President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, met with the members of the Tripartite Committee on the New National Minimum Wage at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

This comes after the organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, called off the strike for one week.

The committee members were in the Presidential Villa to discuss with Tinubu on the next line of action, following the promise to pay workers over N60,000 as minimum wage.

Those present include Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Atiku Bagudu, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company limited, CEO NNPCL, Melee Kyari.

The Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, also attended the meeting.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has named the Arterial Road N20 from Northern Parkway to Outer Northern Expressway, ONEX as Professor Wole Soyinka Highway.

Bayo Onanuga, a special adviser on Information and Strategy disclosed this in a statement through his official X handle.

According to him, the decision was due to Prof Soyinka’s contribution to African literature being the first to win the Nobel Literature Prize in Nigeria.

“President Tinubu has named the Arterial Road N20 from Northern Parkway to Outer Northern Expressway (ONEX) as Professor Wole Soyinka Highway as recommended by the FCT administration. In naming the road after the distinguished playwright, poet and novelist who clocks 90 on 13 July, President Tinubu said Soyinka was the first African to win the Nobel Literature Prize. He said Soyinka has brought honour and fame to Nigeria”, he said.

He added that the decision was recommended by the Federal Capital Territory Administration under Nyesom Wike.

Recall that FCT minister, Wike commissioned several roads in Abuja to mark President Tinubu’s first anniversary.

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has alleged that desperate enemies of the state have thrown everything into the ring in an attempt to frustrate his administration from functioning effectively.

He stated this while speaking to the officials of the Standing Committee and members of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, at the Banquet Hall, Government House, Port Harcourt.

According to him, opposition elements in the state exhibited spirited efforts to sabotage his administration at every point in its determination to deliver good governance and quality services to the people.

The governor clarified that the present administration will not go into the completion of the monorail project initiated by the Chibuike Amaechi-led government, except a serious private sector investor decides to commit resources to the project under a well-defined private public partnership arrangement.

Fubara stressed that he would want to be remembered not just by the signature road projects of building legacy bridges and flyovers, but by sustainable impact on human capital and manpower development as well as other critical infrastructure landmarks to bridge the healthcare and education gaps in the state.

Governor Fubara listed attempts to scuttle the process of governance in the state to include the clandestine calls to some key speakers and prominent personalities invited to participate at the just-concluded Rivers Economic and Investment Summit not to associate with his administration, or participate in the programme designed to reposition the State for robust investments and progressive economic rejuvenation.

He said that it took the courage of some of the speakers and guests to honour the government and participate fully in the programme.

The governor also drew the editors’ attention to efforts to frustrate the revival and completion of the Port Harcourt International Automobile Spare Parts Trading and Commercial Centre just flagged off at Iriebe in Elelenwo, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area about a month ago by cajoling the previous contractors who had abandoned the project due to lack of support to sue the state government to court, to derail the project.

Prophet Bisi Olujobi of Wisdom Church Of Christ International has prophesied that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, will be fired and humbled out of office by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“Wike will not end his first tenure with Tinubu as he will be fired and this will bring an end to his political career in River State except he can pray very well,” he said.

Olujobi, who is the International President of Federation of League of Concerned Prophets of Nigeria, said this in a series of prophetic declarations he made available to reporters on Monday.

He also said that President Tinubu came in with the desire to change the evil narrative of the country, adding however that the President is spiritually and physically overwhelmed.

“He needed to be prayed for and encouraged constructively for him to achieve anything.

“Atiku’s name will echo strongly in the political landscape once more but the man may not achieve much from it,” he said.

He also said that Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa will emerge victorious at the forthcoming Ondo State Gubernatorial Election, but added that the Governor needs to mend fences with the likes of Senator Jimoh Ibrahim and others.

He said Senator Monday Okpebholo will emerge winner in the September coming Edo State Governorship election, while his counterpart in PDP, Asue Ighodalo will come second.

“Professor Wole Soyinka should start preparing for a glorious home call.

“Many of President Tinubu’s cabinet members are saboteurs and conspirators; they will be kicked out in a matter of time,” he claimed.

Reno Omokri, a socio-political analyst, has accused former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili of committing treason and exhibiting a high level of irresponsibility.

Omokri said Ezekwesili showed bad example to Nigerian youths by backing those against reciting the old national anthem.

