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March 1, 2023 INEC Declares Tinubu Winner of 2023 Presidential ELections

INEC Declares Tinubu Winner of 2023 Presidential ELections

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress winner of the 2023, Presidential elections.

Tinubu, was declared the president-elect after polling 8,794,726 votes to win the 2023 presidential election,the highest of all the candidates, thus meeting the first constitutional requirement to be declared the winner.

He also scored over 25 per cent of the votes cast in 30 states, more than the 25 states constitutionally required.

INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu, who announced the final results in the early hours of Wednesday in Abuja, said Atiku Abubakar of the PDP came second in the election.

Atiku polled a total of 6,984,520 votes in the election.

Peter Obi of the Labour Party came third in the election with a total of 6,101,533 votes while Rabiu Kwankwaso of the NNPP came fourth with 1,496,687 votes.

February 21, 2023 Appeal Court Affirms Pastor Umo Eno as Authentic PDP Governorship Candidate in Akwa Ibom State.

Appeal Court Affirms Pastor Umo Eno as Authentic PDP Governorship Candidate in Akwa Ibom State.

The Court of appeal has declared Pastor Umo Eno as the authentic candidate of the PDP.
In its ruling, it noted that the court is bound by its own decision.
The Court noted that the Appeal court had previously entertained cases emanating from Akwa Ibom State.
It ruled that the court had previously resolved the issue of the use of delegates in Akwa Ibom State.
In allowing the appeal it noted that The lower court was totally misguided by Hon Michael Enyong and has no jurisdiction to have re-visited the issue of primaries and the authenticity of its candidate.
The lower court was wrong to rely on lack of evidence in declaration. The lower court was totally wrong and acted per incuriam.
The court awards N1 million Naira as costs.
February 20, 2023 EFCC Deny Raiding Tinubu’s Home

EFCC Deny Raiding Tinubu’s Home

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has denied raiding the home of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the forthcoming presidential election.

A Press release made available to Newsmen reads thus;

“The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to a report circulating in the social media, claiming that operatives of the Commission raided the home of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, standard-bearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the forthcoming presidential elections and recovered a humongous sum of N400billion.

The Commission wishes to state that no such operation was carried out by the EFCC. The public is enjoined to disregard the report as fake news.

Wilson Uwujaren

Head, Media & Publicity

19/02/2023”

February 8, 2023 Supreme Court Halts February 10 Deadline for Redesigned Naira Note Swap

Supreme Court Halts February 10 Deadline for Redesigned Naira Note Swap

The Supreme Court of Nigeria, today Wednesday 8, January 2023, has restrained the Federal Government from continuing with the full implementation of the demonetization policy.

Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara States, had, in a motion ex-parte filed on February 3, prayed the Supreme court to halt the Central Bank of Nigeria’s naira redesign policy.

A 7-man panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice John Okoro, in a unanimous ruling, granted an interim injunction restraining the FG, CBN, commercial banks etc, from implementing the February 10 deadline for the old 200, 500 and 1000 Naira notes to stop being a legal tender.

The court further held that the FG, CBN, and commercial banks must not continue with the deadline pending the determination of a notice on notice in respect of the issue on February 15.
By the ruling, the old Naira notes continue to be legal tenders in Nigeria.

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