Executive Director, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, said this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. “CISLAC views the inclusion of FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike of the PDP; Gov. Charles Soludo of APGA; Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Accord into APC Presidential Campaign Council as a development with significant implications for the credibility, independence and future of Nigeria’s multiparty democracy. “Although political cooperation…
…Celebrates Mass In Hospital POPE Leo XIV’s recovery after lung surgery is progressing normally, with postoperative blood tests and a chest X-ray showing results within the expected range for the procedure, the Holy See Press Office said Wednesday. The Pope, who is recovering at Rome’s Agostino Gemelli University Hospital, has also begun walking around his room, undergone respiratory physiotherapy and resumed a normal diet, according to an update issued by his doctors. Rome’s Gemelli Hospital (AFP or licensors) The latest assessment provides a positive indication of the 70-year-old pontiff’s condition one day after surgeons successfully removed the lower lobe of…
BY IVO TAKOR FOR MILLIONS of Nigerians, retirement is no longer simply the end of working life. It is the beginning of a different struggle: stretching a limited and often inadequate income to cover food, accommodation, transport and increasingly expensive healthcare. After decades of contributing to the economy, many older citizens face the unsettling prospect of being unable to meet their most basic needs. This is the reality against which PenCom’s proposed Minimum Pension Guarantee must be examined. With further details expected in this month, the initiative has attracted attention as a potential safeguard against poverty in old age. Alongside…
THE LAGOS Mainland Local Government has presented sport utility vehicles (SUVs) to its nine councillors, attributing the funding to benefits from the removal of fuel subsidy in 2023. Mr Jubril Emilagba, chairman of the council said this on Wednesday at the handover ceremony of the SUVs in Lagos. The event also featured the flag-off of Phase 12 of the council’s food palliative programme, tagged ‘Ounje Èmí’, for artisans. The beneficiaries of the SUVs are the Council Leader, Mr Azeez Oloto, representing Ward A; Mrs Modupe Olowonishaye, Ward B; and Mr Ibrahim Animashaun, Ward C. Others are Mr Babatunde Otegbayo, Ward…
THE INTER-PARTY Advisory Council (IPAC) says the inclusion of opposition members in the ruling party’s presidential campaign council undermines opposition unity and weakens its ability to hold the government accountable. The National Publicity Secretary of the IPAC, Mr Martins Egbeola, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. Egbeola spoke to NAN against the backdrop of the inclusion of Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra (APGA), Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun (Accord) and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike (PDP) in the APC presidential campaign council. He expressed concerns about political party discipline, ideological…
THE Tinubu-Must-Stay (TMS), a political support group, has appointed Marcel Ngogbehei as the Director-General of its alliance with the Directorate of Mobilisation and Integration (DMI), ahead of the 2027 general elections. The movement said the appointment was informed by Ngogbehei’s experience in public service, technology, grassroots political mobilisation and community development in Nigeria and the United Kingdom. Announcing the appointment, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of TMS Mr Kashifu Abdullahi, described Ngogbehei as a trusted colleague whose leadership abilities he had known for more than 25 years. In a statement on Wednesday in Abuja by the Communications Directorate of…
PRESIDENT of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has reaffirmed his commitment to ensuring broad-based participation in the Dangote Refinery Initial Public Offering (IPO), announcing that investors applying with ₦50,000 and below will receive priority consideration as the company seeks to democratize ownership of one of Africa’s most significant industrial assets. Dangote made the declaration during the final leg of the nationwide IPO roadshow held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where investors, financial market experts, business leaders and other stakeholders gathered to discuss the investment opportunity and its implications for Nigeria’s economic transformation. Speaking at the event, Dangote emphasised that the IPO…
DEVELOPING countries have demanded sweeping reforms of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), improved debt relief mechanisms and increased climate financing under Nigeria’s leadership of the Group of Twenty-Four (G-24). The demands were contained in the communiqué issued by the group’s 116th ministerial meeting in Bangkok, Thailand and obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria. Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, chaired the meeting held during the IMF–World Bank Annual Meetings. The group called for reforms that would strengthen developing countries’ representation in global financial institutions and improve their access to affordable development financing. It…