Recall that the former Minister had backed activist Aisha Yesufu for refusing to recite the old national anthem.

Yesufu who refused to stand up during the rendition of the old national anthem at an event, said Nigeria we hail the “NotMyNationalAnthem.”

Reacting, Ezekwesili backed Yesufu for her stance despite the backlash that trailed the activist action.

Condemning Ezekwesili’s action, Omokri posted on X: “Oby Ezekwesili is being very irresponsible and showing a very bad example to our youths by saying that the new National Anthem is #NotMyNationalAnthem, and she will not recognise it. That is simply an act of treason against Nigeria, especially as she encourages others to follow her example.

“I do NOT support the policy of changing a National Anthem written by a collective of Nigerians for one written by a foreigner. I think it is misguided and a relic of the colonial mentality that makes us subject to imperialism. I agree with Oby that the replaced anthem is better, in my opinion, than the new one.

“Nevertheless, I am a patriotic Nigerian. And until and unless people like me are able to persuade the Federal Government to see the wisdom in supporting a homegrown anthem over a foreign one, and revert to the Arise O Compatriots’ National Anthem of 1978, I will honour, respect, and stand up whenever the National Anthem, ‘Nigeria We Hail Thee’ Is sung.

“I do not support the anthem, but I support Nigeria and, like every Nigerian, I took an oath to be faithful, loyal and honest to Nigeria. When we respect the National Anthem, we are not respecting President Tinubu or the All Progressives Congress. We are respecting Nigeria. If we pick and choose which laws to obey in Nigeria, according to our political affiliations, then Nigeria will dissolve into anarchy. Is that what Oby Ezekwesili wants?”

Former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has backed activist Aisha Yesufu’s stance against the new national anthem “Nigeria we hail thee.”

Ezekwesili vowed never to sing the new national anthem because President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly breached the Nigerian constitution.

A video of Yesufu had surfaced online where she refused to recite the new national anthem.

Sharing the footage on social media, the activist wrote: “#NotMyNationalAnthem.”

Reacting, Ezekwesili vowed to continue singing the abolished version of the national anthem.

Posting on X, she wrote: “@AishaYesufu, Definitely #NotMyNationalAnthem as I already publicly conveyed.

“In my case, whenever and wherever the National Anthem is called for, I shall continue to sing #AriseOCompatriots as #MyNationalAnthem.

“The Lawmakers @nassnigeria and the @NGRPresident grievously breached the Constitutional provisions and process for amendment of legislation and therefore cannot foist another National Anthem on us.

“I refuse to join them in the Kangaroo Act of violating the Constitution.”

The lingering political crisis in Rivers State took a new turn on Friday following the announcement by Governor Siminalayi Fubara that his administration cancelled 10, 000 jobs in the State Civil Service approved by the immediate past government.

The employments were approved by his predecessor and the current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike.

The governor during an interactive session with stakeholders in Port Harcourt, on Friday, stated that a fresh recruitment process would be carried out soon.

Before his tenure elapsed, Wike had approved the immediate employment of a significant number of youths, with the aim of filling the existing vacancies in the state’s workforce.

But Fubara said the process of the recruitment was flawed and compromised by those handling it.

The governor explained that when the names of those selected from the 23 local government areas of the state were scrutinized, they were people smuggled in for political patronage, saying they were over-aged.

“You will agree with me that when we subjected those names to proper scrutiny, most of those names, in fact, 60 per cent of those names were over-aged. They were names that people brought for political patronage.

“But what we are talking about today is employment for the future. I, personally after the analysis of those things, said ‘How will you employ somebody who is 52 years old as a civil servant?” Fubara queried.

The Kano State police command has commended residents for their peaceful behaviour as Emirs Muhammad Sanusi II and Aminu Bayero presided over Friday prayers simultaneously in Kano.

Both emirs are laying claim to the throne. While Governor Abba Yusuf reinstated Mr Sanisu, Mr Bayero is contesting his dethronement in court.

The city of Kano was predicted to witness clashes between the two parties’ supporters, with the police warning potential troublemakers to stay away from the state.

While Mr Sanusi led at the Central Mosque, Mr Bayero observed his prayers at the Nasarawa Palace.

The Commissioner of Police, Usaini Gumel, told journalists in an interview on Friday that prayers were conducted in a peaceful atmosphere across the state’s 44 LGAs.

“I am very pleased with the orderly manner in which faithful residents conducted themselves before, during, and after the prayers without rancour in all parts of the state,” said Mr Gumel.

The commissioner praised residents for their cooperation with police personnel deployed in and outside the metropolis, which resulted in zero crime being recorded.

He appealed to residents to continue cooperating with the police to ensure peaceful coexistence in the state.

“This is a testament to the effective collaboration between law enforcement and the community.

“The police command looks forward to continued partnership in maintaining peace and order in the state,” he said.

The Anambra State House of Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill for a law to establish the state’s Independent Electoral Commission and for connected purposes.

The executive bill passed its second reading on Tuesday, May 28, after lawmakers made several contributions on the bill’s gains and its importance to the conduct of local government elections in the state.

The electoral law will be enacted on June 5, 2024, after the governor’s assent.

During Wednesday’s Plenary of the state House of Assembly, which was presided over by the Speaker, Somtochukwu Udeze, the state lawmakers resolved to the committee of the whole, where they took their turns going through the bill clause by clause, making necessary amendments and corrections.

Udeze, while reporting progress, commended the members for taking their time to do the needful and for contributing towards building a better Anambra State.

He said, “The bill when assented to, by the governor will set the ground for the executive arm to take steps towards the conduct of local government election in the state.”

After the session, the House, therefore, adjourned till Tuesday, June 4, 2024, for further legislative activities.

Speaking to journalists, the Deputy Speaker, Chukwuma Okoye, said the bill, no doubt will assist the working governor to conduct local government election which will in turn bring more development to all the 21 local government areas of the state.

Okoye, who represents Awka South constituency 2, said, “The state governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has proven to be different from other politicians by promising and taken necessary steps towards conducting the grassroots election which have not been done in the state for a long period.”

Recall that it has been over 10 years that elections at the local government levels were held in Anambra State as the last one was held in the twilight of former Governor Peter Obi’s administration in 2014.

There has been widespread clamouring, especially from the opposition camps, for elections to be held at the 21 LGAs of the state, which have continuously been run through caretaker transition chairmen appointed by the state governor every three months.

A High Court sitting in Abuja, had last week, directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, to invite and interrogate the relevant officers of the Anambra State Government regarding the deployment of funds received between March 22, 2022, and April 30, 2024.

The court banned the 21 LGAs in the state from receiving allocations from the consolidated revenue funds, pending the determination of a suit that was brought before it.

The ruling delivered by Justice Bello Kawo, restrained the Accountant-General of the Federation and the Minister of Finance from remitting funds to the 21 LGAs of Anambra State from the federation account.

It equally ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, to probe how funds that accrued to the LGAs from March 2022 to April 2024, were deployed and used by the Anambra state government.

The orders followed an ex parte application that was filed by a legal practitioner, Mr Chukwuebuka Mmeni.

Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Yahaya, has reiterated his support and commitment to the full functioning and optimal operations of local governments for holistic grassroots development.

Yahaya stated this on Wednesday while presenting brand-new Toyota Hilux vehicles to the 11 local government chairmen during a brief ceremony held at Government House, Gombe.

The vehicles were procured to support LGAs’ operations and ensure effective and efficient governance.

“These vehicles are not for leisure or luxury; they are for work. They are provided to support the operations of local governments, whose basic responsibility is to look after the welfare and well-being of the people at the grassroots,” he explained.

He urged the chairmen to use the vehicles to reach all nooks and crannies of their respective local governments to improve service delivery to the people, assuring continued monitoring of how resources are utilised for transparent and accountable governance.

“We shall not waver in monitoring how you spend your resources as well as how you implement projects that positively impact your people,” he said.

He called on the chairpersons to be proactive in generating revenue and delivering services to the people to complement the state government for all-inclusive growth and development.

Speaking further, the governor emphasised the constitutional role of local government as the third tier of government.

He said, “The state government alone cannot do it all. The constitution provides and allocates functions to local governments, which form the third tier of government and the closest to the people,” he explained.

Yahaya lamented the ineffective functioning of the LGAs, which he said is responsible for many development issues.

He noted that over time, most local governments abandoned their responsibilities, turning into salary-paying entities only, leaving the burden of providing essential services to the state government.

Yahaya, however, assured that his administration will continue to collaborate and support all local governments in the state, through joint projects development and other partnerships, to ensure they operate optimally for more holistic development.

Speaking earlier, the Commissioner for Local Government and Community Development, Abdulkadir Muhammad, thanked the governor for always supporting local government administration and motivating the chairmen.

He stressed that the vehicles will go a long way in making work easier for the chairpersons and improving the overall efficiency of governance at the local government level.

Responding on behalf of his colleagues, the Chairman of Gombe LGA and ALGON Chairman, Sani Haruna, thanked the governor for always supporting them since their inception.

“The provision of these brand-new Toyota Hilux vehicles is a challenge to us. We promise never to let you down. We will maintain the vehicles and use them for the intended purpose, towards achieving your administration’s visions and missions,” he remarked.

Lere Olayinka, a former media aide to an ex-governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has criticised the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, for allowing a traditional ruler to squat to speak to him at a public event in Lagos.

The video, which went viral on Tuesday, showed that the governor and the monarch, Oba Fatai Akamo, the Olu of Itori, in the Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State, met at a public event in Lagos.

In the video, the monarch was filmed squatting to speak to the governor.

Olayinka, who deemed the act as disrespectful, expressed his disapproval on his social media page, writing, “Kábíyèsí, Orí Adé, Ọrùn Ìlẹ̀kẹ̀, kneeling to talk to the Imperial Majesty, Prince Dapo Abiodun, the Governor of Ogun State.

“The shame is not on this Ọba though, it is on the governor, who himself is a prince.”

There is confusion over President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s state-of-the-nation address at the National Assembly on Wednesday (today).

In a statement on Tuesday, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga had confirmed that the president will address a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday.

He stated that the President will not broadcast to the nation over his first anniversary in office.

According to Onanuga, part of Tinubu’s program to mark his anniversary will be the commissioning of the National Assembly Library and Resource Center, now to be known as Bola Ahmed Tinubu Building.

“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will not broadcast to the nation on Wednesday to celebrate his first anniversary as the leader of Nigeria.

“Instead, the President will address a joint session of the National Assembly, which has lined up a program to commemorate 25 years of the nation’s democratic journey at both the executive and legislative levels.

“At the end of the speeches, President Tinubu will commission the National Assembly Library and Resource Center, now to be known as Bola Ahmed Tinubu Building,” Onanuga said

However, in a conflicting statement, Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity said commentary concerning Tinubu’s addressing the National Assembly is false and unauthorized.

“Given public commentary concerning the President delivering a speech before a Joint Sitting of the National Assembly tomorrow, May 29, 2024, it is important to state that this information is false and unauthorized as the Office of the President was not involved in the planning of the event”, he said.

Tinubu on May 29, 2023, was sworn in as Nigeria’s President.

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State said his administration has constructed over 600 kilometres of road since his inception in office.

Abiodun noted that these roads were the fulfilment of promises made during his campaign.

The governor, who spoke on Tuesday while commissioning a newly constructed hospital road in Ogijo, Sagamu local government area of the state, noted that the event was to kickstart a series of projects commissioning to mark the first year of his second term in office.

Abiodun, while boasting that his administration would not make empty promises, added that more roads would be commissioned at Iperu and Ilaro during the week.

According to the governor, the Ogijo community is one of the industrial areas of the state as it enjoys gas reticulation, stating that his administration has solved the electricity challenges that affected the community for decades through the provision of transformers and other electric accessories.

“This community is very important to us; apart from being a border town, it is also an industrial area. I can assure you that this community will experience more development.

“I call on the Kabiyesi to work with the local government chairman, community development associations, and all relevant stakeholders and come up with projects according to their priority for immediate execution,” he said.

Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure Ade Akinsanya said the commissioning of the Hospital Road is a testimony to the commitment of the state government to ensuring infrastructural development in all parts of the state.

Ologijo of Ogijoland, Oba Kezeem Gbadamosi, represented the Akarigbo of Remoland, Oba Babatunde Ajayi, appreciated the state government for ensuring that the road was well constructed with a good drainage system.

However, he called the governor’s attention to other deplorable roads in the area.

The Yobe government has praised President Bola Tinubu for approving the release of 21,000 bags of grains to the state.

Muhammad Goje, executive secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency, stated this in an interview in Damaturu on Monday.

He said the grains, including rice, maize, guinea corn and millet, were distributed to orphans, widows, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups.

Mr Goje said Gov. Mai Mala Buni earlier constituted a committee comprising local government chairpersons, anti-corruption groups, and security agencies to handle the distribution exercise across the state’s 17 local government areas.

”The committee at both state and local government levels profiled beneficiaries, taking into account their name, phone number, sex, disability status, and geocoordinate. It ensured transparency and accountability, and the grains reached those who needed them most.

“Overall, the grains’ distribution had a positive impact on the state, with the cost of commodities decreasing and lives were saved across various locations,” he said.

Mr Goje said the federal government’s intervention complemented the state government’s efforts to provide relief to the people.

“You will recall that recently, Yobe launched the distribution of 50,000 bags of assorted grains targeting 120,000 vulnerable households across the 17 local government areas to provide food to those who are actually in need.

“Our government had, before then, provided several interventions with a fair and transparent distribution to eligible beneficiaries. The citizens’ welfare no doubt occupies a primary position on the priority list of this administration, and this explains the continuous interventions by the government to ensure that food is made available to the less privileged and vulnerable persons,” Mr Goje said.

Some beneficiaries of the palliative who spoke in separate interviews in Damaturu also thanked the president for the intervention.

The 26th Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi, has described his reinstatement by the state government as justice against the injustice meted to him in the past.

On Friday, Governor Abba Yusuf reinstated Sanusi as Emir of Kano after deposing the 15th Emir, Aminu Bayero.

This was after the Kano State House of Assembly heard the motion on the Kano State Emirate Council Amendment Bill and eventually repealed the 2019 Law that allowed for the creation of the five separate emirates from the old Kano Emirates.

But despite a court stopping Sanusi’s reinstatement, the statement had enthroned him.

However, meeting with security chiefs on Saturday, Sanusi said he had not seen the specific court order.

“The emir, who spoke for over an hour during the meeting, told us that what the state government had done was justice against the injustice meted out to him in the past.

“He told us that he had not seen the court order we were referring to, describing it as a media court order until he sees it,” a source privy to the meeting told Daily Trust.

The national chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure has been suspended over alleged anti-party activities.

He was suspended by the LP in Ward 3 in Arue-Uromi, in Esan North-East Local Government Area of Edo State.

Letter of his suspension dated May 14, 2024, was approved on Friday night by the state executive committee in Benin.

The suspension letter was signed by the Chairman of the Ward, Thompson Ehiguese, and the Ward Secretary, Stanley Usiomoh.

It advised the embattled national chairman to stop holding out or parading himself as a member of the party.

The suspension, which was endorsed by the State Executive Committee led by Kelly Ogbaloi, takes immediate effect.

Part of the letter reads, “While the suspension is with immediate effect, you are advised to refrain from holding out or parading yourself as a member of Labour Party, Ward 3, Arue, Uromi, Esan North East Local Government Area of Edo State”.

A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the interim forfeiture of $4,719,054, N830,875,611, and several property linked to the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele.

The order was issued on Friday, by Justice Yellim Bogoro after an ex-parte motion by EFCC counsel Bilkisu Buhari and C.C. Chineye.

The forfeited funds, held in various banks, were linked to Omoile Anita Joy, Deep Blue Energy Service Limited, Exactquote Bureau De Change Ltd, Lipam Investment Services Limited, Tatler Services Limited, Rosajul Global Resources Ltd, and TIL Communication Nigeria Ltd.

Emefiele’s properties forfeited to the federal government include; 94 Units of 11 Storey building under Construction at 2, Otunba Elegushi 2nd Avenue (Formerly Club) Road, iKoyi, Lagos; AM Plaza, 11 Story Office Space, Situate on 1E, Otunba Adedoyin Crescent, Lekki Peninsula Scheme 1, Lagos; Imore Industrial Park 1, Esa Street, Imoore Land purchased with (Deep Bive Industrial Town, Oriade LCDA, Amuwo Odofin LGA, Lagos; Mitrewood and Tatler Warehouse (Furniture Plant at Bogije) near Elemoro Lagos, Owolomi Village, Ibeju-Lekki LGA, Lagos and 2 properties purchased from Chevron Nigeria, Closed PFA Fund, Block B.Lot.Twin Completed Property Lakes Estate. Lekki, Lagos.

Others include; One plot measuring 1,038.069 sqm, at Lekki Foreshore Estate Scheme, Block A, Plot 4, Foreshore Estate, Eti-Osa, LGA; Estate located at 100, Cottonwood Coppel Texas Drive, Coppel, Texas, Owned by Lipam investment Services; a Land at 1, Bunmi Owulude Street, (Maruwa), Lekki Phase 1, Lagos and a Property Situate on 8, Bayo Kuku Road, lkoyi Lagos.

The EFCC had sought an interim forfeiture of the monies and properties under Section 17 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006, Section 44(2)(b) of the Constitution, and the court’s inherent jurisdiction.

Specifically, the anti-graft agency requested “an interim order forfeiting to the Federal Government of Nigeria the funds held in the accounts listed in Schedule ‘A,’ which are reasonably suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities.”

“An Interim order forfeiting to the Federal Government of Nigeria Properties provided in 2nd Schedule ‘B’ which are proceeds of unlawful activities.

“An Order directing the publication In any National Newspaper, the interim order under reliefs 1-2 above, for anyone who Is interested in the properties and funds sought to be forfeited to appear before this Honourable Court to show cause within 14 days why the final order of forfeiture of the said properties and funds should not be made in favour of the Federal Government of Nigeria.”

In granting the ex-parte motion, Justice Bogoro after he had taken submission of the EFCC’s counsel held; “I have listened to the submission of the applicant’s counsel and also perused the motion just moved, together with the affidavit in support.”

The case was, however, adjourned to July 2, 2024, for the motion for final forfeiture.

Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf on Friday presented Muhammadu Sanusi with a letter of appointment as the 16th Emir of Kano.

The development follows the signing into law of the amended Kano State Emirate Council Law by the governor on Thursday.

The amended law abolished the five emirate councils and sacked the emirs appointed by former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje in 2019, paving the way for Mr Sanusi’s re-enthronement.

While presenting the letter, Mr Yusuf said, “Sanusi is a victim of the immediate past administration, who is now being restored to his rightful position to lead the people.”

Members of the Kano Emirate Council, district heads and title holders graced the ceremony.

It also marked a new chapter in the history of the Kano Emirate with the re-enthronement of Mr Sanusi, who was deposed in 2020 by the Ganduje administration.

Meanwhile, Justice Mohammed Liman of the Kano Division of the Federal High Court has granted an ex parte order stopping the Kano government from reinstating Mr Sanusi.

PUBLICATION OF PERSONAL PARTICULARS OF CANDIDATES FOR THE ONDO STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION

Following the conclusion of party primaries, seventeen (17) Political Parties have uploaded their candidates’ nomination forms for the Ondo State Governorship Election by the deadline of 6.00pm on Monday 20th May 2024 when the dedicated portal automatically shut down.

The personal particulars of the Governorship candidates and their running mates will be published on Saturday 25th May 2024, one week from the last date for the submission of nominations as provided in Section 29(3) of the Electoral Act 2022 and listed as item 4 on the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the election.

The Commission shall publish the personal particulars by displaying copies of Form EC9 along with all academic credentials and other documents submitted by each candidate at our State Headquaters in Akure and the 18 Local Government offices across the State.

We appeal to Nigerians to scrutinise the documents. Any aspirant who participated in his/her party primaries with reasonable grounds to believe that the information provided by a candidate or running mate is false can challenge the nomination in a Federal High Court as provided in Section 29(5) of the Electoral Act 2022.

The Ondo State Governorship Election is scheduled for Saturday 16th November 2024.

Sam Olumekun mni

National Commissioner & Chairman,

Information and Voter Education Committee

Thursday 23rd May 2024

Governor Abba Yusuf has approved the sacking of the four emirs in Kano that his predecessor Abdullahi Ganduje installed and announced the reinstatement of former CBN governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the emir of Kano.

The Kano House of Assembly had earlier dissolved the four emirates effectively sacking the emirs installed by Mr Ganduje.

Details later…